February 23, 2026 1:34 pm
Key Moments Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) shares rose 1.5% on Monday following a report of a higher potential takeover offer. Paramount’s revised bid is expected to be $32 per share, up from a prior $30 per share proposal, according to insiders cited by Variety. The exclusive seven-day window for Paramount to submit an improved offer, […]
Read moreFebruary 23, 2026 11:16 am
Key Moments U.S. equity futures slipped after the Supreme Court ruled against President Trump’s emergency tariff powers and he raised the universal import levy to 15%. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) will report fiscal Q4 results on Wednesday, with forecasts of $1.52 EPS on $65.56 billion revenue. Crude prices fell after a near 6% weekly gain, as […]
Read moreFebruary 20, 2026 3:15 pm
Key Moments: Barclays upgraded Etsy to Overweight and lifted its price target to $72 from $62, pointing to a strategic shift and improving marketplace trends. Core Etsy gross merchandise sales decline narrowed to 1% year on year in the fourth quarter excluding FX, with reported growth turning positive for the first time in more than […]
Read moreFebruary 20, 2026 2:05 pm
Key Moments Citi keeps an overall overweight stance on equities while shifting a portion of U.S. exposure into small caps. The bank maintains a credit underweight and duration overweight to hedge potential AI-related market disruptions. Citi downgrades technology and consumer discretionary while upgrading industrials and moderating its China and U.K. equity views. Strategic Allocation Under […]
Read moreFebruary 20, 2026 1:19 pm
Key Moments Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) slipped 0.3% in premarket trading ahead of next week’s earnings report, seen as a key sentiment catalyst. Grail (NASDAQ:GRAL) plunged 45% after its Galleri multi-cancer screening test did not achieve its primary endpoint. Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) surged 18% after reporting fourth-quarter revenue that exceeded estimates. Futures Edge Higher as Investors Await […]
Read moreFebruary 20, 2026 10:55 am
Key Moments Netflix has offered $27.75 per share, or $82.7 billion, for Warner Bros’ studio and streaming operations, while Paramount has proposed $30 per share, or $108.4 billion, for the entire company. Warner Bros is proceeding toward a March 20 shareholder vote on the Netflix deal but has given Paramount until the end of Monday […]
Read moreFebruary 20, 2026 9:11 am
Key Moments Amazon Web Services encountered at least two December outages tied to its own AI tools, according to a Financial Times report. A 13-hour mid-December disruption reportedly followed changes executed by AWS’s Kiro AI coding tool, which “decided to ‘delete and recreate the environment.'” AWS characterized the affected incident as a brief, user-driven misconfiguration […]
Read moreFebruary 20, 2026 8:37 am
Key Moments Tesla launched a new dual-motor all-wheel-drive Cybertruck at $59,990, its lowest-priced Cybertruck to date. The Cyberbeast price was reduced to $99,990 from $114,990, coinciding with the apparent removal of the “Luxe Package.” Broader EV demand has weakened and analysts cautioned that Tesla’s focus on lower-priced models could weigh on margins. New Cybertruck Configuration […]
Read moreFebruary 19, 2026 3:12 pm
Key Moments Southern Co increased its 2026-2030 capital spending outlook to about $81 billion, up from a prior $76 billion plan. The company reported adjusted earnings of 55 cents per share for the quarter ended December 31, missing the 57-cent consensus. Southern Co projected 2026 adjusted earnings of $4.50 to $4.60 per share, with the […]
Read moreFebruary 19, 2026 3:06 pm
Key Moments Southern Co increased its 2026-2030 capital spending outlook to about $81 billion, up from a prior $76 billion plan. The company reported adjusted earnings of 55 cents per share for the quarter ended December 31, missing the 57-cent consensus. Southern Co projected 2026 adjusted earnings of $4.50 to $4.60 per share, with the […]
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