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The Fast Five → Fed minutes show deep divide on rate path, Apple decouples from Nasdaq, tech stocks regain footing, OpenAI funding on track to top $100B, and Nvidia sells off stake in Arm, a company it once tried to buy…
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Calendar: Full Calendar »
Today:
Unemployment Claims, 8:30A
Tomorrow:
Advance GDP, 8:30A
Flash Manufacturing PMI, 9:45A
Flash Services PMI, 9:45A
New Home Sales, 10:00A
Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, Feb 19:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 2/18/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 38.52% for Week of FEB 12 2026
Previous week: 39.67%
Market Wrap:
Futures flat Dow -43, S&P -0.09%, Nasdaq 100 -0.1%
Wednesday rose S&P +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.8%, Dow +129
Mag 7 and financials led with Nvidia +1.6% and Amazon +1.8%
Oil jumped over 4% on Iran tensions
Fed minutes showed policy divisions
Today: Walmart reports before the bell
Jobless claims and pending home sales today, PCE Friday
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week: ( * = before the bell )
Today: *Etsy $ETSY ( ▲ 9.57% ), *First Majestic Silver $AG ( ▲ 9.93% ) , *Wayfair $W ( ▼ 13.05% )
*Deere $DE ( ▲ 11.59% ) - EPS of $2.10 (-51.9% YoY) on 7.5B revenue (-35.4% YoY)
*Walmart $WMT ( ▼ 1.38% ) - EPS of 72 cents (+9.1% YoY) on $188.46B revenue (+9.9% YoY)
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HEADLINES
Barring a rapid deterioration in the labor market or a significant cooling of inflation, the Federal Reserve appears poised for an extended hold.
Apple’s decoupling from its tech peers was on full display Tuesday, when its 3.2% gain easily outperformed the 0.1% drop in the Nasdaq 100 Index.
Tech stocks regain footing, lift US market for a second straight day (more)
Stocks see worst start vs. global markets since 1995 (more)
Trump slams NY Fed claim US consumers bear the cost of tariffs (more)
Lagarde reported to consider early exit (more)
Dollar perks up as Fed appears in no rush to cut rates (more)
Gold rises above $4,900 as dip-buyers come in amid thin trade (more)
Gas prices continue 12th straight week below $3 amid 'glut of crude' (more)
Oil jumps as Ukraine-Russia talks collapse (more)
Nvidia sells off stake in arm, a company it once tried to buy (more)
Figma jumps 15% as company sees AI monetization accelerating growth (more)
Moderna surges as FDA reverses course, agrees to review new flu shot (more)
Microsoft to keep buying renewable energy to match all its electricity needs (more)
More than 50% of enterprise software could switch to AI, Mistral (more)
OpenAI funding on track to top $100B with latest round (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Kraken continues acquisition streak by buying token management firm Magna ahead of IPO push
Incorta acquires Layout.dev
Vectorworks acquires Morpholio
SpatialChat acquires Teemyco
Sensei Biotherapeutics acquires Faeth Therapeutics
Payra receives $15M growth investment from Edison Partners
VC
Savings platform Vestwell raises $385M at $2B valuation
Vestwell, an infrastructure platform providing saving solutions, raised $385M in Series E funding
Korsana Biosciences, a biotech company developing novel therapies to reduce neurodegenerative diseases, raised $175M in total funding
Heron Power, an energy infrastructure company, raised $140M in Series B funding
Braintrust, an AI observability and evaluation platform, raised $80M in Series B funding
Novig raises $75M Series B to build a trader-first sports prediction market
DG Matrix, a solid-state transformer solutions company, raised $60M in Series A funding
Cogent Security, an AI-native vulnerability management platform, raised $42M in Series A funding
Avantos, an AI-native operating system, raised $25M in Series A funding
Venice, an adaptive privileged access platform provider, raised $33M in total funding, including a $25M Series A funding
Selector, a company specializing in AI-driven observability and network intelligence, raised $32M funding
Circuit, an AI platform for manufacturing and service organizations, raised $30M in funding
Zero Homes, an end-to-end digital platform supporting homeowners and contractors, raised $16.8M in Series A funding
Aliro, a software-driven entanglement platform, raised $15M in funding
Rainfall Health, an AI-driven compliance and reimbursement platform for hospitals and medical groups, raised $15M in Series A funding
Synchrony Medical, a respiratory care tech company, raised $5M in funding
inKind, a restaurant commerce enablement platform, raised $450M in funding
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