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
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
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
Some of the investments being pushed on baby boomers by Wall Street that create the appearance of steady income but carry more risk than you may realize. Read More
Higher interest rates mean higher borrowing costs and most of Signet’s purchases are made on credit so I am not going to extend this position. 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