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Alpha Report Issue #53
Next Week Is Make Or BREAK!
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-Brandon
Today’s Heat Map👇

Friday January 24, 2025 RECAP👇
Market edged down a little bit today.
This is just day to day volatility.
All eyes are on BIG tech earnings next week.
More on this below.
Fear & Greed Index For Today👇
46 Yesterday & 49 Today.
Market dipped a little today and kept us in the neutral category according to this index.
I feel that we are closer to 60 vs what this says, so slightly greedy…
Always keep your emotions in check on pumps & dumps!
Short term market movements are usually irrelevant.
Volatility is opportunity.
Be greedy when others are fearful.
Be fearful when others are greedy.

The real flex is making more money wearing shorts than the people wearing suits.
Move the needle and get there
— Investing With Brandon (@Invest_Brandon)
7:00 PM • Jan 24, 2025
Today’s Economic Updates👇
30 year fixed mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% today vs 7.08% Yesterday.
10 year treasury bond yield falls to 4.61% today, vs 4.64% Yesterday.
2 year treasury bond yield falls to 4.26% today, vs 4.29% Yesterday.
Next Week Is BIG👇
Next week we get highly anticipated earnings from companies like Sofi, Tesla, Microsoft, Meta, & Apple.
Most of these companies make up a good chunk of the S&P500 index.
The top 10 companies in the SP500 index are almost all tech and compose over 35% of the index!
This matters! We need to see strength in the numbers and guidance to keep the bull market alive.

This shows the top 10 holdings in the S&P500 by weight. Don’t worry about shares held, that is just specific to the SPY ETF that tracks the SP500.
Interesting/concerning fact: In 2024, the "Magnificent Seven" Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla were responsible for more than half of the S&P 500's 25% gain.
So this can make or break the market!
At a time that I feel the market is a little expensive & bond yields are a little high for comfort, this can set the tone for the market!
Let’s talk super quick about the big dogs next week.
SOFI👇
Sofi has been a high flying financial tech company but it has a lofty valuation.
It needs to beat and give solid guidance for investors to feel confident in pushing up the price higher.
Sofi trades for about 145 forward PE ratio.
Chase bank trades for about 14 forward PE ratio.
I understand Sofi is growing faster, but it is trading at 10x the valuation of Chase… (lofty)
TESLA👇
Tesla, well there is a lot going on there…
Elon & trump bromance, FSD, Optimus, New model Y, ect…
Tesla is potentially going to be one of the most transformational companies in the next 10 years, and that sure is priced into its valuation…
Tesla forward PE is around 150…
Tesla needs to show us that FSD unsupervised is close and Optimus is on track to have real world use cases to justify this valuation.
MICROSOFT👇
All eyes will be on Microsoft and the cloud growth.
It is a fat margin business and investors are going to wanna see strong guidance.
This guide will also help us get a picture of what other companies like Nvidia and AMD can do cause they are related in the AI field.
Microsoft trades for a 35 forward PE.
Not super high, but the growth needs to be there and guidance…
META👇
Meta, well they are doing some interesting things and the stock has been pumping like CRAZY the last few years.
The bulk of their revenue is from ads on their platforms, but Zuck is working on this new AI glasses tech that is pretty interesting…
Will this be the iPhone to the blackberry? Will this eventually be the future and dwarf apple? Maybe!
Meta trades for a 28 forward PE ratio.
APPLE👇
Last of the majors is Apple.
I am not a big fan of apple, even though I have a bunch of their products.
They are the best and most easy to use, but there is no innovation.
You can only sit as top dog for so long until someone else comes out with something that kicks you off the top spot.
Kill or be killed for apple.
Of course I do not think this is going to happen in the next few years, but the revenue growth of the company has been basically flat for the last few years..
EPS goes up, but that is cause they buy back a bunch of stock.
Apple trades for a 30 forward PE.
KEY THINGS TO LOOK FOR👇
EPS growth, Revenue growth, & Guidance are HUGE.
That is where I start when it comes to making a play on a company.
Valuations, moat, pricing power, durable competitive advantage, & balance sheet health are some of the other things I look at too.
I have a detailed system with a flow of how I do this.
I incorporate a few simple charts into this to plot where the stock is at relative to earnings to have a good picture to know if it is undervalued and can move higher.
I will be breaking all of this down in real time in course members only discord!
But you gotta be a course member to get in!
The course is about 7 hours of detailed video content walking you through my EXACT process that scaled me to millions in 5 years, plus options blueprint that generates me over 30k/mo in cash flow in a low risk way.
Economic Calendar👇
Economic Calendar For: Jan 27–31, 2025
All times in PST
Monday, Jan 27👇
SOFI earnings (pre market)
Tuesday, Jan 28👇
530a Durable Goods Orders
GM earnings (pre market)
Starbucks earnings (post market)
Wednesday, Jan 29👇
ASML earnings (pre market)
11a Fed Interest Rate Decision
11:30a Jerome Powell Press Conference
Tesla earnings (post market)
Microsoft earnings (post market)
Meta earnings (post market)
Thursday, Jan 30👇
UPS earnings (pre market)
Mastercard earnings (pre market)
530a GDP Data
530a Initial Jobless Claims
Apple earnings (post market)
Visa earnings (post market)
Intel earnings (post market)
Friday, Jan 31👇
Chevron earnings (pre market)
Exxon earnings (pre market)
530a PCE Data
530a Employment Cost Index
I will be breaking all of this down in real time in course members only discord!
Current Thoughts In My Head👇
The market feels a bit stretched—probably about 5-10% above intrinsic value.
Trump seems committed to keeping the economy strong and driving inflation down, which could provide stability if it actually pans out.
Earnings have been solid so far, which is exactly what’s needed to justify current stock valuations.
I’m not calling this a bubble, but let’s be real—things are a little frothy.
As always, be prepared for any scenario.
I’m an investor, not a speculator.
Words To Live By👇
Do not make plays to make plays.
ONLY make high margin of safety plays.
Do not buy something just cause the share price is going up
Continue to DCA into quality stocks/ETFs at good prices.
When you find undervalued companies, use options to magnify gains
Check out my links below for my course, free guides, & intrinsic value calculator!
👇Check Out My Links👇
(This is ONLY my free section of discord, you will not be able to see the course members section)

👇Price Targets For End Of Year 2025
(updated daily)
QQQ - $565
VOO - $575
IWM - $240
SOXX - $240
TSLA - $400
NVDA - $190
AAPL - $250
PLTR - $60
AMZN - $245
GOOG - $205
MSFT - $460
JPM - $260
TSM - $230
SOFI - $12
👇Price Targets For End Of Year 2030
QQQ - $830 (assuming 8% annual ROI)
VOO - $830 (assuming 7% annual ROI)
SOXX - $360 (assuming 8% annual ROI)
TSLA - $1,200 (assuming 18% annual ROI)
NVDA - $645 (assuming 25% annual ROI)
AAPL - $375 (assuming 7% annual ROI)
AMZN - $550 (assuming 15% annual ROI)
MSFT - $1,000 (assuming 15% annual ROI)
TSM - $660 (assuming 20% annual ROI)
(of course a lot of these will split, this is non split adjusted)
👇Current Value of My Trading Account👇
(updated daily)
👇Yearly Account Account Value
December 2018 - $0
December 2019 - $45,251
December 2020 - $150,191
December 2021 - $267,524
December 2022- $290,315
December 2023 - $506,223
December 2024 - $927,796
IN PROGRESS 2025 - $1,000,276

Screenshot from today. Just over a Mil. I do think the market is a little pricy so I would NOT be surprised if we pull back to $800k ish in this account. I am positioned to capitalize on upside and downside!
👇Portfolio Thoughts
Amazing growth from 2018 to Current all off of a total contribution of $90,000.
That is over a 10x in 7 years!
I did this in a very low risk and conservative way.
I feel the market got a little stretched and this pull back is healthy.
If bond yields continue to climb, I expect pain in the markets to continue.
I will continue to find great investments / options plays that will pan out to explode the portfolio in the long run.
Month to month and even year to year volatility is irrelevant.
I see volatility as opportunity!
My goal is $5,000,000 in this account by 2030.
I see this as very achievable and if the market dips further, I will capitalize heavily, just like I did in 2022!
Stay the course and keep your emotions in check!
👇How My Trades Have Performed Since 2023👇

Blue = Me, Black = Nasdaq, Orange = SP500 (you can see, I smoke the market year after year)