Stocks to Watch Big U.S. Financial banks (BAC, JNS, GS, JPM, MS) on January 24, 2012

Bank of America (BAC +2.9%) continues its surprising run, adding to its 31% YTD gain as it easily outperforms the broader market and other big banks. Evercore tries to explain, even as several analysts have hacked their target prices since last week's earnings report: “Seems like greater risk appetite to start new year, some better macro, and more comfort around BAC’s capital position.. These stocks are usually going up or down with news.If you are looking to day trade, you might want to check out the following stocks. I usually throw these on my watch list and monitor with resistance & support levels.These are the stocks Top Performing Financial  Stocks today.

Below these are the Top-Performing Financial Stocks January 23, 2012. 

Ticker     Company     Change
IRE    The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland    5.43%
JNS    Janus Capital Group, Inc.    3.11%
DB    Deutsche Bank AG    2.07%
WAL    Western Alliance Bancorporation    1.91%
EV    Eaton Vance Corp.    1.74%
FITB    Fifth Third Bancorp    1.67%
BAC    Bank of America Corporation    1.43%
FHN    First Horizon National Corporation    1.22%
CS    Credit Suisse Group    1.04%
ACAS    American Capital, Ltd.    1.01%
EQR    Equity Residential    0.99%
SMFG    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.    0.98%
MFC    Manulife Financial Corporation    0.96%
BK    The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation    0.94%
SKT    Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.    0.91%
HIG    Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.    0.86%
AMTD    TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation    0.76%
BPO    Brookfield Properties Corporation    0.75%
PRU    Prudential Financial, Inc.    0.75%
MFA    MFA Financial, Inc.    0.70%
FII    Federated Investors, Inc.    0.65%
IVR    Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.    0.63%
AIV    Apartment Investment & Management Co.    0.63%
PFG    Principal Financial Group Inc.    0.63%
UNM    Unum Group    0.61%
IBN    ICICI Bank Ltd.    0.56%
ING    ING Groep NV    0.55%
LNC    Lincoln National Corp.    0.53%
HCP    HCP, Inc.    0.51%
NYB    New York Community Bancorp Inc.    0.45%
ARR    ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.    0.43%
XL    XL Group plc    0.39%
MET    MetLife, Inc.    0.33%
UBS    UBS AG    0.29%
ARCC    Ares Capital Corporation    0.25%
PHH    PHH Corporation    0.25%
CB    The Chubb Corporation    0.20%
AFL    AFLAC Inc.    0.13%
C    Citigroup, Inc.    0.12%
VTR    Ventas, Inc.    0.10%
CBG    CBRE Group, Inc    0.06%
NLY    Annaly Capital Management, Inc.    0.04%
PDM    Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc.    0.00%
BEE    Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.    0.00%
PNC    PNC Financial Services Group Inc.    -0.07%
JPM    JPMorgan Chase & Co.    -0.08%
DCT    DCT Industrial Trust Inc.    -0.09%
FULT    Fulton Financial Corporation    -0.11%
AMP    Ameriprise Financial Inc.    -0.13%
STD    Banco Santander, S.A.    -0.13%
HCN    Health Care REIT, Inc.    -0.15%
ASBC    Associated Banc-Corp    -0.15%
NYX    NYSE Euronext, Inc.    -0.18%
STT    State Street Corp.    -0.19%
BBVA    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.    -0.23%
BBT    BB&T Corporation    -0.24%
WFC    Wells Fargo & Company    -0.24%
AGNC    American Capital Agency Corp.    -0.26%
CMA    Comerica Incorporated    -0.27%
GS    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.    -0.29%
NTRS    Northern Trust Corporation    -0.30%
BSBR    Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A.    -0.32%
TROW    T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.    -0.37%
ORI    Old Republic International Corp.    -0.42%
CSE    CapitalSource Inc.    -0.43%
EWBC    East West Bancorp, Inc.    -0.43%
KIM    Kimco Realty Corporation    -0.44%
HST    Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.    -0.46%
GNW    Genworth Financial Inc.    -0.53%
BMR    BioMed Realty Trust Inc.    -0.55%
IVZ    Invesco Ltd.    -0.58%
HBC    HSBC Holdings plc    -0.64%
DDR    DDR Corp.    -0.65%
PSEC    Prospect Capital Corporation    -0.67%
DFS    Discover Financial Services    -0.69%
TWO    Two Harbors Investment Corp.    -0.73%
WSH    Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company    -0.73%
MMC    Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.    -0.76%
PGR    Progressive Corp.    -0.79%
DRE    Duke Realty Corp.    -0.81%
CBL    CBL & Associates Properties Inc.    -0.84%
ALL    The Allstate Corporation    -0.84%
PBCT    People's United Financial Inc.    -0.85%
CNO    CNO Financial Group, Inc.    -0.86%
COF    Capital One Financial Corp.    -0.87%
PLD    Prologis, Inc.    -0.98%
JEF    Jefferies Group, Inc.    -1.00%
AIG    American International Group, Inc.    -1.01%
TRV    The Travelers Companies, Inc.    -1.02%
BX    The Blackstone Group    -1.04%
STI    SunTrust Banks, Inc.    -1.08%
HCBK    Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.    -1.13%
BBD    Banco Bradesco S.A.    -1.14%
BCS    Barclays PLC    -1.22%
ZION    Zions Bancorp.    -1.22%
FNF    Fidelity National Financial, Inc.    -1.24%
FNFG    First Niagara Financial Group Inc.    -1.25%
BRK-B    Berkshire Hathaway Inc.    -1.25%
AXP    American Express Company    -1.26%
KEY    KeyCorp    -1.33%
USB    U.S. Bancorp    -1.37%
SLM    SLM Corporation    -1.44%
ETFC    E*TRADE Financial Corporation    -1.45%
AON    Aon Corporation    -1.52%
MS    Morgan Stanley    -1.58%
AINV    Apollo Investment Corporation    -1.58%
HBAN    Huntington Bancshares Incorporated    -1.69%
GGP    General Growth Properties Inc.    -1.70%
TCB    TCF Financial Corporation    -1.71%
SCHW    The Charles Schwab Corporation    -1.72%
ACE    ACE Limited    -1.73%
KKR    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.    -1.77%
ITUB    Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.    -2.18%
AGO    Assured Guaranty Ltd.    -2.45%
HEK    Heckmann Corporation    -2.46%
WY    Weyerhaeuser Co.    -2.71%
FSC    Fifth Street Finance Corp.    -4.36%

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