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. David Stermanon

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When Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) engineers first dreamed up the concept of the iPad — perhaps the most important computer product in a decade — they had to rethink every aspect of its design. To make a very thin, lightweight, powerful device would have been hard to pull… Read More

Editor’s note: The following article was published on Dec. 6. As one of the most widely-read articles of the year, we decided to share it with our readers once again. When there’s a slot open for an industrial stock in a portfolio, many investors — even professional ones —… Read More

The venerable TV investigative journalism program 60 Minutes recently blew the lid off a story we’ve been tracking for months. And you absolutely won’t believe it when you hear about it. Congress can trade on insider information — and it’s 100% legal. Here’s… Read More