{"id":5649,"date":"2026-02-22T22:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/?p=5649"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:13:28","slug":"week-ending-2-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/?p=5649","title":{"rendered":"Week Ending 2\/20\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARKET RECAP<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US stocks +1.27%, international +1.51%, bonds +0.23%.<\/li>\n<li>The Supreme Court ruled that Trump&#8217;s imposition of tariffs under the IEEPA was illegal. This was clearly the correct decision. The law simply does not allow a President to do whatever he wants in regards to tarriffs. Trump, of course, displayed his worst tendencies and personally attacked the Justices who ruled against his tariffs; he believes they should just support him and forget the law. Most everyone agreed with the decision, and the Justices were following the law. They deserve our respect.<\/li>\n<li>The advance estimate released this past Friday showed that U.S. GDP grew at an annualized rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter, a significant slowdown from the 4.4% growth seen in Q3. This cooling was largely attributed to the record 43-day federal government shutdown, which analysts estimate stripped roughly one percentage point from the final growth figure.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"citation-27 citation-end-27\">The FOMC minutes released this past Wednesday revealed a surprisingly hawkish shift, with several officials suggesting that interest rate hikes could return to the table if &#8220;sticky&#8221; inflation remains above the 2% target.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-26 citation-end-26\">While the committee voted 10-2 to hold rates steady at 3.50%\u20133.75%, the &#8220;vast majority&#8221; of participants now believe labor market risks have stabilized, allowing the Fed to prioritize fighting persistent price pressures over further rate cuts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"citation-39 citation-end-39\">The U.S. and Iran are currently in a high-stakes &#8220;final countdown&#8221; toward a new round of nuclear talks scheduled for this Thursday, February 26, in Geneva.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-38 citation-end-38\">President Trump has signaled that he may decide whether to launch limited military strikes within the next 10 days if Iran does not present a substantive proposal to dilute its enriched uranium stockpile and meet &#8220;zero-enrichment&#8221; demands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SCOREBOARD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5651\" src=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026-69x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026-69x300.png 69w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026-235x1024.png 235w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026-352x1536.png 352w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026-469x2048.png 469w, https:\/\/envisionco.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scoreboard-02-20-2026.png 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 69px) 100vw, 69px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARKET RECAP US stocks +1.27%, international +1.51%, bonds +0.23%. The Supreme Court ruled that Trump&#8217;s imposition of tariffs under the IEEPA was illegal. This was clearly the correct decision. 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