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 Monday’s early trading are Peregrine Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: PPHM) and Century Aluminum (Nasdaq: CENX). The key to find winning investments in biotech: focus on companies that can handily exceed the increasingly stringent restrictions placed on Phase II trials. As noted in today’s look at falling… Read More
Among the biggest losers in Monday’s early trading are Titan Machinery (Nasdaq: TITN) and Geron (nasdaq: GERN). The drought of 2012 is just starting to show up in quarterly reports, and investors are in no mood to take the long view: Drought-related profit… Read More
If you’re like me, then you’ve grown dependent on a digital video recorder (DVR) for your evening’s entertainment. The ability to store hours of my favorite shows — and access them instantly — was only hinted at when video-tape recorders (VCRs) were first introduced in the 1980s. But as it… Read More
After a steep decline last fall, metal markets traded sideways for months and many traders seemed to move on to other opportunities. In recent weeks, gold broke out of a consolidation pattern, leading to higher prices. Read More
With the NFL football season kicking off this week, I took a look at publically traded brewing companies and found that many of them have stocks that seem to be overvalued. Many, but not all…#-ad_banner-# One brewer I came across not… Read More
If you keep a close eye on the stock market and the economy, then it’s crucial that you tune out the daily noise. There are so many data points we process that… Read More
Right now, investors should be taking note of a powerful 20-year trend that carries a perfect track-record: A 100%, dead-on market factor that offers bullish investors a competitive edge. If this trend holds true once more, then by… Read More
Income-producing securities have a certain appeal you just don’t get from stocks that don’t provide any sort of scheduled payout. With dividend-paying stocks, you know you’re going to get a regular return on investment even if the economy is bad or… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Friday’s early trading are Smith & Wesson (Nasdaq: SWHC) and Cooper Cos. (NYSE: COO). Soon after President Obama took office, gun sellers did a brisk amount of business on fears that firearms laws would soon become more restrictive. This chart of… Read More
If at last year’s New Year’s Eve party you had told me that 2012’s five biggest market gainers at mid-August would be a computer hard-drive maker, a wireless carrier, a homebuilder, a clothing retailer and an online travel company, I would have… Read More
