2026 02/09 - 02/13. Wall Street faces turmoil as tech stocks decline amid mixed economic signals in an uncertain landscape

This week saw heightened market volatility as technology stocks faced significant selling pressure amidst concerns over AI disruption and elevated valuations. The Dow Jones initially surged but retreated sharply, with mixed economic indicators, a strong labor data clashing with weak retail sales and plummeting housing demand. Encouragingly, a subdued inflation report led to lower Treasury yields, fostering hope for interest rate cuts. Investors now turn to a compressed trading week with crucial retail earnings on the horizon.|-----|* S&P.* 02/09 M. 6,964.82 | * 02/10 T. 6,941.81 |* 02/11 W. 6,941.47 |* 02/12 T. 6,832.76 |* 02/13 F. 6,836.17 ||---|* Nasdaq.* 02/09 M. 23,238.67 |* 02/10 T. 23,102.47 |* 02/11 W. 23,066.47 |* 02/12 T. 22,597.15 |* 02/13 F. 22,546.67 ||---|* DJI.* 02/09 M. 50,135.87 |* 02/10 T. 50,188.14 |* 02/11 W. 50,121.40 |* 02/12 T. 49,451.98 |* 02/13 F. 49,500.93 ||-----|* 2-yr T Bond %.* 02/09 M. 3.483 |* 02/10 T. 3.454 |* 02/11 W. 3.512 |* 02/12 T. 3.466 |* 02/13 F. 3.410 ||---|* 10-yr T Bond %.* 02/09 M. 4.198 |* 02/10 T. 4.145 |* 02/11 W. 4.172 |* 02/12 T. 4.104 |* 02/13 F. 4.056 ||-----|* S&P ROC %.* 02/09 M. 0.469 |* 02/10 T. -0.33 |* 02/11 W. -0.005 |* 02/12 T. -1.566 |* 02/13 F. 0.05 ||---|* VIX.* 02/09 M. 17.36 |* 02/10 T. 17.79 |* 02/11 W. 17.65 |* 02/12 T. 20.82 |* 02/13 F. 20.60 ||---|* Shiller PE.* 02/09 M. 40.58 |* 02/10 T. 40.36 |* 02/11 W. 40.35 |* 02/12 T. 39.71 |* 02/13 F. 39.74 ||-----|* BCOM.* 02/09 M. 118.4447 |* 02/10 T. 117.7393 |* 02/11 W. 118.8503 |* 02/12 T. 117.0704 |* 02/13 F. 117.3452 ||---|* BCOMENTR.* 02/09 M. 70.1084 |* 02/10 T. 69.6186 |* 02/11 W. 70.4625 |* 02/12 T. 69.1015 |* 02/13 F. 69.2256 ||---|* BCOMINTR.* 02/09 M. 431.96 |* 02/10 T. 430.30 |* 02/11 W. 434.01 |* 02/12 T. 426.32 |* 02/13 F. 423.65 ||---|* SPGSAG.* 02/09 M. 344.50 |* 02/10 T. 344.37 |* 02/11 W. 345.97 |* 02/12 T. 351.06 |* 02/13 F. 349.24 ||---|* SPGSPM.* 02/09 M. 6,806.93 |* 02/10 T. 6,733.05 |* 02/11 W. 6,848.15 |* 02/12 T. 6,592.23 |* 02/13 F. 6,730.00 ||-----|* WTI Crude Oil.* 02/09 M. 64.36 |* 02/10 T. 63.96 |* 02/11 W. 64.63 |* 02/12 T. 62.84 |* 02/13 F. 62.89 ||---|* HH Natural Gas.* 02/09 M. 3.138 |* 02/10 T. 3.115 |* 02/11 W. 3.159 |* 02/12 T. 3.217 |* 02/13 F. 3.243 ||-----|* Key Economic Events.* 02/16 M. Market Closed |* 02/17 T. Empire State Manufacturing Index (Feb) | * 02/18 W. FOMC Meeting Minutes |* 02/20 F. U.S. Q4 GDP |* 02/20 F. Core PCE Price Index (Dec) ||-----|* Key Earnings Releases.* 02/17 T. Walmart (WMT), Allegion (ALLE), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Cadence Design (CDNS), Devon Energy (DVN) |* 02/18 W. Analog Devices (ADI), Garmin (GRMN), Global Payments (GPN), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Booking Holdings (BKNG), Twilio (TWLO) |* 02/19 T. Alibaba (BABA), Deere & Co (DE), Newmont (NEM), DoorDash (DASH), Applied Materials (AMAT), Dropbox (DBX) |* 02/20 F. Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD), Cinemark (CNK) ||-----|The complete audio transcript will be accessible at the following link: https://wallstreetweek.substack.com/ when it becomes available.