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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We’ve all seen it happen. You buy a stock and then it steadily drops in value. Either you were ill-informed about the investment idea, or simply off on your timing. I’ve never wavered from my belief that municipal bond insurer Assured… Read More
I spend much of my time in search of companies that possess robust growth prospects. But I’m also content to occasionally focus my energy on companies that are unlikely to grow meaningfully. The catch: these companies must be able to generate a huge amount of… Read More
We’re entering one of the most important phases of the year for investors. In the weeks ahead, many companies will set the tone for the remainder of 2012, laying out strategic goals along with sales and profit targets. For many… Read More
We’re less than a week into my $100,000 real-money portfolio undertaking, and we’ve already seen plenty of excitement. I committed more than $12,000 to my first pick, Ford Motor (NYSE: F), which jumped nicely in the days after my initial analysis. If you had the chance to… Read More
They say stocks “climb a wall of worry.” Well, investors now have something new to worry about. Concerns are growing that profit margins may have peaked for many companies in 2011 and could slip a bit in 2012 and 2013. It’s… Read More
Time waits for no one. The market has rung in the New Year, and slow-to-move investors may miss out on further gains ahead. So I’m moving quickly to name the second pick in my $100,000 portfolio. As is the case with Ford (NYSE: F), my initial holding, it’s also… Read More
While taking time out on a trip to Hong Kong a few years ago, I took a ferry over to the island protectorate of Macau. The place felt like a ghost town, with few tourists, though the locals said that would soon change. They were right. A few years later,… Read More
In light of all of the headwinds buffeting the global economy in 2011, it was a bad year to own richly-valued stocks. High-flying names such as Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) fell 79.5% before a recent rebound, while Open Table (Nasdaq: OPEN) fell about 73% its… Read More
Here’s one of my favorite investing maxims: “Better early than late.” This sums up perhaps the biggest weakness is my investing approach. I have a pretty good nose for stocks that rise — eventually. But I can be premature by several months or several quarters as well. Read More
You asked, and I’ve responded. A number of readers have expressed interest in getting a handle on my very best investment ideas. So I figure the start of the New Year is a fine time to deliver. I’m calling it by the simple moniker of “Dave Sterman’s… Read More
