Below these are the Weekly Best-Performing Financial Stocks for the Ended December 18, 2011.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
HEK Heckmann Corporation 9.42%
NCT Newcastle Investment Corp. 9.15%
RLJ RLJ Lodging Trust 8.58%
NYMT New York Mortgage Trust Inc. 6.31%
MBI MBIA Inc. 5.05%
OCN Ocwen Financial Corp. 4.26%
JOE The St. Joe Company 4.23%
GTY Getty Realty Corp. 4.21%
PDM Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. 4.03%
EQR Equity Residential 3.73%
EDR Education Realty Trust Inc. 3.63%
HXM Homex Development Corp. 3.59%
PPS Post Properties Inc. 3.41%
FCF First Commonwealth Financial Corp. 3.28%
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc. 3.27%
CPT Camden Property Trust 3.23%
GGP General Growth Properties Inc. 2.83%
UDR UDR, Inc. 2.80%
WRI Weingarten Realty Investors 2.75%
HME Home Properties Inc. 2.72%
AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc. 2.64%
CSE CapitalSource Inc. 2.56%
HCN Health Care REIT Inc. 2.56%
SLM SLM Corporation 2.52%
CMO Capstead Mortgage Corp. 2.49%
SNH Senior Housing Properties Trust 2.46%
STWD Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 2.36%
TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.25%
ROIC Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. 2.21%
MFA MFA Financial, Inc. 2.20%
DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. 2.17%
TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. 2.04%
SKT Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. 2.02%
O Realty Income Corp. 2.01%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust 2.00%
IVR Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. 1.97%
FRC First Republic Bank 1.91%
PGR Progressive Corp. 1.91%
AF Astoria Financial Corporation 1.84%
ACC American Campus Communities Inc. 1.83%
BRE BRE Properties Inc. 1.82%
CIT CIT Group Inc. 1.73%
CYS CYS Investments Inc 1.71%
EQY Equity One Inc. 1.67%
SIGI Selective Insurance Group Inc. 1.64%
NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 1.55%
CUZ Cousins Properties Inc. 1.49%
GRT Glimcher Realty Trust 1.48%
HIW Highwoods Properties Inc. 1.39%
MPW Medical Properties Trust Inc. 1.38%
NNN National Retail Properties, Inc. 1.29%
HCBK Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. 1.18%
HTS Hatteras Financial Corp 1.12%
BBT BB&T Corporation 1.09%
LXP Lexington Realty Trust 1.09%
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. 1.04%
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. 1.01%
WBS Webster Financial Corp. 0.89%
CUBE CubeSmart 0.88%
BDN Brandywine Realty Trust 0.80%
ORI Old Republic International Corp. 0.76%
RSO Resource Capital Corp. 0.72%
CBL CBL & Associates Properties Inc. 0.72%
FMER FirstMerit Corporation 0.69%
LRY Liberty Property Trust 0.67%
SUSQ Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. 0.63%
AGNC American Capital Agency Corp. 0.62%
HR Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. 0.62%
ANH Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation 0.62%
MRH Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. 0.60%
KIM Kimco Realty Corporation 0.56%
HPT Hospitality Properties Trust 0.54%
HCP HCP, Inc. 0.52%
FRT Federal Realty Investment Trust 0.50%
BXP Boston Properties Inc. 0.49%
ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. 0.43%
PVTB Privatebancorp Inc. 0.40%
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. 0.37%
PEI Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust 0.30%
VTR Ventas, Inc. 0.17%
TCO Taubman Centers Inc. 0.00%
HCC HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. 0.00%
HBHC Hancock Holding Co. 0.00%
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. -0.03%
DEI Douglas Emmett Inc -0.05%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp -0.07%
RWT Redwood Trust Inc. -0.09%
CWH CommonWealth REIT -0.18%
VNO Vornado Realty Trust -0.27%
TRMK Trustmark Corporation -0.35%
MTB M&T Bank Corp. -0.36%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company -0.47%
NYB New York Community Bancorp Inc. -0.50%
AIV Apartment Investment & Management Co. -0.50%
BPO Brookfield Properties Corporation -0.52%
CFFN Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. -0.53%
BOH Bank of Hawaii Corporation -0.60%
FULT Fulton Financial Corporation -0.63%
PBCT People's United Financial Inc. -0.64%
PSA Public Storage -0.64%
OFC Corporate Office Properties Trust -0.69%
EFX Equifax Inc. -0.76%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. -0.77%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc. -0.80%
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. -0.84%
BXS BancorpSouth, Inc. -0.86%
DDR DDR Corp. -0.86%
CLI Mack-Cali Realty Corp. -0.88%
FNB F.N.B. Corporation -0.90%
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. -0.93%
UBSI United Bankshares Inc. -0.93%
NPBC National Penn Bancshares Inc. -0.95%
CYN City National Corp. -0.98%
WRB W.R. Berkley Corporation -0.99%
VLY Valley National Bancorp -1.10%
USB U.S. Bancorp -1.10%
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. -1.15%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. -1.17%
REG Regency Centers Corporation -1.23%
BRKL Brookline Bancorp, Inc. -1.26%
RGA Reinsurance Group of America Inc. -1.30%
AIZ Assurant Inc. -1.35%
BLK BlackRock, Inc. -1.36%
DFT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. -1.38%
DRH Diamondrock Hospitality Co. -1.39%
ONB Old National Bancorp. -1.45%
PNC PNC Financial Services Group Inc. -1.47%
GBCI Glacier Bancorp Inc. -1.51%
MAC Macerich Co. -1.52%
BMR BioMed Realty Trust Inc. -1.54%
BX The Blackstone Group -1.62%
DRE Duke Realty Corp. -1.70%
BEE Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. -1.75%
SBNY Signature Bank -1.76%
KKR Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. -1.78%
ALL The Allstate Corporation -1.82%
IRC Inland Real Estate Corp. -1.88%
NTRS Northern Trust Corporation -1.91%
AFG American Financial Group Inc. -2.00%
NWBI Northwest Bancshares, Inc. -2.01%
PCL Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. -2.06%
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. -2.06%
DFS Discover Financial Services -2.06%
CB The Chubb Corporation -2.09%
STT State Street Corp. -2.17%
EWBC East West Bancorp, Inc. -2.19%
TRST TrustCo Bank Corp. NY -2.21%
ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. -2.21%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. -2.24%
ASBC Associated Banc-Corp -2.35%
TMK Torchmark Corp. -2.36%
FCFS First Cash Financial Services Inc. -2.37%
FAF First American Financial Corporation -2.37%
JEF Jefferies Group, Inc. -2.38%
PRSP Prosperity Bancshares Inc. -2.38%
UMPQ Umpqua Holdings Corporation -2.38%
SEIC SEI Investments Co. -2.44%
BK The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation -2.45%
PSEC Prospect Capital Corporation -2.45%
CBSH Commerce Bancshares, Inc. -2.47%
AHL Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. -2.56%
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation -2.62%
ORIT Oritani Financial Corp. -2.62%
FNFG First Niagara Financial Group Inc. -2.63%
NYX NYSE Euronext, Inc. -2.67%
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corporation -2.70%
WFSL Washington Federal Inc. -2.70%
KEY KeyCorp -2.71%
ZION Zions Bancorp. -2.77%
LAZ Lazard Ltd. -2.83%
CBG CBRE Group, Inc -2.84%
TD The Toronto-Dominion Bank -2.87%
HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. -3.00%
WY Weyerhaeuser Co. -3.08%
AON Aon Corporation -3.09%
BBCN BBCN Bancorp, Inc. -3.09%
AIG American International Group, Inc. -3.11%
PLD Prologis, Inc. -3.13%
FNF Fidelity National Financial, Inc. -3.14%
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -3.20%
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc. -3.23%
RY Royal Bank of Canada -3.25%
SHO Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. -3.34%
BKCC BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation -3.42%
WFC Wells Fargo & Company -3.46%
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp -3.52%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc. -3.53%
SLG SL Green Realty Corp. -3.61%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. -3.71%
ACE ACE Limited -3.79%
ACAS American Capital, Ltd. -3.81%
FR First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. -3.84%
XL XL Group plc -3.86%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. -3.89%
AXP American Express Company -3.93%
SYA Symetra Financial Corporation -4.03%
PFG Principal Financial Group Inc. -4.04%
UNM Unum Group -4.15%
L Loews Corporation -4.20%
FSC Fifth Street Finance Corp. -4.22%
STI SunTrust Banks, Inc. -4.30%
TCB TCF Financial Corporation -4.42%
PHH PHH Corporation -4.60%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. -4.60%
JLL Jones Lang Lasalle Inc. -4.66%
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. -4.83%
MET MetLife, Inc. -4.91%
BMO Bank of Montreal -5.00%
FHN First Horizon National Corporation -5.12%
FCE-A Forest City Enterprises Inc. -5.14%
FMBI First Midwest Bancorp Inc. -5.20%
TFSL TFS Financial Corp -5.36%
LHO LaSalle Hotel Properties -5.61%
OZM Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC -5.67%
FII Federated Investors, Inc. -5.70%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. -5.82%
NDAQ Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. -5.84%
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. -5.85%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. -5.86%
SFI iStar Financial Inc. -5.92%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc -5.97%
ITUB Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. -6.02%
PRI Primerica, Inc. -6.12%
CVBF CVB Financial Corp. -6.16%
EV Eaton Vance Corp. -6.22%
CMA Comerica Incorporated -6.29%
AFL AFLAC Inc. -6.56%
AMTD TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation -6.56%
BPFH Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. -6.98%
GNW Genworth Financial Inc. -7.26%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. -7.41%
UBS UBS AG -7.51%
BBD Banco Bradesco S.A. -7.57%
WDR Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. -7.60%
LNC Lincoln National Corp. -7.63%
BSBR Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. -7.80%
JNS Janus Capital Group, Inc. -8.02%
CS Credit Suisse Group -8.15%
AINV Apollo Investment Corporation -8.26%
BGCP BGC Partners, Inc. -8.32%
MS Morgan Stanley -8.55%
AHT Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. -8.65%
CLGX CoreLogic, Inc. -8.89%
MFC Manulife Financial Corporation -8.94%
KCG Knight Capital Group, Inc. -9.08%
BAC Bank of America Corporation -9.09%
SCHW The Charles Schwab Corporation -9.36%
RBS The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -9.38%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -9.41%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -9.48%
C Citigroup, Inc. -9.52%
LM Legg Mason Inc. -9.72%
HIG Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. -10.46%
IBN ICICI Bank Ltd. -10.59%
DB Deutsche Bank AG -10.73%
HDB HDFC Bank Ltd. -10.79%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. -11.19%
BCS Barclays PLC -12.01%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corporation -13.36%
AFSI AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. -13.54%
ING ING Groep NV -14.05%
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