Ron Kruszewski | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer |
Jim Marischen | Chief Financial Officer |
Devin Ryan | JMP Securities |
Steven Chubak | Wolfe Research |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
Chris Allen | Compass Point |
Chris Harris | Wells Fargo |
I would like to welcome everyone to Stifel Financial's Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, I'd like to remind everyone that today's call may include forward-looking statements. These statements represent the firm's belief regarding future events that, by their nature, are uncertain and outside of the firm's control.
The firm's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from what is indicated in those forward-looking statements.
For a discussion of some of the risks and factors that could affect the firm's future results, please see the description of risk factors in the current annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 2018.