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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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on our sister website, InvestingAnswers.com. Back in early June, the CEO of GM (NYSE: GM) suggested the United States should hike gasoline taxes by $1 a gallon. Predictably, conservatives and… Read More
While many investors moved to the sidelines in August and September, the market slide was no deterrent to officers and directors at many companies. Insider-buying was robust throughout the period and continues at high levels now that… Read More
“Stick your neck out and it will get chopped.” That notion is widely known among Wall Street analysts. They realize it’s a lot safer to keep your earnings and target prices in line with the hoard of other analysts. If you… Read More
Short sellers face two major risks when they bet against stocks, hoping they’ll sharply decline. First, their research needs to be right on the mark, correctly predicting negative future events will come to pass. Second, they hope and pray the broader market doesn’t rise… Read More
I’ll bet you can name most of the world’s top 10 economies. Most of them, such as the U.S. economy, the Japanese economy and the British economy have long been global powerhouses, yet their days of peak growth have likely passed. Only two of… Read More
If you’ve ever invested in semiconductor and semiconductor-equipment stocks, then you’ve seen the dramatic ups and downs these shares can take. To make money with these chip stocks, you have to figure out the right time to buy (ahead of the next peak… Read More
It’s no coincidence El Paso (NYSE: EP) and Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) would receive massive buyout offers on the same day. Both of these companies are exposed to a fuel source — natural gas — that has seemingly been out of favor since… Read More
If you’re investing in an industry with a range of headwinds, then it pays to stick with the company that offers the strongest track record, lowest costs and most visible long-term backlog. That’s been my logic in support of First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), which… Read More
The year 1880 ushered in a new era of for America, setting the stage for technology leadership that would last for more than a century. That was the year that Wabash, Ind., became the first electrically lit city in the world, Thomas Edison conducted his first tests of an electric-power… Read More
The first to slump and the last to rally — that’s the usual fate of stocks of smaller companies when the markets wildly gyrate. Their perceived riskiness — relative to blue chips — keeps them in the doghouse, even after the broader market posts… Read More
