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.
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CSCO has risen modestly since being added to our portfolio in late December. After closing below $30 on January 19, CSCO gained nearly 4% through the end of the month. Even still, that was sufficient for it to break above its upper Bollinger Band last week while its 50DMA trend line… Read More
This alert was triggered by the most technical component of our Rapid Profits Matrix, which looks for “fallen angels” that are bottoming out. Read More
CVS’ s cash flow from operations grew by 15% (YOY) during the most recent quarter and earnings grew by 23%, so my IDEAL Stock Rating System now rates it as a strong buy. Read More
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We’ve added a new way to make money through disruption. Read More
I think DHI is due for another swing to the upside based on its recent share price behavior, and its high scores from our RPM and IDEAL Stock Rating System. Read More
There are two mitigating factors that have convinced me to close out this trade at a small loss. Read More
According to our RPM Kohl's is now oversold and likely to bounce back soon. Read More
Best Buy has been a trader’s dream for the past year, jumping up in value after each unexpectedly strong quarterly earnings report and then drifting down until the next quarterly report once again surprises the market. Read More
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We have less than two weeks left in our original target holding period for Michael Kors, which closed above $50 as recently as December 8th but has since dropped below $43. Not that long ago KORS soared on buyout rumors emanating from Europe, but economic headwinds in the luxury apparel… Read More
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We added AmTrust to our portfolio three weeks ago based primarily on its high score from both the growth and value components of our Rapids Profits Matrix. AFSI earns a nearly perfect score of 93% from our formulas based on Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch, which is extremely rare and… Read More