Next week the entire Investing Daily team of analysts is headed to Las Vegas for our Wealth Society Investing Summit 2016 to discuss the current state of the financial markets with dozens of our subscribers. The social highlight of the event will be a presentation by ID’s Editorial Director… 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
Last August, in an article I wrote for Smart Tech Investor (now Breakthrough Tech Profits), I posited, “Is Icahn Selling Apple?” I figured that Icahn needed to raise cash to cover huge losses in his energy portfolio. I also questioned how much longer he and Apple CEO Tim… Read More
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It wasn’t that long ago – two months to be exact – that the bandwagon of Apple (AAPL) haters was gaining steam. After topping out above $130 last summer, its share price steadily sank lower as bad economic news out of China sparked fears over the impact that might have… Read More
This week the U.S. Labor Department issued new regulations that mandate your financial advisor to conform to a “fiduciary standard” when recommending investment products for retirement plans.Unlike the previous standard of “suitability”, which only required that a recommended product not be inappropriate for a client, a fiduciary level of… Read More
After trying privately to convince Yahoo’s board of directors to pursue a new strategic direction for more than a year, this week hedge fund investor Starboard Value went public with its plan to oust the entire board and replace it with one of its choosing. Read More
Most analysts avoid calling a top or bottom in the market, knowing the futility of such exercises. But sometimes you can sense when the worst is behind us, which I believe is now the case with energy stocks. Read More
Three trick questions with inconceivable answers. Read More
Cryptic remarks by Fed Chair Janet Yellen this week regarding future rate hikes caused the stock market to dither, but lit a fire under the bond market. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dropped from more than 2.75% last Friday to less than 2.50% when Yellen admitted during congressional… Read More
One of my favorite war stories is “The Man Who Never Was,” about a British scheme to deceive the Nazis during World War II by planting misinformation about an upcoming invasion on a corpse made to appear to be a drowned naval officer, the non-existent Royal Marine Major William Martin. Read More