Next week will be quite nice:

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

• Quarterly reports from Walmart ($WMT (-0.97%) ), Home Depot ($HD (+3.51%) ) and Palo Alto Networks ($PANW (-1.02%) ) are expected.

Wednesday:

• Quarterly reports fromNvidia ($NVDA (+0.31%) ), Suncor Energy ($SU (-1.05%) ), Exelon ($EXC (+0.86%) ), Rivian Automotive ($RIVN (+1.89%) ) and Marathon Oil ($MPC (+2.47%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from January.

Thursday

• Quarterly reports from Intuit ($INTU (+1.23%) ) and Booking Holdings ($BKNG (+4.13%) ) 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 (+1.2%) ) is expected.