Ed Elson

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Today's number two.

That's how many affairs with Russian women Bill Gates admitted to have had after he apologized for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Microsoft founder says he, quote, did nothing illicit and saw nothing illicit, and that he, quote, never spent any time with the women around him.

Today's other number is zero.

That's how many people believe him.

I'm Ed Elson.

It is February 26th.

Let's check in on yesterday's market vitals.

The major indices climbed ahead of Nvidia's earnings.

More on that in a moment.

Bitcoin bounced from recent lows, rallying back towards 70,000.

The price of gold, silver, and platinum increased.

And finally, Netflix rose 6% in its best day in more than a year.

That rally followed reports that Paramount's new offer may be good enough to win the bidding war for Warner Bros.

Discovery.

Okay, what else is happening?

The world's most valuable company, Nvidia, reported earnings yesterday that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines.

That was largely driven by data center revenue, which rose 75% year over year in the quarter.

Revenue projections for the current quarter also came in higher than investors had expected.