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The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is A.G. Edwards A-OK? The financial services company doesn't operate like its peers -- and that's a plus for investors.
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.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Good Deal, Wachovia! Strong quarterly results from A.G. Edwards reaffirm the wisdom of Wachovia's pending purchase. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Legg Mason Falls Short The money manager Legg Mason posts strong earnings, but it misses high expectations.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Tom Taulli	Legg Mason's Big Swap With two transactions last week, the firm transformed itself into a pure-play money manager. For stockholders, it probably makes sense to wait before jumping into Legg Mason stock.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Kristen French	Is Legg Mason Suffering Citi Indigestion? Can Legg Mason pull it off? That's what fickle Wall Street investors are wondering lately about the firm's blockbuster asset swap deal with Citigroup, in which Legg exchanged its brokerage unit for Citi's asset management business.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Kristen French	Next Year's Model If the one-stop shop is out, what new formula will take its place? In many ways, the Citi/Legg Mason swap looks like an ideal prototype. The thing is, a swap like that is not likely to be repeated.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Churchill	Fighting for Dollars The retail brokerage model in the U.S. is flawed. Why? Because advisors get too much of the revenue pie.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2006 Stephen Ellis	A Value Opportunity at a Value Manager With prices and expectations lowered, Legg Mason now has a low bar to beat. Mr. Market has given us a gift in the form of a cheap, top-quality asset manager.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Legg Mason Gets a Leg Up The money manager posts solid growth ahead of the pending Citigroup asset swap. Legg Mason shareholders still have much to look forward to.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A.G. Edwards: Still Different While A.G. Edwards is a solid play on the seemingly inevitable growth in retirement and investing, current valuations don't make it such an inevitable winner as a stock.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The New Legg Mason Stumbles The new Citigroup assets will take time to digest, but they should pay off over time. Investors, take note.
Registered Rep. January 20, 2011 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley Says Integration On Track, Wealth Managment Revenues Up 7% Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and CFO Ruth Porat said they are pleased with the progress of integration in the wealth management division, a joint venture with Citigroup in its spun-off Smith Barney division, as well as its performance.
Registered Rep. March 24, 2006 Halah Touryalai	New Legg Mason President Marks the End of an Era The asset-management firm announced that its founder, Raymond "Chip" Mason, is stepping down as president. James Hirschmann, the current CEO of Western Asset Management, Legg Mason's largest subsidiary by assets under management, will replace him.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 John Churchill	The Money Squeeze There's one thing that stands between the big retail brokerage firms and the high profit margins that the executives of these firms and their investors seek: the financial advisor.
Registered Rep. June 27, 2005 Kristen French	Citi/Legg Deal Strikes Blow at the Heart of Financial Supermarket Concept The recently announced asset swap between Citigroup and Legg Mason could be a sign that the financial supermarket of yore is on its way out, to wit: the separation of asset management and distribution.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 S.J. Caplan	A New Legg for the Long Run The fourth-largest U.S. money manager reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. Clearly, Legg's not bionic. But if its equity performance undergoes some rehab, the firm could give rivals a run for their revenue.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Find the Right Broker When it comes to handling your investments, one size doesn't fit all. Shop around.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005	I'm A Broker, You're A Broker At most publicly traded national broker/dealers, about 35 percent of employees are called financial advisors.
Registered Rep. January 31, 2006 John Churchill	A.G. Edwards Cutting Compensation As the brokerage industry moves upmarket and seeks better return on equity and profit margins, the pressure for reps (and their firms) to produce continues to increase.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Chris O'Leary	Break a Legg With Mason approaching retirement age (he is 68 and has not talked about retiring), and with the company frustrated in its efforts to find suitable acquisitions to keep growing, Legg has become an oft-rumored takeover target.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Should Brokers Get Overtime Pay? Commissions. That's an important word to consider when you think about how your broker may be serving you. For most investors, a solid online brokerage with low fees and a broad range of services is all one needs.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French	Bonus Bait Morgan Stanley is planning to offer bonuses to brokers who expand their production in 2006.
Registered Rep. January 21, 2005 Will Leitch	A.G. Edwards Offering Courses for College Credit The firm cleared the classes with the American Council on Education, allowing them to help brokers who are interested to work toward undergraduate degrees with elective credits. The firm claims they are the first retail brokerage to offer such a program.
Registered Rep. April 7, 2006 Kevin Burke	Bye, Bye Smith Barney Funds; Welcome Legg Mason Legg Mason announced today the renaming of a bulk of the Smith Barney funds as the Legg Mason Partners Funds in the wake of last year's blockbuster deal.
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Emily Thornton	Mutual Funds: The Cost Of Full Disclosure With Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson pushing for new rules aimed at providing greater safeguards for mutual-fund investors, brokerages worry that implementing them will cost billions of dollars.
Registered Rep. March 5, 2004 John Churchill	Is Smaller Better? According to J.D. Power & Associates' "Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study," regional firms, through more "proactive contact in managing customer accounts," receive higher satisfaction ratings than some of the major national brokerage houses.
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.
BusinessWeek October 30, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	A Legg Up Soon? When Legg Mason, the sixth-largest U.S. asset manager, plunged on Oct. 11, Steven Roge of Roge Partners Fund couldn't believe his luck.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French	Legg Slims Citi Swap Ranks After Legg Mason and Citigroup closed their asset swap deal on Dec. 1, Legg announced in a regulatory filing with the SEC that it plans to cut some of the employees that came with the swap.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Legg's Anatomy Lesson Legg Mason's new branding effort seeks to distinguish its various appendages.
Registered Rep. October 2, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Hands Over Mutual Fund Reins to BlackRock BlackRock, the nation's third-largest bond fund manager, said it has completed its takeover of the asset-management arm of Merrill Lynch; the union is one of the world's largest asset managers.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Morgan Stanley Re-Discovers Itself The fully recovered financial-services firm no longer needs Discover. Investors, both firms will be worth keeping an eye on as key players in their respective industries.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Tax Strategies Did you know that you can (and should) deduct commissions paid to brokerages from your net capital gain for tax purposes?
The Motley Fool February 27, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer	Investing in Investors There's big business out there for asset managers, and big profits for people investing in asset managers.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Motley Fool Double Take: Morgan Stanley Bulges Forward Morgan Stanley reported another strong quarter, but has all the easy money in the stock now been made?
Registered Rep. May 31, 2007 Kevin Burke	Wachovia Buys A.G. Edwards for $6.8 Billion, Creating New Rival to Merrill, Smith Barney The deal puts Wachovia among the top three competitors in retail brokerage -- in terms of both assets and advisors -- and retail banking.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Requiem for the $250K Broker Until recently, brokers were immune to the industry's downsizing, which has included a decimation of the ranks of investment bankers and the elimination of thousands of support positions. Brokers, it was assumed, covered their own costs by generating commissions and fees. Not anymore.
Wall Street & Technology November 29, 2004 Paul Allen	A.G. Edwards' Grand Plan Deal with Thomson Financial could raise costs in the short term, but it's all part of a long-term technology plan to simplify its infrastructure.
Registered Rep. July 23, 2008 John Churchill	Wachovia Earnings Down; Stock Up 27 Percent In Two Days While Wachovia Corp. was busy posting bad numbers, its two retail financial advisory units -- one for high-net-worth financial planning and the other for retail brokerage, including A.G. Edwards -- did relatively well.
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 Geracioti & Touryalai	Morgan And Wachovia? The need for the kind of capital offered by customer deposits apparently is driving securities firms into the arms of banks.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 Anders Bylund	3 Stocks That Missed the Mark A peek at companies that over-promised and under-delivered: Biomet... A.G. Edwards... 3Com...
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer	Earnings Stall at U.S. Global Investors It was a mixed second-quarter report for asset manager U.S. Global Investors.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Chelsea Hardaway	A Random Walk Down Brand Street The corporate way of communicating has been so bad for so long, many of us have stopped caring altogether. A.G. Edwards: Finally, a brokerage firm that gets it.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2012 Shubh Datta	Region Financial's Morgan Keegan May Finally Be Sold Regions hopes to sell Morgan Keegan by next week.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2006 Kristen French	Morgan and BlackRock: Another Asset Swap? Rumors swirled late Friday and Monday that Morgan Stanley, the struggling Wall Street powerbroker, was looking to takeover BlackRock, the successful institutional money manager.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Legg Mason: Good Buy or Goodbye? For market participants who adopt a short time horizon, the decision to sell may be rational, but for value investors who aren't afraid to think in terms of years, rather than quarters, the sudden price cut of Legg Mason may create opportunity.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2005 Kristen French	On the Gossip Trail: Mack to Replace Schaefer--But With Whom? When Morgan Stanley announced that the head of its struggling retail brokerage unit was stepping down, Wall Street immediately began speculating about who will be chosen as his successor -- and what that successor might augur for the retail brokerage.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill	A.G.E. to Catch a Rep Instead of buying brokers like its peers with offers of big upfront forgivable loans, A.G. Edwards is offering its own reps bonuses for successfully recruiting good reps.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Legg's Achilles' Heel Legg Mason reports first-quarter earnings. The firm can't fully hit its stride as long as equity underperformance remains Legg's Achilles' Heel.