Francis Smith - Morgan Stanley Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer
| EDD Fund | USD 4.50 0.03 0.66% |
Mr. Francis J. Smith is Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer of Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc. He is Executive Director of the Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Adviser Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds .
| Age | 55 |
| Tenure | 21 years |
| Phone | 212 761 4000 |
| Web | https://www.morganstanley.com/msim/portal/site/US/template.PAGE/?msimPageTitle=productdetail_us_fp_ii&u=a2050c555a53daf33d3afb1051a9e009&fund=33956&sc=NO |
Morgan Stanley Management Performance (%)
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| George Gorman | Eaton Vance Senior | 69 | |
| James Flynn | BlackRock Floating Rate | 79 | |
| Jay Fife | BlackRock Floating Rate | 51 | |
| Frank Fabozzi | BlackRock Floating Rate | 73 | |
| Jerrold Harris | BlackRock Floating Rate | 76 | |
| Paul Audet | BlackRock Floating Rate | 65 | |
| Brian Kindelan | BlackRock Floating Rate | 59 | |
| Paul ONeil | Eaton Vance Senior | 65 | |
| Kathleen Feldstein | BlackRock Floating Rate | 77 | |
| Robert Hubbard | BlackRock Floating Rate | 63 | |
| Thomas Faust | Eaton Vance Senior | 63 | |
| Harriett Taggart | Eaton Vance Senior | 70 | |
| Scott Eston | Eaton Vance Senior | 62 | |
| Valerie Mosley | Eaton Vance Senior | 61 | |
| Carl Kester | BlackRock Floating Rate | 67 | |
| Janey Ahn | BlackRock Floating Rate | 46 | |
| Ronald Pearlman | Eaton Vance Senior | 74 | |
| Michael Castellano | BlackRock Floating Rate | 75 | |
| Henry Gabbay | BlackRock Floating Rate | 72 | |
| Cynthia Frost | Eaton Vance Senior | 60 | |
| Susan Sutherland | Eaton Vance Senior | 64 | |
Morgan Stanley Emerging Leadership Team
Elected by the shareholders, the Morgan Stanley's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Morgan Stanley inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Morgan. The board's role is to monitor Morgan Stanley's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Morgan Stanley's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Morgan Stanley's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Frank Bowman, Independent Director | ||
| Jakki Haussler, Independent Director | ||
| W Reed, Independent Vice Chairman of the Board | ||
| Joseph Kearns, Independent Director | ||
| James Higgins, Independent Director | ||
| Mary Mullin, Secretary | ||
| Michael Nugent, Independent Chairman of the Board | ||
| Fergus Reid, Independent Director | ||
| Michael Bozic, Independent Director | ||
| Nancy Everett, Independent Director | ||
| Manuel Johnson, Independent Director | ||
| Michael Klein, Independent Director | ||
| Francis Smith, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
| Michael Key, Vice President | ||
| John Gernon, President, Principal Executive Officer | ||
| Kathleen Dennis, Independent Director | ||
| Patricia Maleski, Independent Director | ||
| Stefanie Yu, Chief Compliance Officer | ||
| Timothy Knierim, Chief Compliance Officer | ||
| Joseph Benedetti, Vice President | ||
| Allen Reed, Independent Director |
Morgan Fund Performance Indicators
The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right fund is not an easy task. Is Morgan Stanley a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
| Shares Outstanding | 66.09 M | |||
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 50.35 % | |||
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 12.93 K | |||
| Gross Profit | 173.54 M | |||
| Short Ratio | 0.09 X | |||
| Earnings Per Share | 0.08 X | |||
| Number Of Employees | 15 | |||
| Beta | 0.68 | |||
| Market Capitalization | 312.62 M | |||
| Total Asset | 1.43 B |
Pair Trading with Morgan Stanley
One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Morgan Stanley position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Morgan Stanley will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.Moving together with Morgan Fund
| 0.71 | KF | Korea Closed | PairCorr |
| 0.61 | TWN | Taiwan Closed | PairCorr |
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Morgan Stanley could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Morgan Stanley when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Morgan Stanley - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Morgan Stanley Emerging to buy it.
The correlation of Morgan Stanley is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Morgan Stanley moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Morgan Stanley Emerging moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Morgan Stanley can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Morgan Stanley Emerging. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment. For information on how to trade Morgan Fund refer to our How to Trade Morgan Fund guide.Note that the Morgan Stanley Emerging information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Morgan Stanley's statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Share Portfolio module to track or share privately all of your investments from the convenience of any device.