Investing Updates : Alibaba, Grab, Walmart Earnings; Fed Minutes; Manufacturing Update: What to Watch This Week

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https://ttm.financial/news/2512515499?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental

Apple Intelligence:

• Market Closure: U.S. markets will be closed on Monday for Presidents Day.

• Earnings Reports: Arista Networks, Devon Energy, Medtronic, and Occidental Petroleum report on Tuesday, followed by Analog Devices and Garmin on Wednesday. Alibaba Group Holding, Block, Booking Holdings, Newmont, and Walmart will be Thursday’s highlights.

• Economic Indicators: Minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s late January meeting will be published on Wednesday afternoon. S&P Global will release both its Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers’ Indexes for February on Friday. Housing data to watch this week will include the National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index for February on Tuesday, the Census Bureau’s housing starts for January on Wednesday, and the National Association of Realtors’ existing-home sales for January on Friday.

• Market Closure: Equity and fixed-income markets are closed on Presidents Day.

• Earnings Reports: Companies like Arista, Cadence Design Systems, Celanese, and others will release quarterly results on Tuesday.

• Economic Indicators: The National Association of Home Builders releases its Housing Market Index for February on Tuesday, and the Census Bureau reports new residential construction data for January on Wednesday.

• Earnings Reports: Akamai Technologies, Alibaba, Baxter International, Block, Booking, Builders FirstSource, CenterPoint Energy, Cheniere Energy, Copart, Epam Systems, Hasbro, Insulet, LKQ, Live Nation, Newmont, Nu Holdings, Pool Corp., Quanta Services, Southern Co., Targa Resources, and Walmart hold conference calls to discuss quarterly results.

• Economic Indicators: S&P Global releases Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers’ Indexes for February.

• Housing Market: The National Association of Realtors reports existing-home sales for January.

Opinion:

Should be a normal sideways week for markets.

Alibaba, Walmart and Grab will be grabbing attention.

Grok 3 chatbot would be an interesting AI development.