Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley (MS) has issued 30 million shares worth $$706 million as employee bonuses under the Morgan Stanley 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated March 21, 2013.

Morgan Stanley called the top in USD/JPY on Monday, recommending a short at 101 with a target of 94.00/92.00.

JP Morgan - "The late-week recoveries for both AUD/USD and NZD/USD maintain the overall range bias for both pairs.

JP Morgan - "After significant and broad strength in Q1 (+2.5% trade-weighted and up versus 60% of currencies globally), the dollar has been moving sideways.

JP Morgan - "The strong overshooting of key-Fib.-resistance at 1.5346 (minor 38.2 %) in Cable has caused a bit of a headache as it is currently unclear whether we are only dealing with an overshooting, internal 4th wave recovery or with a II

JP Morgan - "JPY is the currency that keeps on giving.

JP Morgan - "Given the straight line down in the decline from 1.3711 to 1.2746 we are fairly confident of dealing either with an impulsive wave a.-or wave 1 down which could even be incomplete considering the slight overshooting only at the

JP Morgan - "long-term trade ideas (...) for investors who have 2-year investment horizons and are less concerned about marking-to-market in the near term.

JP Morgan - "EUR/USD targets are unchanged this month – Q2 1.32 and Q4 1.34 – despite the turmoil in Cyprus, but the risk bias is to the downside.

The S&P 500 is on the brink of a fresh record high, with the milestone just a few points away.

JP Morgan - "The multi-year boom in US oil and gas production has spawned bold forecasts, such as eventual American energy independence and long-term dollar appreciation.

JP Morgan - "JPY is the key focus following last week’s bearish action and breakout for USD/JPY.

JP Morgan - "The JPY has room to extend its latest gains within its broader 4th wave recoveryGiven the break below first Fib.-support at 119.41 (minor 38.2 %) in EUR/JPY we see additional downside to 117.25 (38.2 % on higher scale) where the

JP Morgan - "USD/JPY targets have been raised to 94 for Q1, 97 for Q2 and Q3, and 96 for Q4.

JP Morgan - "The GBP/USD forecast profile has been changed to 1.50 for Q1, 1.47 for Q2, and 1.51 for Q3 and Q4.

JP Morgan - "NZD maintains the bullish price action with the break through several key levels against the USD and crosses; still, the factors calling for a corrective phase have not been eliminated.<The recovery for AUD/USD over the p

Spanish newspaper El Pais published corruption allegations in January against Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and other senior members of his party, the Partido Popular (PP).

JP Morgan - "Trades: In the macro portfolio, stay long EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY and USD/JPY.

Right, will we be closer to 80.00 or 100.00 come Friday June 28th? What y’all think?

JP Morgan - "Medium-term technical view: The bearish action for JPY since November has confirmed a broad-based medium term shift.

Investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS) will defer 2012 bonuses for high-earning employees for as long as three years, media reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the situation.

JP Morgan - "JPY weakness remains the key trend.

JP Morgan - "The prospects for a broader EUR recovery have improved but decisive breaks to confirm are still outstanding.

Goldman (GS) A couple of stocks I like to follow are GS and JPM to forecast pivot turning points in the US stock markets, particularly the SPX. You can see how JPM and GS appear to be tracking the SPX well and that it’s my belief tha

JP Morgan - "  Balanced risks in Q1, downside in Q2: : Below 1.25 in Q1/

- Key drivers of USD1.

JP Morgan - "Risk scenarios to accompany Q4 2012 FX forecastsUSD Balanced in Q4Potential trigger events: FOMC meetings on Oct 24 and Dec 12; China data each month; China Communist Party Congress this fa

J.P. Morgan - FX forecasts through 2015: G10 long-term forecasts.

JP Morgan - FX Forecasts: End-2012 Targets with previous forecast in parentheses are now: EUR/USD 1.30 (1.24), GBP/USD 1.62 (1.58), AUD/USD 1.04 (1.02), USD/CAD 0.98 (1.02), USD/CNY 6.32 (6.30), USD/KRW 1125 (1150), USD/ZAR 8.5

The Italian elections, due April 2013, do pose event risk for the euro going forward.  Probably not next week though

JP Morgan - "This week’s bullish shift for AUD/USD and NZD/USD suggests the August corrections are complete.

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Morgan Stanley cuts its gold-price forecast for the fourth quarter by 13%, the latest in a series of downgraded outlooks for the precious metal as it remains in its longest slump since the financial crisis.

J.P. Morgan's CIO unit was involved in more speculative and risky bets than just those made by the London Whale.

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WASHINGTON (MNI) – The following was issued Tuesday by the Federal Reserve: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced a Consent Order against Morgan Stanley to address a pattern of misconduct and neglig

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), which agreed to buy El Paso Corp.

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Industrial production came in worse than expected, and Morgan Stanley is laying off a bunch of people in time for the holidays, bucking the good-news trend this morning.

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The National Credit Union Administration or NCUA, has Monday sued securities firms J.P.

Financial services firm Bank of America Corp.

AP QE2′s cruise coming to an end.

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Morgan Stanley is trading nearly 4% higher in pre-market after its earnings beat expectations. The company reported “core” earnings per share of 46 cents, which easily bested consensus estimates of 34 cents a sh

Some stocks to watch this morning, courtesy of our friends at Dow Jones. fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 95% as the company posted record iPhone sales, as well as strong sales

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By Justin Grant at Advanced Trading Morgan Stanley announced the rollout of an over-the-counter algorithmic trading platform that provides institutional investors with flow-weighted average p

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J.P. Morgan’s asset allocation shop took a look across asset classes and found commodities look the most risky at present.

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A bit of a witches brew for the financial sector today as financials trade lower.

Investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS) on Thursday announced several management changes.

J.P. Morgan earnings before the open will be one of the biggest events for the tape Friday.

Analysts are trying to work their way through J.P.

Morgan Stanley research analyst Betsy Graseck is out with a note Monday saying there's a "very likely" probability that Bank of America has a good two-month run ahead of it.

The options market appears to think J.P.

Morgan Stanley reported this morning and revenue came in a bit better than expected, but the earnings per share figure is muddled up in various charges and other items.

After an initial upward blip, both Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley are trading lower in pre-market action, according to The Wall Street Journal quote pages.

Traiana has announced that Morgan Stanley is the first customer to go live with Traiana’s real-time FX margin solution.� Nick Solinger, Chief Marketing Officer of Traiana, says “Over the years our sell-side customers have told us there

Shares of Morgan Stanley are down more than 4% on reports of probes by U.S.

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Here are some of the early reads on J.P.

JP Morgan Chase is set to defy calls for constraint over banker's bonuses.

Bloomberg News U.S. Steel has hit a new high following o

J.P. Morgan thinks the next six months will be “difficult” for stocks in its beverages/household products coverage universe, and downgrades Coke, Colgate and Alberto-Culver to neutral from overweight.

JP Morgan's Bruce Kasman is on CNBC predicting that the US will add 40,000 jobs when payrolls are released on Friday. USD/JPY is bouncing back amid reports that the BIS was seen on the bid.

Morgan Stanley’s Stephen Roach remains skeptical about the prospects for a robust global economy, writing Tuesday morning that he expects “the weakest recovery of the modern era.” His reasoning:

Financial services firm Morgan Stanley (MS) has reportedly named Jonathan Pruzan and Eric Bischof as global co-heads of the company's Financial Institutions Group or FIG, the investment-banking unit that caters to financial institutions.

Morgan Stanley (MS) has been sued by a Virgin Islands pension fund that has accused the bank of defrauding investors in a collateralized-debt obligation, called the Libertas CDO, by marketing $1.2 billion of risky mortgage-related notes that it expected t

Financial services firm Morgan Stanley (MS) said Monday that it has changed its bylaws to provide for separate positions of chairman of the board and chief executive officer as well as set up a standing risk committee to help oversee the bank's risk

The markets have firmly settled into their winter hibernation period, say Barclays Capital analysts, while tweaking their outlook for investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Barclays analysts cite “the mean

Associated Press J.P. Morgan analysts upped their year-en

Associated Press J.P. Morgan analysts upped their year-en

Financial holding company JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s (JPM) Chairman and Chief Executive officer Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that the bank plans to hire 1,200 branch-based loan officers by end 2010 and to open more than 120 new retail branches in 2010.

Airlines are getting a bid this morning.

Farm equipment maker John Deere is notching new 52-week highs this morning following an upgrade of the stock from Morgan Stanley, helping to lead the industrials sector higher.

After the market’s roller-coaster ride this year, the consensus seems to be building that the big players are moving to lock in a gains ahead of the end of the year.

Cazenove, the Queen's stockbroker, is set to be acquired by its US partner JP Morgan in a deal that will value the firm close to £2.0bn.  We'll have to listen out for cable positive M&A flows eminating from deal.

Morgan Stanley goes cautious on semiconductors, saying inventories are “creeping up,” as measured in dollars, and notebook makers’ Taiwan operations saw a “spike” in the same.

The index, which is a composite of the purchasing managers reports from the largest economies, is at a 39-month high, Morgan reports.

This is not Morgan Stanley chief executive John Mack rocking

Morgan Stanley ratcheted up its risk level during the third quarter, but its appetite for excitement is still less than arch rival Goldman Sachs. Morgan Stanley posted a profit of $757 million, or 38 cents a share, compared wit

The Boeing super-jumbo seems to be even further on the horizon. Morgan Stanley has gone negative on Boeing, cutting its recommendation to underweight from equalweight.

Here is my take on bank earnings reports.

JP Morgan Chase results better than expected, earnings per share $0.82, demonstrably better than median forecast of $0.52.  News has helped bolster risk appetite a little bit more.

The market is making a higher run out of the gates, after J.P.

Only the Dow reached a new 2009 high on Monday.

AP Just a quick follow onto our previous post about the relat

Morgan Stanley economists say near term, a “vigorous” economic recovery “is virtually assured.” Sounds like a bold statement; we’re not sure if they had a look at July retail s

The Journal’s Annelena Lobb reports: Everybody loves Velveeta, but investors may expect too much of Kraft Foods Inc., according to a Morgan Stanley research report.

Oil and gas explorer GMX Resources Inc.

The euro may approach its December high of $1.4720 after breaking through “key” resistance at $1.4338, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Despite the downbeat GDP report, when taking Q1 and Q2 together, JP Morgan has upped its Q3 GDP forecast to 3%. Seems like the cash for clunkers program and the low level of auto inventories has got economists licking their chops for a rebound in the nex

Morgan Stanley strategist Jason Todd doesn’t see the “sustained rally” Goldman Sachs expects.

A disappointing earnings report from Morgan Stanley is sending U.S.

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FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - After trading in a narrow range between 1.4070 and 1.4095 in the last two hours, Euro has jumped above 1.4100 against Dollar to trade close to 1.4120, posting 0.20% daily gains from opening price.US Treasury secretary said in hi

The Euro has become range bound between 1.4100-1.4050 after giving back some of its gains from yesterday.

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German financial services firm Deutsche Bank AG (DB) has hired advisers to its wealth management operations from UBS AG (UBS) and Morgan Stanley (MS), according to media reports Tuesday.

Wednesday, construction and regeneration business Morgan Sindall Plc, in an update for the six months ended June 30, said that it is trading positively and remains on track to meet its expectations for the current year, despite continuing challenging cond

Microsoft Corp. has decided to sell its digital agency, Razorfish, and has hired financial services provider Morgan Stanley to identify a potential buyer, the Financial Times reported late on Sunday.

Tuesday, financial service providers Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Dragging derivatives trading out of the shadows and under a harsh regulatory light could help some in the exchange business, J.P.

Financial services provider Morgan Stanley (MS) is considering buying regional banks in the U.S.

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JP Morgan has reported Q-1 2009 net income of $2.1 bln, or 40 cents a share, beating analysts estimates around 32 cents a share. The results have done little to help sterling.

The Euro has steadily declined since China’s GDP report was released erasing gains from yesterday built on the rising U.S.

Not everyone is jumping on the reflation bandwagon.

Financial services firm Morgan Stanley's Chief Executive Officer John Mack said 2009 will be a difficult year and profitability is nowhere near to the bank's targets, Bloomberg reported.

Morgan Stanley’s chief executive, John J.

Not if you believe Reuters, but where there is smoke there is usually fire.

JPMorgan Chase, beneficiary of $25 billion in taxpayer bailout dollars, pla

Barclays analysts cut their price targets on Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. The GS price target is now $100, don from $135, with an equal-weight recommendation. The MS target is down to $30 from $32, also

and might be giving more consideration than usual to the idea of a dividend cut.

Asian Market Update: Financials Lead Broad-Based Selling in Asia After JP Morgan Dividend Cut; Nikkei Flirts with Multi-Year Lows to Chagrin of MOF; JPY Falls to Multi-Week Lows, EUR Braces for IFO, while Gold Slides Below $990.

Thursday, carbon and ceramics producer Morgan Crucible Co.

Two major U.S. banks have announced they will halt foreclosures.

The reason: Fiscal stimulus and financial rescue plans likely will be less timely and

Monday, investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS), converted into a bank holding company in September, is reportedly set to announce a lay-off of about 1,800 employees this month, representing nearly 4% of its global workforce, as it struggles to align costs in

Both banks raised their 2009 gold price forecasts to $900 ounce on expectations safe-haven buying will eventually offset deflationary worries and dollar strength.

Morgan Stanley has added a full suite of FX trading capabilities to its Passport electronic trading platform.

Morgan Stanleys Foreign Exchange and Prime Brokerage divisions have worked together to create an STP suite of products for hedge funds doing international trading.

JPMorgan has announced that it has selected Cognotec as its technology partner in delivering White Label foreign exchange (FX) e-commerce solutions and related market making services to the global financial marketplace.

Morgan Stanley has added foreign exchange trading functionality to Passport, the firms web-based multi-product execution and order management tool for qualified institutional customers.

Morgan Stanley has added a full suite of FX trading capabilities to its Passport electronic trading platform.

Morgan Stanleys Foreign Exchange and Prime Brokerage divisions have worked together to create an STP suite of products for hedge funds doing international trading.

JPMorgan has announced that it has selected Cognotec as its technology partner in delivering White Label foreign exchange (FX) e-commerce solutions and related market making services to the global financial marketplace.

Morgan Stanley has added foreign exchange trading functionality to Passport, the firms web-based multi-product execution and order management tool for qualified institutional customers.