🆕 Newsmakers 2:30p ET — new news — 2026-08-14
🆕 Newsmakers — 2:30p ET, 2026-08-14 — new since last alert
📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • Middle East, Inflation Updates Send Stocks Mixed Several bouts of July inflation data made headlines this week on Wall Street, with the consumer price index (CPI) meeting expectations and the producer price index (PPI) showing an unchanged reading. — schaeffersresearch.com · 08/14 2:20p https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2026/08/14/middle-east-inflation-updates-send-stocks-mixed • Think interest rates are high now? These charts offers a different perspective. Also in Weekend Reads: 10 remarkable housing markets, stock picks, and health-insurance battles. — marketwatch.com · 08/14 1:51p https://www.marketwatch.com/story/think-interest-rates-are-high-now-these-charts-offers-a-different-perspective-ae5f28c6 • Mangione Admits to Killing Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges related to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson. Mangione admitted on Friday in New York federal court that he shot and killed Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024. — youtube.com · 08/14 1:47p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTyssm2yRQ • The Joy of Markets: Wall Street Bathes in the Light, but Darkness Is Creeping In Stocks are flying off the shelves, but bonds are warning of massive economic and inflation risks. — barrons.com · 08/14 1:08p https://www.barrons.com/articles/wall-street-light-darkness-bonds-risks-4245c877
🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:
- SMCI +2% $40.06 (26B cap) Stock of the Day: Where Is the Top for Super Micro Computer? Shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) are moving higher Friday. They have soared more than 60% since the beginning of the month. — benzinga.com · 08/14 1:16p https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/technicals/26/08/61219827/stock-of-the-day-where-is-the-top-for-super-micro-computer
📈 NEW GAINERS:
- CAPR +53% $6.43 (372M cap) Capricor: Stock Now Surging On Fresh BLA Updates - What Investors Must Know Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. surged 75% after announcing ongoing FDA negotiations for deramiocel, in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with cardiomyopathy. CAPR plans to amend its BLA with 24-month HOPE-3 extension data, following positive Lancet publication and FDA willingness to revi… — seekingalpha.com · 08/14 1:49p https://seekingalpha.com/article/4936868-capricor-stock-now-surging-on-fresh-bla-updates-what-investors-must-know
— new items only (already-sent headlines filtered). Full list in the 10am/3pm digest.