STEPHEN EAST is a Senior Managing Director and heads ISI's Homebuilding Research Team.  Stephen has been most recently ranked runner-up in 2012's Institutional Investor rankings, while also being recognized by Starmine repeatedly as a top analyst, including #1 Earnings Estimator.

Prior to joining ISI in 2012, Stephen spent 2 years at Ticonderoga Securities as Managing Director, Director of Research, covering the Homebuilding and Building Products sectors and 5 years at Pali Capital and Susquehanna Financial Group as the Homebuilding and Building Products analyst. Prior to that, he was a buy side analyst and DOR at Fiduciary Asset Management after spending 10 years at A.G Edwards and 6 years at Monsanto.

Stephen graduated from Arkansas State University in 1986 with a BS in Finance, received an MBA from the University of Missouri in 1988, and is a CFA charterholder.