🆕 Newsmakers — 10:30a ET, 2026-08-18 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • The Inflation Component Markets Chose to Ignore For a market waiting to find out whether Fed hikes were imminent, last week's inflation data answered in the negative. Neither the CPI nor the PPI built a case for moving in September, and by week's end, the market had pushed expectations for the next Fed rate hike out to early… — etftrends.com · 08/18 10:17a https://www.etftrends.com/etf-strategist-content-hub/the-inflation-component-markets-chose-to-ignore/ • Why it's better to buy stocks at record highs than wait for the next crash Record highs are what bull markets do. If you wait for a 20% drop, you could still pay more than what you'd pay now. — marketwatch.com · 08/18 9:54a https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-its-better-to-buy-stocks-at-record-highs-than-wait-for-the-next-crash-2bf5610e • Dow opens 150 points lower as oil rises and Treasury yields pressure stocks US stocks opened lower on Tuesday as stalled negotiations between the US and Iran pushed oil prices higher and government bond yields remained elevated. Rising Treasury yields also weighed on technology and semiconductor stocks, with investors assessing the potential impact of p… — invezz.com · 08/18 9:41a https://invezz.com/news/2026/08/18/dow-opens-150-points-lower-as-oil-rises-and-treasury-yields-pressure-stocks/ • Bond Selloff Is Mostly a Fed Story, Says BofA's Cabana Mark Cabana, head of US rates strategy at BofA Global Research, explains the factors he sees contributing to the US bond selloff. — youtube.com · 08/18 9:37a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m25bUbLjjQM • U.S. Housing Starts Dropped in July Housing starts fell sharply below expectations in July as home-builder sentiment remained muted. — wsj.com · 08/18 9:32a https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/u-s-housing-starts-dropped-in-july-96b4f96a

📈 NEW GAINERS:

1. AMLX +45% $30.99 (3.4B cap) Amylyx Phase III Avexitide Trial Cuts Severe Hypoglycemic Events 55% Amylyx Pharmaceuticals NASDAQ: AMLX said its Phase III LUCIDITY trial of avexitide met its primary endpoint, reducing the composite rate of clinically significant hypoglycemic events by 55% versus placebo in adults with post-bariatric hypoglycemia following Roux-en-Y gastric byp… — marketbeat.com · 08/18 10:04a https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/amylyx-phase-iii-avexitide-trial-cuts-severe-hypoglycemic-events-55-2026-08-18/

2. WEAV +32% $7.29 (580M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

3. DUOT +19% $12.22 (362M cap) Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (DUOT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (DUOT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — seekingalpha.com · 08/17 7:38p https://seekingalpha.com/article/4937464-duos-technologies-group-inc-duot-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript

4. FLXS +16% $82.33 (443M cap) Flexsteel Industries Q4 Earnings Call Highlights Flexsteel Industries NASDAQ: FLXS reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 net sales of $115.4 million, up 0.7% from $114.6 million a year earlier, as growth in soft seating products offset declines in ready-to-assemble and case goods categories. Management said the furniture market… — marketbeat.com · 08/18 10:05a https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/flexsteel-industries-q4-earnings-call-highlights-2026-08-18/

5. HAE +15% $104.08 (4.7B cap) Haemonetics (HAE) is a Top-Ranked Value Stock: Should You Buy? The Zacks Style Scores offers investors a way to easily find top-rated stocks based on their investing style. Here's why you should take advantage. — zacks.com · 08/17 10:42a https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2975632/haemonetics-hae-is-a-top-ranked-value-stock-should-you-buy?cid=CS-STOCKNEWSAPI-FT-fundamental_analysis|zacks_education_value_score-2975632

6. KURA +12% $12.58 (1.1B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

7. NMAX +10% $11.43 (1.0B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

— new items only (already-sent headlines filtered). Full list in the 10am/3pm digest.