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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The natural gas industry seems to only know extremes. A few years ago, supply trailed demand, leading to a sharp spikes in prices. But then geologists realized that we’re sitting on a lot more of the energy source than we could ever have imagined. Suddenly new wells were being dug… Read More
There are certain items that Americans consider indispensable. If a company can provide one of those products and generate a monthly subscription fee from its use, it creates a sustainable business model. Once this model is in place, the company can upsell its… Read More
Confidence in the economy is increasing — at least that’s the news from the Conference Board, a private research group that reports on such matters each month. The New York-based group said Tuesday that confidence in the U.S. economy during the month of April… Read More
You’ll often see all of the same companies within a similar sector trade in tandem. That’s why many investors buy stock in company B after their rival, company A, blew past estimates. But that logic failed to hold for investors in Hutchinson Technology (Nasdaq: HTCH), which supplies subcomponents to disk… Read More
Semiconductor stocks continue to deliver upside surprises. Integrated Silicon Solution (Nasdaq: ISSI), is up nearly +20% today after topping estimates by a handy margin for the fourth straight quarter. Shares, which trade for less than 15 times projected 2010 profits, could see continued… Read More
Sometimes it pays to do some “meta-analysis.” That’s when you analyze the analysts that follow a company. Often times, these analysts tend to think in cautious terms, and look to the past to make assessments about the future. As a result, they can overlook powerful industry changes that render the… Read More
Late last month we recommended looking at Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH) in the article “This Small Biotech Firm’s Shares Could Rocket in the Next 30 Days.” Well, guess what? DCTH’s shares have, in fact, rocketed on positive results in its Phase III trial… Read More
Composites are the most important materials to be adapted for aerospace since the use of aluminum in the 1920s. The use of these miracle materials is sweeping all sectors of aerospace. Broadly defined, composite materials represent the combination of inherently dissimilar materials, usually involving carbon, to form… Read More
During my days as a financial advisor years ago, I once visited a client with a real conundrum. Apparently, she had been working to get her financial affairs in order after a divorce. The good news is that while combing through some file folders, she came across… Read More
We saw a host of regional banks report stubbornly high loan losses on Monday, and investors have grown skittish about the regional banks that still have yet to report quarterly results. Sterling Financial (Nasdaq: STSA), Pacific State Bancorp (Nasdaq: PSBC), Midwest Banc Holdings (Nasdaq: MBHI), and W Holding (NYSE: WHI)… Read More
