Morgan Stanley

This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields 3.7%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks, each with moderate to high yields of up to 8%.

On CNBC's “Halftime Report Final Trades,” DCLA managing partner Sarat Sethi picked Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS).

Boston Trust Walden Corp decreased its holdings in shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) by 17.5% during the undefined quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 177,702 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 37,623 shares during the quarter. Boston

A post-midterm risk-off move is pushing Treasury yields lower, and regulated utilities stand to gain twice. One pays the most income, one owns a 52-year raise streak, and one has OpenAI as a customer. Each also hides a risk.