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  <FONT
  size=5>UNITED STATES</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>
  <FONT
  size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT
  size=3>Washington, DC 20549</FONT></B></P>
  
  
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>
  <FONT
  size=6>FORM 8-K</FONT></B></P>
  
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>
  <FONT
  size=4>CURRENT REPORT</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of the </B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>
  
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  June 26, 2012</b></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>
  <FONT
  size=6>STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
  
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        style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><U><B>Delaware</B></U><BR>(State of
        incorporation)</P>
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        style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><U><B>001-09305</B></U><BR>(Commission File
        Number)</P>
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        style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><U><B>43-1273600</B></U><BR>(IRS
        Employer<BR>Identification No.)</P>
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  size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b>One
  Financial Plaza</b></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>501 North Broadway</B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><u><B>St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2102</B></u></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</P>
  
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code) <b><u>(314) 342-2000</u></b></P>
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  		Applicable</B></u></P></TD>
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        <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>(Former name or former address, if changed since last
        report)</P></TD>
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (<I>see</I> General
  Instruction A.2. below):</font></P>
  
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B>
  <font size="2" face="Wingdings">o</font></B><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></P>
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B>
  <font size="2" face="Wingdings">o</font></B><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></P>
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B>
  <font size="2" face="Wingdings">o</font></B><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></P>
  
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B>
  <font size="2" face="Wingdings">o</font></B><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></P>
  
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&nbsp;</P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><B>Item
  7.01&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure.</B></P>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Stifel Financial Corp. (the
  &quot;Company&quot;) recently participated in a survey conducted by the publication<i> On
  Wall Street </i>and, in doing so, provided previously undisclosed financial
  information about the Company, which will be included in the July 2012 issue.
  The Company is filing this report to provide certain financial information about
  its primary broker-dealer subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated
  (&quot;Stifel Nicolaus&quot;), to conform to the intention of the <i>On Wall Street</i>
  article and to accurately reflect the separate results of Stifel Nicolaus.</p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The financial information of
  Stifel Nicolaus provided below has not been made publically available and
  therefore, this report serves to make this financial information available to
  those who do not have access to the information included in the July 2012 issue
  of <i>On Wall Street</i>.
  </p>
  
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  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%" align="left">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="left">
  				<font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold" size="3">
  				000s)</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" vAlign="bottom" width="7%">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="center">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold" size="3">
  				2011</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" vAlign="bottom" width="7%">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="center">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold" size="3">
  				2010</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td style="border-bottom: 2px solid black" vAlign="bottom" width="7%">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="center">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold" size="3">
  				% Change</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  		</tr>
  		<tr bgColor="#cceeff">
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td bgColor="white" vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  		</tr>
  		<tr bgColor="white">
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%" align="left">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="left">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				Total revenues</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				1,262,301</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				1,264,477</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				(0.172%)</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  		</tr>
  		<tr bgColor="#cceeff">
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%" align="left">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="left">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				Fee revenues</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%" align="left">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				199,445</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				172,717</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				15.475%</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td bgColor="white" vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  		</tr>
  		<tr bgColor="white">
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%" align="left">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="left">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				Commission revenues</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				840,354</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				841,720</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				(0.162%)</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  		</tr>
  		<tr bgColor="#cceeff">
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%" align="left">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="left">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				Other revenues</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				222,502</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				250,040</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				(11.013%)</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td bgColor="white" vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  		</tr>
  		<tr bgColor="white">
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="40%" align="left">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="left">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				Total number of advisors</font></div>
  			</td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="1%">
  			<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  			&nbsp; </font></td>
  			<td vAlign="bottom" width="7%" align="right">
  			<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt" align="right">
  				<font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; " size="3">
  				1,833</font></div>
  			</td>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 6.0pt"><i>The
  information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 shall not be deemed &quot;filed&quot; for the
  purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor
  shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set
  forth by specific reference in such filing. </i></p>
  
  
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  <P
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  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>
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  		<b>STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.</b></P></TD></TR>
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  		Date: June 26, 2012</P></TD>
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  		<i>President and Chief Executive
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text: Form 8-K
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, DC 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):
  June 26, 2012
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State of
        incorporation)
  001-09305
  (Commission File
        Number)
  43-1273600
  (IRS
        Employer
  Identification No.)
  One
  Financial Plaza
  501 North Broadway
  St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2102
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  (Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code)
  (314) 342-2000
  Not
  		Applicable
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last
        report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (
  see
  General
  Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item
  7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.
  Stifel Financial Corp. (the
  "Company") recently participated in a survey conducted by the publication
  On
  Wall Street
  and, in doing so, provided previously undisclosed financial
  information about the Company, which will be included in the July 2012 issue.
  The Company is filing this report to provide certain financial information about
  its primary broker-dealer subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
  ("Stifel Nicolaus"), to conform to the intention of the
  On Wall Street
  article and to accurately reflect the separate results of Stifel Nicolaus.
  The financial information of
  Stifel Nicolaus provided below has not been made publically available and
  therefore, this report serves to make this financial information available to
  those who do not have access to the information included in the July 2012 issue
  of
  On Wall Street
  .
  000s)
  2011
  2010
  % Change
  Total revenues
  1,262,301
  1,264,477
  (0.172%)
  Fee revenues
  199,445
  172,717
  15.475%
  Commission revenues
  840,354
  841,720
  (0.162%)
  Other revenues
  222,502
  250,040
  (11.013%)
  Total number of advisors
  1,833
  1,775
  3.268%
  The
  information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for the
  purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor
  shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set
  forth by specific reference in such filing.
  2
  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.
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  Date: June 26, 2012
  By:
  /s/ Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Ronald J. Kruszewski
  President and Chief Executive
    Officer
  3