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

In his book, John Neff on Investing, Neff himself indicates that who he is and his choice of overlooked investments are, at least to some degree, intertwined. Born in 1931, Neff said his early years taught him that success is never automatic. His parents divorced when he was just four… Read More

The “Oracle of Omaha.” The Richest Man in the World. The Greatest Investor of All Time. There are a lot of superlatives that can be used to describe Warren Buffett.But when you sort through all the hype—something Buffett himself excels at when investing—Warren Buffett is, simply put, a sensible, rational… Read More

Some investors believe it is impossible to beat the stock market consistently, so they choose to own index funds designed to mimic the market’s performance. That approach is okay if you are satisfied with merely duplicating the market’s average annual return, which is expected to be in the 4 –… Read More

Back in June I recommended the purchase of two small-cap tech stocks (“Top Tech Takeover Targets”), one of which – Synaptics Inc. (SYNA) – I subsequently sold last month after discovering that officers of the company have been huge sellers of the stock this year. We booked a… Read More

[from today’s issue of Breakthrough Tech Weekly]Back in June I recommended the purchase of two small-cap tech stocks (“Top Tech Takeover Targets”), one of which – Synaptics Inc. (SYNA) – I subsequently sold last month after discovering that officers of the company have been huge sellers of the… Read More

Back in June I recommended the purchase of two small-cap tech stocks (“Top Tech Takeover Targets”), one of which – Synaptics Inc. (SYNA) – I subsequently sold last month after discovering that officers of the company have been huge sellers of the stock this year. We booked a… Read More

Perhaps the single biggest advantage to owning tech stocks is their ability to quickly exceed earnings expectations due to the speed at which consumer demand for superior products can accelerate. Case in point is Western Digital Corp. (Nasdaq: WDC), which earlier this year was roundly criticized for the price it… Read More

Apple’s Twisted Logic

Like most people, I listen to music while on the treadmill at the gym. What I don’t enjoy is untangling the knot of headphone cords that somehow forms during the five minute walk from my house to the YMCA.It’s not a major aggravation, but I have considered wireless headphones to… Read More