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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Analyst Articles
Commercial bankers are a fickle lot. When the economy is growing, they trip over each other to extend loans to anybody with a business plan. But when the economy cools, bankers slam the lending spigot shut, denying loan applications to any new borrowers while taking a nervous… Read More
Shareholders in leading blues-chip companies such as General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and HJ Heinz (NYSE: HNZ) are fortunate. Stocks like these can be great investments. But ideally, investors could have made more money if they had invested in them way before they became established… Read More
It is one of the most important industrial metals of the last 50 years… In fact, this metal is so central to our economy that JP Morgan has singled it out as one of the five key commodities for the 21st… Read More
After a brief respite, volatility has returned to the stock market with a vengeance. In fact, the only index that rose was the Market Volatility Index (VIX), which measures the… Read More
On March 14, shares of Zion’s Bacorp (NYSE: ZION) jumped 10.5%. The bank wasn’t announcing earnings for another month… it wasn’t increasing its dividend… and there was no… Read More
Ever since its founding in 1875, Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) has witnessed all kinds of economic cycles. The financial services firm’s shares have been punished whenever investors fret that a downturn in the economy will hurt, yet… Read More
There are two primary ways to make money on Wall Street. The first is to find an exploitable, short-term edge and just keep hammering it until it stops working. Successful day-traders and those trying out the current high-frequency trading fad are prime examples of… Read More
The volatility index, a measure of risk and fear in the market, recently spiked to its highest point this year as stocks sold off in the face of the European debt crisis. The… Read More
New IPOs (initial public offerings) offer the promise of huge upside as investors speculate on a young company’s impressive growth potential. Yet just as often, this potential is more hype than reality, so you should only stand on the sidelines as investors’ enthusiasm obscures their ability see real… Read More
Back in March, I told you to forget about investing in Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) if you’re interested in growth. That ship has sailed. [Read the original article here.] But what a nice voyage it’s been… A fun fact for all you Warren Buffett fans: Since purchasing in 1988, Warren… Read More
