Stocks fall, dollar rises, and traders are now less hopeful about Fed rate cuts

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Oracle Corporation

Adobe Inc.

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

The week began with a sharp jump in oil prices and a collapse on Asian stock exchanges - the conflict between the U.S. and Iran is dragging on, and investors are increasingly concerned about the destabilization of the global economy. Market attention will continue to be focused on events in the Middle East, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-middle-east-developments-oil-prices-in-focus-u-s-inflation-due-8143012a?mod=Searchresults&amp;pos=1&amp;page=1#:~:text=View%20more-,All%20eyes%20will%20be%20on%20developments%20in%20the%20Middle%20East,-after%20the%20U">writes</a> The Wall Street Journal.

Iran war, US inflation, Oracle report: what investors need to know this week

US President Donald Trump has officially <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-b376/">nominated</a> economist Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed Chairman. The nomination has already been sent to the Senate, according to the White House website. If Worsh is confirmed, he will succeed Jerome Powell, whose term expires in May, and will hold the position for four years.

Trump formally nominated Kevin Warsh to be chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board

Moderna, Inc.

GitLab Inc.

Box, Inc.

indie Semiconductor, Inc.

AnaptysBio, Inc.

Pinterest, Inc.

Ziff Davis, Inc.

Best Buy Co., Inc.

Target Corporation

On Holding AG

Archer Aviation Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

New York Morning: Wall Street remains under the pressure of geopolitics

GDP in the U.S. <a href="https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/gdp-advance-estimate-4th-quarter-and-year-2025">grew</a> only 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, while economists surveyed by Dow Jones expected the economy to expand by 2.5%, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/stock-market-today-live-updates.html">writes</a>. The release was delayed due to the shutdown of federal agencies. In the third quarter of 2025, the index <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/potrebitel-skie-rashody-obespecili-ekonomike-ssa-samyj-bystryj-prirost-za-dva-goda">expanded</a> by 4.4%, significantly beating forecasts.

US economic growth was much worse than expected, core inflation accelerated

GRAIL, Inc.

Opendoor Technologies Inc.

Copart, Inc.

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

RingCentral, Inc.

Apple Inc.

Deere & Company

Omnicom Group Inc.

Booking Holdings Inc.

EPAM Systems, Inc.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Morning in New York: consumer spending data will increase volatility

Walmart Inc.

Carvana Co.

Figma

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Etsy, Inc.

DoorDash, Inc.

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Amazon.com, Inc.

Global Payments Inc.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

Moody's Corporation

Garmin Ltd.

Morning in New York: investors will focus on corporate news

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Airbus SE

The Boeing Company

SoftBank Corp.

Microsoft Corporation

OpenAI is preparing a record funding round, during which it may raise over $100 billion; the company's total valuation will eventually rise to $850 billion on the back of trillion-dollar investments in AI infrastructure. Meta is returning to wearable devices and intends to release its first smartwatch as early as this year. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of February 19.

Highlights for the morning: OpenAI prepares a round over $100 billion, Meta returns to smartwatches

Micron Technology, Inc.

An ETF tracking software developer stocks added 1.3% for the day

The S&amp;P 500 rose for the third day in a row. Investors are watching the Fed and the risks of war with Iran

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Celanese Corporation

Similarweb Ltd.

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

Danaher Corporation

Masimo Corporation

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

General Mills, Inc.

Vulcan Materials Company

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Whether the turbulence in the markets caused by the development of artificial intelligence-based tools will continue will be the main question for Wall Street this week, Yahoo Finance <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-earnings-spending-data-and-more-ai-disruptions-what-to-watch-this-week-125712762.html#:~:text=Whether%20these%20disruptions%20continue%20will%20be%20the%20theme%20most%20closely%20tracked%20by%20investors%20in%20the%20week%20ahead.">writes</a>. In the previous two weeks, investors sold off shares of companies from the software, real estate, financial services and logistics sectors amid concerns that the traditional business models of these players will be threatened.

US inflation, Alibaba and Walmart earnings: what investors need to know this week