Jim Pearce

Editor’s Note: Jim’s analysis today makes a specific case for protecting your portfolio from a second-half correction. For where he’s positioning the growth side of the Personal Finance portfolio in 2026 — and the disciplined framework behind 51 years of navigating moments like this one — see his AI Margin Rotation briefing. Read it here →

I am not a user of Kalshi, a “predictions market” website that allows users to bet on future outcomes of a wide variety of events. I’m not a gambler and I don’t pay enough attention to what is happening outside of the financial markets to feel confident risking my money on anything else.

AI technologies developed primarily in the United States are now being rolled out to foreign markets.

Editor’s Note: Jim’s article today recounts a 100% gain in two weeks by correctly anticipating a geopolitical move that passive index investors had no way to act on. That same forward-looking discipline is what sets

Editor’s Note: Jim draws a striking parallel today between the AI data center boom and the 1873 railroad crash — and raises serious questions about whether companies like Equinix have gotten too far ahead of themselves. For a contrarian take on where the real AI winners are — outside the data center builders — see Jim’s AI Margin Rotation briefing.

As my colleague Robert Rapier explained last week, “ The AI Boom is Entering Its ‘Show Me’ Phase.” Robert makes an astute observation: “The market is becoming much more selective about which companies deserve credit for [Artificial intelligence (AI) data center] demand and which ones are merely spending enormous sums in hopes of capturing it.”

The tech sector is on a roll. Since March 30, the NASDAQ Composite Index, which consists almost entirely of tech stocks, has gained 30 percent.

Like an alligator laying in wait, these three stocks could suddenlty spring back to life later this year if they can prove to Wall Street that their worst days are behind them.

Editor’s Note: NVIDIA just posted another blowout quarter — and the stock is still below its all-time high. If the biggest AI builder in the world can print record earnings and not move the tape, Jim’s new briefing argues the question has shifted: which companies don’t need the buildout to prove out on schedule? He names the ones already delivering — in The AI Margin Rotation briefing →

Editor’s Note: The “Profit Windows” methodology Jim describes in today’s article — identifying fundamentally undervalued companies after a Wall Street overreaction — is the same framework behind every position in his Personal Finance portfolio. His latest briefing shows where that screen is pointing now. See the current portfolio →