Morgan Stanley Stock News

AdvisorNet Financial Inc increased its position in Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) by 59.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 23,075 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,593 shares during the quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc’s holdings in Morgan Stanley were worth $2,245,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. […]

Pacer Advisors Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) by 15.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 81,887 shares of the financial services providers stock after selling 14,588 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc.s []

Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) by 74.3% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 70,139 shares of the financial services providers stock after acquiring an additional 29,896 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLCs holdings in Morgan Stanley were worth $6,825,000 at the []

Morgan Stanley reduced its position in Meritor, Inc. (NYSE:MTOR) by 28.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 384,346 shares of the auto parts companys stock after selling 149,453 shares during the period. Morgan Stanleys holdings in Meritor were worth $9,001,000 at the end []

Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in Chimera Investment Co. (NYSE:CIM) by 131.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 627,113 shares of the real estate investment trusts stock after acquiring an additional 356,698 shares during the quarter. Morgan Stanleys holdings []

UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. purchased a new position in shares of SFL Co. Ltd. (NYSE:SFL) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 23,700 shares of the shipping companys stock, valued at approximately $181,000. Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of SFL. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in []

Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) by 14.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 342,255 shares of the companys stock after purchasing an additional 43,135 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley owned 0.10% of Vertiv worth $9,343,000 as of []

Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE:RHP) by 110.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 117,141 shares of the real estate investment trusts stock after acquiring an additional 61,353 shares during the period. []

Morgan Stanley lessened its stake in shares of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL) by 64.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 93,677 shares of the biopharmaceutical companys stock after selling 169,221 shares during the quarter. Morgan Stanley owned about 0.56% []

Morgan Stanley lessened its holdings in Green Plains Partners LP (NASDAQ:GPP) by 41.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 729,419 shares of the transportation companys stock after selling 511,963 shares during the period. Morgan Stanleys holdings in Green Plains Partners were worth $9,336,000 []

Morgan Stanley lessened its stake in Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ:MIME) by 14.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 173,631 shares of the technology companys stock after selling 28,645 shares during the quarter. Morgan Stanley owned approximately 0.26% of Mimecast worth $9,211,000 at the end of []

Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:PFXF) by 20.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 421,274 shares of the companys stock after buying an additional 72,846 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley owned about []

Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TMX) by 146.2% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 185,426 shares of the technology companys stock after purchasing an additional 110,106 shares during the quarter. Morgan Stanleys holdings in Terminix Global were worth $8,848,000 as of its most recent filing with the []

The Most Crowded Hedge Fund Stocks Just Had Their Worst Month In History: Here''s How To Make Money From Their Misery It was almost exactly a year ago when just weeks before the first of many epic short squeezes observed in a handful of meme stocks such as GME, AMC and so on, which would eventually consume the retail public with a daytrading, short-squeezing frenzy, that we reminded our readers that the single best alpha-generating strategy in this irreparably broken market is to go long the most shorted stocks (as this tweet from Nov 30, 2020 clearly states) Once again, the best strategy for a broken, incoherent market is to go long the most shorted stocks: double digit alpha 6 of the past 7 years https://t.co/GlV2aUYXlG pic.twitter.com/kOlXzxiCvH zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 1, 2020 ... a strategy that had worked like clockwork virtually every year in the past decade (with just one exception), and which we summarized as follows: " Do the opposite of Wall Street consensus and retire in a few years ." Most shorted YTD = 3x S&P500 Do the opposite of Wall Street consensus and retire in a few years pic.twitter.com/ouQ8Jc9NwI zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2020 Of course, while most of the US daytrading class is now in a furore over the "discovery" that most shorted stocks tend to outperform - to put it mildly - when a bunch of Gen-Z apes rams illiquid, heavily shorted names up the collective behind of hedge funds which "legally" collude during idea dinners to put on a basket of shorts, hence why stocks like GME can end up with a synthetic short that is higher than the entire float, none of this should be news to regular readers, as the theme of going long the most shorted names is one we first presented and discussed as far back as 2013: Presenting The Best Trading Strategy In This Market: Buy The Most Hated Stocks, Short The Most Widely Held We then reiterated this strategy in 2014...