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18 Feb 2026

One equity market tailwind is coming back...

Roughly 80% of corporates are out of the buyback blackout period Source: Bloomberg

18 Feb 2026

Fascinating study from Bloomberg: S&P Equal Weight outperformance was extremely rare historically:

1999-2002 Dotcom 2009 Post GFC 2020-2021 Covid “Those cases accompanied major shifts in the market.” “Equal-weight S&P managed to maintain some outperformance 250 days later.” “The big question: whether this is the start of an extended period of sharp moves around AI disruptors, and the disrupted.” Source: Macrocharts, Bloomberg

18 Feb 2026

Make or break in NASDAQ

NASDAQ futures are now pressing the lower end of the range. We’re well below the 100-day, with the 200-day sitting just beneath, making ~24,500 in futures the clear make-or-break level. Source: LSEG Workspace TME

18 Feb 2026

Fascinating chart from Goldman Sachs showing how stocks of newspaper companies started to move downward before their earnings took a hit.

Make or break in NASDAQ

18 Feb 2026

Equity Put/Call Ratio jumps to highest level this year and one of the highest levels since June

Source: Barchart

17 Feb 2026

Apple thinks differently

Source: A16Z

17 Feb 2026

The hyperscaler debt explosion:

Source: Brian Sozzi @BrianSozzi

16 Feb 2026

hey, capex is good. It will pay off” consider the historical record

Source: Peter Berezin @PeterBerezinBCA

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