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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While taking time out on a trip to Hong Kong a few years ago, I took a ferry over to the island protectorate of Macau. The place felt like a ghost town, with few tourists, though the locals said that would soon change. They were right. A few years later,… Read More
It’s one of the best investing strategies I know… and brokers hate it. Brokers are in the business to make money. Every time you make a trade, they collect a fee. This means they like it when you make as many trades as possible. Read More
In light of all of the headwinds buffeting the global economy in 2011, it was a bad year to own richly-valued stocks. High-flying names such as Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) fell 79.5% before a recent rebound, while Open Table (Nasdaq: OPEN) fell about 73% its… Read More
Here’s one of my favorite investing maxims: “Better early than late.” This sums up perhaps the biggest weakness is my investing approach. I have a pretty good nose for stocks that rise — eventually. But I can be premature by several months or several quarters as well. Read More
The stock market volatility has been unprecedented. For years now we’ve seen the market rise one day… only to fall the next. Meanwhile, events considered to be “once in a generation” — credit crises, sovereign-debt downgrades and bailouts — are… Read More
You asked, and I’ve responded. A number of readers have expressed interest in getting a handle on my very best investment ideas. So I figure the start of the New Year is a fine time to deliver. I’m calling it by the simple moniker of “Dave Sterman’s… Read More
Pundits have been writing off the U.S. consumer for years, particularly in the post-recession era with households unwinding credit card debt and tightening their budgets. But time and again, those dour expectations have been proved wrong. Sure, most of us… Read More
Building a sizable retirement nest egg requires a great deal of flexibility. When the economy is expanding, you need to dig deep for the best growth stocks. These are the names that can see their price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples expand to… Read More
I know of only one sure strategy for accumulating wealth over time, and that is to hold stocks with a consistent track record of dividend growth. The reason this strategy works is because dividend increases can be predicted in a way that share… Read More
It has been a crazy year for U.S. stocks, with the market surging higher into the spring, slumping badly in the summer and regaining some lost ground as the year came to a close. After all that swing, the S&P 500 stands right where… Read More
