Just a return to average sector metrics for P/E or P/S would achieve our target return for this stock. 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
ConocoPhillips reported great results for the 2nd quarter and a positive outlook for the rest of the year. Read More
Falling energy prices are clobbering energy stocks but the trend is manna for this well-managed airline that traverses treacherous routes. Read More
Today an article appeared on Bloomberg headlined “Robot Takeover Postponed as Quant Funds Flattened in Equities.” It makes the point that the much-ballyhooed switch from human-managed macro and bottoms-up hedge funds to so-called quant funds has failed badly in 2017. And it failed badly even though most hedge funds themselves… Read More
Sell to close the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) January 19, 2018 $250 call option. We may revisit this trade soon. For now, close the position. … Read More
Investors in Supreme (AMEX: STS) woke this morning to a $21 cash bid for the company by big trucker Wabash National. We bought these calls for just $1.00 about one month ago. Today they are trading at $3.55, 355% higher. Read More
Trump’s infrastructure plan is in danger, but the spending already is happening in ways few analysts have noticed. Here are three ways to profit. Read More
A wrong-way bet on biofuels by Carl Icahn has put CVR Energy in a precarious position. Read More
Expectations must have been sky-high for RILY because the second quarter results it released on Monday evening appeared pretty good to me. Read More
The labor shortage of construction workers in the U.S. is cutting into profits and slowing the supply of new homes built. A demographic shift that began way back in 2010 is reverberating through industries from home builders to restaurants and will stretch for years to come. How to profit from these trends. Read More