🆕 Newsmakers — 4:30p ET, 2026-08-24 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • U.S. Stocks Mixed on Artificial-Intelligence Jitters U.S. stocks ended mixed as a drop in oil prices was offset by concerns about debt incurred to fund the AI boom. — wsj.com · 08/24 4:21p https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/u-s-stocks-mixed-on-artificial-intelligence-jitters-fb7a3260 • Economist who called the 2008 crash says the AI bubble has "less than a year to go" Steve Keen has spent two decades telling anyone who'll listen that markets watch the wrong debt. This week he put a clock on it. — kitco.com · 08/24 3:50p https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2026-08-24/economist-who-called-2008-crash-says-ai-bubble-has-less-year-go • Don't Let Debt Fears Derail Market Perspective The $40 trillion debt sounds alarming, but context matters: Household wealth has risen far more over the same period. Markets appear to have absorbed higher Treasury yields so far. — seekingalpha.com · 08/24 3:30p https://seekingalpha.com/article/4939745-dont-let-debt-fears-derail-market-perspective

🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:

1. CVNA +3% $72.31 (79B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

2. YUM +3% $157.38 (43B cap) KFC® Debuts New Hot Ranch Big Dip, Taps IShowSpeed to Bring Big Dip Energy Nationwide The brand taps a longtime superfan to help kick off its latest menu launch, featuring new Hot Ranch Big Dip alongside Double Crispy Hot Wings PLANO, Texas, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- America's longtime love of ranch was on full display this summer. In response, KFC is teaming… — prnewswire.com · 08/24 11:51a https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kfc-debuts-new-hot-ranch-big-dip-taps-ishowspeed-to-bring-big-dip-energy-nationwide-302858454.html

3. SRE +2% $84.58 (55B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

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