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Merrill

American investing and wealth management division of Bank of America

Companybusiness enterprise Q730038Q334122

Also known as Merrill Lynch

Founded: January 6, 1914
Founded by: Q381489
, Q1286094
Headquarters: New York City
Country: United States
Industry: financial services
CEO: Q1701913
Employees: 60,000(2008)
Revenue: $20.2B(2012)
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, $24.4B(2011)

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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, doing business as Merrill, and previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American multinational investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment banking arm, both firms engage in prime brokerage and broker-dealer activities. The firm is headquartered in New York City, and once occupied the entire 34 stories of 250 Vesey Street, part of the Brookfield Place complex in Manhattan. Merrill employs over 14,000 financial advisors and manages $2.8 trillion in client assets. The company also operates Merrill Edge, an electronic trading platform that had $500 billion in assets from 4 million clients as of January 2025.

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MMarket Rules to Remember1998 · Bob Farrell's 10 investment rules

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Follows: Q6818597
Owned by: Q487907
Legal form: Q891723
Total equity: $64.4B(December 31, 2012)
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Total liabilities: $539B(December 31, 2012)
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Operating income: $-2.3B(2012)
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Owner of: Q471329
Product or material produced: financial services
Social media followers: 556,567(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 360685668
548,471(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 360685668
528,100(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 360685668
Member of: Q1663567 subject has role: associate member
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Native label: Merrill Lynch
Trading name: Merrill
Official name: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith Inc.

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