Many analysts are clamoring for a tax cut to soothe the markets, but historical evidence suggests that the case for a tax cut helping stocks is tenuous at best. 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
The prospect of a major tax cut is bringing some sunshine back to the stock market, after spending the past couple of weeks in the shadow of escalating hostilities at home and abroad. Read More
The beauty of event-driven trading is that you don’t have to be in a stock very long, nor do you have to commit a lot of money to it, to generate huge profits. The stock market’s reaction to these sorts of events is usually swift and severe, and leveraged investments such as options can be used to magnify the change in value of the underlying stock. Read More
The beauty of event-driven trading is that you don’t have to be in a stock very long, nor do you have to commit a lot of money to it, to generate huge profits. The stock market’s reaction to these sorts of events is usually swift and severe, and leveraged investments such as options can be used to magnify the change in value of the underlying stock. Read More
There will always be more news, both good and bad, as evidenced by this week's escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Hopefully, the two sides can resolve their differences without resorting to war. But if they cannot, then the financial markets will surely react to the possibility of a regional conflict including China, Japan, South Korea and Russia. Read More
A small cadre of momentum stocks will determine if a correction can be avoided. Read More
Investors are pouring so much money into a select group of huge companies that there isn’t any room for disappointment if earnings expectations fall even a little bit short. Read More
Sooner or later the small group of momentum stocks that have been leading the market higher will face their day of reckoning. It may not be next week or next month, but when it happens it will seem all too sudden. Read More
The stock market has always been subject to unfounded rumors and flat-out lies, but the advent of the Internet and social media has amplified the impact false stories can have on a company. Read More
The problem with betting big on future profits is that they don't always happen, a lesson dot.com investors learned the hard way sixteen years ago when that market imploded. I don't expect all the FANG stocks to follow suit, but I do believe that some of them will experience a severe downward price adjustment in their share prices when future profits become more definable. Read More