🆕 Newsmakers 2:30p ET — new news — 2026-08-17
🆕 Newsmakers — 2:30p ET, 2026-08-17 — new since last alert
📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • Bargain Hunters, AI Bets, And CEO Confidence: Navigating The Final Wave Of Q2 Earnings Earnings slow down from this point forward, with only 737 global companies releasing results for Q2 this week. All eyes will be on the retail earnings and Nvidia results. Corporate uncertainty dipped back down in during the Q2 earnings season after spiking higher in Q1. — seekingalpha.com · 08/17 2:20p https://seekingalpha.com/article/4937417-bargain-hunters-ai-bets-ceo-confidence-navigating-final-wave-of-q2-earnings • Treasury 30-Year Yields Are Back at 2007 Highs Global bond yields have resumed their march higher on Monday, with US rates pushing to pre-global financial crisis highs again. With oil ticking higher on fresh Middle East headlines and the Empire Manufacturing survey coming in hotter than expected, yields have extended their a… — youtube.com · 08/17 1:21p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJImFEg3Yr0
🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:
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SPCX +5% $147.52 (1929B cap) 3 Tech Trends Taking Over This Afternoon As the afternoon noise subsides and we head into the second half of the session, catch up on what's driving the conversation. — schaeffersresearch.com · 08/17 2:08p https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2026/08/17/3-tech-trends-taking-over-this-afternoon
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MU +5% $1019.58 (1152B cap) 3 Tech Trends Taking Over This Afternoon As the afternoon noise subsides and we head into the second half of the session, catch up on what's driving the conversation. — schaeffersresearch.com · 08/17 2:08p https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2026/08/17/3-tech-trends-taking-over-this-afternoon
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HL +3% $18.86 (13B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)
📈 NEW GAINERS:
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SWMR +15% $47.90 (520M cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)
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VCX +14% $39.10 (1.8B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)
— new items only (already-sent headlines filtered). Full list in the 10am/3pm digest.