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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Feb 17:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 2/13/2026. Bitcoin as of 2/17/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 38.52% for Week of FEB 12 2026
Previous week: 39.67%
Market Wrap:
S&P +0.05%, Dow +49, Nasdaq -0.2% after lighter CPI
January CPI +0.2% MoM, +2.4% YoY versus 0.3% and 2.5% expected
Core CPI met estimates at 0.3% MoM and 2.5% YoY
AI disruption fears spread into financials, real estate and media
Schwab -10.8%, Workday -11%, CBRE -16% on the week
Week closed lower S&P -1.4%, Dow -1.2%, Nasdaq -2.1%
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today:
*DTE Energy $DTE ( ▼ 0.17% ) - EPS of $1.52 up from $1.51 a year ago, on $3.39B revenue
WED: DoorDash $DASH ( ▲ 1.25% )
THU: *Etsy $ETSY ( ▼ 3.0% ), *First Majestic Silver $AG ( ▼ 6.14% ) , *Wayfair $W ( ▲ 3.45% )
Deere $DE ( ▼ 0.35% ) - EPS of $2.10 (-51.9% YoY) on 7.5B revenue (-35.4% YoY)
Walmart $WMT ( ▼ 3.76% ) - EPS of 72 cents (+9.1% YoY) on $188.46B revenue (+9.9% YoY)
Elon Musk: This Could Turn $100 into $100K
What if you could shrink your entire wealth journey from decades down to just 24 hours?
Sounds impossible…
In short, Elon Musk is predicting this investment could jump 1,000x higher from here.
That turns $100 into $100,000…
$500 into half a million dollars…
And a tiny stake of $1,000 into $1 million.
If he’s right…
And I believe he is…
We have so much to look forward to,
Jeff Brown
Founder & CEO, Brownstone Research
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HEADLINES
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and wholly owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secretive new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, according to people familiar with the matter.
The stock market just got a look at how disruptive investor concerns over AI could become across multiple industries.
Stock futures mixed in shortened week, AI disruption in focus (more)
US economy shows resilience, despite Americans’ pessimism (more)
Trump claims victories on the economy after solid jobs, inflation reports (more)
US banks to see new mortgage capital requirements in Basel Plan (more)
Dollar holds gains in thin trading as markets await Fed minutes, US GDP (more)
Gold holds near $5,000 as Lunar New Year holiday mutes trade (more)
Gold options traders boost long-shot bets even after correction (more)
Apple to hold product launch on March 4 with Mac updates coming (more)
Apple takes on YouTube, Spotify with new video podcasting push (more)
Warner Bros. weighs reopening sale negotiations with Paramount (more)
Alibaba leads tech slide after Pentagon briefly shows blacklist (more)
Activist Elliott builds big stake in Norwegian Cruise Line (more)
The Ivies are having second thoughts about investing in private equity (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Model ML acquires Captide
BioReact receives investment from UTulsa’s Hurricane Ventures
VC
Apptronik, an AI-powered robotics company, raised $520M in Series A-X funding
Didero, a software company using AI agents to automate enterprise procurement, raised $30M in Series A funding
TRUCE Software, a company developing mobile tech for school and home, raised an undisclosed amount in Series B funding
The Compression Company, a data compression platform, raised $3.4M in Pre-Seed funding
Helia Care, a cloud-based SaaS platform otimizing healthcare supply chain and billing, raises $3M funding
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