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  • Fed Governor Christopher Waller and factory orders are due today, giving fresh signals on monetary policy and industrial demand.
  • President Trump repeated calls for much lower interest rates and criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
  • Stocks swung sharply as tech and energy names moved; Google and Amazon rallied while Oracle fell.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration will rely on Sections 232, 301 and 122 to maintain tariffs after the Supreme Court ruling.
  • A court allowed clergy back into Broadview immigration center, where priests and a nun distributed ashes and communion.

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TD Cowen Lifts Walmart Target, Cites AI Leadership as Catalytic Advantage

TD Cowen Lifts Walmart Target, Cites AI Leadership as Catalytic Advantage

TD Cowen increased its price target on Walmart Inc. to $145 from $136 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to the retailer's positioning in artificial intelligence-driven retail and conversational commerce. The move follows an upside fourth quarter and guidance that aligns with Walmart's long-term growth algorithm, even as some analysts flag valuat…

OpenAI Assembles 200-Plus Team to Build AI-Enabled Speaker, Glasses and Lamp

OpenAI Assembles 200-Plus Team to Build AI-Enabled Speaker, Glasses and Lamp

OpenAI has gathered a team exceeding 200 people to develop a line of AI-driven consumer devices, including a smart speaker, smart glasses, and a smart lamp. The smart speaker is slated to be the first product, reportedly carrying a $200 to $300 price target and a built-in camera to collect data on users and their surroundings. Sources say the speak…

U.S. Investors Shift from Home Bias as Foreign Markets Outperform

U.S. Investors Shift from Home Bias as Foreign Markets Outperform

Over the past six months U.S.-domiciled investors have withdrawn roughly $75 billion from domestic equity products, with $52 billion exiting since the start of 2026. Driven by stronger returns in overseas markets and growing scrutiny of richly valued U.S. megacap technology stocks, money has rotated into emerging markets and European equities despi…

Lifeward Announces 1-for-12 Reverse Split; Shares Drop After Filing

Lifeward Announces 1-for-12 Reverse Split; Shares Drop After Filing

Lifeward Ltd. disclosed a 1-for-12 reverse stock split effective at market open on February 24, 2026. The announcement sent the company’s shares down 10.5% on the following trading day. The corporate action will reduce outstanding shares from about 18.3 million to about 1.5 million, alter the company’s CUSIP, and adjust warrants and options proport…

OpenAI Building AI Hardware Lineup Including Camera-Equipped Smart Speaker

OpenAI Building AI Hardware Lineup Including Camera-Equipped Smart Speaker

OpenAI is assembling a team of more than 200 people to develop a suite of AI-enabled consumer devices. The initial product is expected to be a smart speaker priced between $200 and $300, equipped with a camera, with shipping not anticipated before February 2027. Additional projects under development reportedly include smart glasses and a lamp, with…

Supreme Court Rules IEEPA Does Not Authorize Broad Emergency Tariffs

Supreme Court Rules IEEPA Does Not Authorize Broad Emergency Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify broad import tariffs, concluding in a 6-3 decision that the law does not grant authority for such levies. Justices expressed doubts about the administration's legal arguments during hearings, and markets had been positioned f…

Society Pass Shares Drop After Regulatory Update on NusaTrip Trading Halt

Society Pass Shares Drop After Regulatory Update on NusaTrip Trading Halt

Shares of Society Pass Incorporated (NASDAQ:SOPA) fell 12.5% following a regulatory update from its majority-owned unit, NusaTrip Incorporated (NASDAQ:NUTR). NusaTrip disclosed a sequence of responses to Nasdaq and SEC information requests and confirmed that trading in its securities on Nasdaq remains halted while it continues to cooperate with reg…

Trump Says He Is Weighing a Limited Military Strike on Iran

Trump Says He Is Weighing a Limited Military Strike on Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he is "considering" a limited military strike on Iran but did not offer any specifics. The comment came amid a broader U.S. campaign to increase pressure and expand military presence around Iran, and Trump said he expects to see the result of ongoing negotiations in roughly two week…

TD Cowen trims Snowflake price target to $270 while retaining Buy; sees constructive setup before Q4 results

TD Cowen trims Snowflake price target to $270 while retaining Buy; sees constructive setup before Q4 results

TD Cowen reduced its 12-month price target for Snowflake Inc. to $270 from $300 but kept a Buy rating, citing a more constructive setup ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on February 25. The firm’s checks point to diverse consumption drivers and a modest expected beat in Q4, while other brokers issued mixed target changes. Recent produc…

TD Cowen Sticks With Buy on Salesforce Ahead of Q4 Results; Notes Mixed but Improving Agentforce Activity

TD Cowen Sticks With Buy on Salesforce Ahead of Q4 Results; Notes Mixed but Improving Agentforce Activity

TD Cowen has reiterated a Buy rating and a $325 price target on Salesforce (CRM) ahead of the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter results due February 25. The firm’s checks pointed to a meaningful uptick in Agentforce activity during the quarter, though some feedback was more measured. TD Cowen anticipates about $800 million in AI annual recurring reve…

Parke Bancorp CLO Sells $415K in Shares as Stock Nears Yearly High

Parke Bancorp CLO Sells $415K in Shares as Stock Nears Yearly High

Parke Bancorp Chief Lending Officer Nicholas J. Pantilione sold 14,675 shares of common stock on February 18, 2026, at $28.29 per share, totaling $415,155, after exercising options to acquire the same number of shares. The bank holding company trades near its 52-week high and is flagged by InvestingPro analysis as trading above its Fair Value. Park…

Explainer: Possible Charge Facing King Charles’ Brother After Arrest

Explainer: Possible Charge Facing King Charles’ Brother After Arrest

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office amid allegations he passed confidential British government documents to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a trade envoy. He was questioned by Thames Valley Police and released from custody while the probe continues. This article …

BMO Lifts Southern Co. Target as Company Raises Long-Term EPS Outlook

BMO Lifts Southern Co. Target as Company Raises Long-Term EPS Outlook

BMO Capital Markets raised its price target on Southern Co. (SO) to $103 from $96 and kept an Outperform rating, citing the utility's stronger growth guidance and demand-driven investment opportunities. Southern Company updated its long-term EPS growth outlook to 8% for 2026-2030 and issued 2028 guidance that sits slightly above consensus. The comp…

Meta’s Data Moat Is Getting Harder to Penetrate — Time to Lean Long

Meta’s Data Moat Is Getting Harder to Penetrate — Time to Lean Long

Meta is investing aggressively in infrastructure and data-quality guardrails that make its advertising and AI personalization increasingly defensible. With a market cap around $1.66T, healthy free cash flow and improving AI partnerships, the risk/reward favors a long position over the next 180 trading days, provided you respect valuation and set a …