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

Tech stocks have taken a beating lately, presumably on concerns that their high exposure to foreign currencies will act as a drag on earnings for the remainder of this year, and possibly into 2016. There is no denying that the tech sector has a large exposure to currency valuations –… Read More

Looks like we should have called this month’s edition of STI “the automobile issue” as both Leo Boeckl’s In Focus article, which discusses how Apple appears to be following in Ford Motor Company’s footsteps from the prior long technological wave, and Rob’s Sector Spotlight article, which highlights a company on… Read More

Looks like we should have called this month’s edition of STI “the automobile issue” as both Leo Boeckl’s In Focus article, which discusses how Apple appears to be following in Ford Motor Company’s footsteps from the prior long technological wave, and Rob’s Sector Spotlight article, which highlights a company on… Read More

As was widely rumored last May when Apple announced its 7 for 1 stock split, the company will be joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week by replacing AT&T in the vaunted stock market index. However, Apple joins fellow telecomm giant Verizon in the DJIA, retaining the tech sector’s… Read More