David Sterman has worked as an investment analyst for nearly two decades. He started his Wall Street career in equity research at Smith Barney, culminating in a position as Senior Analyst covering European banks. While at Smith Barney, he learned of all the tricks used by Wall Street to steer the best advice to their top clients and their own trading desk.
David has also served as Managing Editor at TheStreet.com and Director of Research at Individual Investor. In addition, David worked as Director of Research for Jesup & Lamont Securities. David has made numerous media appearances over the years, primarily on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and has a master's degree in management from Georgia Tech.
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Analyst Articles
The Federal Reserve is gearing up for its once-every-six-week policy move on Wednesday afternoon, June 20. All eyes will be on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Investors are increasingly expecting the Fed to provide more juice to the economy,… Read More
International expansion has been the top goal of hundreds of U.S. blue-chip stocks. Tapping foreign markets has been an easy way to keep sales and profits growing, usually with little risk. Until now… #-ad_banner-#Even as Greek voters chose to stay on the path of… Read More
During the past 12 years, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) and other giants have seen their sales and profits rise by 150% –or more. Yet you would have been wise to sell these stocks before the growth took place. That’s because their stock prices are actually… Read More
The only way to make money by shorting a stock is to find potential land mines many investors may be missing. For wireless services provider Sprint (NYSE: S), short sellers have been focusing on two items: a looming legal battle with New York State’s Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, and… Read More
Commercial bankers are a fickle lot. When the economy is growing, they trip over each other to extend loans to anybody with a business plan. But when the economy cools, bankers slam the lending spigot shut, denying loan applications to any new borrowers while taking a nervous… Read More
In the article below I reveal the names and ticker symbols of 12 widely-held companies that could go bankrupt in the near future. But first I need to give you a bit of background… Every year, our independent research team here at StreetAuthority looks over thousands of potential stock picks. Read More
Commercial bankers are a fickle lot. When the economy is growing, they trip over each other to extend loans to anybody with a business plan. But when the economy cools, bankers slam the lending spigot shut, denying loan applications to any new borrowers while taking a nervous… Read More
Commercial bankers are a fickle lot. When the economy is growing, they trip over each other to extend loans to anybody with a business plan. But when the economy cools, bankers slam the lending spigot shut, denying loan applications to any new borrowers while taking a nervous… Read More
Ever since its founding in 1875, Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) has witnessed all kinds of economic cycles. The financial services firm’s shares have been punished whenever investors fret that a downturn in the economy will hurt, yet… Read More
New IPOs (initial public offerings) offer the promise of huge upside as investors speculate on a young company’s impressive growth potential. Yet just as often, this potential is more hype than reality, so you should only stand on the sidelines as investors’ enthusiasm obscures their ability see real… Read More
