Rising inflation, combined with a global debt bomb of $247 trillion, could blow up in Wall Street's face. Here's how to protect your portfolio. 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
It appears that mega-cap stocks like Amazon and Apple have become their own form of currency. From that perspective, the stock market’s seeming indifference to rising inflation makes sense. Read More
Last week I used Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB) to illustrate the notion of “headline risk” after the company lost $100 billion in market value in less than a month when it admitted to a major security breach. Little did I know that if I had only waited a week I could… Read More
An advantage to owning small-cap stocks during periods of excess stock market volatility is that they some of them tend to become grossly mispriced relative to the size of their market opportunity. Read More
The stock market’s powerful rise over the past five years has created trillions of dollars of new wealth, at least on paper. From the start of 2013 thru end of 2017, the S&P 500 index increased 83% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index gained 133%. Some individual stocks did considerably… Read More
TRADE INSTRUCTIONS Date: March 7, 2018 Name: Pretium Resources Symbol: PVG (NYSE) Type: Open Limit: Buy below $7.50 TRADE TARGETS Holding Period: 5 months Target Return: 46.7% Annualized Return: 112% Target Price: $11 Stop Loss Level: $6 COMPANY DESCRIPTION Pretium Resources Inc. acquires, explores for, and develops precious metal resource properties… Read More
Yesterday, I discussed the income dilemma that many retirees are facing in this low interest rate environment. Do they put their money into low-yielding government bonds knowing that they may outlive their money, or put it into higher-yielding investments with an unknown future value? As obvious as it sounds, one… Read More
Some of the investments being pushed on baby boomers by Wall Street that create the appearance of steady income but carry more risk than you may realize. Read More
Nope, I’m not talking about Elvis Presley. Despite what you might have heard in Men in Black, he’s not from another planet and he’s not coming back. What I’m talking about is cash (not Johnny, either), as in the old saying “cash is king.” Ever since the Fed pushed interest… Read More
For all those investors out there still holding onto to shares of overvalued momentum stocks, it’s time to get serious about how much downside risk you’re willing to take, and how much cash flow you will need from your investments to make ends meet. Read More