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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Years ago, Wall Street analysts could differentiate stocks they favored against stocks with little appeal. A “buy” rating was all a client needed to know. But during the 1960s and 1970s, clients began to demand more information. They didn’t want to only know what to buy, but how much… Read More
One way to build a large stock portfolio is by taking advantage of dividend reinvestment plans, also known as DRIPs. Just like the name states, DRIPs reinvest dividend payments, so the investor is purchasing additional shares of… Read More
Temporary setbacks at a company can often create profit opportunities for patient investors. It’s hard to believe BP (NYSE: BP) was caught in the middle of an environmental disaster just two years ago, responsible for an estimated 200 million gallons of oil dumped into… Read More
More than one-third of companies in the S&P 500 have released 2012 quarterly results, and a clear set of themes have emerged. Profits have been slightly better than expected, while revenue has been a tad disappointing. More important, the forward view has been fairly dim: A wide range of companies… Read More
We Want to Know What You Think Published: 07/27/12 at 4:00 PM ET My friends, We want to know what you think. My staff and I launched Game-Changing Stocks almost two years ago and we’ve been so fortunate to have a subscriber… Read More
This Game-Changer gained 66.1%… TODAY Published 07/27/12 Only a true game-changer can do what AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH) has done: Rise 227.6% in less than a year. Shares tacked on 66.1% in today’s trading alone. When I first recommended… Read More
Going against the herd is a great way to score big gains in the stock market. And right now, with investors fleeing from shares of one of my favorite companies, a huge opportunity is… Read More
Some companies act within so many different business segments, that it’s difficult for the market to assess what the company is really about. #-ad_banner-#This is especially true when the businesses don’t really fit together and management is unable to focus… Read More
If you follow the news avidly, then you’re undoubtedly aware the pharmaceutical industry is currently running off a so-called patent cliff. Problem is, many of the drugs losing their patent protection also happen to be the blockbuster drugs driving the bulk of Big Pharma’s revenue. It’s not that these large… Read More
Let’s get right to it… I want to update you on two of my top stock picks this year — picks that I think could rise 50% or even 100% over the next few years, even though each is suffering from some major challenges. I was able… Read More