Wednesday of Reserva Federal (FED) on Wall Street with the January minutes. Those responsible for monetary policy have leaned towards keep interest rates stableunless the inflation suffers falls. The market has also Fears about software stocks eased by artificial intelligencealthough they continue to evaluate the impact in the long term. Given this, the DOW JONES Ind Average, S&P 500 y NASDAQ 100 log out a +0.26% to 49,662 points, +0.56% to 6,881 points and +0.78% to 22,753 points respectively.
The minutes indicated that «several participants commented that further downward adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate would likely be appropriate if inflation were to decline in line with their expectations,» according to Yahoo Finance.
Some participants commented that it would probably be «appropriate to keep the policy rate stable for a time while the Committee carefully evaluates the incoming data,» according to the minutes.
Markets currently expect at least two rate cuts this year. Also pay attention to the signs of the repercussions of AI on the labor market and inflation before the publication of Personal Consumption Expenditure Index (GCP) for Decemberwhich will be published on Friday.
Continuing with the FED, trump administration questions a new report from the New York Federal Reserve which states that the American consumers and businesses are supporting the most of the highest costs derived from the duty taxes last year according to Yahoo Finance.
«The report is a disgrace,» he told CNBC on Wednesday. the director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett. «I think it’s the worst report I’ve ever seen in the history of the Federal Reserve. The people associated with this report should be disciplined, because what they’ve done is issue a conclusion that has generated a lot of highly partisan information, based on an analysis that wouldn’t be accepted in a first-semester economics class.»
Returning to the topic of AI, Dave Bozeman, CEO of C.H.Robinson Wldwas interviewed by Yahoo Finance about the Great AI Terror.
«Leadership decisions are always made calmly. You have to understand the data and understand what is happening. And I quickly discovered that ultimately at Robinson we are not going to allow a moment of uncertainty blurs the difference between perception and reality. And the reality is this: We are the disruptors, not the affected ones.»
Waiting for the results of Walmart scheduled for tomorrow morning US, is expected to offer a Christmas season summary after having passed the trillion dollars in market capitalization according to Yahoo Finance.
The retailer is expected to report adjusted earnings per share of $0.73according to consensus data from Bloomberg. It is expected that the income increase almost a 6%until the 190 billion dollars and that the comparable sales of its US business grow a 4.3%, driven by the strength of electronic commerce, the greater volume of purchases and a slight rebound in customer influx. It is expected that the comparable sales increase a 19.8%, a moderation with respect to the growth of 28% observed in the third trimester.
It is expected that your wholesale retailer, Sam’s Clubreport that the comparable sales increased a 4.4% in the quarter.
As regards economic data we had GDPNow from the Atlanta FED (4Q) with a result of 3.6% compared to the expected 3.7%.
We also had 20-year debt auction with a yield of 4.664%.
Among the winning actions we have Cadence Design (+7.60% to 305 dollars), Global Payments (+16.51% to $81.29) and Walt Disney (+1.59% to $107.12)
Cadence climbs after the presentation of results for the fourth quarter 2025according to Investing.
Cadence Design Systems reported income of the fourth fiscal quarter 2025 of 1.44 billion dollars with a 45.8% margin and a earnings per share of $1.99surpassing consensus estimates of $1.42 billion, a margin of 45.4% and $1.91 per share. The company raised its guidance for fiscal first quarter 2026 a $1.44 billion in revenue with a 44.5% margin and a earnings per share of $1.92above the consensus of $1.38 billion, a margin of 43.6% and $1.80 per share.
Global Payments also rises after fourth quarter results 2025according to Investing.
Global Payments reported a adjusted earnings per share of the fourth quarter of $3.18exceeding analyst expectations of $3.16. The company managed adjusted net income of $2.32 billion for the quarter, representing a growth of 6% on a constant currency basis excluding divestitures. For him full year 2025adjusted net income reached 9.32 billion dollarss, also growing a 6% based on constant currency.
Walt Disney goes up after updates from various analysts on Wall Street, according to Investing:
- UBS maintained its rating of Buy setting a price target of $138, while adjusting its quarterly operating income forecast at $4.4 billion for him second fiscal quarterdown from a previous estimate of $4.9 billion.
- BofA Securities also maintained its rating of Buy but reduced its target price to 125 dollarsciting concerns about the segment performance despite Disney’s fiscal 2026 outlook for double-digit adjusted EPS growth.
- KeyBanc reiterated its rating of Sector Weightnoting that although Disney’s domestic parks exceeded expectations, there are challenges ahead for international visitors.
Among the losing stocks we have Palo Alto Net (-6.82% to 152.35 dollars), Crown Castl REIT (-4.81% to $87.44) and 3M (-2.05% to $164.18)
Palo Alto falls despite having surpassed analysts’ estimates for the second fiscal quarter 2026, according to Investing.
The firm obtained a EPS of $1.03 compared to a forecast of $0.94, which represents a surprise from the 9.57%. Revenues also exceeded projections, reaching 2.6 billion dollars compared to the anticipated $2.58 billion.
Crown Castle falls after the target price reduction by several analysts, according to Marketbeat:
- Wells Fargo & Company reduced its target price 105.00 to 90.00 dollars and gave them a rating of «overweight»
- Royal Bank Of Canada reduced its target price 112.00 to 110.00 dollars and gave them a rating of «overcome»
- Citigroup reduced its target price 110.00 to 106.00 dollars and gave them a rating of «buy»
- BMO Capital Markets reduced its target price 97.00 to 91.00 dollars and gave them a rating of «overcome»
3M It does not fall due to a specific fact, but due to the drag of the last weeks of the stock indices. Furthermore, there is a perception that his sales growth is slow and that recovery takes time to arrive.
Before closing with the rest of the quotes, Technical analyst of Investment Strategies, José Antonio Gonzálezshares an analysis of the Dow Jones Mini Future:
The Mini Dow Jones Industrial Future (YM) remains trading above the lows recorded last Friday, February 6, identified at 48,703 points, a session in which we learned the US CPI data and whose daily candle registered a bullish engulfing formation.
In this sense, the arguments remain in favor of purchases, with the price curve of the index under study consolidating above the accelerated growing guideline that starts from the minimums of November 2025, so the central scenario or with the highest probability of success lies in directly attacking the viability of the current annual maximums, identified at 50,611 points, projecting an upward potential in the strictest short term around +1.9%.
For its part, the piercing of (i) the aforementioned growing guideline, as well as (ii) Friday’s lows -48,703 points-, would be providing valuable signals of change in investor sentiment, forcing the return to annual highs to be postponed.
Mini Dow Jones Industrial Future (YM) on a daily scale with volatility (upper center chart), MACD (lower center chart) and trading activity (lower window). Source: ProRealTime and own elaboration.
Los Oil futures WTI they go up a +4.80% a 65.25 dollars and the Brent +4.57% at 70.50 dollars.
He Oro go up a +1.97% at $5,002 per ounce and the Plata +4.99% at $77.20.
The pair EUR/USD falls a -0.57% a 1.1786.
Bitcoinfalls a -2.14% to $66,296.
He US 10-year bond yield upload a +0.79% a 4.084 already 30 years +0.58% to 4,710.
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