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Deere & Company stock price at $662: earnings pop fades, tariffs and targets take over next week
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Deere & Company stock price at $662: earnings pop fades, tariffs and targets take over next week

Deere shares closed at $662.49 Friday, up 0.07%, after surging nearly 12% on a raised full-year profit outlook and strong quarterly results. First-quarter profit fell to $656 million, but revenue climbed 13% to $9.61 billion. Deere lifted its 2026 net income forecast to $4.5–$5.0 billion and flagged a $1.2 billion pre-tax tariff hit. The company’s annual meeting is set for Feb. 25.
21 February 2026
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Analog Devices stock nears a fresh high after upbeat outlook — what to watch before Monday

Analog Devices stock nears a fresh high after upbeat outlook — what to watch before Monday

Analog Devices shares rose 2.8% to $355.03 Friday after its quarterly revenue and profit outlook topped estimates, citing strong industrial and record data-center orders. First-quarter revenue reached $3.16 billion with adjusted earnings of $2.46 per share. The company raised its dividend 11% to $1.10. CFO Richard Puccio will speak at Morgan Stanley’s TMT conference on March 3.
21 February 2026
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RTX stock heads into Monday with Airbus-Pratt engine row and fresh Navy greenlights in focus

RTX stock heads into Monday with Airbus-Pratt engine row and fresh Navy greenlights in focus

RTX shares closed Friday down 0.2% at $204.92 after a volatile session. Airbus warned it may take legal action over Pratt & Whitney engine delivery delays, escalating tensions with RTX. Raytheon and Collins, both RTX units, announced new milestones with the U.S. Navy and Air Force. RTX shares traded ex-dividend, with a $0.68 payout set for March 19.
21 February 2026
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Salesforce stock (CRM) steadies, but Wall Street trims targets again ahead of Feb. 25 results

Salesforce stock (CRM) steadies, but Wall Street trims targets again ahead of Feb. 25 results

Salesforce closed Friday at $185.16, down about 3% from Tuesday after a volatile week. Citi and BMO cut price targets, citing slow adoption of Salesforce’s AI “agent” tools. GoDaddy announced an integration with Salesforce’s MuleSoft unit, highlighting security for automated agents. Investors are watching next week’s earnings for signs of stronger AI-driven growth.
21 February 2026
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Nike stock slips after tariff court shock — what to watch before Monday for NKE

Nike stock slips after tariff court shock — what to watch before Monday for NKE

Nike shares closed Friday down 0.32% at $65.40 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump’s emergency tariff program. Trump responded by announcing a temporary 15% global import tariff. Investors await details on possible $175 billion in tariff refunds and Nike’s March 19 earnings report. Lululemon and Under Armour rose Friday, while Nike lagged despite a higher S&P 500 and Dow.
21 February 2026
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Strategy (MSTR) stock ends higher after 10-K details 717,131-bitcoin stash — what to watch next week

Strategy (MSTR) stock ends higher after 10-K details 717,131-bitcoin stash — what to watch next week

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21 February 2026
Strategy Inc (MSTR) closed up 1.24% at $131.05 Friday after disclosing it holds 717,131 bitcoin, bought for $54.5 billion, with a cost basis above current value. The company reported $8.25 billion in debt and plans to fund obligations mainly through at-the-market share sales. Bitcoin traded near $68,621 Saturday. Former officer Shao Wei-Ming filed to sell 5,000 class A shares.
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Coinbase stock price rises 3% as White House stablecoin talks grind on and analysts cut targets

Coinbase stock price rises 3% as White House stablecoin talks grind on and analysts cut targets

Coinbase shares rose 3.3% to $171.35 Friday as crypto prices steadied and policy risks remained in focus. White House talks on stablecoin rewards ended without a deal, though participants described the tone as cooperative. Compass Point and Monness, Crespi, Hardt both cut price targets on Coinbase, citing weak trading volumes. Coinbase flagged a display issue with DEX token balances but said funds were safe.
21 February 2026
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Palo Alto Networks stock (PANW) heads into Monday under pressure as targets fall again

Palo Alto Networks stock (PANW) heads into Monday under pressure as targets fall again

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21 February 2026
Palo Alto Networks shares closed down 1.5% at $148.70 on Friday, extending a five-day slide to 11%. HSBC cut its price target to $114 and kept a Reduce rating. Cybersecurity stocks fell after Anthropic previewed a new “Claude Code Security” feature, raising concerns about AI competition for software budgets. Fortinet and CrowdStrike also dropped, despite gains in the broader market.
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Johnson & Johnson stock price: JNJ heads into Monday with DePuy sale talk and Tremfya data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: JNJ heads into Monday with DePuy sale talk and Tremfya data

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21 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares fell 1.8% to $242.49 Friday after Reuters reported the company is preparing a potential $20 billion sale of its DePuy Synthes orthopedics unit. J&J released new long-term data for Tremfya in ulcerative colitis, showing 80.8% remission at week 140. The company did not comment on the reported DePuy sale. Investors await management updates in March and April.
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AppLovin stock set for Monday after SEC probe update, social platform plans surface

AppLovin stock set for Monday after SEC probe update, social platform plans surface

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21 February 2026
AppLovin shares closed up 1.6% at $418.68 on Friday after Reuters reported the SEC’s investigation into the company remains active. The SEC has not accused AppLovin of wrongdoing and declined to release documents requested by Bloomberg. AppLovin filed its annual report this week and is reportedly planning a new social networking platform after a failed TikTok bid.
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Gold price near $5,070 after Trump tariff jolt — what traders watch next week

Gold price near $5,070 after Trump tariff jolt — what traders watch next week

21 February 2026
Gold rose above $5,000 an ounce Friday, with spot prices up 1.5% at $5,071.48 and U.S. April futures settling at $5,080.90. Silver jumped 5.8% to $82.92. The rally followed Trump’s announcement of new temporary tariffs and U.S. data showing core PCE inflation at 0.4% in December, above forecasts. Economic growth slowed to 1.4% annualized in Q4, missing expectations.
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Silver price jumps near $83 — what could drive the next move when markets reopen

Silver price jumps near $83 — what could drive the next move when markets reopen

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21 February 2026
Silver closed at $82.92 an ounce Friday, up 5.8%, as weak U.S. growth data and tariff news spurred demand. President Trump announced a hike in temporary tariffs on nearly all imports to 15%. U.S. Treasury yields rose after a Supreme Court tariffs ruling, while the dollar index slipped 0.14% to 97.75. S&P Global’s U.S. Composite PMI fell to 52.3 in February, signaling slower business activity.
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Broadcom stock price: AVGO in focus after VMware partner cuts and new 6G chip launch

Broadcom stock price: AVGO in focus after VMware partner cuts and new 6G chip launch

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21 February 2026
Broadcom shares closed down 0.4% at $332.65 Friday, trailing chip sector gains, but edged up to $332.96 after hours. The company launched BroadPeak, a new radio chip for 5G Advanced and early 6G networks. Broadcom will remove VMware’s lowest reseller tier in EMEA in May under a new partner program. First-quarter results are due March 4.
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Alphabet GOOG stock jumps 3.7% — what to watch next week for Google shares

Alphabet GOOG stock jumps 3.7% — what to watch next week for Google shares

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21 February 2026
Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares rose 3.7% to $314.90 Friday, valuing the company at about $2.94 trillion. The gain followed a Supreme Court ruling striking down Trump-era global tariffs, which lifted tech stocks broadly. Alphabet is in talks to invest $100 million in cloud startup Fluidstack and plans to nearly double its 2026 capital spending to up to $185 billion. Google Cloud revenue jumped 48% last quarter to $17.7 billion.
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Microsoft stock (MSFT) ends Friday lower; Xbox shake-up and AI spending cues in focus for Monday

Microsoft stock (MSFT) ends Friday lower; Xbox shake-up and AI spending cues in focus for Monday

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21 February 2026
Microsoft shares closed down 0.3% at $397.23 Friday, trailing broader tech gains. The company named Asha Sharma to lead its gaming division as Xbox chief Phil Spencer retires and Sarah Bond departs. Investors are watching Nvidia earnings and inflation data that could affect tech stocks. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both ended higher after the Supreme Court struck down Trump-era tariffs.
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Amazon stock jumps on tariff court shock; AWS outage report keeps AMZN in focus next week

Amazon stock jumps on tariff court shock; AWS outage report keeps AMZN in focus next week

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21 February 2026
Amazon shares rose 2.6% to $210.11 Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump’s global tariffs, sending major indexes higher. Trump ordered a new temporary 10% global import tariff to begin next week. Amazon’s AWS unit said a December disruption linked to internal AI tools affected only one service in one China region. U.S. data showed Q4 GDP growth slowed to 1.4% as inflation remained above Fed targets.
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Nvidia stock price closes at $189.82 — now Wall Street braces for NVDA’s earnings week

Nvidia stock price closes at $189.82 — now Wall Street braces for NVDA’s earnings week

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21 February 2026
Nvidia shares closed Friday up 1.02% at $189.82 ahead of its Feb. 25 earnings report. Options markets are pricing in a 7% post-earnings swing, more than double the typical move. The company is also nearing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, sources told Reuters. Nvidia recently signed a multiyear AI chip supply deal with Meta Platforms.
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Etsy stock jumps on Depop sale and fresh upgrade — what to watch before Monday

Etsy stock jumps on Depop sale and fresh upgrade — what to watch before Monday

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21 February 2026
Etsy shares closed up 8.5% at $52.18 Friday after announcing the $1.2 billion sale of Depop to eBay and receiving a Barclays upgrade. Fourth-quarter revenue missed estimates at $881.6 million, with marketplace sales down 1%. The company forecast a first-quarter GMS drop to $2.38–$2.43 billion. Investors weighed margin hopes against a softer sales outlook.
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Why CrowdStrike stock price (CRWD) slid 8% — and what investors watch next week

Why CrowdStrike stock price (CRWD) slid 8% — and what investors watch next week

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21 February 2026
CrowdStrike shares fell 7.9% to $388.60 Friday after Anthropic launched a new Claude security feature, triggering a selloff in cybersecurity stocks. Cloudflare, Zscaler, SailPoint, and Okta also dropped, while the Global X Cybersecurity ETF closed at its lowest since November 2023. Anthropic’s tool scans code for vulnerabilities but is limited to select enterprise users. CrowdStrike reports earnings March 3.
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Corning stock hits fresh highs after UBS lifts target to $160 as AI-fiber trade rolls on

Corning stock hits fresh highs after UBS lifts target to $160 as AI-fiber trade rolls on

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21 February 2026
Corning shares jumped 7.3% to $139.51 Friday after UBS upgraded the stock on rising data-center fiber demand, briefly topping $140 for the first time. The move followed a multiyear Meta Platforms contract and comes as hyperscaler capex forecasts surge. Corning’s year-to-date gain neared 60%. Investors will watch for further contract news next week.
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Vietnam stocks reopen after Tet: VN-Index at 1,824 puts 1,850 level in play next week

Vietnam stocks reopen after Tet: VN-Index at 1,824 puts 1,850 level in play next week

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21 February 2026
Vietnam’s VN-Index closed up 0.55% at 1,824.09 before the Tet holiday, ending a three-week losing streak. Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange trading resumes Monday, Feb. 23. Brokers expect volatile action, with focus on foreign flows and big-cap stocks. Turnover in the last session reached nearly 20.1 trillion dong, with foreign investors net buyers by 196 billion dong.
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