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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In stressful times like these, it’s important to distinguish between investors’ appetite for stocks in general and the actual outlook of each company. The market plunge is related to top-down concerns about the U.S. economy, but a bottom-up approach is still warranted. This is because — despite the weak… Read More
If investing were always a walk in the park, we would all be Warren Buffett. Truth is, there are always tough times. And after more than two years of one of the strongest bull markets we’ve ever seen, the market is… Read More
Great companies know the key to future success lies in the steps you take today. These companies dole out massive amounts of cash to their engineering teams to develop cutting-edge products that will provide for sales and profit growth in the… Read More
In the book Spin-off to Pay-off, author Joseph Cornell cites a number of reasons why corporate spinoffs are ideal for finding highly compelling investment opportunities. And with companies struggling to grow in the current market environment, the timing is proving ideal for spinoffs because they represent a great way to… Read More
Here we go again. This week is starting off where last week ended — on a dismal note. Since hitting an intra-day peak of 1,346 back on July 22, the S&P 500 Index is on track (as of Aug. 8) to mark its 10th losing session in the last… Read More
We watched the market implode last week. Some were scared, some were exhilarated. Some could only watch. When the market closed flat Friday after a tough Thursday, in which more than a trillion dollars of investor wealth was wiped away, I think pretty much everyone was pretty… Read More
With the outlook for the U.S. economy in question for the rest of the year, this is a bad time to pursue high-priced growth stocks. Any hit to growth forecasts can lead to a double hit from both lowered profit forecasts… Read More
After watching the recent market news, many wonder if we’ll ever see the market come back to pre-recession levels again. For many investors with less experience in the market, or investors who came of age during the boom years of the 1990s, this kind of recent market turbulence seems very… Read More
With the global economy on shaky footing again, a more conservative investing approach is warranted. Many investors direct their focus on traditional safe havens such as gold, government bonds certificates of deposit — even cold, hard cash. Food is… Read More
We’re coming up on the one-month anniversary of Netflix’s (Nasdaq: NFLX) fateful decision to sharply boost its monthly pricing. The sudden jolt led many customers to vent their disapproval, and the video-rental service eventually conceded it will lose a chunk of customers in coming months. A large… Read More
