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

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

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

Nope, I’m not talking about Elvis Presley. Despite what you might have heard in Men in Black, he’s not from another planet and he’s not coming back. What I’m talking about is cash (not Johnny, either), as in the old saying “cash is king.” Ever since the Fed pushed interest… Read More