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The Fast Five → Tech-stock recovery fuels Dow record, chip crunch ripples through markets, Alphabet lines up 100-year sterling bond sale, China urges banks to curb exposure to US Treasuries, and Meta, YouTube accused of designing platforms 'to addict' children…
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Today:
Retail Sales, 8:30A
Tomorrow:
Average Hourly Earnings, 8:30A
Non-Farm Employment, 8:30A
Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Feb 10:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 2/9/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 39.67% for Week of FEB 05 2026
Previous week: 44.40%
Market Wrap:
Futures were flat with Dow -38, S&P -0.1%, Nasdaq -0.1%
Dow hit a fresh record as markets logged a second straight gain
Tech led again with Nasdaq +0.9% and S&P +0.5%
S&P reclaimed its 50- and 100-day averages after last week’s dip
Data ahead includes retail sales today, jobs Wed., CPI Fri.
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: Ford $F ( ▼ 0.15% ), Robinhood $HOOD ( ▼ 1.11% ), *Spotify $SPOT ( ▲ 14.75% )
*Coca-Cola $KO ( ▼ 1.49% ) - $.56 eps (+1.8% YoY), on $12.05B revenue (+5.7% YoY)
WED: *McDonald's MCD
*Shopify $SHOP ( ▲ 7.47% ) - $.51 eps (+15.9% YoY) on $3.6B revenue (+27.7% YoY)
THU: Airbnb $ABNB ( ▼ 0.82% ), Roku $ROKU ( ▲ 2.7% )
Coinbase $COIN ( ▼ 2.83% ) - $1.01 eps, down $4.68 per share one year ago – on $1.85B revenue (-18.4% YoY)
FRI: *Wendy's $WEN ( ▲ 0.13% )
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HEADLINES
S&P 500, Nasdaq jump as Wall Street rebound continues (more)
S&P scores back-to-back gains as tech rises, Dow touches new record (more)
Software stocks jump as Wall St pushes back on 'doomsday scenario' (more)
Goldman says hedge funds add record shorts on US stocks in rout (more)
China urges banks to curb exposure to US Treasuries (more)
Xi faces Japan dilemma after Takaichi wins historic mandate (more)
BYD files lawsuit, seeks refund over Trump’s U.S. auto tariffs (more)
US Treasuries edge higher ahead of crucial economic reports (more)
US homeowners are staying put the longest since 2000 (more)
Meta, YouTube accused of designing platforms 'to addict' children (more)
Oracle gains 9% as tech tries to bounce back from $1 trillion sell-off (more)
Hims & Hers crashes as FDA cracks down on GLP-1 compounds (more)
Monday.com drops 21% as AI disruption fears mount in software (more)
Eddie Bauer's retail operator declares bankruptcy (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Eli Lilly and Company to acquire Orna Therapeutics, for $2.4B
Traumasoft acquires Huly
Nitride Global receives investment from Accelerate Venture Partners and eGrowth Ventures
PavCon receives investment from Tribe Capital
VC
Databricks completes $5B funding round at $134B valuation
ElevenLabs, an audio AI and conversational voice platform, raised $500M in Series D funding
Tomorrow.io, a provider of space-based weather intelligence, raised $175M in equity financing
Gather AI, a physical AI platform for logistics, raised $40M in Series B funding
Phylo, an integrated environment for AI-native biology, raised $13.5M in Seed funding
Midas, a company providing AI verification layer services, raised $10M in funding
Uptool, an AI platform designed to accelerate manufacturing productivity, raised $6M in Seed funding
Sentra.app, an enterprise general intelligence company, raised $5M in Seed funding
Alcove, a private Pods for neighborhoods or hotels, raised $1M in Pre-Seed funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
💰 What happened when one man tried to organize a pro-billionaire rally.
⚖️ AI legal advice is driving lawyers bananas.
🏈 Super Bowl ads want you to start learning to love AI.
🎩 These countries just won the fashion Olympics.
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