U.S. stock futures rose on Friday after closing lower on Thursday. Futures of all the major benchmark indices were positive. Wall Street is waiting for the fourth-quarter GDP data, scheduled for release later today, along with the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren named the Binance co-founder alongside Strategy’s Michael Saylor, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and President Donald Trump in her list of “crypto billionaires” that should not be bailed out amid Bitcoin’s downturn.
Higher education company Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 27.9% year on year to $541.4 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $1.90 billion at the midpoint came in 2.2% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.15 per share was 45.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Advance Auto Parts’ fourth-quarter results were met with a positive market reaction, as the company delivered stronger-than-expected profitability despite a modest decline in revenue. Management attributed improved performance to foundational changes in store operations, including a significant reduction in underperforming locations and enhanced product availability. CEO Shane O’Kelly emphasized that “early progress is being recognized by vendor partners, customers and team members,” highlighting a return to positive same-store sales growth and operational improvements that expanded margins. These ongoing initiatives, such as optimizing the distribution network and upgrading store infrastructure, were key contributors to the quarter’s margin expansion.
Swimming pool distributor Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2025, with sales flat year on year at $982.2 million. Its GAAP profit of $0.85 per share was 12.1% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
The United States trade deficit widened sharply in December 2025, hitting a staggering $70.3 billion and significantly overshooting Wall Street expectations. According to data released by the Commerce Department on February 19, 2026, the gap between what the U.S. buys from abroad and what it sells to foreign
The American housing market, long shackled by the "lock-in effect" and a multi-year inventory drought, showed unexpected signs of a robust thaw this week. In a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau on February 18, 2026, housing starts for the previous period jumped a staggering 6.2%, signaling
The United States manufacturing sector, long written off by skeptics as a casualty of high interest rates and global trade volatility, has roared back to life in early 2026. Fresh data released this week shows that manufacturing output rose by a surprising 0.7% in January, more than doubling consensus
As of February 19, 2026, the global financial landscape is grappling with a paradigm shift in the valuation of hard assets. Gold, the perennial store of value, has shattered all previous psychological and technical barriers, consolidating near the $5,000 per ounce mark after reaching a breathtaking all-time high of
Retail giant Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) reported its fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on February 19, 2026, delivering a performance that exceeded analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings. Despite reaching a historic milestone of e-commerce profitability and announcing a massive $30 billion share repurchase program, the company’s stock faced
The financial markets received a sobering wake-up call on February 19, 2026, as the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its January policy meeting. The documents revealed a central bank increasingly wary of "sticky" inflation, signaling a definitive pause in the interest rate-cutting cycle that many investors had hoped would
