Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected adjusted quarterly earnings on Thursday as it boosted revenue from trading bonds, long a sore spot for the investment bank.

But Morgan Stanley should scrap its market-share ambitions and pull back further from the bond-trading business, cutting staff and compensation to reduce costs, Abouhossein said.

The bond trading bump came after a 25 percent reduction in staff, and helped Morgan Stanley exceed Gorman's $1 billion-per-quarter bond-trading revenue benchmark for the full year.

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Morgan Stanley's stock fell 1% Friday in morning trading, after the bank's first-quarter earnings topped consensus estimates thanks to a record performance in stock trading that some analysts fear ...

Here's why Morgan Stanley is persisting with its call to buy government bonds.

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