If Walgreens makes it back above $75 by this fall as I expect it to, then this options trade should result in a 100% gain in less than six months. Read More
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
Last week I used Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB) to illustrate the notion of “headline risk” after the company lost $100 billion in market value in less than a month when it admitted to a major security breach. Little did I know that if I had only waited a week I could… Read More
An advantage to owning small-cap stocks during periods of excess stock market volatility is that they some of them tend to become grossly mispriced relative to the size of their market opportunity. Read More
General Mills should look increasingly attractive to investors bailing out of deteriorating bond prices and overpriced momentum stocks looking for steady dividend payers. Read More
The stock market’s powerful rise over the past five years has created trillions of dollars of new wealth, at least on paper. From the start of 2013 thru end of 2017, the S&P 500 index increased 83% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index gained 133%. Some individual stocks did considerably… Read More
TRADE INSTRUCTIONS Date: March 7, 2018 Name: Pretium Resources Symbol: PVG (NYSE) Type: Open Limit: Buy below $7.50 TRADE TARGETS Holding Period: 5 months Target Return: 46.7% Annualized Return: 112% Target Price: $11 Stop Loss Level: $6 COMPANY DESCRIPTION Pretium Resources Inc. acquires, explores for, and develops precious metal resource properties… Read More
We think the recent price decline presents a buying opportunity. Read More
TOL is cheap and under normal circumstances I would consider extending this trade, but with talk of trade wars stoking inflation fears I am going to close out this position now that its target holding period has expired. Read More
With the U.S. stock market beginning to show signs of cooling off, we are adding an international stock to our portfolio that should benefit from the rapidly improving global economy. Read More
Yesterday, I discussed the income dilemma that many retirees are facing in this low interest rate environment. Do they put their money into low-yielding government bonds knowing that they may outlive their money, or put it into higher-yielding investments with an unknown future value? As obvious as it sounds, one… Read More