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

A little before 1 p.m. EST on Monday the Nasdaq Composite rose above the 5,000 level for the first time in fifteen years, signifying the tech sector’s complete recovery from the so-called “dot.bomb” collapse that sent the index reeling below 1,200 less than three years after reaching its all-time high in… Read More

A little before 1 p.m. EST on Monday the Nasdaq Composite rose above the 5,000 level for the first time in fifteen years, signifying the tech sector’s complete recovery from the so-called “dot.bomb” collapse that sent the index reeling below 1,200 less than three years after reaching its all-time high in… Read More

Since the name of this publication is Smart Tech 50 Weekly Movers, it occurred to us that it might make sense if we provided a table showing the weekly price movement in each of our portfolio holdings. So, this feature will be included in each edition of this publication going… Read More

Since the name of this publication is Smart Tech 50 Weekly Movers, it occurred to us that it might make sense if we provided a table showing the weekly price movement in each of our portfolio holdings. So, this feature will be included in each edition of this publication going… Read More

Our original subscribers may recall that back in December of 2013 we named Apple as “The One Tech Stock to Own in 2014”, but do you remember the other company that we considered for that honor? It was Verizon, which recently made a move that we believe indicates that it… Read More

Our original subscribers may recall that back in December of 2013 we named Apple as “The One Tech Stock to Own in 2014”, but do you remember the other company that we considered for that honor? It was Verizon, which recently made a move that we believe indicates that it… Read More

I spent the past five days in Orlando attending the World MoneyShow, during which time I had an opportunity to make a presentation on our concept of “innogration” and how that shapes our view of technology stocks. Generally speaking the audience for this event is primarily retirees, many of whom… Read More