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Another Home Run for Banks: Morgan Stanley Beats Earnings Expectations
Source: www.thewire.com - Thursday, July 17, 2014
REUTERS/Mike Blake This morning, Morgan Stanley released their second quarter earnings before the market opened. Analysts estimated they would bring in $0.55 per share, increasing from $0.45 per share this time last year. Morgan Stanley exceed this easily, adding to an already successful earnings report season for Wall Street. Morgan Stanley reported net revenues of $8.6 billion, beating out last year's number of $8.5 billion. For the current quarter, income from continuing operations applicable to Morgan Stanley was $1.9 billion. That's $0.94 per diluted share, compared with income of $1.0 billion. In 2013, it was only $0.43 per diluted share. As far as success rates go year-over-year, Morgan Stanley did quite well. CEO James P. Gorman was quite pleased: Our quarterly results demonstrated solid performance, despite a muted operating environment. We are seeing momentum across our businesses, with particular strength in Investment Banking, Equity Sales & Trading and Wealth Management – where profit margins hit 21% for the first time since the founding of the JV and assets entrusted to us by clients reached $2 trillion. We also continued to be disciplined on expenses, while focusing on delivering higher returns.” While Gorman may be praising the wealth management department, he is less pleased with the bond traders. Though the overall performance was better than expected, bond trading is down. Still, this isn't all bad. While M
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