As of March 1st, Ryan Beck's Research Department is now merged with Stifel Nicolaus' providing in-depth analysis and coverage of over 700 companies in key industry sectors: business & consumer services, industrial, financial services, health care, real estate, technology, media & telecommunications and transportation.  The powerful combination of Ryan Beck and Stifel creates one of the largest domestic equity research groups off Wall Street.

Additionally, we provide proprietary coverage of small-cap companies that fall within our expertise — firms that are normally not widely followed by Wall Street analysts. Our primary purpose is to enhance our clients' financial performance by providing actionable ideas.

Stifel Nicolaus received the 3rd highest 'batting average' among firms with more than 35 qualifying analysts.  The 'Best of the Street 2006 Analysts Survey', published by The Wall Street Journal, recognized six of Stifel's analysts for their stock picking skills, with two ranked number one in their respective industries.

Our research is distributed through our institutional and retail sales forces, and electronically through Multex and First Call.

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