🆕 Newsmakers — 12:30p ET, 2026-08-18 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • New Jobs for Old AI Chips How much is an old AI chip worth? The answer to that question has significant financial and technical implications. Cloud-computing player CoreWeave recently suggested it could be a lot more than many people have been assuming. — wsj.com · 08/18 12:00p https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-jobs-for-old-ai-chips-662bd533 • Goldman Sachs Bets Big on Real Estate in Latest Deal On Tuesday, the New York firm said it was making yet another asset-management acquisition: LCN Capital Partners. — barrons.com · 08/18 12:00p https://www.barrons.com/articles/goldman-sachs-deal-lcn-real-estate-87bb42ad • Ship attack in Hormuz results in one casualty while Trump says strait is 'open and operating' A ship came under attack while exiting the Strait of Hormuz resulting in one casualty, according to maritime security agencies. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, claimed Tuesday that Hormuz is "open and operating" despite the attack. — cnbc.com · 08/18 11:58a https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/iran-war-strait-hormuz-ship-traffic-oil.html

🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:

1. NKE +3% $40.34 (60B cap) Nike Keeps Tanking: One Pro Expects 85% Returns Moving Forward Nike (NYSE:NKE | NKE Price Prediction) trades at $39.09, while Wall Street's average price target sits at $50.66, an implied upside of roughly 30%. — 247wallst.com · 08/18 11:51a https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/08/18/nike-keeps-tanking-one-pro-expects-85-returns-moving-forward/

📈 NEW GAINERS:

1. FLXS +24% $87.99 (471M cap) Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — seekingalpha.com · 08/18 11:41a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4937807-flexsteel-industries-inc-flxs-q4-2026-earnings-call-transcript

2. SECZ +12% $6.04 (896M cap) Securitize and Neuberger Launch New Tokenized Fixed Income Fund The Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund brings a new high-yield strategy onchain across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Sui MIAMI and NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Securitize Corp. ("Securitize") (NYSE: SECZ), the leader in tokenized assets, today announced… — prnewswire.com · 08/18 9:00a https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/securitize-and-neuberger-launch-new-tokenized-fixed-income-fund-302853551.html

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