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Daily Market Notes · August 17, 2026
Intel's CEO Bought $10M of Stock. It Went Into a Trust, Not His Pocket

Lip-Bu Tan bought 105,263 Intel shares at $95.00 on August 11. The Form 4 shows the shares landed in a family trust, an indirect holding, and he bought after the stock had already run. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
July Retail Sales Post Their Sharpest Drop in Over a Year

Retail sales fell 0.6% in July against a Reuters consensus of +0.1%, the sharpest drop since May 2025. The S&P 500 eased 0.2% from its record to 7,786.76. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Broadcom Falls on AI Financing Concerns, and the Structure Matters More Than the Headline

A BofA estimate that Broadcom's AI financing platform could carry $370 billion in senior debt by 2029 sent shares down 5%. Broadcom does not owe that figure directly. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Reddit Joins the S&P 500 on August 18, Replacing AvalonBay

S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed Reddit enters the S&P 500 before the open on August 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities. Shares closed up 12.63% at $178.09. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Gold Slips Below $4,350 After a Two-Month High, and the Reason Is the Fed

Spot gold traded a $4,310.73 to $4,389.37 range and fell below $4,350 in the U.S. session on profit-taking and a softer dollar, with September rate-cut odds the dominant driver. Read →

Sports · August 14, 2026
Mahomes Will Not Play Saturday, and the Chiefs Are Not Pretending Otherwise

Andy Reid confirmed Patrick Mahomes sits out the preseason opener against the Rams. Justin Fields starts, followed by Garrett Nussmeier and Chris Oladokun. Read →

Congress & Politics · August 14, 2026
The U.S. Ambassador Called It Terrorism, and Named Who Did It

Ambassador Mike Huckabee described settlers who besieged a Palestinian American family home in Qusra as "Israeli terrorists" and the attack as a horrific act of terror. Read →

Sports · August 14, 2026
Camp Notes: Two Cowboys Backs, a Rams Receiver, and a Trade Request Nobody Rescinded

Dallas plans heavy preseason work for Jaydon Blue and Phil Mafah. Puka Nacua is expected back next week. Anthony Richardson has not withdrawn his trade request. Read →

Sports · August 14, 2026
The Injuries Reshaping Depth Charts Before Anyone Has Played a Real Snap

Chuba Hubbard is week to week with a hamstring, Ricky Pearsall had season-ending PCL surgery, and Laremy Tunsil is out indefinitely with a torn triceps. Read →

Sports · August 14, 2026
Who Is Actually Starting This Weekend, and What Each Choice Says

Deshaun Watson starts for Cleveland with Shedeur Sanders slated for Week 2. Caleb Williams and Lamar Jackson sit. Detroit hands an undrafted rookie the game. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Workday Had Its Best Day in a Decade on a Take-Private Report

Shares surged roughly 17-18% on reports of Silver Lake interest, briefly halted for volatility. The reported deal values the company near $43 billion. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
A Soft PPI Print Took the S&P to Its 27th Record of the Year

July producer prices came in unchanged month over month against a +0.2% consensus. The S&P 500 closed at 7,798.99, up 0.65%, its 27th record close of 2026. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
The SEC Pulled Its Own Crypto Vote Off the Calendar

The commission canceled its scheduled August 14 meeting on Chair Paul Atkins' Reg Crypto proposal and delayed a tokenization exemption tied to Section 10505 of the CLARITY Act. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
SanDisk Put Margin Targets on Its AI Memory Story and the Stock Took Off

Guidance for mid-to-high-teens annual revenue growth from fiscal 2028 through 2030, with roughly 80% gross margins and 75% operating margins, sent shares up about 14%. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Memory Names Rallied Together, Which Is the Point

Micron rose 6%, SK Hynix ADRs 8%, Western Digital 8% and SanDisk about 14% on the same investor-day catalyst. A correlated move is a read on pricing, not on companies. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
The U.S. Says It Can Hold a Hormuz Blockade Indefinitely

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Navy can maintain a blockade indefinitely by rotating ships, a day after Iran asserted control of the strait. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Cisco Set a Record and Fell 9% on What Memory Costs Are Doing to Margins

Record Q4 revenue near $17.3B, up 18%, EPS of $1.22, and $4 billion in hyperscaler AI orders in the quarter alone. The stock dropped about 9% on margin compression. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 14, 2026
Applied Materials Beat, Raised, and Fell 5% on What It Said About Margins

Revenue of $9.12B and EPS of $3.50 both cleared consensus, and Q4 guidance came in above. Management guided to flat gross margins, and the stock dropped after hours. Read →

Sports · August 13, 2026
The Mariners Came Into Yankee Stadium Cold, and It Showed

Seattle arrived on a five-game losing streak having dropped 14 of 19. The Yankees took the opener 4-1 and now lead the AL wild-card race they will most likely have to win. Read →

Sports · August 13, 2026
The Rays Are 74-46 and the AL East Is Starting to Look Decided

Tampa Bay leads New York by six games in the AL East with about six weeks to play. A look at what a six-game August lead has historically been worth. Read →

Sports · August 13, 2026
NFL Preseason Week 1: Six Games Thursday, and One Rookie Everyone Will Watch

Lions at Bengals, Packers at Steelers, Colts at Patriots, Cardinals at Raiders, Chargers at Texans and Titans at 49ers. Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall pick, makes his debut in Las Vegas. Read →

Congress & Politics · August 13, 2026
Karoline Leavitt Is Stepping Down as White House Press Secretary

Trump announced the departure of his press secretary on Truth Social. Leavitt, 28, was the youngest person ever to hold the job and the first to have a child while serving in it. Read →

Congress & Politics · August 13, 2026
Four Tenths of a Point: Crowley Edges Hong in Wisconsin's Democratic Primary

David Crowley took 39.8% to Francesca Hong's 39.4%, a margin of just over 3,200 votes. He faces Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in November. Read →

Daily Market Notes · August 13, 2026
Cisco Beat on Revenue and EPS. The Stock Fell Anyway, on 210 Basis Points

Q4 revenue of $17.25B and non-GAAP EPS of $1.22 both cleared guidance. Gross margin came in at 66.3%, down 210 basis points year over year, and that is what the market traded. Read →

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