Next week will be quite nice:

Monday:

• US markets are closed for the Presidents Day holiday closed.

Tuesday:

• Quarterly reports from Walmart ($WMT (-0.63%) ), Home Depot ($HD (+0.02%) ) and Palo Alto Networks ($PANW (+1.93%) ) are expected.

Wednesday:

• Quarterly reports fromNvidia ($NVDA (+4.72%) ), Suncor Energy ($SU (+0.16%) ), Exelon ($EXC (+0.81%) ), Rivian Automotive ($RIVN (+4.71%) ) and Marathon Oil ($MPC (+0.28%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from January.

Thursday

• Quarterly reports from Intuit ($INTU (+0.22%) ) and Booking Holdings ($BKNG (+0.21%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits (until February 17).
• Release of the S&P flash services PMI and S&P Flash Manufacturing PMI for February.
• Release of existing home sales for January.
• Start of the Department of Education meetings on the repayment of student loans.
• Speeches by Patrick HarkerPresident of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, and Neel KashkariPresident of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.

Friday:

• Quarterly report from Warner Bros Discovery ($WBD (+0.67%) ) is expected.