Why Investors Are Looking Beyond the U.S.

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Feb. 11. The FAA is halting flights to and from El Paso, Texas for unspecified security reasons. Plus, House lawmakers issue a stinging rebuke of GOP leadership as they vote to allow challenges to President Trump’s tariffs. And WSJ markets reporter Hannah Erin Lang explains how Wall Street’s hunt for cheaper stocks is boosting bets on the rest of the world. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nearly home.
0:02.2	Isn't home where we all want to be?
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0:31.9	The FAA halts flights to and from El Paso, Texas for security reasons.
0:43.6	Plus, the Warner drama rolls on as activist Ancora pushes for Paramount's deal over Netflix,
0:48.8	and investors look abroad as U.S. stocks underperform the rest of the world.
0:54.9	It really seemed like investing in domestic companies was really the only way that U.S. investors could win.
0:59.0	And though we haven't seen America give up its lead on other countries across the world,
1:02.5	lots of global indexes are outperforming the S&P 500 this year.
1:04.2	It's Wednesday, February 11th.
1:08.8	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:16.2	The U.S. is considering seizing more tankers carrying Iranian oil in a potential tightening of the screws on the regime in Tehran.
1:24.6	However, we report that the Trump administration has thus far held off on the move
1:28.4	concerned about provoking a retaliation or triggering a surge in oil prices.
1:33.7	Middle East correspondent Dove Lieber said Iran will be the main focus of talks today
1:37.7	between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump in Washington,
1:42.2	as concern grows within Israel that the U.S. and Iran could agree
1:45.9	to a nuclear deal that's not in its interests.
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