Good MorningWall Street posted a third straight session of gains on Wednesday as renewed optimism in the artificial intelligence trade helped lift major indexes. The S&P 500 climbed 0.56%, the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.78%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 130 points.
Nvidia climbed nearly 2% after Meta said it plans to deploy millions of Nvidia chips in its data centers. Amazon rose roughly 2% after news that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square increased its stake by 65% in the fourth quarter.
Lagging the rally, AMD fell nearly 2% and Palo Alto Networks dropped 6.7% on weak earnings guidance.
Investors also parsed minutes from the Fed's January meeting, which showed officials split on holding rates steady versus resuming cuts if inflation cools. Polymarket puts the odds of no change in March at 93%.
This holiday-shortened week still has plenty in store, with Walmart earnings on deck Thursday and the closely watched PCE inflation report arriving Friday — data that could set the tone for markets heading into March. Featured: ALERT: Drop these 5 stocks before the market opens tomorrow! (Ad) 
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Technology | | During the first half of February, the stock market witnessed a significant move in the defense technology sector. Shares of Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) rose more than 15%, breaking through the psychological resistance level of $11 per share. Trading volume was heavy, exceeding 100 million shares mu... Read the Full Story |
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Transportation | | Shareholders of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE: ZIM) woke up to a transformed investment landscape on Feb. 17, 2026. After months of speculation and a volatile year for the shipping sector, the company announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd (OT... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Analog Devices’ (NASDAQ: ADI) share price could easily top $400 this year, driven by a rapidly swelling outlook that the fiscal Q1 2026 earnings report strengthened. End-market normalization is becoming a robust tailwind as AI drives datacenter and broader semiconductor demand. What this me... Read the Full Story |
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Finance | | Investment giant Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) just released its Q4 2025 portfolio moves. The company’s 13F filing details the trades it made during the quarter ending Dec. 31, providing insight into its views on several notable names. The firm’s key portfolio changes include one of... Read the Full Story |
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Construction | | The homebuilding sector is off to an exceptionally strong start this year. While it has lagged behind leadership groups like technology in recent years, 2026 has opened with a sharp reversal in momentum. The State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA: XHB) is already up 17% year-to-date,... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Elon's Next Market Move Could Send Silver Soaring
Every industry Elon Musk touches explodes—from Tesla to SpaceX to AI.
And now, whispers are growing that his next move could be in silver.
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Technology | | In the list of unlikely AI stocks, glassmaker Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) must be near the top. The company has close to two centuries of history making glass products and may be best known to the average consumer for its cook and bakeware. However, in recent years the firm has established itself as ... Read the Full Story |
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Energy | | Energy stocks have been a crapshoot for investors over the past five years, partly because of a disconnect between where consumer dollars are going and where investor capital has been flowing. To use an energy sector analogy, consumers are downstream in the energy markets. They experience the ene... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Despite trading above $180 in the first week of January, shares of tech titan Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) now sit just above $140. The stock has effectively round-tripped two years of progress and is back to the same price it was at in 2020. For long-term holders, it’s been a frustrating and... Read the Full Story |
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Retail/Wholesale | | Many investors use Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ: WMT) as the barometer of the retail sector. The company taps into both legs of the current K-shaped economy and gives investors exposure to the digital and brick-and-mortar retail economy. Simply put, Walmart’s earnings report can move the market in a... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Is the worst over for CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD)? That’s what many investors had to have been hoping for when CRWD stock moved up 4.4% in the five days ending Feb. 13. The stock is still down about 8% in 2026, and the setup for the company’s March 3 earnings report is com... Read the Full Story |
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Thursday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day USA Rare Earth, Inc. is domestic supplier of rare earth magnets and heavy rare earth elements. It is developing a vertically integrated, domestic supply chain for rare earth element magnet production, with a facility in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and mining rights to the Round Top heavy rare earth and critical minerals deposit in West Texas. The company was founded in May 2019 and is headquartered in Stillwater, OK. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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