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 losers in Monday’s early trading are Vera Bradley (Nasdaq: VRA), Universal Display (Nasdaq: PANL) and Arkansas Best (Nasdaq: ABFS). Read on for our instant analysis… Vera’s tough report? Investors continue to dump shares of Vera Bradley, a… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Monday’s early trading are Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Avis Budget (NYSE: CAR) and Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF). Read on for our instant analysis… The Apple/Samsung fallout The Apple juggernaut continues. A key legal verdict handed down this… Read More
Dec. 31, 2012… Mark it on your calendar. On that day, the “Bush era” tax cuts are set to expire. If Congress decides not to renew the cuts, then starting in 2013, the dividends you receive from your income investments will be taxed at your… Read More
It’s easy to see the appeal of banking stocks. Many of them sport low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios while trading below tangible book value. My favorite bank stock — Citigroup (NYSE: C) — for example, still… Read More
My favorite stock screening method is to see what the big money owns, and then dig deeper from there. The concept behind this starting point is that the large hedge-fund and money-management firms have far greater collection of resources, computer power and talent than I, as an individual investor, could… Read More
Bullish? Bearish? Undecided? It doesn’t much matter — at least to Game-Changing Stocks’ Andy Obermueller and his readers. Andy’s mission is to find companies that “move the… Read More
It may be one of the fastest implosions in the history of corporate America. Reviews of the company’s products shifted from (and these are actual quotes): “The only shoe I will ever wear again” and “I love them and never wear anything but,” throughout 2007, to “They’re big and foamy…why… Read More
The market is currently a game of musical chairs. You must stay active to find winning trades even as you prepare for the possibility that the music may stop, taking all stocks on a downward path. That’s why it’s sensible to focus… Read More
No less a sage than Warren Buffett has taught us to be greedy when others are fearful and vice-versa. That’s true for almost any stock. But it’s particularly good advice for commodities investors. A retailer like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) or a consumer products vendor such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) might… Read More
Those crazy financial engineers seem to be creating new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on a daily basis. Just about every index, country, sector and idea have a related… Read More
