A couple of months ago I recommended buying a put option on Autodesk (“Autodesk on the Brink”), based on the premise the company had become overvalued and was likely to pull back from what I felt was an unsustainable price. I still feel that way, but since that article… 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
So while our Rapid Profits Matrix identified Cal-Maine as a strong company, it was unable to anticipate a macroeconomic event of this magnitude when determining a fair value for the stock. Read More
We are closing out our position in Franklin Financial Network. We issued this alert on August 29th at an entry price of $34.42 and a target return of 6.9% which we achieved after being stopped out at $36.75 earlier this week. Read More
Over the past three months shares of Best Buy (BBY) gained 25% while the S&P 500 Index declined by nearly 2%. The biggest part of that jump occurred on Aug. 23, the day after Best Buy announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings. And over the past three days it has tacked on… Read More
Over the past three months shares of Best Buy (BBY) gained 25% while the S&P 500 Index declined by nearly 2%. The biggest part of that jump occurred on Aug. 23, the day after Best Buy announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings. And over the past three days it has tacked on… Read More
Michael Kors Holdings Limited is a designer, marketer, distributor and retailer of branded men’s and women's apparel and accessories bearing the Michael Kors trade name and logo. This buy alert is based on one of the simplest, yet most effective elements of our Rapid Profits Matrix. It ranks every stock that trades on a U.S. exchange according to... Read More
BANCO MACRO SA (Argentina) is a mid-cap value stock (market cap of $4.5 billion) that trades as an American Depository Receipt on the NYSE. This buy alert is based on one of our rarest, but most reliable signals which has produced an average return of... Read More
It’s not often that I pass up the chance to lock in an annualized gain in excess of 200%, but in this case I recommend you resist the temptation to cash in your Lam LEAPs, and continue to hold them so long as the company can continue to maintain its steady growth rate. Read More
As the Chief Investment Strategist for Personal Finance, I am often asked by our readers what stocks are the best to own when the market doesn’t know where’s going. And with the S&P 500 going almost nowhere since July, that’s a question I hear quite a bit.However, not all… Read More
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. is a provider of medical devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. This alert was triggered by LeMaitre’s rapid growth in sales, which has increased by an average of nearly 25% annually over the past five years. In addition... Read More