Jefferies Financial Group Inc

NYSE: JEF
$41.80
-$0.98 (-2.3%)
Closing price April 12, 2024
Jefferies Financial Group Inc., based in New York, is a global investment banking firm offering a wide range of financial services. Its operations span investment banking, advisory for mergers and acquisitions, debt financing, and more. The company also engages in underwriting, corporate lending, and provides wealth management and online foreign exchange trading services. With a focus on both capital markets and asset management, Jefferies serves clients worldwide, leveraging its expertise in equities research, sales, and trading. Originally known as Leucadia National Corporation, it rebranded to its current name in 2018.

The Key Gold Trade for 2013, Pairing Gold Against Miners
Any Wall St. pundit will tell you that the overprinting of money is a train wreck waiting to happen. The Federal Reserve balance sheet sits at almost three trillion dollars after two rounds of...
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Knight Capital: Let the Bidding Begin (KCD, JEF, AMTD, SF, BX)
Source: thinkstockEver since that day in August when Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) got slammed with a $460 million loss due to a nasty trading program error, investors have been waiting for...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 12, 2012: Markets Open Today, But Not Much Action (GRMN, CHK, JCP, DIS, GRPN, CRDN, DHI, BAGL, JEC, WFT, DKS, HD, KORS, SKS, TJX, TIE, PCP, JEF, LUK, BZH)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on a day when most government offices and banks are closed in observance of Veteran’s Day. Asian markets were muddled this morning as reports came out...
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Today's Market Winners and Losers
The stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.08%, the Nasdaq down 0.02% and the S&P 500 down 0.01%. Today’s winners include two companies getting bought out...
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Leucadia Adds Investment Bank to Its Stable (LUK, JEF)
Source: ThinkstockIn one of the odder acquisitions we’ve seen recently, diversified holding company Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK) today announced that it has agreed on a merger with...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- September 20, 2012: Markets Close on Mixed Note (NSC, MS, COH, HAL, AWK, LTD, ADBE, BBBY, CAG, JEF, RAD, ORCL, CTAS, KBH, TRLA, ASTI, QCOR)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following mostly weak reports on European PMI (more coverage here). The reading on U.S. PMI was unchanged from last month (more coverage...
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Jefferies Group Revenues Jump 45%
Shares of Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) are down in premarket trading this mornings solid earnings report.Jeffries reported third-quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.31 on revenue of $739...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- September 19, 2012: Markets Get Lift from Housing News (MON, WM, BRCM, ACHN, CLNE, AZO, CRBL, GIS, ADBE, BBBY, JEF, RAD, QCOR, AET, PHM, GRPN)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning, taking until mid-morning to rise above the flat line and stay above it for the rest of the day. The initial response to Bank of Japan’s...
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12 Key Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (CCL, FDX, ADBE, BBBY, AZO, KMX, CTAS, CAG, JEF, ORCL, TIBX, KBH)
This is not exactly a packed week for earnings like you would see in earnings season, but we still have many key earnings reports.  We have provided previews for the following: Carnival Corporation...
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Stock Indicates More Worries Brewing At Knight Capital (KCG, JEF, NYX, NDAQ, IBM)
Something seems to be happening at Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG). Whatever it is, it sure does not seem like a good development. It is not really any longer a secret that Congressional...
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Manchester United Being Supported At Offering Price By Underwriters (MANU, FB, JEF, CS, JPM, BAC, DB)
Manchester United PLC (NYSE: MANU) is being supported by its underwriters if the volume and pricing is of use.  The formal IPO was 16.6 million shares at $14.00.  We heard the Bloomberg report...
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Media Digest (8/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) sells assets to improve earnings. (Reuters)Standard Chartered may lose its New York banking license over allegations it hid $250 billion in transactions tied to...
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Knight Capital Survives the Weekend, with Exponential Dilution (KCG, BX, SF, AMTD, JEF)
Reports were out over the weekend that Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) was raising some $400 million in bailout and survival capital. The company confirmed this in an SEC filing on Monday...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- June 22, 2012 (FB, GLW, KMB, ONXX, JEF, DRI, CCL, APOL, SNX, HNR, ARNA, PCX)
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets treated the Moody’s downgrade of 15 major banks as old news that was already baked into share prices (our coverage here and...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CELG, CIM, GLW, DFS, EA, FB, JEF, KMB, LAZ, MSI, ONXX, PBY, RL, RGR, SXCI, TROW, MRK, ILMN, PG)
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday.Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Maintained Buy with target of...
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