Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenues:
Investment banking	$ 5,594	$ 5,948	$ 5,246
Trading	10,114	9,377	9,359
Investments	541	836	1,777
Commissions and fees	4,554	4,713	4,629
Asset management, distribution and administration fees	10,766	10,570	9,638
Other	493	1,096	1,066
Total non-interest revenues	32,062	32,540	31,715
Interest income	5,835	5,413	5,209
Interest expense	2,742	3,678	4,431
Net interest	3,093	1,735	778
Net revenues	35,155	34,275	32,493
Non-interest expenses:
Compensation and benefits	16,016	17,824	16,277
Occupancy and equipment	1,382	1,433	1,499
Brokerage, clearing and exchange fees	1,892	1,806	1,711
Information processing and communications	1,767	1,635	1,768
Marketing and business development	681	658	638
Professional services	2,298	2,117	1,894
Other	2,624	5,211	4,148
Total non-interest expenses	26,660	30,684	27,935
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	8,495	3,591	4,558
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	2,200	(90)	902
Income from continuing operations	6,295	3,681	3,656
Discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes	(23)	(19)	(72)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	(7)	(5)	(29)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(16)	(14)	(43)
Net income	6,279	3,667	3,613
Net income applicable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	0	0	222
Net income applicable to nonredeemable noncontrolling interests	152	200	459
Net income applicable to Morgan Stanley	6,127	3,467	2,932
Preferred stock dividends and other	456	315	277
Earnings applicable to Morgan Stanley common shareholders	$ 5,671	$ 3,152	$ 2,655
Earnings (loss) per basic common share:
Income from continuing operations	$ 2.98	$ 1.65	$ 1.42
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.03)
Earnings per basic common share	2.97	1.64	1.39
Earnings per diluted common share:
Income from continuing operations	2.91	1.61	1.38
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)
Earnings per diluted common share	2.9	1.6	1.36
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.55	$ 0.35	$ 0.2
Average common shares outstanding:
Basic	1,909,116,527	1,923,805,397	1,905,823,882
Diluted	1,952,815,453	1,970,535,560	1,956,519,738