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I was born on 6 August 1956 in San Francisco, California to Janet and (the late) Richard Hovis.
I grew up in Santa Monica, California where I attended elementary, junior high school, and high school (graduating in 1974), in addition to involvement in sports and recreation (Little League +, the Boy’s Club ++). Further, it was in elementary school – St. Augustine’s By-the -Sea Parish School that I found, and made the choice to truly journey with God.
I attended Arizona State University from 1974 to 1977 – seeking to become an architect, however, I was not accepted, and, as such, I graduated with a Liberal Arts degree.
Upon graduation from Arizona State University, I attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and studied City and Regional Planning at the Master’s level. I successfully completed one (1) year in a two (2) year program – I did not complete the Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning – due to personal reasons.
I returned to Santa Monica where I started (October 1979) my career as graphic designer with Exxon Company, USA. I spent five years with Exxon Company, USA.
While working with Exxon Company, USA I was accepted into architectural school – Sci-Arc in Southern California, however, I did not attend preferring to stay with Exxon..
In 1982 I married Laura Flosi and in April 1983 we had our one and only child – Lauren Alain Hovis – a gift from God.
We moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1984 from Los Angeles, where I went to work as a graphic designer with Kitchell CEM (from 1985 -1987).
From 1987 – 1995 I was an independent contractor, and a registered representative in mortgage finance, financial management, graphic design, and drafting.
Further, I attended the University of Phoenix and successfully obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 1982.
I was also a member of the Scottsdale Jaycees, where I became very involved in community events and projects.
In 1994, I accepted a cartography position with the Defense Mapping Agency in Reston, Virginia. As such, I relocated from Phoenix to Reston.
In 1998, I was accepted and worked as a Visual Information Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2002, I worked as a Support Officer until my retirement (due to a need for shoulder surgery) in September 2018.
Away from my Federal Government service, I have been involved in various organizations and activities in Northern Virginia.
In November of 2011, I married Rebecca Ouellette in Santa Monica, California. I reside in San Tan Valley, AZ with my two hamster - Jess and Timothy, our fish, our lizard - RJ Lizard., and our cats - Pearl and Grey.
As to hobbies, I enjoy playing sports, attending sporting events, mentoring individuals from financial management to hamsters, building models, photography, travel, multimedia design, managing partner for RJ Hamster, and jazz – smooth jazz to a samba or a bossa nova.
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02/05/2026
The S&P 500 is currently negative for the year
Today’s losses wiped away the S&P 500’s gains for 2026. The index is currently down about 0.5% this year to date.
If this level holds through market close, it will be the second time the S&P 500 has dipped into the red for 2026, with the first-time being Jan. 20.
Market volatility has been elevated recently, with the Cboe Volatility Index jumping to almost 23 today.
Ben Fulton, the chief executive of WEBs Investments, said that this volatility could be here to stay for the near term, and that investors should be paying attention.
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BMO Bullish Scenario Sees Gold At $8,650 And Silver At $220 By 2027
01/27/2026
Surging momentum in gold and silver reflects a shifting order in the global marketplace, as uncertainty over the future of government balance sheets and fiat currency resilience dominates investor sentiment, according to one Canadian bank.
In their latest precious metals note, commodity analysts at BMO Capital Markets embarked on a bullish thought experiment, examining the current drivers for gold and what they mean for prices through the rest of the year.
The analysts note that gold’s push above $5,000 an ounce in the first month of the year puts prices above their first-quarter forecasts from December.
“The world has changed. A call on gold and precious metals is a call on the future state of the world and the nature of the transition that gets us there,” the analysts said. “This calls us to consider bull case scenario for prices over the years in which a new world order is established, with potentially two more dominant spheres of influence, where nations in between are pushed to choose sides.”
While gold has been driven to new all-time highs as investors once again embrace the “Sell America” trade, with the U.S. dollar and bond market struggling, BMO analysts noted that this is a global issue supporting broad-based demand for gold.
“Last week saw a huge sell-off Japanese bonds with accompanying dramatic swings in the yen, further raising concerns about traditional safe haven assets,” the analysts said. “For this bull case scenario, we stretch our model input assumptions to reflect a world where investors of all forms continue to add gold at a rate similar to, or even above, the rate seen over the first year of Trump’s second term. If we assume average quarterly central bank purchases of ~8Moz, quarterly ETF flows of ~4-5Moz, and ongoing erosion in real yields and the US dollar, this brings us to a bull case scenario for gold prices of ~$6,350/oz by Q4 2026 and ~$8,650/oz by Q4 2027.”
While BMO sees potential for higher gold prices, the analysts have not yet officially adjusted their December price forecasts. They said the current problem in the gold market is that forecast models are outdated, as the global order and financial system may be undergoing a scale of disruption not seen since after WWII.
BMO analysts are also shifting their assumptions regarding other precious metals. Silver’s solid move above $100 an ounce has pushed the gold-silver ratio to fresh multi-year lows below 50 points.
In December, BMO was expecting gold to outperform silver because of its role as a safe-haven monetary asset; however, the analysts now see a scenario where silver could continue to outshine the yellow metal.
“This would capture a scenario where this new global risk environment further ignites safe haven status in the non-gold precious metals too, amplified by retail participation, even though these metals have traditionally been more governed by their industrial metal characteristics,” the analysts said.
“As an anchor point for a bull case, we could assume that the gold:silver ratio occupies the ~40-50 mark (the bottom end of 30-year range) for a more extended period of time, suggesting silver prices of ~$160/oz by Q4 2026 and ~$220/oz by Q4 2027.”
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