Fed Pivot Eyed Amid Economic Uncertainty; Apple iPhone Sales Drop 21% In China As Goldman Stays Bullish; Trump Pushes 'Clean Coal' To Meet U.S. Energy Demand – Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

US Markets­­­­­­­

• The Mag 7 Slowdown – A ‘More Durable Transition’ Or Just Another Blip?
• US Futures Show Caution Among Investors Ahead Of FOMC Meeting: Analysts Say Only Certainty Is That ‘Things Will Remain Uncertain For The Time Being’
• Dow Jumps 350 Points Following Positive Economic Data: Investor Fear Eases, But Greed Index Remains In ‘Extreme Fear’ Zone

Crypto

• Michael Saylor’s MSTR Provides Bitcoin Exposure To Bondholders With Its ‘Novel Strategy:’ Tom Lee Says It’s Helping ‘Bond Managers Outperform’ The Market
• Presearch Bolsters Web3 Transition With PRE Token Beta Launch On Base Layer 2
• Bernstein Targets $310 For Coinbase Stock, Cites Lifting ‘Regulatory Dark Cloud
• Record-Breaking Bitcoin Short Worth $517 Million Closed By Whale: Is A BTC Rally Incoming?
• Record-Breaking $517 Million Bitcoin Short Placed By Influential Whale—Analyst Says The Investor Isn’t Dumb
• Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao Says He Has An ‘Unpopular Opinion’ On Using Crypto For AI Fees: ‘Not Every Agent Needs Its Own Token’
• Pepe Outperforms Dogecoin, Shiba Inu With 8% Spike—Top Analyst Says Frog-Themed Meme Coin About To ‘Enter A Bull Rally
• Retiring In Months With $700,000, 62-Year-Old Plans $500,000 Move To Dividends – ‘Should I Go All-In On JEPI, JEPQ, Or Riskier Plays?’
• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Match Stock Advances: BTC Should Flip $85,000 And $89,000 Levels For Potential Reversal, Says Analyst

US Politics

• Fed Put On Standby, While Trump Put May Be Kaput? Analysts Expect Jerome Powell To Pivot To A Measured Stance Amid Economic Uncertainty

World Economy

• Asia And Europe Markets Gains, Gold Makes New High – Global Markets Today While US Slept

Tech

• Google Parent Alphabet To Acquire Wiz In $32 Billion Deal, Its Biggest Bet Yet
• Apple iPhone Shipments In China Drop 21% In January, Goldman Sachs Remains Bullish
• Beeline Launches AI Agent Bob 2.0 For Higher Leads And 24/7 Automation
• Meta Could Rake In $30-40 Billion In Revenue From WhatsApp Business Messaging, Predicts Analyst
• FinVolution Reports Strong Q4, Eyes 50% Revenue From International Markets By 2030 & More
• Samsung Chairman Urges Execs To Embrace ‘Death-Defying’ Mindset Amid AI Challenges, Says Company Is ‘Facing A Do-Or-Die’ Issue
• Google Pixel 9a Leaks In Hands-On Videos Before Launch: Flat Design, 48MP Camera, 5,100mAh Battery Revealed
• Billionaire Investor David Tepper’s ‘Everything’ China Bet Pays Off With Alibaba Up 40% Since September
• Trump Praises Jeff Bezos’ Recent Moves With Washington Post: ‘He’s Trying To Do A Real Job’
• Trump Ally Larry Ellison’s Oracle Pledges $5 Billion To Boost UK’s AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure
• Jim Chanos Slams Palantir Management For Continuing To ‘Ridicule’ Skeptics While Executives Sell $328 Million Worth Of Stock
• Google In Advanced Talks To Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz For $30 Billion — Largest Deal Ever Amid Antitrust Uncertainty: Report

Electric Vehicle

• Tesla Investors Advised To Fasten Their Seatbelts As Analyst Expects March Deliveries To Take A Hit: It’s Still ‘Best-Positioned Company In Physical AI
• Tesla’s China Rival XPeng Delivers Over 91,500 EVs In Q4, Eyes Massive Growth In Q1
• Lucid Stock Climbs Over 3% In Pre-Market: What’s Going On?
• What’s Going On With NIO Stock Today?
• Ross Gerber Says Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm Paid Off To Do Nothing: ‘Only Represents’ Elon Musk While Pocketing $682 Million
• BYD Unveils 5-Minute EV Charging Breakthrough, Strengthening Edge Over Tesla— Stock Spikes 4%
• Tesla Drops Nearly 5% As Mizuho Cuts Price Target To $430 — Peter Schiff Asks Why Is It ‘Bad News’    

Consumer

• Volkswagen’s Audi To Slash Up To 7,500 Jobs By 2029 To Boost Competitiveness

Communication

• Tencent Music’s Q4 Revenue Beats Street View, But Monthly Active Users Fall Over 3%
• DJT Stock Has Plummeted 50% Since Trump’s Inauguration But Investors Could Take Heart Its Fate Is Not As Bad As TRUMP Memecoin
• LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman Pours Cold Water On Elon Musk’s DOGE Moves: ‘Government And Companies Are Not The Same

Industrial

• What’s Going On With KBR Stock On Tuesday?
• Elbit Systems Q4 Earnings: Sales And EPS Beat, Dividend Boost, Solid Order Backlog And More
• KE Holdings Posts 55% Gross Transaction Value Surge In Q4, But EPS Miss And Margin Decline Weigh On Stock
• Canada Re-Evaluates Lockheed’s F-35 Order Amid US Trade Tensions: ‘We Are Also Examining Other Alternatives’

Healthcare

• Cancer-Focused Nanobiotix Adjusts $2.7 Billion Johnson & Johnson Agreement To Strengthen Finances And Relieve Funding Burden
• Canadian Cannabis SNDL Achieves Break-Even Free Cash Flow For 2024
• Indaptus Therapeutics Starts Phase 1 Combination Study of Decoy20 With BeiGene’s Cancer Drug For Advanced Solid Tumors

Financial

• Nasdaq Expands Latin America Presence With Nuam Partnership
• High-Yield Dividend Investor Making $12,900 Per Year Names 10 Favorite Stocks – ‘Took Me Almost 3 Years To Get To This Point’
• SoftBank Signs Agreement To Resell Perplexity Enterprise Pro, Deploying 7,000 Sales Members To Drive Adoption
• Warren Buffett-Backed Japanese Trading Stocks Surge As Tokyo Market Digest Berkshire’s Increased Stake

Space

• Former NASA Astronaut Predicts Mars Travel Still 15 Years Away: ‘Not 5 Years As Elon Musk Alludes To’
• Rocket Lab Launches Final Kinéis Satellite, Enabling Global IoT Coverage
• NASA Astronauts Sunita Williams And Butch Willmore Head Back To Earth On SpaceX Dragon Capsule

Energy

• Clean Tech Company N2OFF Signs Deal For 380 MW Energy Storage Projects In Italy
• Trump Turns To ‘Beautiful, Clean Coal’ To Address Domestic Energy Demand

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