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With a weaker outlook for M&A activity, let us examine how this shifting landscape can impact Morgan Stanley and assess the stock's investment potential.

In recent weeks, we've seen quite a sell-off in the stock market, with the S&P 500 index briefly entering correction territory on March 13. This downturn has some investors heading to the exits, but it also creates intriguing buying opportunities as some stocks are now trading at discounted levels.

Threats of tariffs and reductions to government spending have the American markets in a shaky position as the S&P 500 pushes into correction territory. Among stocks seeing the hardest hits were financial picks, with companies like Morgan Stanley NYSE: MS and SoFi Technologies NASDAQ: SOFI seeing shares fall up to 12% on Monday alone.

It's not just tech and media workers—and, of course, federal government employees—who are facing job cuts this year. Layoffs have come for Wall Street, too.

MS plans to reduce its workforce by eliminating roughly 2,000 employees, except financial advisers, to boost operating efficiency.

Morgan Stanley (MS) is preparing to lay off about 2,000 employees this month to cut costs, according to a Tuesday Bloomberg report.

Morgan Stanley plans to cut between 2% and 3% of its 80,000 global employees late this month, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The layoffs represent up to 3% of the company's workforce, excluding financial advisers.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS ) Morgan Stanley 21st Annual European Financials Conference March 18, 2025 7:00 AM ET Company Participants Dan Simkowitz - Co-President, Head of Institutional Securities Group Conference Call Participants Unidentified Analyst Very much everyone for attending this keynote session with our very own Dan Simkowitz, Co-President of Morgan Stanley and also Head of Institutional Securities Group. Thanks Dan for coming one more year.

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