Scott Pearson

Dr. R. Scott Pearson is an investment advisor, writer, editor, and educator with more than three decades of experience in investment management. He serves as President and Chief Investment Officer of Pearson Asset Management (also operating under the Value View Financial name), a West Palm Beach, Florida–based firm he founded "to help individuals achieve their financial goals" through individualized investment planning and personalized money management. Earlier in his career he served as a Registered Investment Advisor for Pearson Capital Management and edited the Pearson Investment Letter, predecessors to his current Investor's Value View newsletter.

Pearson is also the editor and publisher of Investor's Value View, a national investment newsletter through which he provides general money tips and stock recommendations, with a recurring focus on identifying "up-and-coming stocks in the burgeoning high-tech industries." His commentary and recommendations have been cited in publications including Investor's Intelligence, Bull & Bear, and the Dick Davis Digest.

Alongside his advisory work, Pearson is an academic. He is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. College of Business (School of Free Enterprise) at Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he also directs the Center for Financial Literacy and previously led the university's MBA program. He advises the Sailfish Fund, PBA's student-managed investment fund, and has taught finance, investments, and money-and-banking courses as an adjunct at the University of South Florida and Webster University, as well as at Charleston Southern University and Washington College.

Pearson earned a BA from Samford University (Birmingham, Alabama), an MBA from the University of South Florida, and an MA in Economics and a PhD (Agricultural, Environmental, and Developmental Economics) from The Ohio State University. He holds credentials as a Certified Christian Financial Counselor and has worked as a credit and housing counselor with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of the Florida Gulf Coast / Tampa Bay, offering pro-bono financial guidance to those unable to afford professional advice.

• Invests primarily in publicly traded equities, managing personalized wealth accounts for individual clients through Pearson Asset Management.
• States a particular "knack for locating the up-and-coming stocks in the burgeoning high-tech industries" — i.e., growth-oriented public stock picking rather than private-company financing.
• Philosophy centers on individualized, planning-driven money management: customized portfolios, retirement planning, and education in stocks, bonds, and saving/investing fundamentals.
• Strong emphasis on financial literacy and education (Center for Financial Literacy, student-managed fund advising, faith-based financial counseling) as part of his approach to client and community work.
• No publicly stated thesis around startup stages, check sizes, or "what makes him say yes" to founders — these do not appear to apply to his practice.