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The Motley Fool
July 13, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Wanted: Wall Street Analysts Are Wall Street analysts, the "sell-side" analysts who work for brokerages, an endangered species? Should you care? For investors expect to see less research available on many smaller companies.   |
Registered Rep.
October 29, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Morgan Stanley Opposes Fine Following the New York Attorney General's investigation of Merrill Lynch's research practices, the firm was fined $100 million. The attorney general's office is in the midst of an ongoing investigation of other firms, including Morgan Stanley, which is fighting back. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Rich Smith |
Split Personality at S&P? Reading S&P's stock reports can make an investor see double. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Kris Frieswick |
Investment Banking: More Bricks in the Wall Regulators are introducing new rules to ensure the objectivity of stock analysts, but what's good for investors could be bad for CFOs. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Brokers Offer Second Opinions Brokerages go from conflicts of interest to conflicts of recommendations. Many brokerages will now begin sending you second opinions on various investment opportunities along with their own recommendations. |
Registered Rep.
May 15, 2008
John Churchill |
Merrill's New Stock Rankings Merrill Lynch announces new guidelines for its research analysts that will require them to increase the number of firms in their coverage area that they expect will fall or underperform in the coming 12 months. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2003 |
Weiss Study: Analyst Community Still a "Sell" Out A study of the ratings systems at 30 brokerage firms showed significant improvement in their identification of companies heading into bankruptcy. On the down side, though, a surprising number continue to recommend companies right up to the day they file for Chapter 11. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
The House of Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley has had its fair share of wrongdoing, but despite its warts, the brokerage firm should continue to thrive. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2002
Leitch & Weinberg |
Tripping Over Analysts' Feet. Or Your Own. John Tripi, a former Morgan Stanley broker, invested $214,000 in one stock, Copper Mountain Networks. He held it on the advice of his analysts, he says. Guess what? After being fired -- and losing his dough -- Tripi, now a bartender, is suing Morgan Stanley to the tune of $1 million. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Free Research From Brokerages A little shopping around can yield lots of free stock research. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Leapin' Lehman! The brokerage reports a fabulous first quarter. Things are looking good for brokerage companies, and their stocks reflect that. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Dumortier & Khattab |
Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
The Economy vs. Rates Debate Goldman Sachs released some impressive second-quarter numbers this morning. However, investors have been convinced that rising interest rates will hurt the bottom lines of this as well as other brokerages. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Why So Few "Sell" Ratings? There are many reasons why stock analysts rarely say "Sell"! |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Merrill Lynch Settlement: Good for Merrill, Not for Investors Many say the Merrill settlement does not resolve investors' fundamental concern: the inherent conflict produced by analysts' multiple dual role of serving investors and Merrill's investment banking business. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2008
Saibal Saha |
"Sell" Is a 4-Letter Word Wall Street analysts hate to put down stocks, but praising everything doesn't help either. Merrill Lynch is taking steps to change the system. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Where All the Funds Are Above Average Morningstar's new system has a lot of winners and not too many losers. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2005
Paul Shread |
Analysts Bid Adieu to Baidu In a move that would have been unheard of back in the heyday of the Internet bubble, two underwriters of Baidu.com's red-hot IPO said the stock has come too far too fast... Stocks took a beating on weak retail sales and rising oil prices... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
A.G. Edwards Misses the Mark The full-service broker reports Q2 earnings just shy of estimates. |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Brokerage Firms Continued Recommending Floundering Companies: Weiss Survey A surprising 74% of the 62 brokerage firms that follow companies that filed for bankruptcy protection between May 1 and Aug. 31 continued to recommend those companies to investors even as they were seeking protection. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005 |
"Initiating Coverage" Read Wall Street coverage of your stocks with a wary eye. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Tom Gardner |
Wall Street's in Trouble Could the future earnings of prominent Wall Street firms be at risk? |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2009
Morgan Housel |
The Most Powerful Companies in the World Allowing one company's actions to have so much influence over the economy is terribly dangerous and never should have happened. But it is still happening, with ratings agencies. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Guillotine for Financial Giants A French court declares open season on biased analysis. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brokers on Parade Wall Street gets some home cooking when its investment banks step up with earnings. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
What's Wrong With Spitzer's Solution to Analyst Bias? Experts on the financial markets disagree over how bad the stock-analyst bias problem is today. But few find much good to say about Eliot Spitzer's approach. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
When Will the Credit Crisis End? Ask the experts how much further we have to go. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Legg Running in Stride On the surface, it appears that job growth and economic wellness are heavy on the minds of Americans. Yet, these same people are parking huge sums of money at brokerage firms such as Legg Mason, which continue to produce record results. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Complexities of Offshore Outsourcing This is not a simple issue, and perhaps companies should not base the decision on whether to offshore jobs simply on expected cost savings. Instead, many other factors should be considered. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 4, 2003 |
Pump and Dump: Analyst Bias and Corporate Financing A new study by Wharton accounting professor Scott Richardson and two colleagues suggests that, even if most sell-side analysts don't lie, they are so overly upbeat that their forecasts of corporate earnings and stock-price targets are hardly more accurate than falsehoods. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
How Companies Go Public A basic description of how companies raise money through an initial public offering, or IPO. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006
Alex Dumortier |
Morgan Makes It Four of a Kind The investment bank has no trouble keeping pace with its peers. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
July 19, 2001
Damien Cave |
Wall Street gets an F Two new books on the economy blast investment bankers for bias and warn that the financial system is out of anyone's control... |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Riding High It was a fine year for brokerage firms -- especially their stocks. No one came up bigger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in terms of percentage gains. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2010
Dan Dzombak |
Whom Should You Trust: Main Street or Wall Street? When you're looking to research a stock, should you listen to Wall Street or Main Street? Compare how Main Street's stock ratings differ from Wall Street's. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Has a Run on Goldman and Morgan Begun? NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini may have been right. We could very well be witnessing the death throes of the modern U.S. investment bank. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Buy Everything On Sale! Credit card issuers are working hard to win your business. Are you taking advantage? |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Dazzles, Sort Of A good quarter, sure, but I'm interested on where the bank can go from here. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Marlene Y. Satter |
The Outlook: Negative, but Sound In the second half of 2008, Fitch Ratings moved its ratings outlook for most insurance regions and sectors globally to negative. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty |
On Closer Examination Reform of sell-side research is creating a variety of new headaches for corporations. |
Registered Rep.
January 27, 2006 |
Oy, Another Embarrassing Headline for Morgan Morgan Stanley's technology department head is accused of abusing his position to win gifts and services from tech companies, The New York Post reports. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for AIG While it may be hard to believe, more top-performing CAPS members are turning bullish on American International Group these days, exhibiting optimism for the future. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to S&P's David Beers Standard & Poor's startled world markets this week by lowering its outlook on U.S. debt to "negative." Its sovereign-ratings chief defends the move |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Foolish Forecast: Morgan Stanley Gets Ready to Deliver The financial firm will report it most recently quarterly earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?" |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
Economics of Offshoring A study provides a clearer picture of what offshoring means to financial companies. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Justin Hibbard |
Morgan Stanley: No Stars -- And Lots Of Top Tech IPOs The firm has perfected the long-term team approach to landing high-quality clients that are ready to go public. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2001
Tonya Vinas |
Trade Secrets Securities analysts face increasing pressure to disclose investments, compensation ties... |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
The Allure of Merc Markets Extreme economic volatility adds to the viability of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Is the exchange's stock a good buy? |
