Report on Equity Risk-Management Discipline Published by Richard J. Vergona, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Senior Portfolio Manager

    SHREWSBURY, NJ, June 07, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced today that Senior Portfolio Manager, Richard J. Vergona, has published a report titled: Equity Risk-Management Discipline, Part I: Equity Allocation Reading. Topics covered in the report include the benefits of managing investment risk and stock market volatility; determining whether the stock market's risk has been increasing or decreasing; and a method for estimating what percentage of an investment portfolio should be allocated to equity risk based on the equity allocation reading. Charts and graphs are provided to enhance the understanding on how Mr. Vergona applies the technical indicators to manage a portfolio.

The report is now available for public reading by clicking on the "My Practice" link at the Financial Advisor's website: http://www.fa.smithbarney.com/vergona

Mr. Vergona has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years with ten years at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and its predecessors. As a Senior Portfolio Manager and Financial Advisor with the firm, he develops comprehensive financial planning to help his clients manage, preserve, and grow their wealth consistent to their financial goals, lifestyle expectations and cash flow needs.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a global leader in wealth management, provides access to a wide range of products and services to individuals, businesses and institutions, including brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning, credit and lending, cash management, annuities and insurance, retirement and trust.

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