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Morningstar Significantly Expands Equity Coverage, Launches Quantitative Ratings and Reports for 28,000 Companies Globally

PR Newswire (Mon, 10:07AM)
Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund Asset Flows Through April 2013

PR Newswire (Thu, 10:33AM)
Morningstar Announces Findings from Third Global Fund Investor Experience Report; United States Scores the Best and South Africa the Worst

PR Newswire (May 15, 2013)
Morningstar, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of 12.5 Cents Per Share

PR Newswire (May 14, 2013)
Gail Landis, a Founding Partner of Evercore Asset Management, LLC, Elected to Morningstar's Board of Directors

PR Newswire (May 14, 2013)
Morningstar Credit Ratings to Provide CMBS Ratings to Trepp Clients

PR Newswire (May 13, 2013)
Morningstar Tops All Firms with 13 Winners in The Wall Street Journal's Annual "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey

PR Newswire (May 9, 2013)
Daniel Needham Named Global Chief Investment Officer for Morningstar Investment Management

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Morningstar Introduces Next-Generation Defined Contribution Participant Advice and Managed Accounts Platform

PR Newswire (May 6, 2013)
Morningstar Acquires Remaining Ownership Interest in Morningstar Sweden

PR Newswire (May 2, 2013)
Morningstar Announces Speakers, Agenda for 25th Annual Investment Conference

PR Newswire (Apr 25, 2013)
Morningstar, Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results

PR Newswire (Apr 24, 2013)
Morningstar Report on 529 College-Savings Plans Shows Rapid Asset Growth, Shrinking Expenses

PR Newswire (Apr 22, 2013)
Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund Asset Flows Through March 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 17, 2013)
Morningstar Publishes Municipal Research Report about State Permanent Fund Programs; Gives Nevada, Texas, and Wyoming Programs "Good" Ratings

PR Newswire (Apr 16, 2013)
Morningstar Announces Availability of Proxy Materials for 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting

PR Newswire (Apr 4, 2013)
Strategies For A Rising Rate Environment: High Yield Equities
Robert Wagner • Thu, Apr 4 • 3 Comments
Morningstar, Inc. to Announce First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results on April 24

PR Newswire (Mar 25, 2013)
Morningstar Finance App Launches in Mercedes-Benz Vehicles

PR Newswire (Mar 19, 2013)
Idzorek, Xiong, and Ibbotson Receive Graham & Dodd Award from the CFA Institute Financial Analysts Journal

PR Newswire (Mar 18, 2013)

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Morningstar Significantly Expands Equity Coverage, Launches Quantitative Ratings and Reports for 28,000 Companies Globally

PR Newswire (Mon, 10:07AM)
Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund Asset Flows Through April 2013

PR Newswire (Thu, 10:33AM)
Morningstar Announces Findings from Third Global Fund Investor Experience Report; United States Scores the Best and South Africa the Worst

PR Newswire (May 15, 2013)
Morningstar, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of 12.5 Cents Per Share

PR Newswire (May 14, 2013)
Gail Landis, a Founding Partner of Evercore Asset Management, LLC, Elected to Morningstar's Board of Directors

PR Newswire (May 14, 2013)
Morningstar Credit Ratings to Provide CMBS Ratings to Trepp Clients

PR Newswire (May 13, 2013)
Morningstar Tops All Firms with 13 Winners in The Wall Street Journal's Annual "Best on the Street" Analysts Survey

PR Newswire (May 9, 2013)
Daniel Needham Named Global Chief Investment Officer for Morningstar Investment Management

PR Newswire (May 8, 2013)
Morningstar Introduces Next-Generation Defined Contribution Participant Advice and Managed Accounts Platform

PR Newswire (May 6, 2013)
Morningstar Acquires Remaining Ownership Interest in Morningstar Sweden

PR Newswire (May 2, 2013)
Morningstar Announces Speakers, Agenda for 25th Annual Investment Conference

PR Newswire (Apr 25, 2013)
Morningstar, Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results

PR Newswire (Apr 24, 2013)
Morningstar Report on 529 College-Savings Plans Shows Rapid Asset Growth, Shrinking Expenses

PR Newswire (Apr 22, 2013)
A Make-or-Break Week Ahead for the Stock Market

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Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund Asset Flows Through March 2013

PR Newswire (Apr 17, 2013)
Morningstar Publishes Municipal Research Report about State Permanent Fund Programs; Gives Nevada, Texas, and Wyoming Programs "Good" Ratings

PR Newswire (Apr 16, 2013)
Morningstar Announces Availability of Proxy Materials for 2013 Annual Shareholders' Meeting

PR Newswire (Apr 4, 2013)
Morningstar, Inc. to Announce First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results on April 24

PR Newswire (Mar 25, 2013)
Morningstar Finance App Launches in Mercedes-Benz Vehicles

PR Newswire (Mar 19, 2013)
Idzorek, Xiong, and Ibbotson Receive Graham & Dodd Award from the CFA Institute Financial Analysts Journal

PR Newswire (Mar 18, 2013)

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Company Description

Morningstar is a leading provider of independent investment research to investors around the world. Since our founding in 1984, our mission has been to create great products that help investors reach their financial goals. We offer an extensive line of data, software, and research products for... More

Sector: Technology

Industry: Information & Delivery Services

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 15, 8:55 AM Morningstar, Inc. (MORN) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.71%. For shareholders of record July 12. Payable July 31. Ex-div date July 10. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, April 24, 7:09 PM Morningstar (MORN): Q1 EPS of $0.63 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $168.9M misses by $1.5M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Friday, February 15, 3:56 PM Morningstar, Inc. (MORN) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.71%. For shareholders of record Apr. 12. Payable Apr. 30. Ex-div date Apr. 10. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, February 13, 6:46 PM Morningstar (MORN): Q4 EPS from continuing ops. of $0.58 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $170.6M beats by $10M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Friday, December 7, 2012, 3:00 PM Morningstar (MORN) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, 25% increase from prior dividend of $0.10. Forward yield 0.78%. For shareholders of record Dec. 17. Payable Dec. 28. Ex-div date Dec. 13. The board authorized an increase in share repurchase program from $300M to $500M. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 4:22 PM Morningstar (MORN): Q3 EPS of $0.56 beats by $0.06. Revenue of $161M (+0.6% Y/Y) misses by $3.9M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Friday, September 28, 2012, 3:32 PM Morningstar (MORN) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.64%. For shareholders of record Oct 12. Payable Oct 31. Ex-div date Oct 10. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:21 PM A shareholder proposal aims to split the roles of CEO and Chairman into two separate positions at Morningstar (MORN -0.5%) in order to improve corporate governance, while a proxy statement filed by the company with the SEC asks shareholders to reject the proposal. Comment! [Financials]
Friday, December 9, 2011, 4:54 PM Morningstar (MORN) doubles its quarterly dividend to $0.10 per share, and announces an additional $200M stock buyback. Shares -0.2% AH. Comment!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 11:13 AM Morningstar (MORN) addresses the backward-looking nature of its "star rating" system for mutual funds, introducing forward-looking, analyst-driven ratings for ~350 U.S. funds to supplement its standard system which assigns one to five stars based on a fund’s past risk- and load-adjusted returns vs. category peers. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 5:19 PM Morningstar (MORN): Q3 EPS of $0.41 misses by $0.06. Revenue of $140M (+16.4%) vs. $142M. Shares +0.6% AH. (PR) Comment!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: AB, ACE, AEM, AHL, AIZ, ALL, AMP, ARRS, AVB, BDN, BEC, BEZ, BYI, CACI, CAVM, CCI, CDNS, CHH, CINF, CYH, DRE, DRYS, EEP, EFX, EQR, ESRX, FLEX, FLS, FMC, FTI, GG, GSIC, HBI, HLX, HMA, HRC, ICO, IDCC, ITRI, KEG, KEX, LOGI, LSI, MANT, MDAS, MORN, NSC, O, OI, ORLY, OTEX, PLXS, PRAA, RNR, RRC, SCI, SKX, SPN, SRCL, SXL, SYMC, TER, TMK, TQNT, TRN, UHS, V, WLL, WRE, WSH Comment!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 10:57 AM Morningstar (MORN +1.9%) joins the ranks of the credit-raters, saying it has begun publishing ratings for nearly 100 of the top U.S. companies, with plans of expanding to 1,000. "Credit ratings are a natural extension of the equity research we've been producing for the past decade," firm says. "We believe we have a unique viewpoint to offer on company default risk." Comment!

Derek A. Barrett
New Instablog post up for Excel users using the SMF Add-in to download quotes from MSN, Yahoo, Morningstar etc. $MSFT, $YHOO, $MORN
May 8, 3:39 AM
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ltfinger
Returning Upgrades (3/28/13): $MORN, $NBL, $NE, $NOW, $NPO, $NSC, $OTEX, $QLD, $REGN, $RHP, $RUE, $SLH, $SPY, $TDY, $THOR, $THRX, $TQQQ
Apr 1, 9:11 AM
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Jacob Wolinsky
Tweedy Browne Named Portfolio Managers Of The Year http://bit.ly/yp1o4v $MORN $TGBVX $DEO $JNJ $TOT $WFC $BAX
1/13/12
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Jacob Wolinsky
Is $DBLTX misunderstood? Is the fund victim of faulty analysis & biased research? http://bit.ly/tmeQt6 $MORN #PIMCO #FIDELITY
12/30/11
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Dividend Sheet
Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth December 2011: http://bit.ly/v31gFn + $SLG $VLGEA $MORN $EQR $DFS $DIS $JEM $INGR $HCI $HST $SCHL $WDR
12/20/11
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Jim Van Meerten
MORN - Morningstar-64% barchart technical buy signal- 18 new highs and up 10.28% in the last month-Relative Strength Index 71.72% and rising
10/30/10
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Jim Van Meerten
MORN - Morningstar-80% Barchart overall buy signal-18 new highs in the last 20 sessions- up 14.92% this last month- Relative Strength 79.13%
10/18/10
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