Jim Pearce

Jim Pearce is the Chief Investment Strategist of Personal Finance, our flagship publication, and manages two trading services, PF Pro and Mayhem Trader. He began his career as a stockbroker in 1983 and over the years has managed client investment portfolios for major banks, brokerage firms, and investment advisors. Jim earned a BA from The College of William & Mary and the CFP designation from the College of Financial Planning.

Analyst Articles

With Fed tapering on the horizon, our pick for 2014 is an industry giant that somehow manages to remain undervalued despite two very successful product launches in 2013 and a new activist shareholder who will demand a more proactive approach to building shareholder value. Read More

With Fed tapering on the horizon, our pick for 2014 is an industry giant that somehow manages to remain undervalued despite two very successful product launches in 2013 and a new activist shareholder who will demand a more proactive approach to building shareholder value. Read More

During the past four weeks we have explained how tech companies differ from every other sector of the stock market, and why that requires an entirely different methodology for evaluating them. Unlike traditional stock market sectors that have already reached maturaty, the tech sector is only halfway through its maturation… Read More

Last week we explained how we calculate the Boeckl Innogration Quotient, or “BiQ”, for a tech company based on the three components of our formula. To summarize, we assign a numerical value for each component based on dividend yield, growth in cash flow, and strategic direction. Those three values are… Read More