Next week will be quite nice:

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

• Quarterly reports from Walmart ($WMT (+0.55%) ), Home Depot ($HD (+0.89%) ) and Palo Alto Networks ($PANW (+0.58%) ) are expected.

Wednesday:

• Quarterly reports fromNvidia ($NVDA (+0.19%) ), Suncor Energy ($SU (-1.06%) ), Exelon ($EXC (+1.7%) ), Rivian Automotive ($RIVN (+7.7%) ) and Marathon Oil ($MPC (+0.33%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from January.

Thursday

• Quarterly reports from Intuit ($INTU (-0.54%) ) and Booking Holdings ($BKNG (+0.57%) ) 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 (+0.78%) ) is expected.