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StockMKTNewz Daily Recap 8/12
S&P 500 CLOSES ABOVE 6,400 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
Daily Stock Market Recap: 8/12
Hey everyone, it’s @StockMKTNewz - Evan! I’ve posted stock market news every day for almost half a decade. I write this daily recap to make sure you don't miss anything important!
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The S&P 500 index just closed the day above 6,400 for the first time ever
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— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
8:02 PM • Aug 12, 2025
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🇺🇸 INFLATION FOR JULY COMES IN BELOW EXPECTATIONS
US CPI for JULY just came in at +2.7% YoY below expectations of +2.8% YoY (0.2% MoM in line with expectations)
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:31 PM • Aug 12, 2025
🇺🇸 PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST SAID:
- CONSIDERING LAWSUIT AGAINST JEROME POWELL OVER FED BUILDING COSTS
I thought we had moved past this
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
1:47 PM • Aug 12, 2025
🇺🇸 President Trump just said this about Goldman Sachs $GS CEO David Solomon
"I think that David should go out and get himself a new Economist or, maybe, he ought to just focus on being a DJ, and not bother running a major Financial Institution."
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
2:21 PM • Aug 12, 2025
🇺🇸 FED'S SCHMID JUST SAID:
- I SUPPORT A PATIENT APPROACH ON CHANGING THE FED'S POLICY RATE, RESTRICTIVE POLICY IS SUITABLE FOR THE TIME BEING.
- THE TARIFFS' LIMITED EFFECT ON INFLATION IS A REASON TO KEEP POLICY ON HOLD, NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT RATES.
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
2:38 PM • Aug 12, 2025
$OKLO SELECTED FOR DEPT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR PILOT PROGRAM - Bloomberg
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
2:51 PM • Aug 12, 2025
JUST IN:
Perplexity AI just made an unsolicited offer to Google $GOOGL to acquire its Chrome browser for $34.5 Billion - WSJ
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
3:36 PM • Aug 12, 2025
TESLA $TSLA IS HIRING ROBOTAXI TEST DRIVERS IN NEW YORK CITY, BUT COMPANY HASN’T APPLIED FOR PERMITS - CNBC
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:58 PM • Aug 12, 2025
JOHN ARMITAGE AND EGERTON CAPITAL JUST UPDATED THEIR $9.7B PORTFOLIO AS OF THE END OF Q2
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
4:03 PM • Aug 12, 2025
THE COMBINED MARKET CAP OF THE MAGNIFICENT 7 CLOSED LESS THAN $300B AWAY FROM CROSSING OVER $20 TRILLION
$META JUST CLOSED THE DAY LESS THAN $20B AWAY FROM BREAKING ABOVE THE $2T MARKET CAP MILESTONE FOR THE FIRST TIME
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
8:47 PM • Aug 12, 2025
Tom Lee's $BMNR filed for it to sell up to $20 Billion worth of common stock at some point in the future in order to buy more Ethereum $ETH
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:20 PM • Aug 12, 2025
China 🇨🇳 is reportedly demanding tech companies including Alibaba and ByteDance to justify their orders of Nvidia’s $NVDA H20 AI chips - Financial Times
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
11:44 AM • Aug 12, 2025
All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK HIGHS at some point today
Meta Platforms $META
Palantir $PLTR
Blackrock $BLK
Broadcom $AVGO
Robinhood $HOOD
Goldman Sachs $GS
Johnson & Johnson $JNJ
General Electric $GE
Astera Labs $ALAB
Sea Limited $SE
Celsius $CELH
Electronic Arts $EA
Lam— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
7:39 PM • Aug 12, 2025
🇺🇸 FED'S BESSENT JUST SAID:
- FED SHOULD THINK ABOUT A 0.50% CUT IN SEPTEMBER
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
8:11 PM • Aug 12, 2025
Eli Lilly $LLY CEO David Ricks just filed for his purchase of 1,632 shares of $LLY stock at an average cost of $644.77 per share spending a total of $1.05M
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
8:33 PM • Aug 12, 2025
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PROSPERO IS DOING A CROWDFUND
For those who have been using Prospero, here’s something that may be interesting for you … Prospero is raising money through a Crowdfund
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