UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2004

                            NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

           Delaware                         1-11123               36-3817266
(State or Other Jurisdiction of           (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
        Incorporation)                    File Number)       Identification No.)

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois                           60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 917-7700

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

         The following information is being furnished under Item 2.02 of Form
8-K: On October 19, 2004, Nuveen Investments, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release announcing the Company's Third Quarter 2004 earnings. The text of
the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.

         The information in this Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The
information in this Report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.



Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits

       99   Earnings press release of Nuveen Investments, Inc. issued October
            19, 2004: Nuveen Investments, Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter
            Earnings (furnished solely pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)




                                    SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                                       NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, INC.


                                                       By: /s/ Alan G. Berkshire
                                                           ---------------------
                                                           Alan G. Berkshire
                                                           Senior Vice President


Dated:  October 19, 2004





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                 Description
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     99              Earnings press release of Nuveen Investments, Inc. issued
                     October 19, 2004: Nuveen Investments Reports Record
                     Earnings Driven By Increasingly Diversified Assets,
                     Products and Client Relationships (furnished solely
                     pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K)