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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When industry veterans are asked to join a company’s board of directors, they are expected to stick around for many years. That gives them the accumulated knowledge of a company’s operations, industry positioning and economic sensitivity to help guide forward-looking investment planning decisions. And right now, many of these directors… Read More
We’re now more than a dozen years removed from the stock market meltdown that heralded the end of dot-com era. A number of e-commerce stocks went on to disappear after the boom ended, though the companies that survived grew stronger over time. Companies… Read More
What would compel insiders to buy up company stock? After all, they typically receive shares anyway through annual stock option grants — for free. Some market watchers suggest that these folks buy… Read More
With June’s quarterly results now in, I have a fresh take on three of my $100,000 Portfolio picks that I wanted to share with you. Cree Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), Echelon (Nasdaq: ELON) and Exide Technologies (Nasdaq: XIDE) have all announced results that reflect a very tough… Read More
More than two decades ago, Japan sported the most dynamic economy in the developed world. The country’s Nikkei stock market index was soaring to new heights, and… Read More
In June of 2009, both Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) and insurance firm The Travelers Cos. (NYSE: TRV) received an invitation to a very exclusive club. Only 30 companies get to be members of this club, and it’s one of the crowning achievements for a company to be asked to join. Read More
Will Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) soon join the Dow Jones Industrial Average? A rising chorus of pundits suggests so. A few other firms may also be added, since the analysts who chose the index‘s components rarely make just one move. But to make way for… Read More
Just like the broader economy, various industries go through phases of retrenchment, growth and then a peak. If you hold off on investing in these cyclical industries until growth is robust, then you’ve missed the boat. Various studies indicate that stock prices peak about… Read More
Even as investors spent much of the last decade licking their wounds with U.S. investments after the dot-com bubble was pricked, there were still solid gains to be had for investors willing to venture abroad. Indeed, the concept of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) investing was a savvy play… Read More
In the face of a tough second-quarter economy, these two portfolio holdings managed just fine. Here’s why looking out a year or two, these businesses should really flourish… It is purely coincidental that two of my favorite companies delivered decent second-quarter results on the… Read More
