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StockMKTNewz Daily Recap 8/18
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Daily Stock Market Recap: 8/18
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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Here’s how the 🇺🇸 stock market performed today
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
8:10 PM • Aug 18, 2025
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Novo Nordisk $NVO said today it now offers cash-paying 🇺🇸 patients its weight loss drug Ozempic less than half its monthly list price
"Patients can pay $499 in cash per month for three dose sizes of Ozempic" - CNBC
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
1:23 PM • Aug 18, 2025
🇺🇸 PRESIDENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID TO DISCUSS TAKING 10% STAKE IN INTEL $INTC - Bloomberg
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4:29 PM • Aug 18, 2025
Microsoft $MSFT is adding new AI powered Copilot features to Excel
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
5:25 PM • Aug 18, 2025
Nvidia $NVDA said today it now has than 2 Million developers using its Nvidia robotics stack
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
6:15 PM • Aug 18, 2025
STARBUCKS $SBUX WILL GIVE ALL SALARIED EMPLOYEES IN NORTH AMERICA A 2% RAISE THIS YEAR - Bloomberg
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
6:47 PM • Aug 18, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that the 🇺🇸 may be underestimating the complexity and seriousness of China’s 🇨🇳 progress in AI, and said export controls alone likely aren’t a reliable solution - CNBC
“I’m worried about China”
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
7:29 PM • Aug 18, 2025
All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK HIGHS at some point today
Johnson & Johnson $JNJ
Unity $U
Reddit $RDDT
Celsius $CELH
Alnylam $ALNY
Aptiv $APTV
Barrick Mining $B
Ecolab $ECL
Ferguson $FERG
Hasbro $HAS
Incyte $INCY
Insmed $INSM
Kinross Gold $KGC
Live Nation $LYV
Altria $MO— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
7:46 PM • Aug 18, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly said that he believes AI could be in a bubble, comparing market conditions to those of the dotcom boom in the 1990s.
“Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opinion is yes. Is AI the most important thing to
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:09 PM • Aug 18, 2025
TESLA $TSLA JUST SAID THE MODEL Y L IS COMING SOON - CHINA SOCIAL MEDIA POST
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:17 PM • Aug 18, 2025
$4.4 Trillion Nvidia's $NVDA market cap
$3.9 Trillion Microsoft's $MSFT market cap
$3.4 Trillion Apple's $AAPL market cap$3 Trillion: Total combined market cap of every stock in the Russell 2000
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:30 PM • Aug 18, 2025
Google $GOOGL and Kairos Power said today they will deploy an advanced nuclear plant connected to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s electric grid by 2030
TVA has agreed to purchase up to 50 megawatts of power from Kairos’ Hermes 2 reactor. It is the first utility in the U.S. to
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
12:54 PM • Aug 18, 2025
ORACLE $ORCL DEPLOYS OPENAI'S GPT-5 ACROSS DATABASE AND CLOUD APPLICATIONS PORTFOLIO
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
1:00 PM • Aug 18, 2025
Salesforce $CRM just agreed to acquire "Regrello
"an AI-native solution that automates complex business processes"
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
8:02 PM • Aug 18, 2025
So far this quarter 🇺🇸 public companies have said the word "Recession" 67 times down from 429 times in Q1 - WSJ
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz)
2:01 AM • Aug 18, 2025
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