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Stifel Financial - Bolt On Acquisition Of KBW Is Applauded
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Cramer's Lightning Round - I Didn't Get To The Promised Land With Energy Transfer Partners (3/22/13)
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Short-Term Rise Cannot Support Knight's Fall
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10 Solid Stocks For 2013
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Dividend Income From Agricultural And Timber Producing Companies
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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
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Wake Up And Smell The Next Starbucks
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Aroma of Fall IPO Pricings in Air
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Weisel Accused of Fraud
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Stifel Financial's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 9
Stifel Financial's CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 25
Stifel Financial's CEO Presents at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Nov 13, 2012
Stifel Financial's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
Stifel Financial's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 8, 2012
Stifel Financial Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
Stifel Financial Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Nov 3, 2008
Stifel Financial Corp. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Sat, Aug 16, 2008
Stifel Financial Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, May 12, 2008
Stifel Financial Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Nov 5, 2007

Stifel Financial Schedules First Quarter 2013 Financial Results Conference Call

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The Stock That's Rooting for the Knicks

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Report: SEC Probing Goldman, Banks on Municipal Deals

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Lightning Round: Blackstone Group, Sprint & More

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Stifel Financial to Buy Knight Capital Unit

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Update on Litigation Between Stifel Nicolaus Canada and Stetson Oil and Gas

Marketwire (Mar 4, 2013)
Stifel Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results

Marketwire (Feb 25, 2013)
Stifel Financial Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results Conference Call

Business Wire (Feb 14, 2013)
Stifel Financial Announces Closing of $150 Million of Senior Notes

Marketwire (Dec 21, 2012)
Stifel Financial Acquires Miller Buckfire

Marketwire (Dec 20, 2012)
Stifel Financial Announces Pricing of $150 Million of Senior Notes

Marketwire (Dec 18, 2012)
Stifel Financial Announces Proposed Public Offering of Senior Notes

Marketwire (Dec 18, 2012)
David M. Gray Joins Stifel Nicolaus Weisel as Vice Chairman in Investment Banking Focused on Industrials

Marketwire (Dec 3, 2012)
Stifel Financial to Present at the KBW 2012 Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference

Marketwire (Nov 26, 2012)
Dumb Talk About Going Over the 'Fiscal Cliff'

at CNBC.com (Nov 12, 2012)
Stifel Financial to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banking & Financial Services Conference

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SF vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Investment Brokerage - Regional

Country: United States

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Thursday, May 9, 4:51 PM Stifel Financial (SF): Q1 EPS of $0.58 in-line. Revenue of $441.8M misses by $8.51M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, May 9, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: AGO, AIRM, AL, ALIM, ANAC, ASYS, AUQ, BCEI, BID, BPZ, CALL, CPE, DAR, EGY, ET, FTK, FXEN, GXP, KTOS, LLNW, MBI, MCP, MDRX, MDVN, NGVC, NVDA, OPTR, PANL, PCLN, PDLI, PSA, RNDY, SF, SLXP, SQNM, TNGO, UBNT, ZGNX Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, May 8, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: AGO, AIRM, AL, ALIM, ANAC, ASYS, AUQ, BCEI, BID, BPZ, CALL, CPE, DAR, EGY, ET, FTK, FXEN, GXP, KTOS, LLNW, MBI, MCP, MDRX, MDVN, NGVC, NVDA, OPTR, PANL, PCLN, PDLI, PSA, RNDY, SF, SLXP, SQNM, TNGO, UBNT, ZGNX Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, April 5, 10:21 AM Remember the supposed pickup in the M&A cycle, asks PAA Research, noting continued damage in the boutique investment bank sector which mostly rolled over several weeks ago. EVR -5%, GHL -2.8%, SF -3.2%, OPY -1.6%, PJC -1.7%. 1 Comment [Financials, On the Move]
Monday, February 25, 4:25 PM Stifel Financial (SF): Q4 EPS of $0.63 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $426.4M (+17.1% Y/Y) beats by $8.M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 7:45 AM KBW, Inc. agrees to be acquired by Stifel Financial (SF) for $17.50/share ($10 cash and $7.50 in SF stock). The total transaction value is more than $575M and about $250M in excess capital on KBW's balance sheet will be available to Stifel upon closing. KBW +17.5% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Financials, M&A, On the Move]
Monday, November 5, 2012, 7:35 AM Stifel Financial (SF): Q3 EPS of $0.60 beats by $0.13. Revenue of $420.1M (+25.7% Y/Y) beats by $54M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 5:34 PM Stifel Financial (SF): Q2 EPS of $0.42 misses by $0.12. Revenue of $374M (+4.3% Y/Y) misses by $6M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, August 6, 2012, 3:03 AM Knight Capital (KCG) will reportedly receive a $400M financing lifeline from a group of investors that includes Blackstone (BX), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Stifel Nicolas (SF) and Jefferies Group (JEF). The consortium is expected to receive convertible preferred stock with a conversion price of $1.50/share and carry a coupon of 2%, giving it 70-75% of Knight Capital. 1 Comment [Financials, Top Stories]
Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 5:21 PM Stifel Financial (SF): Q1 EPS of $0.55 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $400.3M (+9.2% Y/Y) beats by $20M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:46 PM More on Stifel Financial (SF): Q4 beats estimates across the board. Net earnings fell 35% Y/Y, largely as expected, on lower revenue from commissions and investment banking activity, but overall revenue still came in stronger than forecast. Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:05 PM Stifel Financial (SF): Q4 EPS of $0.43 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $356.9M (-11.1% Y/Y) beats by $9.3M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Monday, January 9, 2012, 8:21 AM Regions Financial (RF) +1.8% premarket after WSJ reported over the weekend that the bank is close to a deal to sell its Morgan Keegan investment banking and brokerage unit for ~$1B. The price would be much less than the bank had once expected, and it isn't clear which of the reported bidders, Raymond James (RJF) or Stifel Financial (SF), is the favorite. Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 12:20 PM Regions Financial (RF +0.6%) reportedly terminates talks to sell its Morgan Keegan brokerage to Stifel Financial (SF +4.1%), failing to reach agreement over the terms of a contract. Regions also has been in talks with Raymond James (RJF +3.5%). Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 5:16 PM Raymond James (RJF) drops slightly AH following a Bloomberg report stating the company has resumed talks to acquire Regions Financial's (RF) Morgan Keegan division. Stifel Financial (SF) is also interested in the business. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Thursday, November 17, 2011, 3:57 PM Stifel Financial (SF +2.6%), which may be closing in on buying Morgan Keegan, is initiated at Raymond James at Outperform with a $38 price target, espousing the stability of Stifel's retail advisory foundation and limited risk-taking, which "isn't nearly as sensitive to the threat of a European financial system collapse or a double-dip recession in the U.S." Comment! [Financials, On the Move]

ltfinger
Returning Downgrades (5/2/13): $MRC, $MUR, $NEWP, $NPO, $NSIT, $SAM, $SBH, $SF, $STRA, $TGI, $TRN, $TS, $WCC, $ZBRA
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Today's Returning Downgrades (3/21/13): $EMN, $KORS, $SCSS, $SF
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Boatyzaffa
Closed for a profit on $SF at a 7.2% Return http://seekingalpha.com/s/av0wn
Feb 6, 2:09 PM
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Boatyzaffa
moving stop on $SF to 37.50, should lock in about $1,000 in profits http://seekingalpha.com/s/av0wn
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Boatyzaffa
bto 428 shares $SF @ 34.95
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Boatyzaffa: moving stop to 37.50
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Boatyzaffa: closed out @ 37.46. Profit: $1,074 (a 7.2% ROI)
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freefdawatchlist
http://bit.ly/SNycwr Premarket Gainer and Loser for Nov 5th: $BMRN, $NTE, $EQU, $SF, $MAPP, $MEI, $MEG, $RDN
11/5/12
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Asif Suria
Stifel Financial and KBW Announce Strategic Merger $KBW $SF http://bit.ly/RASUig
11/5/12
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David White
Congratulations SF Giants World Series Champions in a 4 game sweep. The pitching was awesome. The Panda spectacular.
10/28/12
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Ocean Man: Parade Wed 11 am.
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David White
The SF Giants have amazed throughout the playoff this year. Here's hoping the great play continues. Future 2012 World Series Champions.
10/24/12
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David White: Sounds nice.
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Ocean Man: Lived across the street from the ballpark and 5 players lived in my building. They'd leave their extras with the concierge who I tipped well
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David White
Congrats to the SF Giants. Down 0-2, they came back to win their NL playoff series 3-2. First NL team to accomplish this.
10/11/12
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bto 428 shares $SF @ 34.95
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Boatyzaffa: moving stop to 37.50
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Boatyzaffa: closed out @ 37.46. Profit: $1,074 (a 7.2% ROI)
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David White
Congratulations SF Giants World Series Champions in a 4 game sweep. The pitching was awesome. The Panda spectacular.
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David White
The SF Giants have amazed throughout the playoff this year. Here's hoping the great play continues. Future 2012 World Series Champions.
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David White: Sounds nice.
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David White
AMZN: CA sales taxes: Santa Clara County = 8.375%, SF = 8.5%, LA = 8.75%. Won't be good for AMZN's business in CA.
9/6/12
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Ocean Man: ^12% of the US population.
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David White: Good point. Thanks.
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John Gordon
$SBUX: lots of new product new news coming; odd that seems not to have tested La Boulange line in SF DMA prior to acquisition.
6/12/12
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realornot: it will come around in fall. The new french stuff is hurting them at the moment.
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Hank Rearden Jr
CRM has halted their planned 2mil sq ft campus in SF claiming they can't build fast enough... I wonder if it's actually a lack of cash.
2/28/12
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CKnutsen: yeah... i thought it was bizarre when they announced the building, now I think its even more bizarre that they've stopped the building
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Ocean Man
Sometimes I think the SF Bay is in the Southern hemisphere. Winter coats to baseball games, and 70 and sunny in January.
1/27/12
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Ocean Man: Aw, man, I was thinking about HUN when I saw nat gas going down and forgot. 9.50 to 12.70 in 4 weeks...... good dividend too.
1/27/12
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1980XLS-2.0: Sound like sissies to me.
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cowpieTX
If I'm to believe the SF Fed, I have a better than 50% chance to bet on a new recession vs. a growing economy.
11/14/11
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campusglass: I already bet on it
11/14/11
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Rubenov: Why would you believe the Fed? They've been gloomier than mostly everyone during the last 6 months.
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golfitobob
Recession in th US. Fed BB is worried an hopiums on SA see so much green ,but, now SF Fed sees! http://seekingalpha.com/n/25zb
11/14/11
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Native Texan
SF Bankers Become First Bailout Recipients Charged With Fraud: http://bit.ly/oQxNX8
10/12/11
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