content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            	WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  	                                      
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                                   	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):  February 7, 1995
  
  
  
  
  
                            STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
           	(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
  
         Delaware         	            1-9305            	    43-1273600    
  (State of Incorporation)   	(Commission File Number)     	(IRS Employer
                                                         			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 7.	Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
       		(a)	Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
  
           		None.
  
       		(b)	Pro Forma Financial Information.
  
           		None.
  
       		(c)	Exhibits.
  
           		Exhibit 99(a):  Press Release dated February 7, 1995 announcing an
             agreement to sell the assets of the Oklahoma division of Stifel,
             Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (a wholly-owned subsidiary of
             Stifel Financial Corp.) to Capital West Securities, Inc. ("Capital
             West Securities"), an Oklahoma corporation and a wholly-owned
             subsidiary of Capital West Financial Corporation, an Oklahoma
             corporation.
  
  
                                   	SIGNATURES
  
  	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 February 21, 1995		               By:	/s/ Mark D. Knott
                                       						Mark D. Knott
                                       						Chief Financial Officer
  
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                                  	Exhibit Index
  
  
  
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  Exhibit No.		           Description		                     		Page No.  
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     99(a)		   		Press Release dated February 7, 1995	           4
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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):  February 7, 1995
  
                            STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
           	(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
         Delaware         	            1-9305            	    43-1273600    
  (State of Incorporation)   	(Commission File Number)     	(IRS Employer
                                                         			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 7.	Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
  
       		(a)	Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
  
           		None.
  
       		(b)	Pro Forma Financial Information.
  
           		None.
  
       		(c)	Exhibits.
  
           		Exhibit 99(a):  Press Release dated February 7, 1995 announcing an
             agreement to sell the assets of the Oklahoma division of Stifel,
             Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (a wholly-owned subsidiary of
             Stifel Financial Corp.) to Capital West Securities, Inc. ("Capital
             West Securities"), an Oklahoma corporation and a wholly-owned
             subsidiary of Capital West Financial Corporation, an Oklahoma
             corporation.
  
                                   	SIGNATURES
  
  	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 February 21, 1995		               By:	/s/ Mark D. Knott
                                       						Mark D. Knott
                                       						Chief Financial Officer
  Exhibit Index
  
                                                    									Sequential
  Exhibit No.		           Description		                     		Page No.  
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     99(a)		   		Press Release dated February 7, 1995	           4