Stifel Financial Corp.
Form 10-Q Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Registrant on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), each of the undersigned officers certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

	STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP. (Registrant)
Date: August 14, 2003	/s/ Ronald J. Kruszewski Ronald J. Kruszewski (President and Chief Executive Officer)
Date: August 14, 2003	/s/ James M. Zemlyak James M. Zemlyak (Chief Financial Officer)