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’s been three months since we first published our recommended portfolios in the inaugural issue of Smart Tech Investor, dated December 16, 2013. Below is a summary of those initial recommendations including our original advice and the difference in price between then and now: Investments Portfolio                  … Read More

It may be St. Patrick's Day, but you don't need the luck of the Irish to make money in the stock market; just a clear head and keen eye for which companies are moving towards that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - or in the case with tech stocks - inside the cloud.  Read More

Many people are talking about the “Cloud” – the ecosystem of servers and related technology that enables remote data processing and storage. What I don’t hear is why this represents such a significant shift in how tech companies are valued and how the economy will change as a result. I… Read More

Many people are talking about the “Cloud” – the ecosystem of servers and related technology that enables remote data processing and storage. What I don’t hear is why this represents such a significant shift in how tech companies are valued and how the economy will change as a result. I… Read More

Late last year a Silicon Valley newspaper did a piece on the resurgence of Symantec (NSDQ: SYMC). At that time its stock had been on a tear; since bottoming out below $14 in the summer of 2012 the stock climbed up the charts, peaking above $26 only one year later. … Read More

Late last year a Silicon Valley newspaper did a piece on the resurgence of Symantec (NSDQ: SYMC). At that time its stock had been on a tear; since bottoming out below $14 in the summer of 2012 the stock climbed up the charts, peaking above $26 only one year later. … Read More

While Russia tries to bluff its way out of a bad hand, the rest of the world is watching which way the chips fall in China. Sooner or later everyone has to show their cards, and already we are beginning to see who is going to cash in and who will be pushed out of the game. Read More

While Russia tries to bluff its way out of a bad hand, the rest of the world is watching which way the chips fall in China. Sooner or later everyone has to show their cards, and already we are beginning to see who is going to cash in and who will be pushed out of the game. Read More

Russia is back in the news this week, but for all the wrong reasons.  The rest of the world should not catch a cold when Russia sneezes, so this week's market weakness may provide an opportunity to pick up some of our current portfolio recommendations at good prices. Read More