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On 12/28/16, Morgan Stanley's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (Symbol: MS.PRE) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4453, payable on 1/17/17. As a percentage of MS.PRE's recent share price of $28.48, this dividend works out to approximately 1.56%, so look for shares of MS.PRE to trade 1.56% lower - all else being equal - when MS.PRE shares open for trading on 12/28/16. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 6.22%, which compares to an average yield of 5.70% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . The chart below shows the one year performance of MS.PRE shares, versus MS:

Below is a dividend history chart for MS.PRE, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.4453 on Morgan Stanley's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E:

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Morgan Stanley (Symbol: MS) makes up 9.71% of the iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF ( IAI ) which is trading up by about 0.2% on the day Tuesday.
In Tuesday trading, Morgan Stanley's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (Symbol: MS.PRE) is currently off about 0.6% on the day, while the common shares (Symbol: MS) are up about 0.2%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.