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.
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If our thesis for owning USNA is correct, then we should see its share price rebound when the company releases its quarterly earnings report after the market close on February 7. I don’t expect to see a marked improvement in its past operating results from its current restructuring plan yet, but… Read More
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Unlike many other retailers that have taken it in the shins lately after reporting dismal holiday sales, BBY actually gained ground in January dues to its strong performance in November and December. That’s good news since we added it on January 5, and we are expecting another surge after the… Read More
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Our timing on homebuilder D.R. Horton was pretty good; after adding it to our portfolio on January 18 below $29, it ran up above $31 the following week when the company released quarterly results that beat estimates for both sales and earnings. DHI reported a 20% increase in total revenue over… Read More
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We added CATO to our portfolio on February 1, the day before it announced sales results for January. Although same-store sales declined by 15%, the stock rallied on the news since it was not as bad as feared. The entire retail sector has taken a pounding recently, but the… Read More
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If enough people are temporarily ignoring conventional metrics when making buy and sell decisions, then we can make money from those decisions if we correctly identify stocks those investors are likely to embrace next. Read More
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There wasn’t much activity in AFSI last month. Other than issuing a press release two weeks ago announcing the date it will release its fourth quarter earnings report (February 27), there was no news of any sort issued by or about AmTrust to push its stock one way or the… Read More
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CSCO has risen modestly since being added to our portfolio in late December. After closing below $30 on January 19, CSCO gained nearly 4% through the end of the month. Even still, that was sufficient for it to break above its upper Bollinger Band last week while its 50DMA trend line… Read More
This alert was triggered by the most technical component of our Rapid Profits Matrix, which looks for “fallen angels” that are bottoming out. Read More
CVS’ s cash flow from operations grew by 15% (YOY) during the most recent quarter and earnings grew by 23%, so my IDEAL Stock Rating System now rates it as a strong buy. Read More
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