Top Performing Financial Stocks Year to Date

The average stock in the S&P 500 Financial sector is up 17.28% year to date. For those interested, below we provide a list of the top 25 performing stocks in the sector in 2009. As shown, XL Capital (XL), Genworth Financial (GNW), and CB Richard Ellis (CBG) are all up more than 100% year to date, and just after them come the big boys -- Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and American Express (AXP). The bounce that these Financials have seen since their March lows is almost as extreme as the declines they saw in 2008 and early 2009 -- almost.

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