In Brief: Strategist Said to Recommend Bank Position

Byron Wien, U.S. equity market strategist for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, recommended this week that investors put 5% of their portfolios in financial services company stocks, a source said. The strategist reportedly recommended that the purchases of financial stocks be financed by reducing cash positions to 10% from 15%. -- Dow Jones

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