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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Although USANA Health Sciences share price hasn’t change much during the past month, there has been a flurry of activity behind the scenes as the company moves aggressively to implement its strategic vision under its recently promoted CEO. On December 7th he appointed a new President and CIO, and… Read More
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In some respects the stock market’s behavior in December was even more surprising than in November. Read More
If we get a quick drop in the stock market next week, overvalued momentum stocks like AAP should be leading the downward charge. Read More
As we head into 2017 we are eliminating our Special Situations portfolio and moving those stocks into our Breakthrough Tech portfolio since at this point we see no clear distinction between the two anymore. Read More
Normally I’m not a fan of “tax loss harvesting” since it means realizing a loss, but with GNC closing below its stop loss level on Friday it’s time to throw in the towel on this one. Read More
For any of you who acted on my "3TL alert" last week, you may want to take a look at the value of your put options tomorrow since the stock is tanking in the after market this evening due to the disappointing earnings report it just released. Read More
I don’t expect CSCO to shoot up overnight, but it just crossed over its 50DMA and has formed a solid base above $29 so... Read More
Only the bloated ‘Financials’ sector earns a lower average IDEAL score than healthcare stocks. Read More
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Here are six plays with powerful catalysts for major profits. Read More
Although you don’t normally equate the insurance industry with growth stocks, our Rapids Profits Matrix has identified AmTrust as the type of company that mutual fund legend Peter Lynch... Read More