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• Nvidia options traders are vastly overestimating how earnings will move the stock. Just look at these charts.

  Nvidia options aren’t a good trade, this expert says. Here’s what he likes.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 22

• Inflation traders brace for short-term shock from tariffs, immigration policies

  Inflation traders are positioning for a consumer-price index that produces a seven-month string of annual headline inflation readings from the consumer-price index that are near or slightly above ...
  
  MarketWatch - 1h
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  Nvidia Earnings Could Crash the Stock Market if Wall Street Doesn’t Get Its Way

  The dominant AI company faces headwinds from Trump 2.0, DeepSeek, and China.
  
  Inc. - 5d

• More traders turn bullish in first quarter even as market shows signs of fatigue, Schwab survey says

  The bulls continue to outnumber the bears among traders 51% to 34%, even though two-thirds of respondents said the market is overvalued, per Schwab's survey.
  
  CNBC - 6d

• Young traders don’t care if stocks and crypto are in a bubble. They could get a rude awakening.

  A new survey found that the majority of active traders are bullish, despite some thinking the market is in a bubble.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 21
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  NOAA braces for steep job cuts

  {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story NOAA set to slash jobs ‘imminently’ Mass firings are set to hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...
  
  The Hill - Feb. 21

• The options to fund European defence

  Governments are discussing how to boost investment in Europe’s arms industry
  
  Financial Times - 4d
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  The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings

  Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.
  
  Wired - Feb. 20

• Best prop firms for US traders in 2025

  Learn about the best prop trading firms in the USA based on recent testing. Prop firm's rankings are based on challenges, fees, trading platforms and more.
  
  CBS News - 4d

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  Strategist David Rosenberg: ‘It’s a time to hunker down.’ Cash, defensive stocks and non-U.S. markets are your best choices now, he says.
  
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• Stocks kick off March with biggest drop in months as Trump tariffs rattle market

  U.S. stocks endured another serious setback on Monday as what one trader described as a tariff “tape bomb” from President Trump caused the S&P 500 to tally its biggest daily drop in months.
  
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  “I have been living a nightmare with my mother for seven years.”
  
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• The winner of EA’s ‘Madden’ videogame tournament will get more prize money than the NFL’s Super Bowl champions

  The Madden tournament will pay its winner $250,000, while Super Bowl champs each received $171,000.
  
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• Trump’s tariffs, whether implemented or not, have already hurt the U.S. auto industry

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  MarketWatch - 34m

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  Oil Prices Fall After OPEC Plus Affirms Plan to Raise Production

  The Saudi-led cartel said its members would start gradually pumping more oil in April.
  
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  Trump renews attacks on Zelenskyy over US backing against Russia

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