After solidifying a long-term marketing agreement with Navidea Biopharmaceuticals in November, last month Cardinal Health settled longstanding claims with the DEA regarding not reporting unusually large shipments of opioids five years ago. The net effect of both these events should be reflected in the future guidance included in the… Read More
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
Cisco is the most recent addition to our portfolio, and by far the largest of our holdings with a market cap of $151 billion. For that reason it is difficult to trade CSCO, since it enjoys extensive coverage from Wall Street and is owned by just about every institutional investor… Read More
As I suspected when I issued the buy alert for Gilead Sciences three weeks ago, its stock came under selling pressure during the last week of December dropping its share price below our entry point. Portfolio managers engaging in “window dressing” jettisoned it from their portfolios so it wouldn’t show… Read More
So little has happened with RGR since our previous update one month ago, I could begin this one where that one ended: “We bought RGR one week after the election, when its share price dropped to its lowest level since the beginning of the year. So far, it has traded… Read More
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
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