Stock Market Live February 19, 2026: S&P 500 (SPY) Up Ahead of Key Fed News
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After a rough few weeks, shares of AMZN appear to have finally bottomed out and are just starting to pivot higher. It’s also oversold on RSI, MACD, Williams’ %R, and on Full Stochastics.
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Read MoreJacob Funds Bets on Prime Medicine (PRME), a Next-Generation Gene Therapy Company
When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.
Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.
Read MoreStocks get tech boost amid strong economic reports
A slew of data showing the US economy is holding up drove stocks higher, with the market also gaining amid easing jitters around artificial-intelligence disruption. Bonds retreated. Oil jumped.
About 350 shares in the S&P 500 climbed, with the US equity benchmark up nearly 1%. Following a tech selloff fueled by worries over the outlook for AI,
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Read MoreWarren targets Dimon for help on interest rate caps
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, is pushing legislation to let states limit credit card interest rates – and enlisting JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to help.
Warren wrote to Dimon on Tuesday, urging his support for the bill backed by Senate Democrats,
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Read More‘Money's moving out of tech’: Wall Street weighs stock market winners amid the AI scare trade
Investors have shifted their appetite from tech and megacaps into sectors that have been playing “catch-up” and benefiting from AI-fueled investments.
Stocks broke a two-week losing streak on Friday, but year to date, Tech (XLK) and Consumer Discretionary (XLY), along with Financials (XLF),
Read MoreThe Burst
3 Dividend Stocks Worth Buying Now?
Thanks to surging stock prices over the past two years, dividend yields on major stock indices have fallen to fairly low levels. The S&P 500, for instance, currently carries an average yield of just 1.3%.
The mature companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average fare a bit better, and some of them offer yields that exceed the S&P 500 several times over.
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Why This Stock Could Be a Dividend Powerhouse for the Next Decade
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEPC, BEP) doesn’t just participate in the energy transition but profits from it in ways few investors fully appreciate.
While many renewable stocks have stumbled in the face of rising rates and public market disinterest, Brookfield’s long-term game plan is quietly delivering results. One of the clearest signs? The dividend streak is 10 years.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
1 Stock That Will Pay You Monthly
When Charlie Munger was a boy, he described an encounter he had with an older man who seemed to work very little but had a lot of money. Curious what the man did he questioned the line of business he was in and discovered to his surprise he “rendered dead horses.” What Charlie learned from the conversation was less about horses and more about how one man got rich because he was the only player in that market.