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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He just quietly filed paperwork to take SpaceX public and now insiders say it could be the largest IPO in stock market history — a $1.75 trillion valuation that would hand Elon roughly $625 billion in new wealth overnight.
Now here’s why I’m telling you this:
There’s a way to position yourself alongside Elon before he cashes in on this record-breaking payday. Not after…not on IPO day when everyone else piles in… before.
I recorded a full breakdown of this trade — what the ticker is, why I believe it could rival my Tesla call, and exactly how to set it up before the SpaceX IPO hits.
But this window has an expiration date. Once SpaceX officially goes public, this setup disappears.
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Dear Reader,
Dr. Mark Skousen here.
You want to know what makes me furious?
Watching the same scam play out over and over.
A company like SpaceX could go public any day now… in what Bloomberg is touting as “the biggest IPO of ALL TIME.”
And who is allowed to get in early?
The hedge fund guys. The Goldman partners. The private equity sharks. The same people who’ve already won the game ten times over.
They gobble up shares at pre-IPO prices… where around 95% of the gains are made.
Then they open the gates to everyone else — after they’ve already locked in their fortunes.
Regular investors get the leftovers. The scraps.
I’ve been fortunate…
Early in my career, I made the right connections. CIA directors. I’ve met four US presidents. Wall Street power players. The types of people who can get you in Pre-IPO.
I’ve had a seat at the table my whole life. And it’s made me wealthy.
But I’m 77 years old now.
I’m tired of watching good people get shut out of opportunities that could change their lives.
So when I heard SpaceX could be getting ready for a $1.5 TRILLION IPO… I decided to pay it forward.
Today, I’m prepared to share an “access code” that lets my readers grab a pre-IPO stake in SpaceX. Before Elon’s big announcement. Before the feeding frenzy. Before regular investors get shut out again.
For once, the door is open. And I’m holding it for you.
Dr. Mark Skousen Macroeconomic Strategist, The Oxford Club
P.S. After meeting Elon face-to-face and conducting my own due diligence… Im now convinced he’ll announce the IPO any day now. Don’t miss your shot at life-changing returns. Click here before this window closes forever.
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Please read the following message from our friends at The Oxford Club
Dear Reader,
Dr. Mark Skousen here.
You want to know what makes me furious?
Watching the same scam play out over and over.
A company like SpaceX could go public any day now… in what Bloomberg is touting as “the biggest IPO of ALL TIME.”
And who is allowed to get in early?
The hedge fund guys. The Goldman partners. The private equity sharks. The same people who’ve already won the game ten times over.
They gobble up shares at pre-IPO prices… where around 95% of the gains are made.
Then they open the gates to everyone else — after they’ve already locked in their fortunes.
Regular investors get the leftovers. The scraps.
I’ve been fortunate…
Early in my career, I made the right connections. CIA directors. I’ve met four US presidents. Wall Street power players. The types of people who can get you in Pre-IPO.
I’ve had a seat at the table my whole life. And it’s made me wealthy.
But I’m 77 years old now.
I’m tired of watching good people get shut out of opportunities that could change their lives.
So when I heard SpaceX could be getting ready for a $1.5 TRILLION IPO… I decided to pay it forward.
Today, I’m prepared to share an “access code” that lets my readers grab a pre-IPO stake in SpaceX. Before Elon’s big announcement. Before the feeding frenzy. Before regular investors get shut out again.
For once, the door is open. And I’m holding it for you.
Dr. Mark Skousen Macroeconomic Strategist, The Oxford Club
P.S. After meeting Elon face-to-face and conducting my own due diligence… Im now convinced he’ll announce the IPO any day now. Don’t miss your shot at life-changing returns. Click here before this window closes forever.
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Somewhere in rural Georgia lives the greatest stock trader nobody knows about.
He makes more money before breakfast than most people make in a year.
You’d never know it by looking at him…
He drives a ten-year-old car.
He buys his coffee at the same gas station every morning.
His neighbors probably figure he got lucky with crypto a few years back. Or won a small lawsuit.
Because every month, enough money hits his account to make the bank teller do a double-take.
The fact is…
Over the past four years, he’s raked in nearly $3 million in trading profits — from a starting stake of just $37,000.
That works out to a 7,200% return.
The kind of performance that would put him in the same breath as the greatest hedge fund managers alive.
He’s never worked a day on Wall Street. Never given an interview. Never sought an ounce of public attention.
But for years now, he’s been quietly exploiting a bizarre pricing anomaly that flashes across his screen in the minutes before the opening bell — a market hiccup that repeats like clockwork, and that almost nobody knows how to exploit.
He insists he’s no guru. Says he just stumbled onto something.
So why — after years of total anonymity — is he finally coming forward?
Because the Trump administration just cracked open the exact conditions that make his strategy work. And he says the next six months could be the most lucrative window he’s ever seen.
He agreed to one interview. He’s not doing a media tour. He’s not selling a book. He’s not hawking trading software.
For a full hour, a self-taught millionaire breaks down exactly how he spots these trades, why most Wall Street pros will never see them, and how you can start using his approach as early as tomorrow morning.
P.S. His system flagged a new signal this week. If he’s right, the move could come as early as tomorrow at 11AM ET. I’d watch this before then.
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Not for Elon, he’ll pocket around $625 billion overnight. He’ll be fine.
Not for the Wall Street banks who underwrote the deal. They got their slice months ago. They’ll be fine too.
The ones who get hurt? Regular people. Those who show up on IPO day, buy at the top, and spend the next six months wondering what went wrong.
I’m not going to sugarcoat this — if your plan is to buy SpaceX like everyone else on opening day, you are the exit liquidity.
That’s the game. That’s how it’s always been.
But here’s what pisses me off: it doesn’t have to be that way. Not this time.
There’s a pre-IPO SpaceX play available right now that almost nobody is talking about. A way to get positioned before the herd stampedes in on day one.
I’m not talking about some waitlist only insiders and millionaires can get on. I’m talking about something you can do today, from a regular brokerage account.
But I’ll be blunt — this won’t last. Once SpaceX begins trading on public markets, this window slams shut.
These are blue-chip companies with fortress balance sheets, elite dividend track records, and the staying power to outperform in bull and bear markets alike.
Some are Dividend Kings, others are on the path there, and all are proven wealth compounding machines.
While everyone obsessed over Iran headlines this week, something extraordinary happened in the data. Small-cap stocks just delivered their most decisive three-day performance since the 2021 reopening trade—and institutional flow patterns suggest this isn’t a head fake.
The Russell 2000’s +3.59% Friday surge capped a week where small-caps outpaced the S&P by 280 basis points. That’s the largest small-cap premium week since March 2021, when reopening euphoria drove similar rotations.
SMALL-CAP SURGE METRICS
Russell 2000 3-Day Gain:+4.7%
S&P 500 Same Period:+1.9%
Size Premium:+2.8%
The breadth numbers tell an even more compelling story. Small-cap participation rates hit their highest levels since Q1 2021, while institutional options flow shifted decisively toward Russell exposure. This isn’t retail FOMO—this is systematic reallocation.
Investor Signal:
Small-cap outperformance weeks this decisive historically cluster at the start of new market phases, not at their end. The three-day magnitude suggests institutional validation of the rotation thesis.
Russell 2000 breaks out of 6-month consolidation with massive volume surge
The sector leadership patterns this week revealed exactly why small-caps are breaking out. Industrials surged +1.03% Friday alone, leading all major sectors while traditional large-cap defensives lagged. This isn’t random—it’s the signature of a domestic growth rotation.
Small-cap industrials carry 73% domestic revenue exposureversus just 41% for their large-cap peers. When industrial demand accelerates, smaller players capture disproportionate upside. Friday’s XLI performance validated exactly this dynamic.
SECTOR ROTATION SIGNALS
XLI (Industrials):+1.03%
XLY (Consumer Disc):+1.73%
XLK (Technology):+0.27%
Investor Signal:
Consumer discretionary’s +1.73%Friday surge confirms the domestic demand thesis. Small-cap retailers and service providers are positioned for outsized gains when consumer spending accelerates.
The options flow data supports this rotation narrative. Small-cap ETF option volumes surged 340% above normal Friday, with institutional buyers dominating call spreads in the 2,650-2,700 strike range for June expiration.
What makes this rotation particularly compelling is the earnings revision cycle. Small-cap forward estimates have been rising faster than large-cap estimates for three consecutive weeks—the first such streak since early 2021. Analysts are finally catching up to the fundamental improvement in smaller companies.
EARNINGS REVISION TREND
Russell 2000 Forward PE:16.7x
S&P 500 Forward PE:21.4x
Valuation Discount:22%
Investor Signal:
The 22% valuation discount between small and large-caps sits near historical extremes. When combined with accelerating earnings revisions, this creates the conditions for sustained small-cap outperformance.
Next week brings Q2 earnings season and institutional rebalancing flows that could amplify this small-cap rotation. Historical patterns show that size premium breakouts in April often persist through June, particularly when supported by fundamental improvements.
The key catalyst levels to watch: Russell 2000 above 2,650 would trigger systematic buying from trend-following funds, while industrial sector momentum above the 50-day moving average confirms the domestic growth narrative.
KEY LEVELS TO MONITOR
Russell 2000 Breakout:2,650+
XLI 50-Day MA:$169.80
Small/Large Cap Ratio:0.386+
The size premium revival represents more than a tactical trade—it signals a potential shift in market leadership that could define the next quarter. For investors who missed the initial small-cap breakout, pullbacks to the 2,600 level offer strategic entry opportunities.
Investor Signal:
The combination of valuation discounts, earnings revisions, and institutional flow patterns suggests this small-cap rotation has room to run. Monitor industrial strength and consumer discretionary momentum as confirmation signals.
Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow.
— David Mercer, Senior Market AnalystP.S. While everyone’s chasing the Russell rally, I’ve been digging into why certain small-cap sectors are moving differently than the models predicted. There’s a specific corner of the market that institutional money is quietly positioning in ahead of what could be a major policy shift—and most retail investors have no clue it’s happening.
Earlier this week, after months of work with the TradeSmith engineers, my brother Andy and I finally put our newest earnings trading system to the test. Andy zeroed in on Chewy (CHWY) – a stock we’d just closed for a 97% win two days earlier – and clicked a single button.
The system scanned every available trade setup in real time… found the best one… sized it to his account… and displayed the full trade setup: what to buy, what to sell, and all the risks involved.
The whole thing took about four seconds.
He looked at me and said: “I can’t tell you how excited this makes me.”
Andy and I have been trading earnings for more than 40 years combined.
We’ve recommended more than 1,800 earnings trades to our subscribers, each backed by our consumer data engine, LikeFolio.
And on average – counting winners and losers – these trades produced a gain of 14.8%.
Tonight, a new season kicks off. And now, armed with this new software upgrade, we’re more ready than ever.
By the end of today’s issue, you’ll learn how you can get your hands on it… and trade an earnings report with an average winning gain of 33% that’s coming up this week.
But first, let me show you what our earnings strategy is and why it works.
Today, we’re sharing a “forecast calendar” for 2026. It shows you when the biggest stock jumps could occur this year – to the day – with an 83% backtested accuracy. Last year alone, you could have doubled your money 13 times with it across our work. We urge you to use it by April 15 to prepare for a colossal event coming to stocks.
The Social Edge in Trading Earnings
Four times a year, every public company reports its numbers – and stock moves around those reports can be enormous.
Research published in the Journal of Financial Economics has shown that price swings around earnings can run up to 30 times larger than average daily moves.
Andy and I have spent over two decades trading earnings season, using consumer demand signals to read which way a stock is likely to move before a single number hits.
We do this with our LikeFolio Data Engine – a system we built over two decades that tracks millions of data points across social media posts, web traffic, app downloads, and search queries every single day.
It measures what consumers are actually doing – buying, browsing, talking about brands online – and distills all of that activity into a clear read on whether demand for a company’s products is rising or falling.
When that consumer signal diverges from where a stock is trading heading into earnings, it’s often a sign the market has it wrong. That’s the edge we trade on.
But knowing which way a stock will move is only half the battle. To profit from earnings, you also need to act fast – and you need the right kind of trade.
Why We Use Options – and Why That Used to Be the Hard Part
When a stock reports earnings, it can swing 5%, 10%, even 20% in a single session. If you’re trading the stock itself, you’re exposed to the full force of that move in either direction.
But with a properly structured options trade, you know your maximum loss before you ever click “buy.”
You also don’t need to be right about how much the stock moves – just the direction.
And because options are cheaper to enter than buying shares outright, you can spread your capital across multiple earnings trades each week instead of going all in on a single stock.
Still, even for a veteran trader, turning an earnings signal into a live options trade was cumbersome.
Our consumer demand data told you which direction a stock would move. Our strategy told you what type of trade to place.
But then you’d dig through an options chain, run the sizing math in your head, structure the trade manually, and enter everything into your brokerage – all while the market was moving.
Each step is a chance to make a mistake. And during earnings season, mistakes are expensive.
Our new Earnings Season Passdashboard was built to solve exactly that – bringing everything an investor needs into one place, so nothing gets lost in translation between the signal and the trade.
Let me show you how it works…
From Signal to Trade in Four Seconds
Let’s say Netflix (NFLX) – the first major name of this earnings season, reporting Thursday, April 16 – shows up on our Scorecard with a strong directional signal.
In the old world, you’d open the Scorecard, note the signal, then leave the platform entirely.
You’d pull up your brokerage, search through Netflix’s options chain, find the right strike prices, calculate your position size, build the spread by hand, double-check the math, and place the order.
That process could take 10 to 15 minutes if you knew what you were doing – longer if you didn’t.
Now, you click a button and the system does the rest. It scans every available option in real time, finds the best spread, sizes the position to your account, and shows you exactly what to pay, what you stand to gain, and where you’re protected on the downside.
When you’re ready, you copy the trade setup and paste it directly into your brokerage.
Andy put it best: “Now I can just click a button and execute with confidence.” Coming from someone who’s built thousands of these trades by hand, that’s not a small thing.
Knowing When to Trust the Signal
Speed is one thing, but knowing which trade to pick is another.
Not every stock behaves the same. Some names line up cleanly with our data – consumer-facing brands whose customers talk openly online about what they’re buying, what they love, and what they’re ditching.
Others are harder to call – driven by things our data doesn’t weigh as heavily, like currency swings or management guidance.
For years, the only way to know the distinction was experience. Now it’s built into the dashboard.
In the new Earnings Scorecard, every stock we cover gets a historical performance score based on how predictive our signals have actually been over time.
Hover over it and you see the full picture: total trades, wins, losses, and whether there’s a streak running.
That’s what shows us that when we’ve been right on NFLX in the past, it’s produced a 33% gain on the options trade our system sets up.
Or take Oxford Industries (OXM) – the company behind brands like Tommy Bahama and Lilly Pulitzer. That stock has produced five wins in a row.
When consumers talk about buying a new Lilly dress or a Tommy shirt, that purchase intent shows up in our data long before it shows up in a quarterly report – exactly the kind of signal our system is built to catch across more than 500 million data points every day.
Or take Chewy – the online pet retailer whose customers are famously vocal about every purchase, every subscription box, every bag of kibble.
That loyalty shows up in our data consistently, which is why Chewy was sitting at a 71% historical win rate before our most recent 97% win.
Now compare that to a stock where the history is thinner or less consistent. You don’t have to guess. You can just pass.
How You Can Take Advantage
Every week this earnings season – starting tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern– the dashboard updates with a fresh Scorecard.
Members will see every company reporting in the days ahead, scored and ranked before they step up to report, with the trade already there to build the moment you’re ready to act.
Our members aren’t just reacting to earnings – they’re positioned ahead of them.
Netflix (NFLX) is up on Thursday – the first major report of the season. When the Scorecard drops tonight, Earnings Season Pass members will already know which way we think Netflix moves, why we think that, and exactly how to structure the trade – days before the company reports a single number.
Go here now to make sure tonight’s Scorecard lands in your TradeSmith account at 7 p.m. Eastern – right on time for Week 1.
Cheers,
Landon Swan Founder, LikeFolio
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The S&P 500 dropped. The Nasdaq dropped harder. Gold dropped too.
But a small group of traders had the chance to collect $5,145 that same day.
They didn’t predict the war. They didn’t have insider knowledge. They didn’t short the market.
They simply followed a three-step strategydesigned to profit from big up-and-down moves in the gold market.
The man behind it is a former hedge fund manager whose fund generated $274 million in profits and was ranked in the top 1% worldwide by Barron’s.
He calls the strategy “Gold Skimming.”
And he says what’s happening in the gold markets right now – the Iran war, the wild swings, the uncertainty – is creating the biggest skimming opportunities of his career.
The next big opportunity could come as soon as tomorrow.
That’s why he’s just released a short presentation explaining exactly how Gold Skimming works.
You have to see this for yourself before the chaos calms.
RJ Hamster 