Stock Market Weekly update -Feb 22

 The indexes were up a bit last week, though on Friday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the tariffs, GDP came in at 1.4%, well below estimates, and the PCE rose with a +2.9% year-over-year gain. WMT pulled back a bit after reporting earnings, down 8% for the week, while PANW dropped around 8% as well. Next week we get NVDA earnings, among others.


GDP & PCE reported last week

Fourth-quarter U.S. GDP up just 1.4%, badly missing estimate; inflation firms at 3%


The week ahead:   

7th week of Earnings - NVDA,  CRM

Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook  

Edward Jones recap


The 10 year Interest rate -mostly flat near 4.09%

The Dollar - up a bit to 97.79 

Gold - rallied again to $5108

Oil - rallied to $66.30 

Bitcoin  - dropped a bit to around 68k

National debt  $38.7 Trillion

 

New all time Highs:  cboe, ADI, AEM, AMAT, CSX, GLW, MNST, NYT, LITE, ROST, FDX, TRV

-ALL time Lows:  KLAR, XRX,


Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   Pops:, ,  Drops: KLAR,, 

Earnings movers:  Pops: AMAT,, ,   Drops:  

% of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day MA:  up from  62% to 65%


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings

HIMS

HD, BABA, CEG, AXON, EOG,

NVDA, LOW, CRM,  SNOW, CRCL

CRWV, INTU, RY


Events





PPI



The indexes:  Chopping in a range since the beginning of the year (S&P500 is just below the Oct high!)…  the Nasdaq is still lagging.



SPX  SPY  -  Rangebound! uptrend is stalled.




Software vs S&P500




02/01: Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index




Stocks last week - 




Sectors last week  -




Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt?  anything…?

Options watch:   High IV (Implied Volatility) stocks -link   

High Options volume:  

ETFs

SPY, QQQ, IWM, SMH, VIX -also SPX index

Stocks

Mag7 & others   (most active link, or here)



More charts:    



2/14: All 7 members of the Magnificent Seven are now down on the year and underperforming the S&P 500




NASDAQ 2/01 -we could be looking at a double top here

02/15: Seems to be playing out




KLAR: Buy now, Pay later! …never had a chance!




GE -All time high



Lumentum -all time high




ADI: Another weekly move higher!



DE: Another weekly move higher!




GLW: Another weekly move higher!




ADBE -more software carnage



TEAM -more software carnage






S&P 500 Total Percent Returns calendar  



Name


Feb 2025

04/27

06/30

01/04/26

Solana

SOL

192.00

149.30

149.60

134.50

Chainlink

LINK

18.35

14.48

13.28

13.40

Uniswap

UNI

9.60

5.57

6.98

5.90

Sui

SUI

3.45

3.55

2.77

1.70

Ondo

ONDO

1.32

0.95

0.75

0.44

Avalanche

AVAX

-

-

-

14.00

Feb 2025:   5 Cryptos to watch in 2025, 2026

10/12:   Added AVAX, 11/23 This recent dip may be a good opportunity to buy/add

02/15/26: Buy the dips here?


Top 10 L1 Blockchains: Daily Active Users - February 20, 2026


Links...

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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims
ETFs performance - Ranked by  Volume

High Yield Covered Call ETFs
S&P 500 performance -by Sector

Most actively traded US stocks

Top 100 Stocks to buy (Alpha) 

US 100 Tech Index

DOW 30 Components    -DOW 30 Performance

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Largest Companies by Marketcap   …also

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Stocks/News:

S&P 500 rises, Dow gains 200 points after Supreme Court strikes down Trump emergency tariffs

Nvidia earnings, SCOTUS tariff fallout, geopolitical tensions rise: What to watch this week

Americans are using AI for financial advice more than you think

OpenAI Is Now Worth More Than Goldman Sachs and Netflix Combined — Here’s What That Means

Retirees Need 7.7% More for Healthcare, COLA Gives Them 2.16%

Why Nvidia Just Sold Its ARM Stake — And What It Means for Both Companies

Berkshire was a net seller of stocks in Buffett’s final quarter as CEO

AppLovin Stock Jumps On Report Of Social Media Plans

Crypto/Blockchain:  Global Market Cap: …dropped to  $2.38 Trilllion   Current Crypto prices

Why is Bitcoin difficulty surging at its fastest pace since 2021?

Robinhood Private-Markets Fund to Go Public on NYSE -WSJ

Robinhood's Layer 2 testnet sees four million transactions in first week, CEO Vlad Tenev says

Top 5 RWA Projects by Estimated Revenue - 2026 Projections

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security, Shaking up Cybersecurity Stocks


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