BC-US--Money & Markets Digest, US

Money & Markets modules for Saturday, October 18

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THE WEEK AHEAD

Unhappy meals? McDonald's report financial results for the third quarter on Tuesday.

COMPANY SPOTLIGHT

Morgan Stanley profit jumps

Shares of Morgan Stanley closed the week with a sharp gain after reporting that its net income nearly doubled in the third quarter.

CENTERPIECE

Pulse of the market

Spurred by corporate earnings, the Dow Jones industrial average rose sharply Friday to end a 6-day losing streak. A look at a busy week on Wall Street and some of the upcoming earnings releases that investors will be watching.

STORY STOCKS

General Electric (GE)

Morgan Stanley (MS)

SunEdison (SUNE)

Schlumberger (SLB)

Cliffs Natural Res. (CLF)

Athenahealth (ATHN)

Urban Outfitters (URBN)

Repros Therapeutics (RPRX)

FUND FOCUS

MFS New Discovery A (MNDAX)

MFS New Discovery will change its management team at year end; Morningstar says the new team must prove itself but has good resources to support its efforts.

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MONEY & MARKETS EXTRA

For the week ending Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014

CENTERPIECE

Global markets

Worries about a slowdown in global economic growth has weighed on the U.S. stock market. Here's a look at how stock markets around the world are performing this year.

MARKET PULSE

This October has been scary for investors, but it still doesn't come close to one day in October 1987; earnings season has gotten off to an encouraging start; investors have suddenly turned their backs on companies that have recently had IPOs

INSIDER Q&A

Fiat Chrysler shares, which began trading this week on the New York Stock Exchange fell with the market after opening Monday around $9. Still, Morningstar Senior Analyst Richard Hilgert says Chrysler and the other two Detroit companies are undervalued and may be worth taking a risk.

$1,000 DERBY

If you invested $1,000 at the start of this year, how much would you have now? An answer to that question for various types of stocks, bonds and commodities.

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