U.S. stocks on Thursday resumed the sharp decline that characterized them last week during the "soft-apocalypse". The Nasdaq index lost 2%, and the "Wall Street fear index" was above the psychological mark of 20 points. Fears have returned to the market that the introduction of AI will lead to large-scale layoffs and business restructuring in many industries, which could ultimately increase unemployment.

The Nasdaq is down 2%, the S&amp;P 500 is having its worst day in three weeks. Fear over AI is back

Shopify Inc.

Despite a strong quarterly report, Shopify's stock is cheaper for the second day in a row following a sell-off in the tech sector. Analysts expect them to rise up to 34%

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Alphabet Inc.

The company could face a fine of up to 10% of global revenue

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FedEx Corporation

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

CSX Corporation

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

The Dow Jones Transportation Average, a sectoral transportation index that includes companies such as CSX, FedEx, Old Dominion Freight Line and United Airlines, has outperformed the broader S&amp;P 500 index of U.S. stocks by 13 percentage points over the past month and a half through today - for a sectoral index, it was the most significant outperformance of the S&amp;P 500 since the 2008 financial crisis, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-12/-old-economy-is-hot-again-propelled-by-data-and-ai-backlash?srnd=homepage-europe">wrote.</a>

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Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

The strategist allowed the dollar to fall at the same time as U.S. stock prices declined - like during the dot-com crash of 2002

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Cisco Systems, Inc.

Walmart Inc.

The Boeing Company

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Apple Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Salesforce, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc.

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated

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Birkenstock Holding plc

The shoe maker's revenue fell slightly short of analysts' expectations but rose thanks to sales of closed winter sabots and fur boots

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Mercedes-Benz Group AG

German premium car maker Mercedes-Benz <a href="https://group.mercedes-benz.com/investors/reports-news/annual-reports/2025/">reported</a> a sharp drop in annual profit and warned of a challenging outlook amid global duties and increasing competition from Chinese manufacturers. The company's shares fell 2% after the report was published, but then recovered some of the losses.

Mercedes-Benz profits more than halved due to duties and China. What about the stock?

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BETA Technologies, Inc.

Shares of mid-cap electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BETA/">jumped</a>&nbsp;almost 16% on Wednesday, February 11. The company <a href="https://investors.beta.team/financials/annual-reports/content/0001104659-26-012665/primary_doc.html">disclosed</a>&nbsp;that more than 5% of its shares are owned by technology giant Amazon. At the same time, investment bank Jefferies upgraded the stock to “buy,” which makes Wall Street unanimous in its bullish stance on Beta.

Mid-cap electric airplane maker Beta soars 16% as Jefferies upgrades to 'buy'

Energy Fuels Inc.

Goldman Sachs has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/biggest-stocks-wednesday-by-analyst-calls-like-nvidia.html">initiated coverage</a> of mid-cap uranium producer Energy Fuels with a "buy" rating. The company <a href="https://en.oninvest.com/article/beyond-intel-small-energy-defense-stocks-set-to-gain-from-trump-natsec-spending">owns</a>&nbsp;the only U.S. facility capable of processing both conventional uranium and rare earth elements, Goldman Sachs explained.

'Uniquely positioned': Goldman initiates on uranium company Energy Fuels with 'buy'

ARKO Petroleum

Preliminary trading in shares of fuel distribution company ARKO Petroleum began on the Freedom customer trading system. It has listed in the ramp-up of a separation from parent company ARKO Corp. Later on Feb. 12, the company's securities will appear on NASDAQ under the ticker <a href="https://tap.freedom24.com/to/quote/APC.US?utm_source=stocks&amp;utm_medium=APC.US&amp;utm_campaign=pfu15685513">APC</a>.

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Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.

In 2025, shares of biotech Relmada Therapeutics soared more than 800%. The company managed to make a pivot despite the fact that in December 2024, the experimental drug it had been developing for more than 15 years <a href="https://www.relmada.com/for-investors/news/detail/306/relmada-therapeutics-reports-that-data-monitoring-committee">failed</a> in clinical trials. This not only caused its stock price to <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RLMD/">plummet</a>, but also called into question the very possibility of continuing operations. Why does Wall Street now <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/rlmd/analystestimates?mod=mw_quote_tab">see</a> another 140% upside potential in the company's stock?

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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

Novo Nordisk A/S

Eli Lilly and Company

Risk-tolerant investors should not ignore shares of biotech Viking Therapeutics, Motley Fool analyst Adria Cimino <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/11/viking-therapeutics-the-undertheradar-glp1-contend/">argues</a>. This is because the company is developing an obesity drug that could compete with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound in the near term.

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