Today is Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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Knight-Swift's "Seasonal Lift"
Disappointing financial earnings results for the motor carrier Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings $KNX ( ▼ 2.36% ) sent the stock down 3.85% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.
Financials: Knight-Swift reported earnings of 31 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1.86 billion. Both were lower than expected.
Outlook: The company’s earnings outlook for the current quarter of 28 cents to 32 cents per share was also disappointing.
Quote: “The lack of the typical broad-based seasonal lift in demand until late in the quarter led to lower truckload volumes than expected.” - CEO Adam Miller.
Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Knight-Swift’s normal holiday‑season freight bump never really showed up, so they moved fewer loads than they had planned.
Lower‑than‑expected truckload volumes generally mean less revenue in that segment and weaker operating leverage.
Final Thoughts: Despite the weak results, the company expects capacity in the near-term to continue to recede, resulting in a healthier market for carriers.
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Notables
Notable Earnings Today: GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX), Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG), Capital One (NYSE: COF), Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), CSX (Nasdaq: CSX), Mobileye Global (Nasdaq: MBLY), McCormick (NYSE: MKC), Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK), Huntington Banc (Nasdaq: HBAN), Alcoa (NYSE: AA), Assoc Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB), Texas Capital (Nasdaq: TCBI), East West Banc (Nasdaq: EWBC), Customers Bancorp (NYSE: CUBI), ACM Research (Nasdaq: ACMR), Atlantic Union Bankshares (NYSE: AUB), Cadence Bank (NYSE: CADE), Cathay Bancorp (Nasdaq: CATY), Glacier Bancorp (NYSE: GBCI), Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), NovaGold Resources (NYSE American: NG), OFG Bancorp (NYSE: OFG), Old Republic (NYSE: ORI), Pathward Financial (Nasdaq: CASH), SouthState Bank Corp (NYSE: SSB).
Notable IPOs Today: BitGo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BTGO), Aldabra 4 Liquidity Opportunity Vehicle, Inc. Units (Nasdaq: ALOVU).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Condition One Nutrition (StartEngine), un:hurd (Crowdcube), Argyll Metals (Crowdcube), D GRANDE (Crowdcube), STONE Cookers (Crowdcube), Spring (Crowdcube), growyze (Crowdcube).
Notable Economic Events Today: GDP (8:30 a.m. ET), Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Core PCE Price Index / PCE Price Index (10:00 a.m. ET), Personal Spending (10:00 a.m. ET), Crude Oil Inventories (12:00 p.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).
GameStop CEO’s Bullish Bet
GameStop $GME ( ▼ 1.56% ) jumped 4.15% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company announced that CEO Ryan Cohen bought more shares.
Details: This marks the second day in a row that Cohen bought GameStop shares. He now owns 9% of the company’s outstanding shares.
Final Thoughts: After a bad 2025, GameStop is up over 5% in 2026.
Cardano’s Governance Update
The price of the cryptocurrency Cardano $ADA ( ▲ 1.02% ) jumped about 4% on Wednesday, one day after the Cardano Foundation announced an updated governance roadmap.
Final Thoughts: Cardano is up about 10% so far in 2026.
Trends to Watch
Greenland Talk Momentum: Bitcoin moves back to $90,000 as Trump pulls tariff threat after 'productive meeting' with NATO chief (CoinDesk)
Rebuke: Jamie Dimon issues rare CEO criticism of Trump’s immigration policy: ‘I don’t like what I’m seeing’ (CNBC)
Seeing Through the Criticism: Lululemon Founder Slams Board After See-Through Leggings Fiasco (Bloomberg)
Healthy Sales: J&J’s cardiovascular business boosts medtech growth in 2025 (MedTech Dive)
All About Growth: Netflix Earnings Shed Light on Why It Needs Warner (Wall Street Journal)
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