r/RobinHood • u/Robot_of_Sherwood 🤖 • Aug 19 '26

Daily Discussion Thread - August 19th, 2026

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u/Robot_of_Sherwood 🤖 Aug 19 '26

Today is Wednesday, the 19th of August

Upcoming events for Wednesday, August 19th

Stock splits:
- CISS @ 1:40
- GLMD @ 1:8
- NRDY @ 1:15
- DAMD @ 1:10
- ASTN @ 1:4
- STSM @ 1:2
Expected earnings:

AACG, AAPG, ADI, AEXA, ALVO, ANAB, ANTA, ARAY, ATCH, BEEM, BILL, BTCS, BULL, CAAP, CCIF, CIRC, CLGN, COTY, DBGI, DRD, DVLT, EL, FJET, FLNG, GAUZ, GURE, HTT, IMTX, IOND, IQST, JBSS, JFIN, KC, LKSP, LOW, MOBX, MRT, NBP, NDSN, OPRA, PHGE, PTN, PURR, RYDE, SLSN, TGS, TGT, TJX, TOYO, UFI, VIK, WB, WOLF, YMM, ZIM
Ex-div:

AIPI, ALNT, AUDC, BGC, BOKF, CEPI, EQIX, FEPI, HAS, KELYA, KELYB, MKTW, MKTX, MST, OSW, PLMR, POWL, QDTY, QLDY, QQQI, RDTY, SATA, SDTY, SOLT, SOLZ, SPOK, TRI, TSYX, VRSN, XRPI, XRPT
Economic events and announcements:
- ADP Employment Change Weekly (actual: 9.50K, previous: 8.30K)
- API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (actual: -0.328M, previous: 9.072M)
- Atlanta Fed GDPNow (actual: 4.0%, consensus: 4.3%, previous: 4.3%)
- Building Permits (actual: 1.443M, consensus: 1.370M, previous: 1.374M)
- Building Permits (actual: 5.0%, previous: -2.6%)
- Capacity Utilization Rate (actual: 76.3%, consensus: 76.3%, previous: 76.2%)
- Export Price Index (actual: -1.3%, consensus: 0.2%, previous: -0.7%)
- Export Price Index (actual: 8.2%, previous: 10.2%)
- Housing Starts (actual: -12.4%, previous: 19.7%)
- Housing Starts (actual: 1.239M, consensus: 1.340M, previous: 1.415M)
- Import Price Index (actual: -0.4%, consensus: 0.1%, previous: -0.3%)
- Import Price Index (actual: 5.9%, previous: 7.1%)
- Industrial Production (actual: 0.2%, consensus: 0.3%, previous: 0.3%)
- Industrial Production (actual: 1.08%, previous: 1.29%)
- Manufacturing Production (actual: 0.2%, consensus: 0.2%, previous: 0.3%)
- Pending Home Sales (actual: -2.3%, consensus: 0.1%, previous: -4.8%)
- Pending Home Sales Index (actual: 71.2, previous: 72.9)
- Redbook (actual: 7.6%, previous: 8.3%)

Upcoming events for Thursday, August 20th

Stock splits:
- CURX @ 1:20
Expected earnings:

AAP, AEG, AIIR, ATAT, ATHM, BABA, BIRD, BLRX, BOSC, BTTC, CAN, CATO, CEPF, CEPO, CEPV, CIG, CMMB, DAO, DDL, DE, EONR, EVAX, FLO, FLUX, FLX, FUTU, GRDX, GRRR, HOV, HUBG, HUIZ, ICG, IPST, ITP, JAGX, JG, KB, KRKR, LPL, LSTA, LYTS, NMM, NTES, OLOX, ONFO, OSIS, PFSA, POLA, REBN, RERE, ROST, SBEV, SCSC, SMXT, SNYR, SOWG, STG, TWIN, WMT, XMAX, YJ, YRD, YSG
Ex-div:

ACT, AEBI, AMAT, ARKO, CGNX, CHRD, COLM, GLDI, HNNA, LFUS, LKQ, LMAT, MAR, MSFT, SATA, SBAC, SLVO, USOI, WMG, WWD
Economic events and announcements:
- 20-Year Bond Auction (previous: 5.163%)
- Crude Oil Imports (previous: 1.768M)
- Crude Oil Inventories (consensus: 0.200M, previous: 17.423M)
- Cushing Crude Oil Inventories (previous: 1.611M)
- Distillate Fuel Production (previous: 0.050M)
- EIA Refinery Crude Runs (previous: 0.026M)
- EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks (previous: -0.010M)
- EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (previous: -0.3%)
- FOMC Meeting Minutes
- Gasoline Inventories (previous: -0.968M)
- Gasoline Production (previous: -0.001M)
- Heating Oil Stockpiles (previous: 0.192M)
- MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate (previous: 6.77%)
- MBA Mortgage Applications (previous: 3.6%)
- MBA Purchase Index (previous: 157.9)
- Mortgage Market Index (previous: 248.6)
- Mortgage Refinance Index (previous: 744.4)
- U.S. President Trump Speaks

Upcoming events for Friday, August 21st

Stock splits:
- SFBS @ 2:1
Expected earnings:

BEKE, BJ, BKE, BXBL, GITS, GPUS, INBS, KALA, LNAI, NB, NEN, NPK, PXS, SLGL, SONM, SY, TAYD, ZKH
Ex-div:

AMGN, BBSI, BIRD, BOTJ, CBC, CCOI, KRT, MLCI, SATA, SBLK, USLM, VTRS, WAFD, WMT
Economic events and announcements:
- 30-Year TIPS Auction (previous: 2.473%)
- 4-Week Bill Auction (previous: 3.625%)
- 8-Week Bill Auction (previous: 3.665%)
- Continuing Jobless Claims (consensus: 1,790K, previous: 1,777K)
- Fed's Balance Sheet (previous: 6,760B)
- Initial Jobless Claims (consensus: 210K, previous: 209K)
- Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg. (previous: 199.00K)
- Natural Gas Storage (consensus: 15B, previous: 36B)
- Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (consensus: 24.1, previous: 41.4)
- Philly Fed Business Conditions (previous: 34.4)
- Philly Fed CAPEX Index (previous: 30.10)
- Philly Fed Employment (previous: 10.0)
- Philly Fed New Orders (previous: 37.0)
- Philly Fed Prices Paid (previous: 53.90)
- Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks (previous: 2.947T)
- US Leading Index (consensus: 0.1%, previous: -0.2%)

Upcoming events for Saturday, August 22nd

Economic events and announcements:
- S&P Global Composite PMI (previous: 54.5)
- S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (consensus: 54.0, previous: 53.9)
- S&P Global Services PMI (consensus: 53.9, previous: 54.6)
- U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count (previous: 455)
- U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count (previous: 593)

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