One of the six tenets of the Dow Theory is that indices must confirm each other. Charles Dow broke the market down into two indices: the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Transportation Average. So, for a trend in the markets to remain intact, both major averages must… 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
As I mentioned my Portfolio Update earlier this week, I am extending our hold period for Despegar (NYSE: DESP) two more months from July 26 to September 26: “The company announced a shake-up in the C-suite last week, and I want to see what sort of guidance the new… Read More
Don't blindly accept the common notion that most options expire worthless as justification for not trading them. You could be leaving money on the table. Read More
Here's an investment method that generates annualized cash flow more than six times what you can get from the U.S. Treasury. Read More
The time to rebalance your retirement account is when a major shift looms on the horizon, as one does now. Read More
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
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