James J. Valentine is Morgan Stanley’s equity research analyst covering the North American freight sectors. He has been conducting research in this area for 13 years and for the past 10 has been ranked among the top three Wall Street analysts for his sector in the institutional investor polls. His time is evenly split between interviewing industry sources, including company management, and discussing his conclusions with institutional and retail investors. Jim's work on freight transportation is regularly quoted by the major business news sources such as Dow Jones Newswire, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg as well as freight transportation periodicals such as Traffic World and Transport Topics.

He received his Masters degree in finance from the University of Iowa and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He and his team work in Morgan Stanley’s Chicago office and he lives in a nearby suburb with his wife and three children.