Don’t get sucked into the Trump Trade trap. Own stocks that don’t require reflation to grow and you should do very well. 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
Manias can occur in any market if enough people allow them to happen. Read More
The solid rise in the S&P 500 over the first eight months of this year has given rise to the fallacy that the entire stock market is doing well in 2017. Um, not really. To be sure, on an equal-weight basis, the average stock in the index rose 8.6%… Read More
The rise in the S&P 500 over the first eight months of this year has given rise to a vulnerable, two-tiered market. Read More
It was only six weeks ago that I reiterated my confidence that Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) would fully recover from an embarrassing scandal triggered by the admission a year ago that bank employees had opened approximately 2 million bogus deposit and credit card accounts over several years to achieve ambitious… Read More
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
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