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Morgan Stanley (MS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Report, “Situational Awareness — Crushed While Correct” (2026-08-02)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where MS appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.29 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How MS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.29 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Morgan Stanley moved 0.29% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 28% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.79 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.20% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.04% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Capital Markets · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Capital Markets · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against MS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Morgan Stanley

MS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Morgan Stanley is a financial holding company that serves corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. It runs three segments: Institutional Securities, which covers underwriting, advisory work on mergers and market-making across equity and fixed income; Wealth Management, which offers brokerage, lending and financial planning to individuals; and Investment Management, which runs funds and solutions for institutions and retirement plans. It was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York.
Where it sits in the stack
Morgan Stanley carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; it belongs to the capital-markets sleeve of our broader universe, grouped with diversified investment banks that combine trading, advisory and asset-management income.
Who it is priced against
The comparison the market draws is with Goldman Sachs, the other large US bank built around trading and advisory work alongside wealth management.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Morgan Stanley holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score, since none of our scoring modules have been run on it yet. A report titled Situational Awareness — Crushed While Correct quotes its Momentum TMT Index moving sharply, which is how the name entered the diary.
What the diary watches
Whether the balance between trading revenue, advisory fees and wealth-management flows shifts as market conditions change, since that mix drives how the diary reads the name.

Morgan Stanley (MS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: MS news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Wells Fargo, 2026-09-25

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 223 from 240 Target cut to $223 from $240 (+13.6% to spot) 2026-09-25

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.11%, quarterly · last 1.15 USD on 2026-07-31

Dividends and capital return

What MS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.15 USD per share · a 2.11% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +9.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.78 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.15 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-31
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.85 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.55 USD · 2025: 3.85 USD · 2026: 3.15 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Morgan Stanley (MS)?

Morgan Stanley trades as MS on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is MS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Morgan Stanley is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does MS trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -7.3% vs the 50-day and +1.8% vs the 200-day average, 15.5% below the 52-week high and +31.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Morgan Stanley trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Morgan Stanley had a beta of 0.29 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 28% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.20% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Morgan Stanley?

Morgan Stanley appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Report: Situational Awareness — Crushed While Correct (2026-08-02). What Closelooknet said most recently: The Morgan Stanley Momentum TMT Index falls 53.5%. (Report, 2026-08-02). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Morgan Stanley do?

Morgan Stanley is a financial holding company that serves corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. It runs three segments: Institutional Securities, which covers underwriting, advisory work on mergers and market-making across equity and fixed income; Wealth Management, which offers brokerage, lending and financial planning to individuals; and Investment Management, which runs funds and solutions for institutions and retirement plans. It was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York. The comparison the market draws is with Goldman Sachs, the other large US bank built around trading and advisory work alongside wealth management.

Where does Morgan Stanley sit in the AI build-out?

Morgan Stanley carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; it belongs to the capital-markets sleeve of our broader universe, grouped with diversified investment banks that combine trading, advisory and asset-management income. Morgan Stanley holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score, since none of our scoring modules have been run on it yet. A report titled Situational Awareness — Crushed While Correct quotes its Momentum TMT Index moving sharply, which is how the name entered the diary.

Does Morgan Stanley pay a dividend?

Morgan Stanley has paid 4.15 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.11% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.15 USD on 2026-07-31. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Morgan Stanley recently?

The most recent analyst action on Morgan Stanley on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Wells Fargo on 2026-09-25 (target 223 from 240). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Capital Markets. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.