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                                    How did Stifel Financial's operating expenses trend in Q4 2024?
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                                    </span></div></div></div> <div class="seo-text-answer" data-v-0eba195e="">Stifel Financial's operating expenses for Q4 2024 are not currently available. However, the latest available data is from November 30, 2024, which shows a total of $513.9 billion in client assets, with fee-based client assets amounting to $197.3 billion. 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