Next week will be quite nice:

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

• Quarterly reports from Walmart ($WMT (+0.59%) ), Home Depot ($HD (+0.29%) ) and Palo Alto Networks ($PANW (-0.31%) ) are expected.

Wednesday:

• Quarterly reports fromNvidia ($NVDA (+1.02%) ), Suncor Energy ($SU (+0.9%) ), Exelon ($EXC (+0.26%) ), Rivian Automotive ($RIVN (-1.45%) ) and Marathon Oil ($MPC (-0.36%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from January.

Thursday

• Quarterly reports from Intuit ($INTU (-0.33%) ) and Booking Holdings ($BKNG (-0.23%) ) 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 (-7.09%) ) is expected.