[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks opened lower and stayed under pressure for most of the day, even after Nvidia and Salesforce dropped their latest earnings. The big disappointment was Nvidia—despite beating on both earnings and revenue, shares got pumped early then dumped about 5%, putting it on track for its worst day since April. Traders basically shrugged off the numbers …
Mega-Caps Bounce Back – Gold Hits $2,500, Silver Tops $91
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks kicked off on a positive note and kept the upward momentum rolling most of the day, led by gains in tech heavyweights. Nvidia rose about 1% heading into its big earnings report after the bell (alongside Salesforce and Snowflake), as traders recalibrate those sky-high valuations and get a bit skeptical on how much bang they’re …
Short Squeeze Powers Small Caps – Metals Take A Breather
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks opened strong and kept the positive momentum going most of the day, with traders shrugging off recent AI disruption fears. The real spark came from AMD jumping 7% after Meta announced a multiyear deal to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs for its AI data centers. Meta’s also taking a performance-based warrant for …
Risk-Off Day – Indexes Red, Precious Metals Rally Hard
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major indexes opened sharply lower as President Trump ramped up his tariff rhetoric again, responding to the Supreme Court’s strike-down of his “reciprocal” tariffs. In a Monday post, he warned that any country “playing games” with the ruling—especially those that have “ripped off” the U.S. for years—would face much higher tariffs than previously agreed. He …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 02/20/2026
Do you want to know which ETFs are hot and which ones are not? Then you need my High-Volume ETF Cutline report. It tells you how close or far each of the 311 ETFs I follow is from its long-term trend line (39-week SMA). These are the ETFs that trade more than $5 million a day, so they are not …
ETF Tracker Newsletter For February 20, 2026
ETF Tracker StatSheet You can view the latest version here. SILVER +7%, GOLD BACK ABOVE $5,100 – METALS KEEP WINNING [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks bounced back nicely after opening lower, as the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump’s sweeping tariff policy under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The majority ruled the law “does not authorize …