OVERVIEW
The Weekend Rip: February 16, 2025

Source: Tenor.com

Bulls gained an edge in the market’s tug-of-war this week, with tariff optimism and big tech results offsetting concerns about inflation’s uptick. 🤷 

Let’s recap and prep you for the week ahead. 📝

What Happened?

📆 On Monday, it was a solid earnings day for McDonald’s and software stock Monday.com. Elon Musk made an unsolicited offer to OpenAI, which they rejected. Several other stocks made major moves following their quarterly results.

📝 On Tuesday, Super Micro provided a long-awaited business update and lofty revenue guidance. Upstart got a major Lyft after earnings, and the “Trends With Friends” crew discussed the golf industry’s disruption.

😨 On Wednesday, market fears picked up alongside inflation’s hotter-than-expected reading. Meanwhile, buyers eyed several breakout retests in the software industry, Robinhood beat estimates, and Reddit rolled over.

🪙 On Thursday, Coinbase couldn’t follow Robinhood higher despite positive quarterly results. GameStop flirted with the temptation to buy Bitcoin and other digital assets. And Daily Rip Live’s Shay Boloor revealed his 5 stocks to watch.

📈 On Friday, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 indexes made new all-time weekly closing highs, showing the trend remains the bulls’ friend. New SEC filings showed Michael Burry went on a buying spree, and “The Weekend Rip’s” Ben & Emil recapped the wildest moments on Wall Street.

🤩 This week’s Stocktwits Top 25 showed outperformance vs. the major indexes.

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Bullets From The Weekend 📰

😡 Uber accuses DoorDash of anti–competitive practices. In a filing in California Superior Court in San Francisco, Uber accused DoorDash of coercing restaurants into using it as their exclusive or sole preferred provider for delivery, leading to higher costs for both restaurants and customers. Yahoo Finance has more.

📉 Trump Media lost $400 million on just $3.6 million in sales during 2024. Revenues were down 12% YoY, with investors unsure whether the availability of its Truth+ video streaming service in the fourth quarter will spur growth. The company has not held an earnings call since the SPAC merger, leaving investors to wonder what will turn this from a holding company to a real business. More from CNBC.

🥶 Frigid temperatures cooled U.S. retail sales. The lowest average temperatures since 1988 kept more Americans indoors during January, hurting sales at most stores, from car dealers to department stores. Additionally, these figures showed fewer shoppers than anticipated rushed out to buy goods ahead of Trump’s tariffs. AP News has more.

🤯 Broadcom and TSMC are reportedly eyeing an Intel deal. The Wall Street Journal reported that Intel’s rivals are each eying potential deals to break up the struggling U.S. chipmaker into two. Broadcom has been closely examining Intel’s chip design and marketing business, while TSMC has separately studied controlling some or all of Intel’s chip plants. More from Yahoo Finance.

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THE BRIEF

Need a concise summary of what’s going on this week? Look no further. Here’s a rundown of this week’s earnings and economic data.

Economic Calendar

Source: TradingEconomics

It’s a busy week of economic data, with investors focused on January’s FOMC Minutes and housing data. In addition to the above, check out this week’s complete list of economic releases.

Earnings This Week

Earnings season is in full swing, with roughly 413 companies reporting this week.

Source: Stocktwits

Above is a quick summary. Check out the full Stocktwits earnings calendar for the other names reporting this week.

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