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

The Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) gave back nearly half of the year’s gains from April 23rd to April 30th. Thus, a bounce is clearly in the offing and is one to watch carefully.  By the same token if Friday’s (May 1) bounce fizzles in the not too distant future, we… Read More

Just when people were starting to wonder if tech stocks could go much higher, they proved that they could – and with a vengeance. Last week was every tech stock investor’s dream, with a wide variety of companies benefiting from euphoria over better than expected earnings reports from Amazon.com (up… Read More

Just when people were starting to wonder if tech stocks could go much higher, they proved that they could – and with a vengeance. Last week was every tech stock investor’s dream, with a wide variety of companies benefiting from euphoria over better than expected earnings reports from Amazon.com (up… Read More

Just as we believe innogration is the key to long term success for every tech company, so too do we feel it should be practiced by this publication so that our subscribers remain ahead of the curve. As you know, innogration consists of two critical components: innovation, which is achieved… Read More

Just as we believe innogration is the key to long term success for every tech company, so too do we feel it should be practiced by this publication so that our subscribers remain ahead of the curve. As you know, innogration consists of two critical components: innovation, which is achieved… Read More

Since being added to the STI Next Wave portfolio last June at a price of $3.00, online gaming company Zynga (ZNGA) has struggled to live up analysts’ expectations after it hired a high-profile Microsoft exec – Don Mattrick – to lead the company. As a result, the board is bringing… Read More

Since being added to the STI Next Wave portfolio last June at a price of $3.00, online gaming company Zynga (ZNGA) has struggled to live up analysts’ expectations after it hired a high-profile Microsoft exec – Don Mattrick – to lead the company. As a result, the board is bringing… Read More

Last week’s price action suggests that most of the activity in the tech sector is currently focused on mid-cap stocks, as our Next Wave portfolio gained more than twice what the NASDAQ Composite index was able to deliver. And while our Investments Portfolio of large-cap stocks did okay – up… Read More