Today's American Stocks Pulse
Dow climbs nearly 200 points to record close as oil eases on Iran truce hopes
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped about 200 points, closing at a fresh all‑time high. The rally was driven by a pullback in oil prices after optimism surrounding a potential Iran truce. Markets remained cautious amid mixed political signals.
Tariff Uncertainty Weighs on U.S. Stocks and Business Leaders
The episode examines how renewed U.S. tariff uncertainty, sparked by President Trump's recent statements and a Supreme Court ruling, is rattling markets and leaving business leaders scrambling for clarity on refunds, consumer reactions, and legal strategies. It highlights the contrast between large multinationals, which have sophisticated trade‑parameter models, and smaller firms facing bewildering cost pressures, exemplified by a Pennsylvania bridal shop. The discussion also covers the fallout for pharma stocks, with Novo Nordisk slipping after a failed obesity drug trial versus Eli Lilly's gains, and raises concerns about Chinese AI firms allegedly copying Anthropic's Claude model through distillation, posing security and competitive risks.
S&P 500 Tests 100‑Day Support, Weekly Bearish Outlook
$SPX - We had a bearish reversal after hitting the 20 day MA on Friday but found support at the 100 day MA for the 3rd time in February. Closing below the 100 day MA may turn the weekly trend...
HalftimeReport Missed IBM Surge, Lost $30
Go to @HalftimeReport archives on $IBM recommendations (-$30 and -12%) Last sale $228 1. January 21, 2026 $295 and January 29, 2026 $308 Malcolm 2. Slink continuous over last six months (multiple prices, all much higher than last sale) Not ad hominem. That...
TMTB: Buyside Bogeys for the Week (DOCN, WDAY, CRM, SNOW, NVDA, INTU, CRWV, DELL)
The TMT Breakout newsletter flagged a slate of tech stocks as buyside "bogeys" for the week, highlighting DOCN, WDAY, CRM, SNOW, NVDA, INTU, CRWV and DELL. Nvidia’s earnings season remains the focal point, with its laterals shifting sharply and setting...
NVDA's Six‑Month Stagnation May End With $12.60 Earnings Swing
$NVDA absolutely flat over the last six months. Can earnings this week finally move them out of this range? The option's market is projecting a (+/-) $12.60 move following the report (Based on 02/27 exp).
S&P 500 Sheds $650B, Returns to Negative YTD
The rollercoaster ride continues… The S&P 500 has lost over $650 BILLION in market cap so far today, down 1.06%. The index is now negative YTD once again 🔻
How Stocks Could Go From Selling Off To Melting Up
Stocks have been caught in a steep sell‑off driven by lingering tariff uncertainty and heightened investor anxiety. Analysts argue that once the psychological weight of “pure tariff chaos” eases, the market could shift from decline to rapid appreciation. Potential catalysts...
SFM Holds at $65 Amid Steady Growth and Store Expansion
$SFM - seems to have found support around 65.00. Revenue + earnings have been growing steadily for years. Hundreds of new stores opening across the U.S.
Stanley Druckenmiller Just Exited Sandisk Stock. Should You Buy SNDK After Its Blowout Earnings?
Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office disclosed a 13F filing that shows it exited Sandisk (SNDK) just before the memory‑chip maker posted a blockbuster earnings beat. Sandisk’s fiscal Q2 2026 revenue jumped 61% YoY to $3.03 billion, while GAAP EPS surged 615%...
Core PCE Inflation Surges: Over Half Exceed 3%
There are 178 components to core PCE and 48% of them saw YoY inflation >3%. This was 42% a year ago. We continue to think inflation will run closer to 3% than 2% and we do have a little bit of...
IQMM's $17B Debut Driven by ProShares, Not Organic
Wild, the $17b that $IQMM took in on its first day of trading has it leading 1D, 1W and 1M flows instantly and is now 2nd in YTD. ProShares lined up all their funds and bought IQMM for each's cash...
TMTB Morning Wrap
OpenAI disclosed it now targets roughly $600 billion in compute spend through 2030, a revision from the earlier $1.4 trillion infrastructure commitment that blended CAPEX and OPEX. The company’s push for additional AI‑compute power is hampered by the stalled Stargate joint venture...
CNBC Moderator Pushes Conflict‑ridded Versus Warner Trade
Another beaut from @JoeSquawk . @SquawkCNBC Only on Fin TV can a moderator who works for a company (in this case Versant Media Group $VSNT (parent of CNBC)) suggest a pairs trade of being long Versant and short Warner....
Waller Says March Rate Move Hinges on Feb Payroll
Fed governor Chris Waller conditions his support for a March cut (or hold) on the February payroll data due for release on March 6. “As things stand today, I rate these two possible outcomes as close to a coin flip.” https://t.co/8ompstwgY9 If...
FRPT: Thinking Long Term To Beat Wall Street
Freshpet reported Q4 2025 earnings, with shares slipping nearly 4% as Wall Street focuses on slowing sales growth. The company highlighted an expanding pet‑parent market, now 36 million households, and its 4% share of the $38 billion dog‑food sector. Core “MVP” customers—2.4 million...
Stock Movers: Gilead Sciences, Merck, Domino's (Podcast)
On Feb 23, 2026, Gilead Sciences announced a cash deal to acquire biotech Arcellx for up to $7.8 billion, aiming to broaden its oncology portfolio. Merck & Co. is reportedly preparing to split its pharmaceutical division into separate cancer and non‑cancer units ahead...
Domino's Gained More Market Share Last Year
Domino’s reported a stronger‑than‑expected 2025, with U.S. same‑store sales climbing 3.7% and a one‑point gain in market share that lifted its pizza‑category share to 30%. The earnings beat sent the stock up about 5% in pre‑market trading. The company added...
SPX Near Record High Amid Soaring Stock Volatility
As of Fri's close, the SPX sat just 0.99% below its Jan 28 all-time high (~6,978.6). Yet everyone's screaming "chaos & uncertainty"? Blue = mkt-cap wgted avg "VIX" of the 500 constituents (now 38) Orange = standard 30-day VIX (17.6) Green =...
AI Surge Makes Software Competition Easier, Threatening Companies
“I’m more bullish on AI than I’ve ever been. And that’s exactly why I’m bearish on most software companies. Not because their customers will leave, but because their next thirty competitors just got a lot easier to build.”
Array Stock Down 25%, But This $17.3 Million Buy Signals Confidence Amid Big Revenue Growth
Array Digital Infrastructure (NYSE: AD) saw its shares fall 25% over the past year, yet the company reported a 58% jump in full‑year revenue to $163 million and a net income swing to $172 million. Institutional investor Newtyn Management bought 350,000 shares...
Crowds Default to Obvious Blame for Market Downturns
Never underestimate the crowd's willingness to attribute a down market to the most obvious cause (whether accurate or not).
Buy Stablecoins, Not Mastercard, for This Narrative
If you want to sell Mastercard on that story, you should probably buy Stablecoin exposure (but markets don't get that)
Enviri Stock Up 120% as $43 Million Buy Makes It a Top Holding in This Portfolio
Newtyn Management disclosed a $43.31 million purchase of 2,906,420 Enviri Corporation shares, lifting the stake to 8.8% of its reportable assets. Enviri’s stock has surged 120% over the past year, far outpacing the S&P 500’s 13% gain. The company recently announced a...
CNBC Has Dismissed HOOD, APP, JPM, PLTR Positions
It's a good thing no one on CNBC is still long $HOOD $APP $JPM $PLTR etc.
Massive Late‑Day Nvidia $
Nvidia (NVDA) late day buyer over 20,000 March $205 calls $4.60 to $4.70 Sheesh, what are they going to say
TD Cowen Lifts PT on PepsiCo (PEP) to $165 From $162 – Here’s Why
TD Cowen raised its price target for PepsiCo (PEP) to $165 from $162 while keeping a Hold rating, citing the company’s clarified turnaround plan and reaffirmed 2026 guidance. Management expects sales growth of 4‑6% by the second half of 2026,...
Market Stays Strong Against Real News, Crumbles Over Fiction
“I have seen this market exhibit incredible resilience in the face of actual negative news. Now a literal work of fiction sends it into a tailspin.” https://t.co/pem9OMzVZ2
S&P Global Hits Lows; Cheap
S&P Global (SPGI) back to lows seeing 1000 April $370 puts buy $6.99 Likely a guy releasing a vibe-coded credit ratings system
Downward Price Target Revisions Follow Amdocs Limited (DOX) Earnings
Barclays and Stifel both trimmed their price targets for Amdocs Limited following the company’s Q1 earnings, with targets now at $92 and $88 respectively, though both maintain positive ratings. The earnings were described as resilient, buoyed by a newly announced...
100ma Daily Supports SPX at 6823.85 After Pullbacks
The last few pullbacks the 100ma daily at the end of the day has held the $SPX currently at 6823.85
2026 Marks Second-Strongest Equal-Weight Outperformance Since 1990
2026 has so far seen the second strongest relative performance for equal weight versus cap weight since 1990 That timing didn’t suck. https://t.co/zuhbqozekK
Apple Rallies $260.50
Still in as $aapl as it’s giving a great two day move. I just have less now. From $260.50 RDR buy Friday. to $269+ today
Signal Strength Stocks Deliver Triple‑Digit Gains, Overlooked
Why wouldn't someone be long our Signal Strength Stocks? 4 of the Top7 are riding triple digit % gains And they aren't the names CNBC-types are talking about all day long https://t.co/GEqj2zNrx1
SaaS Stocks Plummet: Warning About Catching Falling Knife
Feb 2nd I warned clients about catching the falling knife in SaaS. I wasn’t kidding. $IGV #MAG7 https://t.co/AGnysZ3ZHV
AI Panic Ignored as Markets Remain Near Peaks
It's kind of amazing there is so much worry about AI doom with the S&P 500 w/in 2% of all-time highs and the unemployment rate at 4.3% Have we ever had an enormous risk like this play out with everyone worried...
SPX Near 6,800: Downside Pressure Builds After 1% Drop
Here is the live look for SPX. Some covering here after the ~1% decline the fuel is there for downside spice, but the previous 10 attempts at this level bounced (bend)... <6,800 remains the place where its likely a break https://t.co/6N5sVTgJ0t
Market Rally Masks Weakening NYSE Breadth
The NYSE Advance-Decline line made new all-time highs on Friday. But the % of stocks on the NYSE above their 200-day moving average made lower highs. And today it's actually hitting new 6-week lows.
Freshpet Surges to New Highs Post‑earnings
Freshpet $FRPT ramps to new highs after earnings Another Signal Strength Stock brought to you buy Biolsi @Hedgeye_Staples https://t.co/VK3Ex0ZWns
AmEx Slides as Credit Card Leaders Trend Downward
$AXP Daily. Update. Aggressive follow-through lower for AmEx as it follows $MA $V to downside in major credit card space. Major top on cusp of confirming. https://t.co/JJcBjfmOsT
Doug Kass Expands Index Short Calls Amid S&P Rally
Adding to Index Short Calls @thestreetpro With S&P cash +5 handles I am adding to my Index short calls. By Doug Kass Feb 23, 2026 9:39 AM EST @dougkass @tomkeene @business
QQQ May Hold $605 or Slip to Lower Range
$qqq channel intact. Will today be easy and hold $605ish. Or back to low end of the box and range https://t.co/6H9MUXu9Oo
Live on Fox Business: Market & Tariff Outlook
I'll be on @FoxBusiness this morning with @MariaBartiromo today at 7:10 am EST, talking markets, recent tariff developments & what's in store
Record Realized Volatility Gap: Stocks 25 Points Above Index
the realized vol spread of the average single stock vs index just broke to the highest level on record with avg stock realizing ~25 vol points over gs via @zerohedge https://t.co/KVW5ZluLpt
Stocks Soar; Economy Avoids Recession for Years
Stocks have had one of their best three year runs in history and the economy hasn't sniffed a recession. https://t.co/hBhFjc8em2
Broadest Market Rally yet Shatters “Seven‑stock” Myth
For years they said only seven stocks were outperforming. It wasn't true, but it is what we were told. Today? We are seeing the broadest rally in history. https://t.co/bt2fsADcXC
Strategic Patience Required Amid Mixed Market Signals
Strategic Patience Is Needed 💫Let’s start with the good news… 💫Now, let’s get to the bad news… 💫Blood Red Moon 💫Strategic Patience Is Needed 💫So What’s The Trade? 💫Bounce Then Trounce https://t.co/lP47X6m5Jw
Core PPI Spikes, Fed Sees Hotter Inflation, Oil Rallies
January PPI lands Friday. Core PPI already printed +0.7% MoM vs 0.2% expected — biggest monthly jump since July 2025. NY Fed puts underlying PCE trend at 2.83% by December, up from 2.55% in September. WTI crude +15.6% YTD. Rapidan...
AI Security Tool Triggers Sharp Drop in US Cyber Stocks
‼️US Cybersecurity stocks are getting CRUSHED by AI fears: CrowdStrike fell -8.0% on Friday, Cloudflare -8.1%, Okta -9.2%, and SailPoint -9.4% after Anthropic unveiled a new Claude AI security tool that scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests patches. The Cybersecurity ETF, $BUG,...
White House Persists with Unpopular Tariffs Despite Tax Backlash
What's fascinating is that tariffs are deeply unpopular --- as tax increases often are -- and the White House doubles, triples down on them.
Gamma Signals SPX Stability at 7,000, Upside Possible
Dealer gamma indicates stability through SPX 7,000, although expiration dynamics and a potential put skew unwind could trigger reflexive upside if that level is breached. Read our full weekly analysis: https://t.co/sk0ViuP0W7