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

It was only three weeks ago that we added Silicon Image (NSDQ: SIMG) to our Equity Trades portfolio, noting at the time that the company would make an attractive takeover target for Qualcomm. Well, it looks Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NSDQ: LSCC) wasn’t willing to wait around until that happened, making… Read More

It was only three weeks ago that we added Silicon Image (NSDQ: SIMG) to our Equity Trades portfolio, noting at the time that the company would make an attractive takeover target for Qualcomm. Well, it looks Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NSDQ: LSCC) wasn’t willing to wait around until that happened, making… Read More

The next four days could very well set the tone of the stock market for the next several weeks, as some of the largest tech companies in the world will be releasing quarterly earnings results in the days to come. And since these same stocks are also some of the… Read More

The next four days could very well set the tone of the stock market for the next several weeks, as some of the largest tech companies in the world will be releasing quarterly earnings results in the days to come. And since these same stocks are also some of the… Read More

We are only three weeks into 2015 and already the stock market has taken on a very different tone from a month ago. Fears of deflation in Europe combined with steadily declining oil prices have changed the mood from cautious optimism to guarded pessimism. This is completely in line with… Read More

We are only three weeks into 2015 and already the stock market has taken on a very different tone from a month ago. Fears of deflation in Europe combined with steadily declining oil prices have changed the mood from cautious optimism to guarded pessimism. This is completely in line with… Read More

Yesterday Ricoh (OTC: RICOY) split 5 for 1, reducing its price to less than $10 while increasing its share float five-fold. As a result we are reducing our Buy Limit Price for RICOY to $12, and the Stop Loss Price to $9.00. If you have any active limit orders for RICOY… Read More

Yesterday Ricoh (OTC: RICOY) split 5 for 1, reducing its price to less than $10 while increasing its share float five-fold. As a result we are reducing our Buy Limit Price for RICOY to $12, and the Stop Loss Price to $9.00. If you have any active limit orders for RICOY… Read More