These stocks are usually going up 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 watch list Best Performing Financial Stocks for the week. Also check out my Top 2011 Stock Gainers, Stocks to Buy 2012.Hot stocks Today Right Here.Market Technical analysis Right Here
Below these are the Weekly Best-Performing Financial Stocks for the Ended February 19, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
AEA Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. 29.27%
LAZ Lazard Ltd. 9.20%
HIG Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 8.79%
MFC Manulife Financial Corporation 8.19%
ZION Zions Bancorp. 8.11%
BCS Barclays PLC 7.02%
CBG CBRE Group, Inc 6.72%
IBN ICICI Bank Ltd. 6.71%
BKCC BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation 6.70%
PL Protective Life Corp. 6.68%
ING ING Groep NV 6.56%
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 6.37%
FII Federated Investors, Inc. 6.08%
NRF NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 5.95%
AEG AEGON N.V. 5.82%
RF Regions Financial Corp. 5.82%
AF Astoria Financial Corporation 5.77%
LNC Lincoln National Corp. 5.75%
SCHW The Charles Schwab Corporation 5.67%
GNW Genworth Financial Inc. 5.49%
AINV Apollo Investment Corporation 5.42%
MET MetLife, Inc. 5.34%
FRC First Republic Bank 5.32%
MTU Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 5.12%
WDR Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. 5.11%
NCT Newcastle Investment Corp. 4.98%
SUSQ Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. 4.94%
BSBR Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. 4.91%
DFS Discover Financial Services 4.83%
SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 4.60%
PFG Principal Financial Group Inc. 4.54%
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. 4.34%
CUBE CubeSmart 4.26%
HBC HSBC Holdings plc 4.26%
OCN Ocwen Financial Corp. 4.25%
HDB HDFC Bank Ltd. 4.25%
RAS RAIT Financial Trust 4.21%
CS Credit Suisse Group 4.18%
IVR Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. 4.12%
ASBC Associated Banc-Corp 4.10%
ACAS American Capital, Ltd. 4.10%
PRU Prudential Financial, Inc. 4.05%
FCF First Commonwealth Financial Corp. 4.03%
MTB M&T Bank Corporation 3.91%
VLY Valley National Bancorp 3.79%
NYB New York Community Bancorp Inc. 3.77%
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. 3.69%
FULT Fulton Financial Corporation 3.68%
FNB F.N.B. Corporation 3.64%
XL XL Group plc 3.48%
BBT BB&T Corporation 3.41%
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 3.37%
HT Hersha Hospitality Trust 3.36%
CMA Comerica Incorporated 3.35%
BLK BlackRock, Inc. 3.26%
TMK Torchmark Corp. 3.22%
TCB TCF Financial Corporation 3.22%
WY Weyerhaeuser Co. 3.15%
FNFG First Niagara Financial Group Inc. 3.14%
SBNY Signature Bank 3.14%
TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. 3.13%
NDAQ Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. 3.12%
UBS UBS AG 3.09%
AMTD TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation 3.06%
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Incorporated 3.05%
FHN First Horizon National Corporation 3.01%
HTS Hatteras Financial Corp 3.01%
PSEC Prospect Capital Corporation 3.00%
STI SunTrust Banks, Inc. 3.00%
LRY Liberty Property Trust 2.99%
FR First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. 2.89%
EWBC East West Bancorp, Inc. 2.86%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 2.86%
REG Regency Centers Corporation 2.85%
UNM Unum Group 2.85%
PLD Prologis, Inc. 2.81%
BK The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.75%
WFC Wells Fargo & Company 2.74%
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc. 2.64%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. 2.49%
CYN City National Corp. 2.47%
PNC PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.46%
BAM Brookfield Asset Management Inc. 2.45%
ORI Old Republic International Corp. 2.41%
GGP General Growth Properties Inc. 2.38%
CNO CNO Financial Group, Inc. 2.37%
CIB Bancolombia S.A. 2.32%
NPBC National Penn Bancshares Inc. 2.29%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.29%
DRE Duke Realty Corp. 2.27%
KEY KeyCorp 2.27%
PBCT People's United Financial Inc. 2.24%
KRC Kilroy Realty Corp. 2.21%
AIG American International Group, Inc. 2.14%
HPT Hospitality Properties Trust 2.13%
JNS Janus Capital Group, Inc. 2.08%
KIM Kimco Realty Corporation 2.07%
SEIC SEI Investments Co. 2.06%
AXP American Express Company 2.03%
CYS CYS Investments Inc 1.87%
DEI Douglas Emmett Inc 1.85%
NYX NYSE Euronext, Inc. 1.80%
DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. 1.70%
SLM SLM Corporation 1.64%
BMR BioMed Realty Trust Inc. 1.60%
UMPQ Umpqua Holdings Corporation 1.59%
DDR DDR Corp. 1.58%
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 1.57%
VNO Vornado Realty Trust 1.56%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corporation 1.52%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.44%
DCT DCT Industrial Trust Inc. 1.42%
UDR UDR, Inc. 1.38%
EV Eaton Vance Corp. 1.38%
ALL The Allstate Corporation 1.36%
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Limited 1.30%
WRI Weingarten Realty Investors 1.30%
BPO Brookfield Properties Corporation 1.24%
HIW Highwoods Properties Inc. 1.23%
BOH Bank of Hawaii Corporation 1.19%
USB U.S. Bancorp 1.17%
SLG SL Green Realty Corp. 1.15%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. 1.14%
WFSL Washington Federal Inc. 1.14%
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation 1.11%
DB Deutsche Bank AG 1.04%
AIV Apartment Investment & Management Co. 1.04%
BXP Boston Properties Inc. 1.02%
FCE-A Forest City Enterprises Inc. 0.99%
BEE Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 0.96%
ANH Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation 0.92%
ITUB Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.90%
SKT Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. 0.89%
TCO Taubman Centers Inc. 0.89%
ITG Investment Technology Group Inc. 0.85%
CME CME Group Inc. 0.82%
MAC Macerich Co. 0.82%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc. 0.81%
BRE BRE Properties Inc. 0.81%
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 0.80%
TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. 0.79%
PSA Public Storage 0.75%
NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 0.73%
ACE ACE Limited 0.68%
DFG Delphi Financial Group, Inc. 0.61%
NTRS Northern Trust Corporation 0.57%
AGNC American Capital Agency Corp. 0.56%
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 0.56%
DX Dynex Capital Inc. 0.55%
L Loews Corporation 0.52%
TD The Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.45%
CB The Chubb Corporation 0.42%
OZM Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC 0.41%
PCL Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. 0.36%
KFN KKR Financial Holdings LLC 0.33%
CPT Camden Property Trust 0.30%
GRT Glimcher Realty Trust 0.30%
ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. 0.29%
CFFN Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. 0.26%
KKR Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. 0.20%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. 0.11%
CLI Mack-Cali Realty Corp. 0.03%
AFL AFLAC Inc. 0.02%
FSC Fifth Street Finance Corp. 0.00%
EFX Equifax Inc. 0.00%
PGR Progressive Corp. 0.00%
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc. 0.00%
C Citigroup, Inc. -0.03%
BBD Banco Bradesco S.A. -0.06%
RY Royal Bank of Canada -0.13%
EQR Equity Residential -0.14%
HCBK Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. -0.14%
VR Validus Holdings, Ltd. -0.16%
ICE IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. -0.27%
AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc. -0.31%
BX The Blackstone Group -0.44%
LXP Lexington Realty Trust -0.47%
O Realty Income Corp. -0.49%
JEF Jefferies Group, Inc. -0.51%
CUZ Cousins Properties Inc. -0.54%
PDM Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. -0.55%
BAC Bank of America Corporation -0.62%
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. -0.64%
DFT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. -0.73%
DRH Diamondrock Hospitality Co. -0.76%
WRE Washington Real Estate Investment Trust -0.76%
LM Legg Mason Inc. -0.76%
CIT CIT Group Inc. -0.77%
MFA MFA Financial, Inc. -0.80%
MPW Medical Properties Trust Inc. -0.81%
FNF Fidelity National Financial, Inc. -0.85%
BGCP BGC Partners, Inc. -0.88%
STD Banco Santander, S.A. -0.94%
STT State Street Corp. -1.01%
RSO Resource Capital Corp. -1.05%
AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. -1.08%
NNN National Retail Properties, Inc. -1.11%
LHO LaSalle Hotel Properties -1.21%
PMT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust -1.32%
VTR Ventas, Inc. -1.63%
HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. -1.68%
PHH PHH Corporation -1.73%
HCN Health Care REIT, Inc. -1.75%
AON Aon Corporation -1.94%
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. -2.02%
CBOE CBOE Holdings, Inc. -2.03%
HCP HCP, Inc. -2.42%
MS Morgan Stanley -2.54%
ACC American Campus Communities Inc. -3.11%
CBL CBL & Associates Properties Inc. -3.25%
SNH Senior Housing Properties Trust -3.30%
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. -3.39%
BDN Brandywine Realty Trust -3.42%
SHO Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. -3.70%
MBI MBIA Inc. -4.28%
CSE CapitalSource Inc. -4.40%
AB AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. -5.16%
HXM Homex Development Corp. -5.78%
WSH Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company -12.65%
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