Here at StreetAuthority, we’ve been relentlessly talking about the $1.7 trillion “Dividend Vault,” the name we’ve given to the unprecedented amount of cash that U.S. companies have stockpiled since the Great… Read More
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. David Stermanon
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Editor’s note: Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader’s question in a Q&A column at our sister site, InvestingAnswers.com. It’s all part of our mission to help consumers build and protect their wealth through education. This week’s question… Read More
If you’re a regular StreetAuthority reader, you probably know about the $1.7 trillion “Dividend Vault.” Simply put, that’s the name we’ve given to the unprecedented amount of cash that U.S. companies… Read More
4 Trends You Need to Know About This Bull Market
As the markets reach new highs, investors have begun to express caution instead of celebration. Since Nov. 15, 2012, the S&P 500 has risen an impressive 15%. That works out to be a 45% annualized gain. And the whole time, a… Read More
Insiders Are Loading Up on These 3 Stocks
Company insiders operate in a very predictable fashion. Defined as officers, directors and outside shareholders who control more than 5% of company stock, these insiders tend to sell company shares when… Read More
Beat The Tax Man With This 1 Easy Trick
In the decade after the dot-com stock boom ended, investors were in for a surprise. Even though many of their mutual funds lost value in the first few years of that decade, they still owed taxes. How’s… Read More
In recent decades, the airline industry repeatedly burned investors as economic slowdowns or fuel price spikes wiped out industry profits. Many investors, including Warren Buffett, have suggested that it is best to steer clear of this boom-and-bust industry.#-ad_banner-# Yet in recent years, the entire… Read More
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Dec. 12, 2012. In the past four to five years, investors have been more squarely focused on the consumer end of the tech landscape, bidding up shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon.com (Nasdaq:… Read More
5 Reasons Cisco is My Top Tech Pick for 2013
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Dec. 12, 2012. In the past four to five years, investors have been more squarely focused on the consumer end of the tech landscape, bidding up shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and others. But on the business end of high-tech, the big winners haven’t been such industry leaders. Instead, most gains have come from small, but growing software and data-storage providers. But this theme may be upended in 2013, as one of the most dominant… Read More
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Dec. 12, 2012. In the past four to five years, investors have been more squarely focused on the consumer end of the tech landscape, bidding up shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and others. But on the business end of high-tech, the big winners haven’t been such industry leaders. Instead, most gains have come from small, but growing software and data-storage providers. But this theme may be upended in 2013, as one of the most dominant companies in the enterprise space regains its mojo. I’m talking about Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), which has had little to show investors during the past five years. Blocking and tackling Although the stock chart may give the impression of a company slowly losing relevance, nothing could be further from the truth. Cisco’s operational performance has been quite solid in recent years, especially when compared to stumbling giants such as Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), Computer Sciences (NYSE: CSC), and especially when compared to more direct networking competitors such as Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR). Consider… Read More
When looking at the actions of Sandridge Energy’s (NYSE: SD) CEO Tom Ward, the phrase “heads I win, tails you lose,” comes to mind. He’s overseen an 80% plunge in his company’s stock since Sandridge’s 2007… Read More