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

Seems like only last month that the NASDAQ Composite Index was inching towards 4,600 with expectations of it cruising through the 5,000 level. Oops, it was only last month that happened (September 2nd, to be precise).However, much of that optimism has been laid asunder over the past couple of weeks,… Read More

Last Friday’s Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of stock in Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) took the market by storm, jumping more than a third in value from its offering price of $68 a share when it finally started trading. This transaction raised almost $22 billion for the consortium of… Read More

Last Friday’s Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of stock in Chinese internet conglomerate Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) took the market by storm, jumping more than a third in value from its offering price of $68 a share when it finally started trading. This transaction raised almost $22 billion for the consortium of… Read More

Last week Apple shook up the market by announcing several new product introductions, including its long awaited entry into the wearable tech market – the Apple Watch. While it remains to be seen if the watch – or any other form of wearable tech – really catches on there are… Read More

Last week Apple shook up the market by announcing several new product introductions, including its long awaited entry into the wearable tech market – the Apple Watch. While it remains to be seen if the watch – or any other form of wearable tech – really catches on there are… Read More

As Apple goes so goes the S&P500 Index and everything else that is based upon its value – which is probably a lot more than most people realize. Read More