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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Whenever assessing a stock’s long-term growth potential, investors also need to focus on the hurdles the company must overcome before growth can take off. If you’re talking about a major technological or regulatory change, for example, then an ample amount of ground work needs to be laid before the stars… Read More
When ratings agency Standard & Poor’s set about to create a group of stock indexes, it came up with the S&P 500, 400 and 600, representing large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap stocks, respectively. What about micro-caps? The company’s… Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the enormous number of high-yielding stocks abroad. I think the amount of international dividend-payers out there is one of the market‘s biggest secrets. I told you that only 17 profitable U.S. Read More
I recently shared an important piece of news with readers of my High-Yield Investing newsletter that I think every dividend investor should know about. Last month, President Barack Obama tabled his $3.8 trillion budget for the 2013… Read More
Insurance giant American International Group (NYSE: AIG), or AIG for short, has had a tumultuous few years, to say the least. Right now, a handful of investors literally hate the stock and refuse to buy it. That’s their loss… As counterintuitive as it sounds,… Read More
Although the U.S. economy has recently been on an unpredictable path, get ready to see more typical economic patterns take root. The economy is just get its footing now and should be a bit better in 2013. And, if history is any guide, it… Read More
On Wednesday, March 7, word got out that Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has been in talks with several cable TV service providers with the intent of adding a Netflix option to the content already being offered by these cable companies. While no details of these meetings were… Read More
It’s increasingly clear that it’s the beginning of the end of the recent market rally. The major indexes have moved steadily higher since Oct. 1, 2011, with some of the more speculative stocks becoming the biggest gainers. These stocks weren’t cheap to begin… Read More
The steady market gains we’ve seen during the past four months have made me a bit nervous. All of the action seemed to be benefiting the riskier plays in the market, leaving seemingly safer plays one step behind. As a result, a focus… Read More
It wasn’t long ago that investors had to choose between hot IPOs or stocks that paid dividends. The good news is that there have been a slew of dividend-paying IPOs in the past year, making it possible to obtain, from the same investment, high yields and the nice returns that… Read More