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Broadcom, CrowdStrike and Costco Highlight Earnings and Sector Signals This Week

Key earnings events this week from major corporations such as Broadcom, CrowdStrike and Costco offer important signals for sectors ranging from semiconductors to cybersecurity and consumer retail. These earnings releases will provide investors with fresh insights into demand trends, margin pressures, and broader economic resilience as markets contend with volatility from macroeconomic and geopolitical factors.

Tariff Regime in Flux as Trump Replaces Struck-Down IEEPA Levies With 10–15% Section 122 Duties

Following a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Trump's broad emergency tariffs imposed under IEEPA, the administration swiftly replaced them with a 10% across-the-board import duty under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer confirming the rate will rise to 15% for certain trading partners. The legal and economic uncertainty is reverberating across equity, commodity, and currency markets.

Trump State of the Union Defends Tariff Regime, Vows Replacements After Supreme Court Setback

President Donald Trump delivered the longest televised State of the Union address in modern history on Tuesday evening, defending his sweeping tariff agenda and pledging to implement replacement levies under alternative legal authority following last week's Supreme Court ruling that struck down the majority of his IEEPA-based import taxes. Markets opened broadly higher Wednesday, suggesting investors interpreted the speech as providing policy clarity rather than fresh uncertainty.

Trump Imposes 10% Global Tariff Under Section 122, Rattling Markets and Prompting EU Warning

President Donald Trump has activated a 10% blanket tariff on imports from virtually every country under the rarely invoked Section 122 of U.S. trade law, following the Supreme Court's decision to strike down his earlier reciprocal tariff regime. The European Commission responded swiftly, warning that the new levies are not conducive to fair transatlantic trade and threatening retaliatory measures, sending major U.S. equity indexes sharply lower before a partial recovery on Tuesday.

AI Disruption Fears Trigger 'SaaSpocalypse,' Battering Software and Cybersecurity Stocks

A wave of artificial intelligence disruption fears has swept through software and cybersecurity equities in February 2026, with investors fleeing companies seen as vulnerable to autonomous AI agents that can replace traditional software workflows. The selloff, dubbed the 'SaaSpocalypse' by traders, has erased hundreds of billions of dollars in market value from names including Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Salesforce, and Okta, forcing a fundamental reassessment of software valuations across Wall Street.

Trump Imposes 15% Global Tariff After Supreme Court Voids Reciprocal Trade Barriers

President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions Monday by invoking Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a blanket 15% tariff on all imports, one day after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that his reciprocal tariffs exceeded executive authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Major trading partners, including the European Union, warned that the new levies could jeopardize previously negotiated trade agreements, sending U.S. equity futures sharply lower and driving safe-haven assets higher.

Walmart Beats Q4 Estimates but Soft Full-Year Guidance Rattles Investors

Walmart delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and revenue on Thursday, fueled by robust e-commerce growth and expanding advertising revenue, but its full-year earnings outlook of $2.75 to $2.85 per share fell short of Wall Street's consensus of $2.96, sending shares modestly lower in premarket trading and raising questions about the pace of margin expansion under its new chief executive.

Bullish Memory Chip Stocks Lead S&P 500 Performers Amid AI Boom

Memory-focused companies such as Sandisk, Western Digital, and Seagate showed significant gains in U.S. markets as AI-driven demand continues to reshape sector valuations. Investors are reallocating capital toward memory and semiconductor stocks benefiting from heightened data center and AI hardware needs, even as broader market performance was mixed.

Palo Alto Networks Faces Sharp Sell-Off as Analysts Slash Targets Following Mixed Q2 Results

Shares of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) continued their downward trajectory this Thursday, dropping nearly 7% as a wave of Wall Street analysts lowered their price targets. Despite beating top-line revenue estimates in its fiscal second quarter, the cybersecurity giant’s conservative full-year earnings guidance and high integration costs associated with its 'platformization' strategy have spooked investors. The software sector is broadly lower as the market reassesses valuations amid decelerating growth for enterprise security spend.