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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Among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s early trading are Guidewire Software (Nasdaq: GWRE) and Orexigen Therapeutics (Nasdaq: OREX). While the 2012 IPO market will always be remembered for the busted… Read More
As we head into the final trimester of 2012, it’s time to take a fresh look at where we stand in terms of the stock market and the economy. So far this… Read More
Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Orbitz (NYSE: OWW). The bad news keeps coming for DVD-by-mail pioneer Netflix. Rival Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has lined up an agreement with Epix, a consortium of major movie studios, to again access to many of the… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Tuesday’s early trading are Heckmann (NYSE: HEK), and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX). Heckmann looks like a perfectly-built company for the shale gas revolution. The company trucks in fresh water (and then helps handle the used water) that is used in the “fracking” process. As… Read More
Jerome Peribere had a short honeymoon with investors — one day to be exact. When news broke on Wednesday, Aug. 29, that he would become president of Sealed Air (NYSE: SEE), investors cheered him with a quick 12% gain in the company’s stock. A day later, the stock was already… Read More
Among the biggest losers in Friday’s early trading are Zumiez (Nasdaq: ZUMZ) and Facebook (NYSE: FB). The retail sector can be a fertile area of growth for companies that strike a hot new image or manage to capture a burgeoning new niche. Sales can grow at a rapid pace,… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Friday’s early trading are SAIC Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIC), Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) and Omnivision (Nasdaq: OVTI). Breaking up is easy to do For the past few decades a number of academic studies found that building a far-flung empire of companies is a bad idea… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Thursday’s early trading are Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC). The initial public offering (IPO) of Pandora Media, a provider of online music streaming services, had all the makings of a dud. Though its… Read More
Among the biggest losers in Thursday’s early trading are Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) and Vera Bradley (NYSE: VRA). Women’s accesory maker Vera Bradley is making its second appearance in the “losers” list in just one week. On Monday, Aug. 27, I noted that a recent drop in the stock “implies an… Read More
Catching a great company as it’s just beginning an impressive wave of growth can lead to a decade’s worth of solid returns. Early investors in Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), for example, scored stunning gains. Yet these investors were eventually compelled to book profits… Read More
