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.
Love and God Bless,
Peter – aka RJ Hamster Jo hi
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A baseball game in an abandoned prison yard? It’s even cooler than it sounds.
Yesterday, the Joliet Slammers played the Gateway Grizzlies in a one-of-a-kind Frontier League exhibition game at the historic Old Joliet Prison — the jailhouse the Slammers are named after.
It was called the “Big House Ballgame,” and it was played in front of 5,500 fans … including Bill Murray. (He’s part of the Slammers’ ownership group.)
The Slammers’ name and logo is an homage to the notorious prison in Joliet, Ill., which opened in 1858 and regularly hosted baseball games between inmates beginning in 1914. The Big House Ballgame brought baseball back to the prison for the first time since it closed in 2002.
The Slammers’ black-and-yellow uniforms for their game in the slammer were even inspired by those worn by baseball-playing inmates at Old Joliet Prison.
Playing a baseball game in a prison yard makes for all sorts of weird quirks. Because the playing field was ringed by the Old Joliet jailhouse buildings, for example, we got some unique ballpark dimensions for a professional game: 230 feet to left field, 280 feet to center and right. To hit a home run, you had to clear the whole prison. If you hit it off the side of the building, it was a double.
The whole thing was the brainchild of Slammers part-owner Night Train Veeck. Yes, that is his real name (he’s named after Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick “Night Train” Lane), and yes, he is the grandson of Baseball Hall of Fame owner Bill Veeck.
Our own Ben Hill was in the (big) house for the prison yard ballgame, and you’ll definitely want to read his dispatch from Old Joliet.
HE PUT ON GLASSES, NOW HE SLUGS LIKE SOTO
See ball, hit ball. It’s one of baseball’s classic mantras. And there’s one star slugger who’s taking it extremely literally.
It’s now been exactly one year since Max Muncy started wearing glasses in baseball games. And over that last year, Muncy has been one of the very best hitters in the Major Leagues.
Muncy hasn’t stopped hammering the baseball since. Over the last 365 days, he’s been a top-five overall hitter in baseball.
Highest OPS over the last year
Minimum 100 games played
Aaron Judge (Yankees): 1.096
Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers): 1.005
Nick Kurtz (A’s): .993
Max Muncy (Dodgers): .969
Juan Soto (Mets): .961
The 35-year-old Muncy is the longest-tenured Dodger. He’s been with L.A. for nine seasons and has been a steady presence through multiple eras of Dodger baseball.
Muncy was always a pretty darn good hitter in L.A., but who knew glasses were all he needed to rake like Juan Soto?
The Phillies have won three straight games under interim manager Don Mattingly — including a crazy double-walk-off doubleheader yesterday — and they’ve got Zack Wheeler going for his second start of the season after a successful 2026 debut.
Is Roki Sasaki’s new toy (a much harder splitter) going to help him reach his potential as a starter? We’ll find out more on Saturday when he faces a Cardinals team that’s on a four-game winning streak entering this series … and just shelled Paul Skenes.
A Braves team that already has MLB’s best record and the NL’s best team ERA is now getting Spencer Strider back. Strider’s looked good in his rehab outings — but this won’t be the easiest season debut pitching at Coors Field against a much-improved Rockies squad.
The Phillies star got to that milestone in his 1,321st career game. He’s the seventh-fastest hitter to ever reach the 350-homer milestone.
Fewest games to 350 career HR
Aaron Judge: 1,088
Mark McGwire: 1,280
Juan Gonzalez: 1,298
Alex Rodriguez: 1,301
Harmon Killebrew: 1,319
Albert Pujols: 1,320
Kyle Schwarber: 1,321
Babe Ruth, in case you were wondering how he compares to the Schwarbino, hit his 350th career home run in his 1,329th game. Just a little too slow, Babe.
And of course, Schwarbomb No. 350 was an absolute tank — 113 mph off the bat and into the second deck at Citizens Bank Park.
STREAK TRACKER
Shohei Ohtani’s on-base streak and Mason Miller’s scoreless-innings streak are dead. But now we’ve got two new streaks to keep track of.
The reigning AL Rookie of the Year has drawn a walk in an incredible 19 consecutive games. Kurtz is tied with Ted Williams for the third-longest streak on record, he’s one game away from equaling Barry Bonds’ longest career streak, and he’s three games away from the MLB record.
Ildemaro Vargas’ season-opening hit streak
Currently at: 24 games
Modern Era record (since 1900): 34 games (George Sisler, 1925)
After a first-inning single today, Vargas has gotten a hit in 24 straight games to start the 2026 season, and in 27 straight games dating back to last year. The D-backs infielder broke a tie with Edgar Renteria (23 games for the 2006 Braves) for the longest hitting streak to start a season this century. Vargas’ 27-game overall streak is the longest active hitting streak in the Majors — Mickey Moniak is next at 14 games.
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU AT YANKEE STADIUM
If you’re a fan of Star Wars, you’re probably already ready to celebrate in whatever way you see fit this weekend, as Monday is May the 4th (… be with you). And if you live in the Tri-State Area or thereabouts, we know the perfect place to do that.
In honor of the iconic sci-fi franchise and this auspicious occasion, the Yankees have a Star Wars Weekend extravaganza planned for Saturday through Monday.
Special food and merchandise will be available, including Star Wars-themed specialty soda cups, Mandalorian-inspired desserts (at the concession stand by Section 125), co-branded T-shirts and even a Lightsaber-esque mini-bat at the main team store by Section 119.
The biggest celebration takes place at Saturday’s 1:35 p.m. ET game against the Orioles, when the first 18,000 fans take home a Max Fried Mandalorian bobblehead, and a host of characters and creatures from the Star Wars universe will be roaming stadium concourses to hobnob with fans. But don’t fret if you can’t make it on Saturday: The special concessions and merch will be available on Sunday and Monday as well.
Get the full lowdown from Max Ralph here, and get tickets to all three games right here.
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April has been very busy and I want to tell you exactly what your support has made possible.
We kicked off the month with our animationcalling for an end to the Guga hunt, narrated by actor Brian Cox, which has now been viewed over 12 million times. Twelve million people have seen the case for ending this hunt, and it resulted in tens of thousands adding their name to the petition calling on NatureScot to stop licensing the annual slaughter. We’re now so close to 160,000 so please add your name if you haven’t already.
Off the back of that, I took an opportunity to raise awareness for the campaign. I announced my candidacy for the Scottish Parliament – dressed as a giant Gannet. It sounds absurd. But it has been picked up by every major Scottish media outlet, multiple national print pieces, and earned a 30-second segment on Have I Got News For You, one of the most watched shows on British television. The story of the Guga hunt is now impossible to ignore.
And I have not stopped there. I attempted to gatecrash the Scottish Conservative manifesto launch as part of the campaign, and took part in a BBC hustings debate keeping the spotlight on the issue heading into the Scottish election.
On the campaign to end hunting with hounds, we launched a new tool allowing supporters to respond to the Government’s consultation on banning trail hunting in just 15 seconds and a single click. In just a couple of weeks, over 20,000 of you have used it. That is 20,000 voices the Government cannot ignore.
Our investigations have continued to cut through too. We published findings revealing that Polar Bears International – an organisation supposedly dedicated to protecting polar bears – is in fact comfortable with them being hunted and killed. A week later, we released a damning investigation into just how much taxpayer money has been spent on NatureScot’s handling of the Guga huntthis year alone.
We also launched a new national campaign to end bird netting, logging and mapping incidents of birds trapped and killed in nets right across the UK. This is the beginning of something significant, and in the months ahead there will be real, direct ways for you to get involved.
And in recent days we’ve had cause to celebrate. Network Rail has agreed to reopen swift nesting holes at their viaduct in Derbyshire, following months of tireless campaigning by locals and over 14,000 of you signing our petition. The BBC covered the good news, and Network Rail themselves acknowledged how much they have learned from it. Another life-saving win.
The second was a tribute to Eunice the sheep, brutally killed by two individuals using fireworks. As her story continues to be heard, we are shining a light on the dangers of fireworks and pushing for a ban on their sale to the public. An incredible 35 million people have now seen the film.
All of this happened in April. One month. And today, I am asking for something simple.
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The situation is urgent. So many people have lost homes, family members, and even everything they owned in the missile attacks. I’m thinking about families like the Cohens. They buried six family members on the day their son was supposed to have his bar mitzvah. We helped them with the medical bills, buying clothing, and more, and they were so grateful. But there are so many others in urgent need.
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(14) And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, (15) Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. (16) And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. (17) Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. (18) And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. (19) Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? (20) And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (21) Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
(14) And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. (15) And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. (16) And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? (17) And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; (18) And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. (19) He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. (20) And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. (21) And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. (22) And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. (23) Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. (24) And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. (25) When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. (26) And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. (27) But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. (28) And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? (29) And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
(37) And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. (38) And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. (39) And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. (40) And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. (41) And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. (42) And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. (43) And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, King James VersionChange email Bible version
Jesus walked with His disciples from Bethsaida to the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi. Six to eight days later, Jesus went up into a high mountain to pray, taking Peter, James, and John with Him and leaving His other nine disciples behind. There He was transfigured before the three. Meanwhile in the valley, the remaining nine disciples failed to cast out a demon from a young boy. Descending the day following His transfiguration, Christ healed the demoniac boy.
The failure of the nine disciples had given the scribes fuel for criticism of both the disciples and Christ. When Christ arrived on the scene, the scribes were being critically disruptive about the failure. The scribes were not known for their questioning as much as for their refuting and disputing. “Questioning” (KJV) or “disputing” (NKJV) in Mark 9:14 is translated from a Greek word that implies confuting, that is, attempting to disprove or deny.
The success of Christ, however, countered the failure of the disciples, shutting the mouths of the critical scribes. His coming upon this scene of dispute, chaos, and darkness must have been an incredible contrast to the honor, power, and glory that He had just experienced on the mountain in the Transfiguration. The sights and sounds that met Him on His return to the sinful world must have disturbed Him.
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5 AI Infrastructure Stocks Smart Money Is Buying Before the Next Surge
Reported by Ryan Hasson. Article Published: 4/27/2026.
KEY POINTS
Institutional investors have been steadily accumulating shares in five AI infrastructure companies, including Vertiv, Arista Networks, Celestica, Amphenol, and Astera Labs.
These five companies supply critical data center components, including power and cooling systems, networking switches, and connectivity chips.
Several of these stocks have hit all-time highs recently, with Celestica surging 360% over the past year and Arista Networks rising nearly 120% over the same period.
Not every AI infrastructure winner has NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) brand recognition, Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) market cap, or Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) profile. The buildout of the AI data-center stack is creating significant value across many companies and industries beneath those headline names—power systems, networking hardware, connectivity chips, server assemblies, and interconnects that make everything run.
While much of the market’s attention remains on the usual suspects, institutions have been steadily accumulating positions in a tier of companies that are growing faster and often have clearer visibility into forward demand. Here are five names worth watching.
Vertiv Holdings: Powering the AI Data Center From the Inside Out
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) builds the critical power management and thermal cooling systems that keep AI data centers online. As AI chips such as NVIDIA’s Blackwell and Google’s Ironwood generate substantially more heat per rack than prior generations, demand for Vertiv’s solutions has become a durable structural tailwind for the company.
The company joined the S&P 500 on March 23, a milestone that triggered mandatory institutional buying and marked its transition from a mid-cap industrial into a bona fide large-cap compounder. Institutional ownership now stands at almost 90%, following roughly $11.1 billion in inflows versus about $9 billion in outflows over the prior 12 months.
Q1 2026 results, reported on April 22, reinforced that momentum. Revenue of $2.65 billion was up 30% year over year. Adjusted operating profit rose 64% and EPS of $1.17 beat the consensus by $0.17. Management raised full-year guidance across key metrics, and the market responded: VRT reached an all-time high of $330.30 on April 24, leaving the stock up almost 100% year to date.
Following the earnings beat, multiple Wall Street firms raised price targets, including JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley to $350, TD Cowen to $347, and RBC Capital to $356. The consensus rating is a Moderate Buy, supported by strong institutional conviction.
Arista Networks: The Networking Backbone Behind AI at Scale
Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) is a leading provider of high-speed networking switches and software for hyperscale data centers. Large GPU clusters require the low-latency, high-bandwidth networking fabric that Arista supplies, making it a critical player in the AI infrastructure stack—even if it doesn’t always capture retail attention.
The stock has delivered impressive returns, rising nearly 120% over the past 12 months, with about 30% of those gains this year. It reached an all-time high near $180 on April 24 as the fundamental story strengthened: management raised 2026 revenue guidance to 25% growth and set a $3.25 billion target for AI networking revenue for the year.
Analyst sentiment is broadly bullish, with a consensus Buy rating. JPMorgan, Evercore, and UBS have all set $200 price targets in April. When Alphabet unveiled its Virgo Network at Cloud Next 2026, Evercore called it an incremental positive for Arista. Ahead of its upcoming earnings in May, institutional investors have been net buyers, with almost $19 billion in inflows over the past 12 months versus about $15 billion in outflows.
Celestica: The AI Server Manufacturer Flying Under the Radar
Celestica (NYSE: CLS) may be the most compelling, under-the-radar name on this list. The company manufactures high-speed networking switches, AI servers, and storage systems for hyperscale data centers and is building a growing roster of hyperscaler customers. Beyond contract assembly, Celestica’s design capabilities, supply-chain depth, and manufacturing scale across 15 countries provide a meaningful competitive moat.
Shares closed at $410.21 on April 24, up 4.75% that day and setting a new high amid a 52-week range of $81.88 to $420.63. Over the past 12 months the stock has surged roughly 360%.
Celestica is set to report Q1 2026 results on April 27 after the market close, amid high analyst expectations. The consensus EPS estimate of $2.07 implies meaningful quarter-over-quarter growth. Ahead of the report, the consensus rating is a Moderate Buy, with a consensus price target implying nearly 9% downside—suggesting earnings and guidance will need to impress for the stock to move higher from here.
Institutions have been strong supporters. Over the past 12 months they purchased almost $8 billion of stock versus about $4.5 billion in outflows. While the stock has run hard this year, that institutional backing may give investors confidence to hold through short-term volatility following the earnings release.
Amphenol: The Connector Giant That Runs Through Everything
Amphenol (NYSE: APH) manufactures connectors, cables, and interconnect systems that physically link components within data centers. It may not be a retail favorite, but Amphenol’s components are ubiquitous across servers, switches, power distribution units, and storage systems. As data-center density rises to support AI workloads, connector content per rack also increases—benefitting Amphenol.
The stock has risen almost 100% over the past 12 months and nearly 10% year to date. Q4 2025 revenue grew 49% year over year to $6.4 billion. Q1 2026 guidance calls for $6.9 billion to $7.0 billion in revenue, representing 43% to 45% year-over-year growth. The IT datacom segment—driven largely by AI data-center demand—accounted for 38% of total sales in Q4 and grew 110% year over year.
Q1 earnings are due on April 29. Analysts maintain a consensus Moderate Buy ratingbased on 15 ratings and an average price target near $156.71, implying roughly 5% upside. Institutions have been consistent accumulators, with current institutional ownership near 97%. Over the past 12 months, institutions put over $41 billion into the stock, versus about $22.6 billion in outflows, producing a strong net inflow.
Astera Labs: The Connectivity Chip Specialist Surging Into Earnings
Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) designs semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that remove bandwidth and latency bottlenecks inside AI data centers. Its PCIe and CXL smart retimers, Ethernet smart cable modules, and COSMOS software platform are embedded in rack-scale infrastructure—the same systems hyperscalers use to build massive AI training and inference clusters.
Twenty-three analysts cover the stock, with a consensus rating of Moderate Buy (source). Institutional interest has been strong: nearly 600 institutions bought ALAB over the past 12 months, totaling almost $7 billion in inflows, while just over 250 institutions sold about $4 billion in shares.
These five companies illustrate that the AI opportunity extends well beyond the marquee chip and cloud names. Power, cooling, networking, connectors, and specialized connectivity chips are all essential to the buildout—and many of those suppliers offer clearer visibility into near-term demand and attractive long-term growth prospects..
OpenAI’s stumble rattled the market – watch these key stocks
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AI is not growing fast enough…
That was the takeaway from a Wall Street Journal report on Monday.
As it showed, OpenAI has fallen short of monthly revenue targets. It also missed its goal of reaching 1 billion weekly active users for ChatGPT by the end of 2025.
The paper also reported a warning from OpenAI’s CFO, Sarah Friar. She says the company may not be able to fund its future data center contracts if revenue growth doesn’t accelerate.
Wall Street didn’t wait around to process the news. Traders hit the sell button on high-flying AI stocks.
Oracle (ORCL), which supplies the computing backbone for OpenAI’s operations, fell 4%. CoreWeave (CRWV), the AI cloud infrastructure provider that recently signed an $11.9 billion deal with OpenAI, dropped nearly 6%.
Chipmakers Nvidia (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) slid 1.6% and 3.3%. And Japanese tech investment firm SoftBank – one of OpenAI’s largest backers – sank more than 12%.
But as our systems are showing, there are plenty of opportunities for nimble investors within the AI trade and outside of it.
Let’s first look at the stocks that got hit hardest. Then we’ll turn to where the best opportunities are right now.
Short-Term Health says buy the dip…
Let’s start with the three stocks most directly tied to OpenAI: Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave.
Our Short-Term Health indicator compares a stock’s current movement to its typical trading range to determine whether it’s in a healthy uptrend (Green Zone), a caution zone (Yellow), or a downtrend (Red Zone).
Nvidia just entered the Green Zone on a breakout. Take a look:
After spending months chopping between $125 and $200, NVDA broke out to fresh highs near $212 in recent weeks.
Tuesday’s selloff took a small chunk out of the stock price, but the trend hasn’t changed. For as long as this signal stays green, NVDA is a buy.
CoreWeave tells a similar story. Despite its wild ride since going public last spring – including a pullback of more than 60% from its June high – the stock recently recovered to the $105 range and flipped back to a Green Zone buy signal:
CoreWeave’s response to the OpenAI report was telling. The company told Bloomberg that OpenAI is a “terrific partner, but not our only one.” And it noted that its customer base includes Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, and IBM. That diversification matters – and the bullish trend data reflects it.
Oracle is the outlier… and is best avoided for now. Here’s the chart:
Oracle spent months in a Red Zone as shares decreased more than 55%. If you were following Short-Term Health, you would have avoided a loss of as much as 32%.
The stock has recently transitioned to Yellow, meaning the selling pressure has eased but hasn’t confirmed a new uptrend yet.
Oracle’s $300 billion partnership with OpenAI is one of the largest cloud infrastructure deals ever signed. Tuesday’s report didn’t change the terms of that deal. But it raises questions about OpenAI’s ability to fully utilize the capacity it’s contracted for.
The takeaway across all three stocks: A single headline doesn’t override the data. NVDA and CRWV remain in confirmed uptrends. ORCL is still rebuilding.
So follow the signals, not the panic. Tuesday’s tech smackdown presents opportunities to buy the dip.
In 2016, Louis Navellier recommended Nvidia to his readers at $2.51 — split-adjusted. It went up 44,000%. The readers who acted could have made huge sums of money. Those who didn’t have been watching from the sidelines ever since. Today, Navellier says a new AI computer called “Golden Dawn” — 283 trillion times more powerful than today’s data centers — is about to create the same kind of opportunity. He’s identified the one little-known company best positioned to profit, and he’s revealing it — down to the ticker — before May 5th. Click here to watch his free presentation now.
The Quantum Score Power 10 shows opportunities abound…
One of the best ways to find opportunities on TradeSmith Finance is the Quantum Score.
It looks at stocks’ fundamental strength – think earnings, revenue, and profit margins – as well unusually large money flows in them from institutional investors. The scale runs from 0 to 100. Anything above 80 is a great stock with a lot of money flowing into it from deep-pocketed Wall Street investors – and is a buy.
Our Quantum Score Power 10 ranks the top-scoring stocks across the market. Here’s what it’s showing right now:
What stands out is the diversity. Yes, you’ve got tech names like Google parent Alphabet (GOOG) at 97.1 and semiconductor technology firm Arm Holdings (ARM) at 95.9. And Amazon (AMZN) at 95.1.
But look at the rest of the list.
Globus Medical (GMED), a medical devices company, leads the entire ranking at 98.2. Oceaneering International (OII)and Valaris (VAL) – both tied to the oil and gas drilling industry – score 95.9 and 94.3. Viking (VIK), a cruise line operator, comes in at 94.3. And Mission Produce (AVO), a fresh produce distributor, scores 94.5.
This is what a healthy bull market looks like. The strongest stocks aren’t concentrated in tech, as they were for much of 2024 and 2025. They’re spread across healthcare, energy, travel, and consumer goods, too.
If you’re looking for stocks to add to your watchlist, this is a strong starting point. Pay particular attention to GOOG and ARM in tech, OII and VAL for energy exposure, and GMED if you want to diversify into healthcare with institutional momentum behind it.
Our AI forecasting model sees double-digit upside in these five stocks – with accuracy rates above 76%…
Finally, let’s look at what our AI-powered stock forecasting model, Predictive Alpha, is flagging right now.
Large-language models like ChatGPT predict the next word in a sequence. Our Predictive Alpha tool uses similar AI technology to predict the next price move.
We trained it on more than 100 billion stock market data points to generate short-term forecasts up to 21 trading days ahead. Each forecast includes a historical accuracy rate that tells you how often the stock has actually hit its target in the past.
Every day, TradeSmith subscribers get access to a top-10 leaderboard ranked by expected move. Here are the top five by historical accuracy rate, all set to complete on May 27:
The standout is Ciena (CIEN), a fiber-optic networking company, with a forecasted move of 14.2% by May 27 – and a historical accuracy rate of 96.1%.
That means in the past, when Predictive Alpha has made a similar call on CIEN, the stock hit the target roughly 96 times out of 100. That’s an exceptionally high-confidence forecast.
Next is Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), a renewable energy company, forecasting 11.9% upside to $99.97, also by May 27, with a 93% accuracy rate.
What’s interesting about this list is the theme running through it.
CIEN makes the networking equipment that connects AI data centers. American Superconductor (AMSC) builds energy grid systems – which are in growing demand as data centers strain local power capacity.
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI)manufactures fiber-optic components – essential in data centers. Even Darling Ingredients (DAR), which processes animal byproducts into renewable fuels, ties into the broader energy theme.
If you’re a TradeSmith subscriber, CIEN and ENLT deserve a close look. The accuracy rates are high, the forecasted moves are meaningful, and the underlying businesses sit at the intersection of AI infrastructure and energy demand – two of the strongest themes in the market right now.
To building wealth beyond measure,
Michael Salvatore Editor, TradeSmith Daily
Disclaimer: At the time of this writing, Michael Salvatore held shares of GOOGL.
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