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
Thus far in 2012, investors have been getting a real sense of deja vu. Just as was the case a year ago, the economic data have been increasingly bright, while the Federal Reserve’s programs have been providing liquidity to the market. This helped the… Read More
Hedge-fund managers and other institutional commodities traders are usually pretty skilled at making broad economic forecasts. But there’s one variable they just can’t seem to predict — the weather. Mother Nature often creates havoc on agricultural production, which can be good or bad, depending on your view. Read More
Whenever I screen for stocks, I always look at whether insiders are buying shares of their companies. This kind of information can be extremely valuable to individual investors. Insiders know the industry, the inner workings of the company and the… Read More
Back in January 2000, the Dow Jones came within 100 hundred points of the 12,000 mark. The subsequent recession knocked the index back a notch, and it wouldn’t be able to breach the 12,000 level until October,… Read More
I can imagine what you’re thinking after reading the headline of today’s issue… “Government bonds don’t yield 8.7%. I can go to dozens of websites and show you that 10-year… Read More
Please excuse me for sounding like a broken record, but in today’s market, you need to look at adding stocks with a high margin of safety to your portfolio. The S&P 500’s stunning six-month surge should… Read More
Did Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) recently commit an error in judgment? It’s tough to be critical of one of the world’s greatest value investors, but even the best of the best can occasionally get caught up in the hype and forget the disciplined rules that earned them their… Read More
It’s noteworthy that the S&P 500 has risen 28% since Oct. 3, 2011, working out to be a nearly 60% annualized gain. What’s even more notable is that almost all of the upside (outside of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)) has been in the riskiest end of the… Read More
I’m sure you’ve heard the sad news by now: The genius factory at Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is finally out of ideas. New CEO Tim Cook, who took the reins of the $576 billion company from legendary founder Steve Jobs after… Read More
In late February, energy stocks started to perk up as oil easily moved past the $100 per barrel mark. Rising tensions with Iran were seen as the big factor, but an improving U.S. economy also changed the calculus for many investors. As U.S. consumers start to spend more… Read More
