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

Juno Therapeutics (JUNO) announced this morning that it has halted its mid-stage trial study on JCAR015, a leukemia treatment that has resulted in the death of two participants in the study group. At this time there is not enough information available to determine the extent to which this development… Read More

While most investors have been fixated on the outcome of the Brexit vote over the past ten days, there was good news regarding a couple of the “Top Tech Takeover Targets” that I identified in our most recent issue of Breakthrough Tech Profits. Read More

While the rest of the world was focused on the outcome of the “Brexit” vote last week, a couple of our Special Situations Portfolio stocks reported good news that may have been overlooked. Along with the overall decline in the stock market as a result of Great Britain’s decisions to… Read More

Despite its erratic trading behavior, thus far Argos has lived up to our expectations in terms of achieving its business objectives. And with an additional $30 million in cash to fund its operations, we see no reason to change our long term view on the company’s growth prospects. Read More

For the first time since this portfolio was launched 18 months ago, our group of Inflation Hedges holdings posted positive returns over a three-month period. From February 29 through May 31, the Inflation Hedges Portfolio posted an average gain of 9.7% versus 9.2% for the S&P 500. Leading the way… Read More

Argos Therapeutics (ARGS), a clinical research stage biotech company focusing on the personalized treatment of various cancers based on rallying the individual’s own immune system through its proprietary Arcelis platform, released interim test results this morning on the company’s ongoing Phase 3 ADAPT trial of its AGS-003 compound which met… Read More