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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Every September, the world’s top thinkers get together in support of President Bill Clinton’s “Clinton Global Initiative,” an organization that identifies global problems — and solutions. At the many panel discussions held at this past month’s conference in New York City, key concerns were spelled out, and it was an… Read More
If you were in a room of investors this past spring and told them that natural gas prices would soon stage a stunning rebound, then you would have been laughed out of the room. After all, the country was facing a major gas glut that within just a few months… Read More
At first glance, it seems as if data-storage companies are all growing at a torrid pace. Fusion-IO (NYSE: FIO), for example, which I discussed this past spring, is on track to boost sales roughly 50% in fiscal (June) 2013, while many other industry players look set for double-digit sales gains… Read More
Have you bought a personal computer lately? Probably not, and neither have your friends. Technology research consultancy Gartner Group just released a report showing an 8.3% year-over-year drop in global PC sales in September, the worst annualized drop in recent memory. And things are likely to get even worse in… Read More
Wall Street analysts aren’t known for their boldness. They tend to analyze and value companies on the basis of what lies ahead in the next month or quarter, refusing to predict where a company — and its stock — may be headed in… Read More
In the fast-changing world of tech stocks, there are few true buy-and-hold opportunities. Great stocks such as Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) come to mind. Few other tech companies have been… Read More
During the past half century, the financial media has tried to stay abreast of ever-changing investor interest. In the 1950s and 1960s, that meant a deep emphasis on value investing, as investors searched for stocks that looked like great bargains in relation to their… Read More
In the final months of his life, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs worked hard to ensure a vital future for his company. He prepared his management team to stand on its own, and they have exceeded almost everyone’s expectations. In fact, in… Read More
In the curious ways of Washington, the biggest action comes from inaction.#-ad_banner-# Politicians have spent years telling you that they will never raise taxes. What they don’t admit is that your taxes can rise anyway, simply by letting current tax laws expire. Read More
Just 14 months ago, the U.S. economic outlook appeared fairly dire, leading stocks to plunge in late July and early August 2011. As it turns out, it was a false alarm: The S&P 500 has risen 29% since then. This kind of move is all the more remarkable when you… Read More
