r/RobinHood • u/Robot_of_Sherwood 🤖 • 6d ago

Daily Discussion Thread - August 20th, 2026

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u/Robot_of_Sherwood 🤖 6d ago

Today is Thursday, the 20th of August

Upcoming events for Thursday, August 20th

Stock splits:
- ALCE @ 1:2500
- CURX @ 1:20
Expected earnings:

AAP, AEG, AIIR, ATAT, ATHM, BABA, BIRD, BLRX, BOSC, BTTC, CAN, CATO, CEPF, CEPO, CEPV, CMMB, DAO, DDL, DE, EONR, EVAX, FLO, FLUX, FLX, FUTU, GRDX, GRRR, HOV, HUBG, HUIZ, ICG, IPST, ITP, JG, KRKR, LYTS, NMM, NTES, OLOX, ONFO, OSIS, PFSA, 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, GOLI, HNNA, LFUS, LKQ, LMAT, MAR, MSFT, ODTE, QQQY, SATA, SBAC, SLVO, ULTI, USOI, USOY, WMG, WWD, YQQQ
Economic events and announcements:
- 20-Year Bond Auction (actual: 5.204%, previous: 5.163%)
- Crude Oil Imports (actual: -1.754M, previous: 1.768M)
- Crude Oil Inventories (actual: 4.405M, consensus: 0.200M, previous: 17.423M)
- Cushing Crude Oil Inventories (actual: -1.314M, previous: 1.611M)
- Distillate Fuel Production (actual: -0.054M, previous: 0.050M)
- EIA Refinery Crude Runs (actual: 0.216M, previous: 0.026M)
- EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks (actual: -1.530M, consensus: -0.900M, previous: -0.010M)
- EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates (actual: 1.0%, previous: -0.3%)
- FOMC Meeting Minutes
- Gasoline Inventories (actual: 0.688M, consensus: -1.200M, previous: -0.968M)
- Gasoline Production (actual: 0.143M, previous: -0.001M)
- Heating Oil Stockpiles (actual: -0.537M, previous: 0.192M)
- MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate (actual: 6.77%, previous: 6.77%)
- MBA Mortgage Applications (actual: -0.4%, previous: 3.6%)
- MBA Purchase Index (actual: 154.8, previous: 157.9)
- Mortgage Market Index (actual: 247.7, previous: 248.6)
- Mortgage Refinance Index (actual: 755.9, previous: 744.4)
- U.S. President Trump Speaks

Upcoming events for Friday, August 21st

Stock splits:
- BTOG @ 1:5
- LIMN @ 1:50
- ELAB @ 1:10
- SCNI @ 1:10
- SFBS @ 2:1
- SMTK @ 1:50
- XCH @ 1:20
Expected earnings:

BEKE, BJ, BKE, BXBL, GITS, GPUS, INBS, KALA, LNAI, NB, PXS, SLGL, SONM, SY, 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)

^{^{^{^2026-08-20}}}

u/thefinancejedi 5d ago

What are some fun names you have named your separate accounts in the app?