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FireEye (FEYE) employs malware sandboxing technology to identify advanced security threats before they intrude and infect a network.

Since stock buybacks are expected to pick up the pace in 2021 after remaining muted in 2020, Morgan Stanley has made it picks.

Morgan Stanley (MS) will release its earnings for the first quarter of 2021 on April 16. What’s the forecast for Morgan Stanley stock before its earnings?

According to a report from Apple Insider, Morgan Stanley expects Apple to offset the threat of longer replacement cycles with the iPhone Xs.

Morgan Stanley charges fixed fees and performance fees for asset management services, products and services, and administration of accounts.

The US Federal Reserve met on September 16 and 17 in one of the most anticipated monetary policy meetings in recent memory.

Exchange-traded fund investors added almost $552.6 million on average to the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) in the last quarter. During the week ending September 25, the ETF witnessed outflows of $318.3 million.

The analyst consensus target price for LyondellBasell is $116.82, implying a return potential of 8.5% over the closing price of $107.68 as of April 20, 2018.

The first challenge is that banks are highly regulated and any change in regulations has a huge impact on the valuation of a bank—the second challenge is that it’s difficult to determine cash flow for a bank because both debt and reinvestment are difficult to calculate.

We explored the most commonly used valuation metric for financial companies—the price-book value. We also understood the relation between price-book value and return on equity.

AMFQX is an alternative mutual fund that seeks to generate positive absolute returns with a low correlation to the returns of broad stock and bond markets.

Charles Schwab (SCHW) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.80x on an NTM (next-12-month) basis.

Overall, $13 billion worth of floating-rate notes were auctioned, the same as in February’s auction.

In 2016, Salesforce has continued to report double-digit growth and was ranked as the most innovative company by Forbes for the sixth straight year.

Bond underwriting exposure could be risky for investment banking departments, as interest rates begin to rise and refinancing slows.

Despite exceeding analysts’ estimates, IBM stock fell after the earnings announcement on April 18, 2016. It was IBM’s 16th consecutive quarter of revenue decline.

All banks face risks. Two key areas to understand are banks’ market risk and reputational risk. Here’s a summary of each type.

The US Treasury auctioned 30-year TIPS (VIPSX)(LTPZ) worth $5 billion on June 22.

Banks experience operational risk in all daily bank activities, such as a check incorrectly cleared or a wrong order punched into a trading terminal.

Morgan Stanley stock is trending downwards in the pre-market session on Oct. 15 after its third-quarter earnings results.

Bank of America Corporation’s (BAC) banking operations are the second-largest in the United States by assets.

Tesla (TSLA) stock has been polarizing like no other. Analysts and investors have very strong views about the stock on either side.

The price-book value ratio is the ratio of the market value of equity to the book value of equity. Price stands for the current market price of a stock. Book value is the total assets minus liabilities, or net worth, which is the accounting measure of shareholders’ equity in the balance sheet.

The top risks that every bank faces are credit risk and liquidity risk. We’ll look at the banks that managed this risk safely, and those that didn’t.

Amazon (AMZN) shares are trading close to 4% in early-market today. The company announced its third-quarter results on Thursday. 

Adobe (ADBE), Workday (WDAY), and ServiceNow shares have lost significant market value in early-market trading today. Adobe stock has fallen close to 4%.

The banking sector plays a pivotal role in our daily lives. This series explores the sector, its driving factors, and its key indicators and latest trends.

In August, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC) suggested that investors not buy just yet. Their opinions are now changing.

JPMorgan Chase suggests waiting until September before returning to stocks. The markets will likely make new all-time highs in the first half of 2020.

Yesterday, Morgan Stanley upgraded Ford Motor Company stock from “equal weight” to “overweight” and increased its target price.

Morgan Stanley doesn’t believe the S&P 500’s current breakout above 3,000 will last. It also doesn’t expect Fed rate cuts to rekindle growth.

Most analysts reduced their target prices on FedEx after the delivery giant trimmed its fiscal 2019 earnings outlook.

Southwest Airlines (LUV) rose over 4% yesterday on social media speculation that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is considering a takeover bid.

Currently, 21 analysts are actively tracking Stanley Black & Decker. Among the analysts, 67% recommend a “buy,” while 33% recommend a “hold.”

Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has been rewarding its shareholders with dividend payments.

Evercore generated 25% of its fees from its technology, media, and telecom sector, 20% from its energy sector, and 17% from its financials sector in 4Q17.

Goldman Sachs’s (GS) Investment Banking segment generated revenues of $1.8 billion in 3Q17, which was a 4% rise compared to 2Q17.

James Gorman, chair and CEO of Morgan Stanley (MS), shared his view on China (FXI) (YINN) in an interview with CNBC.

In late May 2017, Microsoft (MSFT) acquired Hexadite to strengthen its position in the cybersecurity space.

Despite its aggressive measures to tap growth, top line growth continues to be elusive for IBM. The company’s 1Q17 results marked its 20th straight quarter without revenue growth.

Elliott Funds has proposed unifying BHP Billiton’s (BHP) (BBL) dual-listing structure into a single Australian-headquartered and Australian tax resident–listed company.

Despite a fall in overall revenue and no growth in any of its operating segments, IBM’s Strategic Imperatives segment managed to post growth in 3Q16.

On Friday, October 14, 2016, Morgan Stanley (MS) released a list of its favorite “secular growth” stock picks. It believes these stocks have long-term growth possibilities.

On July 12, 2016, Celanese’s (CE) consensus 12-month target price was $76.30, indicating a return potential of 11.3% from that day’s closing price of $68.57.

The US Department of the Treasury conducted the weekly auction of four-week Treasury bills (or T-bills) on April 26.

Treasury inflation-protected securities (or TIPS) protect the value of debt securities from eroding due to a rise in inflation.

At -$276 million, Netflix had negative free cash flow for the fourth straight quarter in 2015 as the company continued investing in original programming.

Morgan Stanley divides its non-interest expenses into compensation and non-compensation. It’s compensation expenses (and benefits) are ~80% of this class.

If spreads widen further, high-grade bonds will become more attractive because yields and prices are inversely related. A rise in yields indicates falling prices.

In the US, J.P. Morgan competes with Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), and Morgan Stanley (MS), the leading players in investment banking.