The digital "inspiration engine" is facing a cold reality check. Shares of Pinterest Inc. (NYSE: PINS) plummeted 14.2% in early trading on February 13, 2026, following a disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report and a cautious outlook for the year ahead. Despite achieving a record-breaking milestone in its global user base,
The mid-February 2026 market landscape has taken a sharp turn into volatility as a new wave of "AI disruption" fears sweeps through traditional service sectors. Long considered immune to the initial wave of generative AI, labor-intensive giants in logistics and real estate are now facing a reckoning. Investors, once enamored
The U.S. equity markets faced a grueling three-session losing streak ending Friday, February 13, 2026, as a wave of "AI capex fatigue" and disappointing corporate guidance sent investors scurrying for safety. The selling pressure, which began as a mild pullback on Wednesday, accelerated into a full-scale rout on Thursday,
The financial markets experienced a tectonic shift today, February 13, 2026, as a massive sell-off in high-growth technology stocks—now being dubbed "Software-mageddon"—sent shockwaves through Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged over 4% in a single session, driven by a violent repricing of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sector. Investors,
NEW YORK — The American consumer engine, long the primary thruster of global economic growth, appears to have sputtered to a complete halt at the close of 2025. In a highly anticipated data release this week that was delayed nearly two months by a historic federal government shutdown, the U.S.
NEW YORK — On February 13, 2026, a seismic shift rattled Wall Street as the long-standing "AI-at-any-price" trade finally met its match. In a session that market veterans are already calling "Software-mageddon," investors staged a violent rotation out of high-growth technology sectors and into the unglamorous but steady arms of Utilities
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered a long-awaited "Valentine’s Day eve" gift to the markets on Friday, February 13, 2026, reporting that consumer prices cooled more than expected in January. Headline inflation fell to 2.4% on a year-over-year basis, undercutting the 2.5% consensus forecast from
Shares of online grocery delivery platform Instacart (NASDAQ:CART) jumped 13.2% in the morning session after the company reported strong fourth-quarter revenue that beat analyst estimates and provided a robust forecast for the upcoming quarter, overshadowing a miss on earnings per share.
As of February 13, 2026, the American consumer is signaling a profound state of distress that stands in stark contrast to the resilient spending patterns seen just two years ago. The latest reading of the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index has plummeted to 57.3, its lowest level
The Dow Jones Industrial Average endured a chilling session this Friday, February 13, 2026, dropping 267.77 points, or 0.54%, to close at 49,184.21. The slide marked the second consecutive day of losses for the blue-chip index, following a more severe 669-point tumble on Thursday. What began
