The markets' obvious reaction to the conflict in the Middle East will be to reduce investors' appetite for risk, an analyst warns

Bitcoin falls to $63k, crypto market loses $128 billion amid US attack on Iran

European stocks have risen for eight consecutive months

EU stocks are experiencing their longest streak of gains since 2013. Is it too late to buy them?

Switzerland's financial market regulator (FINMA) <a href="https://www.finma.ch/en/news/2026/02/20260227-mm-mbaer-liquidation/">said</a> on Feb. 27 that it had begun the process of liquidating MBaer Merchant Bank after Washington <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-namereny-otklucit-svejcarskij-bank-ot-finansovoj-sistemy-za-svazi-s-iranom-i-rf">threatened to</a> deny the Swiss private bank access to the U.S. financial system for violating sanctions against Iran, Russia and Venezuela.

Switzerland has closed a bank that the U.S. has accused of having ties to Iran and Russia

US-Iran nuclear deal talks ended without an agreement

'Fear is pushing up prices': oil is at highs since summer

New inflation data could give the U.S. Federal Reserve "another reason to be patient in cutting rates," analyst says

US wholesale inflation in January far exceeded forecasts. What's in the markets?

Swiss MBaer Merchant Bank may lose access to the U.S. financial system due to alleged ties to Iran and Russia, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-26/us-says-swiss-bank-mbaer-could-lose-access-to-financial-system?embedded-checkout=true">writes </a>. According <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0408">to the </a>U.S. Treasury Department, its financial crime unit FinCEN is working to approve a rule that would prohibit U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent accounts for or on behalf of MBaer.

US set to cut Swiss bank off from financial system for ties to Iran and Russian Federation

NVIDIA Corporation

Coinbase Global, Inc.

ASML Holding N.V.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Nu Holdings Ltd.

Celestica Inc.

Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Vale S.A.

Adani Enterprises Limited

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras

Novo Nordisk A/S

Rio Tinto Group

Rheinmetall AG

Reliance Industries Limited

Constellium SE

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, Societe Europeenne

71% of asset management firms plan to <a href="https://www.grantthornton.com/insights/articles/asset-management/2025/ai-is-transforming-asset-management">incorporate</a> generative AI into their operations, according to data from a survey of 500 senior investment industry executives in key global markets conducted by Grant Thornton in partnership with ThoughtLab. Two-thirds say the payoff in AI is still modest, and 12% see no return or negative results. I don't have access to the same resources and infrastructure as BlackRock, for example, or another large money manager. But if the majority is going to implement generative AI, it is logical to ask whether it can already fulfill a basic investment objective at the retail investor level today.

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Tesla, Inc.

Ares Management Corporation

KKR & Co. Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

"You can't bet against Trump, if he wants to impose duties, he'll find a way to do it," the analyst believes

US stocks decline amid Trump's 'confusion' over duties

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that most of the import duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/verhovnyj-sud-ssa-otmenil-global-nye-posliny-prezidenta-trampa-rynki-rastut">illegal</a> and his response - imposing an additional global levy of 15% - is playing into the hands of emerging markets. They have been on the periphery of international investors' attention for many years, but now their indices are strongly outperforming developed markets.

Emerging market indices outperformed developed markets. Asia and Latin America attract investors 

Netflix, Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Smurfit Westrock Plc

International Paper Company

Packaging Corporation of America

Alphabet Inc.

CoreWeave, Inc.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

Celsius Holdings, Inc.

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

AppLovin Corporation

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

Morning in New York: tariff policy in the spotlight

SoftBank Corp.

Microsoft Corporation

Nvidia is close to investing up to $30 billion in OpenAI at the startup's valuation of $730 billion - the new deal will replace the previous $100 billion framework agreement, which was never legally formalized, and will be part of OpenAI's funding round worth over $100 billion. Oil is holding near six-month highs after US President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Iran and America's largest military build-up in the Middle East since 2003. These and other topics are in our review of key events for the morning of February 20.

Morning Highlights: Nvidia to invest $30 billion in OpenAI, gold at $5000, oil at highs