content: 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):  December 9, 1996
                                  
                                  
                                  
                       STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
       (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
                                  
                                  
                                  
        Delaware               1-9305              43-1273600
       (State of          (Commission File        (IRS Employer
     Incorporation)           Number)          Identification No.)
                                                        
                                  
                                  
                         500 North Broadway
                   St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2188
    (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                           (314) 342-2000
        (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
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  Item 4.  Changes In Registrant's Certifying Accountants
  
       The  Board  of  Directors  of Stifel  Financial  Corp.  (the
  "Registrant"),  upon the recommendation of its  Audit  Committee,
  determined  to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the  Registrant's
  newly  engaged certifying accountants and Deloitte &  Touche  LLP
  has  accepted  this  appointment.  During  the  two  years  ended
  December  31,  1995,  and through the date of their  appointment,
  Deloitte & Touche LLP has not provided any consultations  to  the
  Registrant regarding the application of accounting principles  to
  specific  transactions and the type opinion that  they  may  have
  rendered on the financial statements.
       
  
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                              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:  December 16, 1996       By:      /s/  Stephen J. Bushmann
                                 Name:    Stephen J. Bushmann
                                 Title:   Chief Financial Officer
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text: 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):  December 9, 1996
                                  
                                  
                                  
                       STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
       (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
                                  
                                  
                                  
        Delaware               1-9305              43-1273600
       (State of          (Commission File        (IRS Employer
     Incorporation)           Number)          Identification No.)
                                                        
                                  
                                  
                         500 North Broadway
                   St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2188
    (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                           (314) 342-2000
        (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Item 4.  Changes In Registrant's Certifying Accountants
  
       The  Board  of  Directors  of Stifel  Financial  Corp.  (the
  "Registrant"),  upon the recommendation of its  Audit  Committee,
  determined  to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the  Registrant's
  newly  engaged certifying accountants and Deloitte &  Touche  LLP
  has  accepted  this  appointment.  During  the  two  years  ended
  December  31,  1995,  and through the date of their  appointment,
  Deloitte & Touche LLP has not provided any consultations  to  the
  Registrant regarding the application of accounting principles  to
  specific  transactions and the type opinion that  they  may  have
  rendered on the financial statements.
  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:  December 16, 1996       By:      /s/  Stephen J. Bushmann
                                 Name:    Stephen J. Bushmann
                                 Title:   Chief Financial Officer