🆕 Newsmakers — 11:30a ET, 2026-08-13 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • Elon Musk, the World's Most Famous EV Pioneer, Is Now Leaning Into Fossil Fuels SpaceX is planning a Texas natural gas plant to power a new chip facility, while gas turbines are already being used for campuses in Tennessee and Mississippi. — wsj.com · 08/13 11:15a https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/elon-musk-the-worlds-most-famous-ev-pioneer-is-now-leaning-into-fossil-fuels-cad4888f • Producer Price Index Offers Another Respite On Inflation Markets moved moderately to the upside. Cerebras and Cisco shares tumble after earnings. — seekingalpha.com · 08/13 11:11a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4936154-producer-price-index-offers-another-respite-inflation • What The CPI Missed Completely The CPI rose 3.4% year over year in July and was touted as a slowing of inflation. It is still below a target set long ago by the Fed, which is about 2%. The July figure is viewed as a possible block to the Fed raising rates. However, what is inflation and what is not ends up in… — 247wallst.com · 08/13 11:02a https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/08/13/what-the-cpi-missed-completely/ • Cleveland Fed President Says Central Bank Must ‘Act Now' to Bring Down Inflation Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack has called out the high level and persistence of inflation. — barrons.com · 08/13 10:46a https://www.barrons.com/articles/federal-reserve-inflation-interest-rates-beth-hammack-9510bd86 • South Korea - Reiterating AI Warning Despite Good Performance South Korea's equity market, especially KOSPI and EWY, remains highly leveraged and vulnerable to sharp downside despite ongoing AI-driven bullish sentiment. Leverage in Korean AI/memory stocks has increased since March, amplifying risks of forced selling and market dislocation,… — seekingalpha.com · 08/13 10:45a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4936060-south-korea-reiterating-ai-warning-despite-good-performance

📈 NEW GAINERS:

1. ARX +43% $19.52 (4.3B cap) Shareholder Alert: Ademi LLP investigates whether Accelerant Holdings is obtaining a Fair Price for Public Shareholders MILWAUKEE, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Accelerant (NYSE: ARX) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its recently announced transaction with Thoma Bravo. Click here to learn how to join our investigation and obtain add… — prnewswire.com · 08/13 10:48a https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shareholder-alert-ademi-llp-investigates-whether-accelerant-holdings-is-obtaining-a-fair-price-for-public-shareholders-302850871.html

2. SNDK +17% $1576.41 (232B cap) Why Sandisk Stock Popped Again Today Sandisk has $35 billion burning a hole in its pocket. How will Sandisk spend it? — fool.com · 08/13 11:04a https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/13/why-sandisk-stock-popped-again-today/

3. CRMD +17% $8.29 (650M cap) CorMedix Q2 Earnings Call Highlights CorMedix NASDAQ: CRMD reported second-quarter 2026 consolidated revenue of $101.9 million and adjusted EBITDA of $58.7 million, while reaffirming its full-year revenue outlook and raising adjusted EBITDA guidance. The company also said it signed a multiyear commercial supply agr… — marketbeat.com · 08/13 11:07a https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/cormedix-q2-earnings-call-highlights-2026-08-13/

4. AVAH +16% $10.54 (2.3B cap) Aveanna (AVAH) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates Although the revenue and EPS for Aveanna (AVAH) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers. — zacks.com · 08/13 10:31a https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2974185/aveanna-avah-q2-earnings-taking-a-look-at-key-metrics-versus-estimates?cid=CS-STOCKNEWSAPI-FT-fundamental_analysis|nfm-2974185

5. BIRK +15% $42.42 (7.8B cap) Birkenstock Revenue Beat-and-Raise Fuels Big Gains Birkenstock Holding (NYSE:BIRK) shares are up 18.5% to trade at $42.73 today, after the footwear company's fiscal third-quarter results beat revenue expectations and prompted management to raise full-year guidance. — schaeffersresearch.com · 08/13 10:42a https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2026/08/13/birkenstock-revenue-beat-and-raise-fuels-big-gains

6. STRZ +14% $28.59 (480M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

7. MUU +14% $32.53 (1.7B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

8. MULL +14% $22.71 (596M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

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