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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The war in Iran continues… The market doesn’t expect it to end soon… The promise of more oil was not enough… Rates might not go lower anymore… Oracle has gotten the message… Buyer beware…
Updates from the Middle East keep coming fast…
We went to bed reading about Iranian drone attacks continuing, with reported strikes on three tankers near the Strait of Hormuz and at Dubai’s airport… Then we woke up to news about Iran threatening to “target economic centers and banks” linked to the U.S. and Israel.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump gave another interview today, saying the war would end “soon” because there was “practically nothing left to target.”
He’s talking about the military infrastructure, most likely.
But, clearly, with Iranian attacks ongoing across the Persian Gulf, it now looks like a regional war is underway… And nobody seems sure what Iranian leadership will look like tomorrow or weeks from now.
As we wrote just earlier this week, the market is showing some “less bad” signs. But the markets remain volatile. And for yet another day, it didn’t look like investors expected things to settle down anytime soon.
The promise of more oil was not enough…
When it comes to market impact, it’s all about oil (and gas)… Roughly a quarter of the world’s typical seaborne oil supply has stopped. Energy production has stopped in many cases, too, including at Qatar’s key natural gas facility.
This morning brought some relief from the International Energy Agency (“IEA”), which coordinates oil reserve policy among 32 nations, including the U.S. The IEA announced plans for the release of 400 million barrels of oil reserves, which is about a third of all the members’ emergency stockpiles.
That may sound like a lot. But before the war, that much oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz every three weeks… And we’re more than a week into the conflict already.
Also, details about the IEA’s plan are hazy.
Its announcement said that “the emergency stocks will be made available to the market over a timeframe that is appropriate to the national circumstances of each Member country and will be supplemented by additional emergency measures by some countries.”
Sounds to an objective observer like “everyone for themselves.” In any case, the news didn’t ease market concerns and arguably heightened them. Oil prices are actually higher over the past day, by about 5% for both West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude.
As we go to press, they trade at around $88 and $92 per barrel, respectively. The major U.S. stock indexes were little changed to slightly lower… with the energy sector of the S&P 500 the lone significant gainer, up 2.5%.
At least inflation hasn’t been a surprise (yet)…
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the consumer price index (“CPI”) rose 0.3% in February from the prior month and 2.4% year over year. On a core basis, stripping out energy and fuel prices, the CPI rose 0.2% month over month and 2.5% year over year.
All four of those readings were in line with what Wall Street expected. At a 2.4% headline increase, February’s reading matches January’s for the lowest reading since last May.
So, on first glance, the inflation data was exactly what the market would want. Lower inflation would bolster the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, as investors have been craving. But today, stocks remained lower anyway…
A big reason is that while February’s inflation reading appeared fine, it also marks a baseline for a likely worse-off report next month. And investors are already looking ahead to what may come next.
The recent surge in oil prices means more inflation…
In February, the CPI’s energy component rose 0.6% from the prior month and 0.5% from February 2025. That’s already about a 6% annualized pace. And next month, higher energy costs will show up in CPI numbers even more.
With West Texas Intermediate crude prices around $88 per barrel today, oil is up more than 15% from the end of March last year. And gasoline, which fell 5.6% year over year in February, is up more than 16% from a year ago, according to AAA.
Already, the Cleveland Fed – which runs an inflation “nowcast” – projects the CPI will climb back up to near 2.9% year over year for March’s reading.
And if the tensions with Iran send oil prices back to $100 per barrel in the next couple weeks, energy prices could drive inflation higher… which wouldn’t be good news for the broader economy.
One estimate from Apollo Global Management Chief Economist Torsten Slok is that $100 oil would boost headline inflation by 0.7 percentage points. That would put it closer to 4% than 3%, to say nothing of the Fed’s supposed 2% target.
That puts the Fed in a tough spot…
For months, we’ve been sounding alarm bells about stagflation – high inflation and high unemployment. The Fed’s typical solutions to these problems would contradict each other…
To combat rising unemployment, the Fed would typically lower rates. And as we’ve seen in the past couple of years, the Fed has raised rates with the intention of bringing inflation lower.
But right now, the Fed is worried about both higher inflation and higher unemployment. It has been in “wait and see” mode to figure out how or if it should act.
The market expects this “do nothing” stance to continue at the Fed’s policy meeting next Wednesday. Federal-funds futures traders see a 99% chance that the Fed will keep the fed-funds rate the same, according to CME FedWatch.
But we’ll be watching the Fed’s quarterly Summary of Economic Projections, due to be released as well. This is the quarterly exercise where the Fed gives its estimates for inflation, unemployment, and economic growth.
Jerome Powell’s term as Fed chair is winding down in May. Still, these projections will be important as they could provide clarity for what the Fed may or may not do before Powell hands over the reins.
Recall that Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh, who still needs to be confirmed by the Senate. Barring surprises with Warsh’s nomination, which are entirely possible, next week’s meeting is just one of two chances (along with April’s meeting) for Powell’s decisions and words to have an impact.
Our bet is that Powell signals no moves coming over the next few months while the Fed continues to wait and see what happens with inflation and employment, not wanting to rock the boat. As our colleague Mike Barrett wrote in his Select Value Opportunitiesweekly updatetoday…
Outgoing Fed Chair Jerome Powell will resist changing monetary policy, regardless of the worsening outlook for employment and inflation. He’ll likely leave any decisions to presumptive incoming chair Kevin Warsh, who should lead his first meeting on June 16.
But the breakout of the war in Iran sets up an interesting situation come June… and the market’s next problem.
As we’ve been writing about for the past year, the market has grown to expect lower interest rates once a new Fed chair is installed in May. But the case for cutting rates in a few months likely won’t be justified as it once was.
The bond market may be starting to show that. Today, U.S. Treasury rates moved higher across the curve… The 10-year yield reached 4.2% and the 2-year moved above 3.6%, hitting a six-month high. Further moves higher could take a bite out of stock prices.
So prepare for more volatility ahead… not just from Iran headlines, but now from how the Fed handles it, too.
An update on our AI canary…
As we’ve discussed for months, we’re tracking cloud-computing giant Oracle (ORCL) as a possible “canary in the AI coal mine“… Its performance could signal what to expect or be cautious about moving ahead.
We first got skeptical after a nearly 40% one-day spike in Oracle shares after a quarterly earnings report back in September. The company had projected growth that didn’t seem sustainable or justified given its reliance on “remaining performance obligations,” or contracted revenue that the company hasn’t received yet.
And, since then, Oracle has become increasingly dependent on debt to fuel AI growth plans… without the profitable payoffs investors can envision from other “hyperscalers.”
As our colleague and True Wealth editor Brett Eversole predicted in his presentation at our annual conference in October, Oracle may need to “go cash-flow negative” and borrow around $100 billion over the next three to five years.
And last month, Oracle took steps to prove that prediction correct. It announced plans to raise up to $50 billion in 2026 to build out cloud infrastructure for its big-name AI clients like OpenAI, Nvidia (NVDA), and Meta Platforms (META).
These expenses come even while Oracle’s cash flows are a concern. Wall Street analysts expect its free cash flow to run a $20 billion deficit in each of the next three years.
Fellow hyperscalers like Meta, Alphabet (GOOGL), and Microsoft (MSFT) produce loads of free cash flow from their existing core businesses. So they can make expensive AI investments without this deep level of debt.
Oracle has revenue coming down the road, but its cloud build-out – which it needs to meet AI demand, current and future – is happening right now.
Oracle’s shares have fallen about 50% since its all-time high in September as more investors have figured out this dynamic. It sounds like Oracle has gotten the message…
Numbers and words…
After posting strong third-quarter earnings last night, Oracle execs suggested on the company’s earnings call with Wall Street analysts that they don’t plan to borrow more money, this year at least, beyond what the company has already announced.
“Investing in AI infrastructure is capital-intensive, but our operating model is optimized to ensure profitability,” Oracle CEO Clayton Magouyrk said.
Take him at his word, I guess? Some people did. Oracle shares rose about 9% today, but buyer beware.
As Stansberry’s Credit Opportunitieseditor Mike DiBiase wrote in an update for his subscribers in December…
The only way Oracle can afford its infrastructure build-out is by borrowing. That means tens of billions of dollars of new debt.
Anyone buying Oracle stock today is betting on everything going right in two areas… Oracle’s business (like its backlog of orders generating enough profits in the future) and the AI story in general. But we remain skeptical.
Even with today’s rise, Oracle shares are still down 50% from September. And they remain below their 50-day and 200-day moving averages, technical indicators of short- and long-term trends…
At the same time, our proprietary Stansberry Score for Oracle comes in at a 64 out of 100, with a “D” grade for valuation. There are better things to buy than Oracle shares if you’re looking to put new money to work today.
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Jeff Brown believes Nvidia is about to trigger a major crash on March 16. In fact, he says it’s a “sure thing.” During a special event tomorrow, March 12, he’s going to reveal why this upcoming crash is a feature of the AI boom – not a bug – why the recent volatility is just the beginning, the name and ticker of a wildly popular AI stock that could crash, the stock that could see huge gains, and more… By tomorrow, click this link to register.
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In today’s mailbag, we’ve had a few more folks asking about a replay of Ten Stock Trader editor Greg Diamond’s 2026 Market Crash Summit. If you missed the debut of the event yesterday, you can watch it at your convenience here…
Also, as always, Greg’s existing Ten Stock Trader subscribers and Stansberry Alliance members have access to all his work here…
And stay tuned to the Digest for more about his latest outlook. We’ll have a special Q&A with Greg tomorrow.
All the best,
Corey McLaughlin with Nick Koziol Baltimore, Maryland March 11, 2026
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^ These gains occurred with a partial position in the respective stocks. * Editor Dave Lashmet closed the first leg of this Nvidia position in November 2016 for a gain of about 108%. Then, he closed the second leg in July 2020 for a 777% return. And finally, in May 2022, he booked a 1,466% return on the final leg. Subscribers who followed his advice on Nvidia could’ve recorded a total weighted average gain of more than 600%.
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Managing Editor’s Note: Tomorrow afternoon, Jeff’s diving into Nvidia’s big announcement that he believes is about to trigger a crash…
One that could send many popular AI companies spiraling.
The announcement is coming on March 16 – less than a week away… so be sure to tune in to hear about the catalyst for the crash… and how you can prepare before it strikes.
Before computers as we know them today were invented, they existed in a different form.
A computer was actually a job title for one who computes.
Harvard “Computers”, circa 1890
Naturally, every computation was done by hand in the absence of semiconductors.
Productivity was limited, as was output, and there was no possibility of exponential growth.
But the one metric whereby the human brain continues to outperform the most advanced computers of today is in its power efficiency.
The human brain operates at roughly 1 exaFLOPs, which is roughly equivalent to the Frontier supercomputer – currently the No. 2-ranked supercomputer in the world.
But it does so at only 20 watts of power.
That compares to the 21 mega watts required to operate Frontier.
That means that the human brain requires about 1 million times less power than a supercomputer – a remarkable difference in power efficiency.
This factor has been the motivation for some to pursue the development of biological computers, in hopes that powerful supercomputers can be built and operate on a tiny fraction of the power required by today’s data centers.
A Biological Breakthrough?
Making waves around the internet in the last week was a development at Cortical Labs, a private biological computing company in Australia.
The media loved it, with splashy headlines like, “Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week.”
Source: Cortical Labs
According to the announcement, not only did the “human brains on a chip” learn to play the computer game Doom in a week…
It did so… consuming significantly less energy than today’s computer chips.
There is some truth to what was announced.
But there is a whole lot of context that was left out.
Devil in the Details
Cortical Labs has been developing a biological computing system based on human brain cells.
Specifically, it develops human neurons that have been derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Yes, this could certainly raise some ethical concerns, specifically if the neurons were sentient. But there is certainly no evidence that they are.
Putting that aside, Cortical Labs developed its CL1 biological computer, which has – at its core – a biological semiconductor that contains about 200,000 neurons.
The CL1 system shown below is designed to power the biological semiconductor and keep the neurons alive for up to six months.
We can think of the unit as a life support system for the neurons.
For comparison, however, a human brain has about 86 billion neurons, so the CL1 has about 0.0002% of the horsepower of our human brain.
Cortical Labs developed an interface for its biological computing platform that enables a developer to use the software programming language Python to utilize the CL1 system.
And collaborating with another software developer, Cortical’s biological computer was used to play the computer game Doom, which was a huge game back in 1993, a game that I well remember playing myself.
Again, the media misinterpreted the development as human brain cells learned how to play a computer game, but the details matter.
Cortical Labs figured out a way to map the video feed of the game into patterns of electrical stimulation, which they could feed to the human neurons.
When the neurons were exposed to the electrical stimulation, they would spike in response and then respond with some kind of electrical signal.
There was no way for the CL1 and the neurons to “see” the gameplay at all.
It was just an electrical response to an electrical stimulus.
After a week of training, the human neurons were capable of some level of learning.
They could eventually seek out an enemy in the game, shoot, and navigate the mazes in the game.
But, by the company’s own admission, after the training, the biological computer “plays like a beginner,” showing only a slight improvement over completely random play.
To be very clear: It had no understanding of the game, no ability to plan ahead or be strategic with the game, and no path towards gaining the ability to play anywhere near a human level.
It was nothing more than a feedback loop demonstration – just an interesting research project.
And yet, Bloomberg interpreted the development as “an experiment that could one day challenge chips from companies like NVIDIA.”
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An Interesting Experiment… and Just That
No, that’s not going to happen.
It is an interesting scientific experiment, probably better suited for an academic institution rather than a company in the private sector.
As we’ve been tracking closely in The Bleeding Edge for a decade, the cost-per-unit of compute using advanced semiconductor technology has been declining exponentially.
And that pace has been accelerating in the last few years.
Far more important to both industry and governments is how to scale computational performance at an accelerated pace.
There is no priority whatsoever to reduce overall power consumption.
Everyone knows that to achieve productivity gains and economic growth, computational resources must increase, and with that, so must energy production.
The well-proven adage that there are no high-income low-energy countries rings true.
All rich countries have an abundance of energy.
Scaling the Cortical Labs system is not economical, nor is it operationally efficient.
Growing, maintaining, and replacing (every six months or less) a data center of billions of neurons is arguably impossible.
And employing an electrical feedback loop system like this for meaningful computational tasks is completely unproven.
We should also keep in mind that the game Doom was so simple that it ran on a computer system with just 4 MB of RAM and a 386 processor, which is less powerful than some calculators available today.
Given these stark realities, what was the point of this announcement then?
And why all the fuss?
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Back in 2021, Cortical Labs did something similar with an earlier version of its biological computer.
It “trained” its system to play an even simpler game – Pong – as a proof of concept.
It used that development to eventually raise about $10 million in early 2023 to continue its research.
My guess is that Cortical Labs is getting very low on funds.
The timing of the announcement and media coverage is an obvious marketing tactic used to try to raise its next round of private funding.
While it may find some takers, an investment like this makes no sense at all.
For brain-inspired computing, a far more interesting and viable approach comes in the form of neuromorphic computing – designed to mimic the human brain and its neurons without having the difficulties associated with having to manage and care for living brain cells.
The other exciting alternative is semiconductor companies that are using analog semiconductor designs for AI inference that have dramatically lower energy use, like Unconventional AI, Mythic, and EnCharge AI.
These approaches are where the investment dollars will flow… because they can scale at the speed of semiconductor technology.
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About a year ago, a veteran Wall Street analyst made a bold call.
Not just that the market would struggle in 2026… but when the turning point could happen.
Marc Chaikin pointed to mid-March 2026 as the window where stocks could peak before a meaningful correction.
Now we’re just days away from that date.
At the same time, we’re seeing unusual volatility… rising oil prices… weakening job numbers… and cracks forming beneath the surface of the market.
Even some of the biggest tech names investors rely on are already sliding.
Is this prediction starting to play out in real time?
In this interview, he explains why the second year of the presidential cycle often triggers market turbulence—and the 3 steps investors can take right now to protect their portfolios.
It’s a calm, data-driven perspective on what could be coming next.
You may want to see it.
Bridget Bennett MarketBeat
P.S. If you want to see how Marc Chaikin identifies which stocks look strong and which ones investors may want to avoid, you can check out his Power Gauge system by clicking here.
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From TradingTips: Every morning before the market opens, an AI scoring engine analyzes 357 stocks across 6 dimensions — the same dimensions used by the world’s greatest investors. Buffett-style quality. Deep value. Macro trends. Upcoming catalysts. Smart money flow. Technicals. Each stock gets a score from 0 to 10. The top 10 make the list.
From Darwin: Market volatility hasn’t disappeared — but investor behavior has changed. Instead of chasing broad rallies, capital is increasingly flowing toward areas showing clear demand, real-world adoption, and long-term relevance. Artificial intelligence continues to stand out on all three fronts. Across earnings calls and corporate spending plans, AI investment is no longer theoretical. It’s being deployed, measured, and expanded — even as other sectors lose momentum. That shift is creating selective opportunities for investors paying attention.
From The Financial Newsletter: FREE Report: 4 “America First” Stocks Poised to Soar Under Trump’s New Tariffs President Trump’s second term is officially underway—and during his first 100 days are already delivering bold moves on tariffs, energy, defense, and trade.
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Many of you know that this year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. Over the years, the Hayner Center has been a place where our community gathers to enjoy music, art, classes, and special events.
To celebrate this milestone, we will be hosting a 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Ball, and I hope you will join us for the celebration.
It will be a wonderful evening to gather with friends of the Hayner and celebrate the role this historic home has played in our community over the past five decades.
Seating is limited, so I encourage you to reserve your place soon.
