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Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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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

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.
21 February 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • Google's AI Algorithm Research Triggers Memory Chip Selloff Amid Analyst Reassurance
    March 27, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT. Memory chip stocks fell sharply after Google's announcement of its TurboQuant algorithm, which cuts the memory needed for training large language AI models by sixfold, potentially easing current supply shortages and lowering chip prices. Shares of South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dropped over 6%, while U.S. chip makers Micron, Western Digital and Sandisk slid more than 7%. Despite the selloff, analysts including Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase view the innovation as a positive long-term factor, citing the Jevons Paradox: improvements in efficiency can increase overall demand. Hyperscalers like Amazon and Google continue to invest heavily in AI infrastructure, with $650 billion planned for data centers this year, supporting sustained memory chip demand.
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