News Bulletin
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Evening Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

8:15

ADP Employment Change Weekly

9.50K

 

8.30K

8:30

Export Price Index (MoM) (Jul)

-1.30%

0.20%

-0.70%

8:30

Housing Starts (MoM) (Jul)

-12.40%

 

19.70%

8:30

Housing Starts (Jul)

1.239M

1.340M

1.415M

8:30

Import Price Index (MoM) (Jul)

-0.40%

0.10%

-0.30%

8:30

Building Permits (Jul)

1.443M

1.370M

1.374M

10:00

Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Jul)

-2.30%

0.10%

-4.80%

10:20

Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3)

4.00%

4.30%

4.30%

 

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

53,343.40

52,432.00

49,469.41

NASDAQ

26,289.71

25,914.81

24,204.73

S&P 500

7,691.76

7,521.92

7,082.02

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap: market Capital/ BMO: Before Market Opening /AMC: After Market Close)

   COMPANY

EPS  Act

EPS Fore

Rev Act

Rev Fore

Mkt Cap

Time

Home DepotHD:US

4.92

4.73

47.86B

47.3B

$299.72B

AM

Keysight TechnologiesKEYS:US

-

2.48

-

1.75B

$60.07B

PM

Toll BrothersTOL:US

-

2.91

-

2.62B

$12.93B

PM

Jack Henry AssociatesJKHY:US

-

1.44

-

629.2M

$10.88B

PM

AimcoAIV:US

-

-

-

-

$6.27B

PM

Mercury SystemsMRCY:US

-

0.39

-

265.39M

$5.40B

PM

HUBHUBG:US

-

0.29

-

941.12M

$2.53B

 

La-Z-BoyLZB:US

-

0.49

-

495.45M

$1.69B

PM

 

Market News:

Wall Street largely slid on Tuesday, with the big story being a rout in U.S. Treasury bonds that took the longer-end 30-year yield to a fresh 19-year high and spilled over into global fixed-income markets. Rate-sensitive technology stocks were the hardest hit, and a climb in oil prices also clouded the mood.

 

The bond sell-off has come despite benign U.S. consumer and producer price reports last week. Inflationary jitters from rising oil prices due to an impasse between Washington and Tehran have countered the soft data, while massive bond offerings from mega-tech firms to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure buildouts have compounded debt worries.

 

The benchmark S&P 500 index shed 0.7% to close at 7,694.31 points and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2% to end at 53,343.64 points.

U.S. 30-year yield soars to nearly two-decade high

Longer-end Treasury yields have been under more pressure than shorter maturities, as their extended timeline makes them more susceptible to changes in interest rates. The U.S. 30-year yield on Tuesday hit a session high of 5.335%, its highest level since June 2007. The instrument had pared gains since and turned lower, last down 2 basis points to 5.290%.

 

While inflationary concerns sparked by the recent rise in oil prices are partly to blame for the bond sell-off, the slide has also been driven by doubts around the sustainability of massive debt financing by so-called hyperscalers for their AI plans. Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, Amazon, and Oracle in 2025 issued approximately $121 billion in U.S. corporate bonds, more than four times their annual average of $28 billion from 2020 to 2024. The issuance has only picked up pace in 2026.

U.S. 30-year yield soars to nearly two-decade high

Longer-end Treasury yields have been under more pressure than shorter maturities, as their extended timeline makes them more susceptible to changes in interest rates. The U.S. 30-year yield on Tuesday hit a session high of 5.335%, its highest level since June 2007. The instrument had pared gains since and turned lower, last down 2 basis points to 5.290%.

 

While inflationary concerns sparked by the recent rise in oil prices are partly to blame for the bond sell-off, the slide has also been driven by doubts around the sustainability of massive debt financing by so-called hyperscalers for their AI plans. Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, Amazon, and Oracle in 2025 issued approximately $121 billion in U.S. corporate bonds, more than four times their annual average of $28 billion from 2020 to 2024. The issuance has only picked up pace in 2026.

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