Today is Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
The Early Bird Index today is 86.21.
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Bitcoin Hits Two-Month High 🥳
Bitcoin $BTC ( ▲ 4.28% ) jumped about 4% on Tuesday to over $95,000, its highest price in about two months.
Bigger Picture: Tuesday was a great day for major cryptocurrency prices. XRP $XRP ( ▼ 0.63% ) increased by 5%, Ethereum $ETH ( ▲ 5.82% ) increased by 6%, Dogecoin $DOGE ( ▲ 2.63% ) increased by 8%, and Cardano $ADA ( ▲ 3.54% ) increased by 9%.
Powering the Story: Bitcoin’s breakout (and the overall increase in crypto prices) on Tuesday was driven by favorable economic data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the December Consumer Price Index on Tuesday, and the data reassured investors that inflation is not re-accelerating.
Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Bitcoin investors like non‑reaccelerating inflation because it supports a “Goldilocks” macro setup: the Fed has less incentive to hike again, but inflation is still high enough to sustain the store‑of‑value narrative.
Stable, non‑reaccelerating inflation lets the Fed lean toward keeping rates steady or cutting further instead of hiking, which historically benefits risk assets, including crypto.
The data strengthens a soft‑landing narrative (inflation trending down from earlier highs without a deep recession), which tends to push investors out of the risk curve into equities and crypto.
Final Thoughts: In the past 12 months, Bitcoin’s price has been flat.
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Notables
Notable Earnings Today: Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Home Bancshares (NYSE: HOMB), United Community Banks (NYSE: UCB), Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI), Infosys (NYSE: INFY), RF Industries (Nasdaq: RFIL).
Notable IPOs Today: OneIM Acquisition Corp. Units (Nasdaq: OIMAU).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Puroast Coffee (StartEngine), Puddle Pool Services (Honeycomb), ImmunoKey (Crowdcube).
Notable Economic Events Today: Producer Price Index / Core PPI (8:30 a.m. ET), Retail Sales (8:30 a.m. ET), Retail Control (8:30 a.m. ET), Existing Home Sales (10:00 a.m. ET), Business Inventories (10:00 a.m. ET), Retail Inventories Excluding Auto (10:00 a.m. ET), Cushing Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET, Fed Beige Book (2:00 p.m. ET).
Glaukos Disappoints Investors
The eye disease medical technology company Glaukos $GKOS ( ▼ 0.61% ) plunged 12.03% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after posting preliminary financial results that disappointed investors.
Financials: Although sales increased, the company reaffirmed its previously announced sales outlook. Investors were not pleased.
Quote: “We continue to successfully advance our robust pipeline of novel, dropless platform technologies designed to meaningfully advance the standard of care and improve outcomes for patients suffering from chronic eye diseases.” - CEO Thomas Burns.
Final Thoughts: Shares of Glaukos are down 27% in the past year.
Phoenix Education Posts Mixed Results
Phoenix Education Partners $PXED ( ▼ 5.2% ) ticked up 0.91% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after posting mixed financial earnings results.
Financials: Phoenix Education Partners reported earnings of 40 cents per share, which were lower than expected. Revenue reached $262 million, which was better than expected.
Final Thoughts: The results were a good sign for the company. The stock has been down nearly 17% in the past year.
Trends to Watch
Approval: US Clears Path for Nvidia to Sell H200s to China Via New Rule (Bloomberg)
A Cash-In-Hand Moment: Netflix Preparing to Make Warner Bid All-Cash (Wall Street Journal)
Credit Check: The biggest hurdle to Trump’s credit card proposals? His own party. (Politico)
Ouch: Tesla's Cybertruck is falling far short of Elon Musk's ambitious sales targets (Business Insider)
It’s Been A While: Boeing outsold Airbus last year for first time since 2018, deliveries rise to 600 (CNBC)
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