By Tim - http://stockstobuy.org
Below is a list of the top performing financial stocks during the past year.
Top Financial Stocks
Mesabi Trust MSB +339.41
LML Payment Systems, Inc. LMLP +330.67
Acacia Research Corporation ACTG +237.27
Dearborn Bancorp, Inc. DEAR +213.73
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. VRTS +202.82
NewStar Financial, Inc. NEWS +182.87
Grupo Financiero Galicia SA GGAL +177.30
MBIA Inc. MBI +166.85
American Capital Ltd. ACAS +162.71
First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. FPTB +149.10
Corpbanca BCA +142.57
Fidelity Southern Corporation LION +142.28
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. PROV +142.11
iStar Financial Inc. SFI +141.07
InsWeb Corporation INSW +129.24
Investors Capital Holdings Ltd ICH +127.03
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. AGM +124.85
Monroe Bancorp MROE +118.36
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services LTS +113.33
Mercantile Bank Corp. MBWM +111.24
Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. ABCW +107.69
First Franklin Corp. FFHS +104.89
First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancp FFNM +104.61
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. SASR +101.35
Cathay General Bancorp CATY +100.40
MainSource Financial Group Inc. MSFG +98.61
TICC Capital Corp. TICC +94.31
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. MOFG +92.86
MGIC Investment Corp. MTG +92.05
LAPORTE BANCORP, INC. LPSB +87.78
CapitalSource, Inc. CSE +86.65
BBVA Banco Frances SA BFR +85.98
NewBridge Bancorp NBBC +85.03
BGC Partners, Inc. BGCP +84.94
Banco Macro SA BMA +84.07
AFP Provida SA PVD +82.94
Credit Acceptance Corp. CACC +80.57
CompuCredit Holdings Corp CCRT +80.00
MV Oil Trust MVO +78.62
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. LBAI +78.15
Marine Petroleum Trust MARPS +77.75
EZCORP, Inc. EZPW +77.61
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. PPBI +77.08
Western Alliance Bancorporation WAL +75.88
Gladstone Investment Corporation GAIN +75.74
Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA ASPS +75.28
Southern Connecticut Bancorp Inc. SSE +74.57
Baytex Energy Trust BTE +74.08
Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc SMCG +73.76
Indiana Community Bancorp INCB +73.59
WSFS Financial Corporation WSFS +73.51
Banco de Chile BCH +73.48
Financial Institutions, Inc FISI +73.20
Northeast Bancorp/ME NBN +73.01
Abington Bancorp, Inc. ABBC +72.82
Horizon Bancorp HBNC +71.51
Waterstone Financial, Inc. WSBF +71.50
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN +71.24
New England Bancshares, Inc. NEBS+ 70.35
Erie Indemnity Company ERIE +69.90
Arlington Asset Investment Corp. AI +69.82
Credicorp Ltd. BAP +69.11
MCG Capital Corporation MCGC +68.92
HealthSpring, Inc HS +67.70
Epoch Holding Corp EPHC +67.02
Great Northern Iron Ore Properties GNI +66.95
KKR Financial Holdings LLC KFN +66.67
First M & F Corporation FMFC +66.67
Kingstone Companies, Inc. KINS +65.92
Triangle Capital Corporation TCAP +65.88
Comm Bancorp, Inc. CCBP +65.54
Resource America, Inc. REXI +65.34
Sussex Bancorp SBBX +65.15
Clarus Corporation BDE +63.48
Zions Bancorporation ZION +63.39
BofI Holding, Inc. BOFI +63.37
Tower Financial Corporation TOFC +62.92
Taylor Capital Group, Inc. TAYC +62.84
Central Bancorp, Inc. CEBK +62.79
Mercer Insurance Group, Inc. MIGP +60.72
Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. VCBI +60.10
iShares Silver Trust (ETF) SLV +60.00
Sprott Resource Lending Corp. SILU +59.82
Banco Santander-Chile SAN +59.78
CNA Surety Corporation SUR +59.53
White River Capital Inc. RVR +59.24
FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. FPIC +59.22
World Acceptance Corp. WRLD +58.33
American Equity Investment Life Holding AEL +57.77
Citizens & Northern Corporation CZNC +57.57
FedFirst Financial Corporation FFCO +56.44
First Merchants Corporation FRME +56.08
Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. IPCC +55.77
Primus Guaranty, Ltd. PRS +55.31
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. OKSB +55.22
First Commonwealth Financial FCF +54.83
West Bancorporation, Inc. WTBA +54.65
First Business Financial Services Inc. FBIZ +53.85
Cadence Financial Corporation CADE +53.13
Washington Trust Bancorp WASH +52.60
1st Constitution Bancorp FCCY+ 52.60
The PMI Group, Inc. PMI +52.56
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. CVLY +52.54
Peoples Bancorp Inc. PEBO +52.46
FBL Financial Group FFG +52.46
PHH Corporation PHH +52.36
International Assets Holding Corporation IAAC +52.07
CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. CMFB +52.00
Center Financial Corporation CLFC +51.83
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. OZRK +50.56
United Bankshares, Inc. UBSI +50.46
Protective Life Corp. PL +50.32
Signature Bank SBNY +50.11
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. AMG +49.45
National Financial Partners Corp. NFP +49.35
Ameris Bancorp ABCB +49.28
PowerShares Dynamic Networking PXQ +48.82
WesBanco, Inc. WSBC +48.49
ProShares Ultra QQQ (ETF) QLD +48.48
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. SMBC +48.44
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