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(Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley 4Q net rev. $9.02b, est. $8.48b (range $7.94b-$8.81b)

• 4Q EPS 81c
• 4Q adj. EPS 81c
• 4Q investment banking rev. $1.38b, est. $1.11b (Bloomberg News)
• 4Q compensation expenses $4.08b, est. $3.86b
• 4Q return on avg. equity 8.7%

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• 15 buys, 15 holds, 1 sell before today
• Call 8:30am (NY time), 877-895-9527 pw 39512768

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(Bloomberg) -- U.K. 10-year bonds may extend their corrective rally, with the yield poised to accelerate declines to 1.14% Fibonacci support; while global yields retreat in unison, chart show gilts are expected to outperform bunds in near term, Bloomberg technical analyst Sejul Gokal writes.

• See gilt 10y yield chart here; gilt yield at 1.29% now
• Good support at 1.12%-1.14%, the 38.2% Fibonacci of the gilt selloff since mid-August, the 100 and 200-DMA’s
• Yield gaps below uptrend from late September at 1.32%
• Daily slow-stochastics is bearish and triggering downside cross-over today
• Gilt futures drawing support, since December, from weekly ichimoku cloud and conversion line currently at 124.44/124.04
• NOTE: Jan. 16, Gilt-Bund Spread Holds Compression Bias While Capped by 21-ExpMA
• NOTE: Dec. 28, U.K. Gilt yield surge exhausting

• NOTE: Sejul Gokal is a technical strategist who writes for Bloomberg. The observations he makes are his own and are not intended as investment advice.

(Bloomberg) -- UnitedHealth 4Q adj. EPS $2.11, est. $2.07 (range $2.05-$2.14)

• 4Q EPS $1.96
• 4Q rev. $47.5b, est. $47.3b (range $46.6b-$50.7b)
• 4Q Medical Care Ratio down 190 Bps to 80.8%
• Reaffirms Forecast

NOTE:

• 21 buys, 1 hold, 1 sell before today
• Call 8:45am (NY time)

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