SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA
stock NYSE ADR

# Today is Tuesday, the 18th of August
## Upcoming events for Tuesday, August 18th
- Stock splits:
- CXAI @ **1:50**
- KEEX @ **4:1**
- RCON @ **1:200**
- LNOK @ **2:1**
- Expected earnings:
AAME, AREC, AS, AUNA, AVXL, AXIL, BHP, BIDU, BRLS, BRTX, CETY, CSHR, ELME, ELTK, ELWT, ENRD, EVGN, FEED, FLYE, FORTY, GTEN, HD, HSAI, IQ, IRIX, JKHY, KEYS, KLAR, LU, LZB, MEDS, MRCY, NCL, NNOX, NXGL, PONY, PRE, RNW, SEGG, SFL, SHPH, SQM, SYPR, THCH, TMCR, TOL, UCL, UPXI, UUU, VIVK, VNET, VWAV, YHC, ZENA, ZTO
- Ex-div:
APC, AUGO, CEG, CTSH, DFGP, DFGX, DGCB, EVRG, FMBH, GAIN, GLAD, GOOD, GOODN, GOODO, IGIC, LAND, LANDO, LANDP, LSTR, RBIL, REGN, SATA, STBA, THRV, TWIN, WEYS, WILC, ZTOP
- Economic events and announcements:
- 3-Month Bill Auction (actual: 3.715%, previous: 3.735%)
- 6-Month Bill Auction (actual: 3.780%, previous: 3.830%)
- NAHB Housing Market Index (actual: 35, consensus: 33, previous: 34)
- NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (actual: 20.60, consensus: 10.60, previous: 15.60)
- Overall Net Capital Flow (actual: 133.50B, previous: 131.50B)
- TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (actual: 172.7B, previous: 231.2B)
- TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (actual: 172.70B, consensus: 151.40B, previous: 231.20B)
- US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (actual: 6.80B, previous: 56.60B)
## 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, AIDX, ALVO, ANAB, ANTA, ARAY, ATCH, BILL, BTCS, BULL, CAAP, CCIF, CIRC, CLGN, COTY, DBGI, DRD, DVLT, EL, EP, FINV, FJET, FLNG, GAUZ, GURE, HTT, IMTX, IOND, IQST, JBSS, JFIN, KC, LKSP, LOW, MOBX, NBP, NDSN, NEXM, OPRA, PHGE, PTN, PURR, RYDE, SLSN, TGS, TGT, TJX, TONT, TOYO, UFI, VIK, WB, WOLF, YMM, ZIM
- Ex-div:
ALNT, AUDC, BGC, BOKF, EQIX, HAS, KELYA, KELYB, MKTW, MKTX, OSW, PLMR, POWL, SATA, SPOK, TRI, VRSN
- Economic events and announcements:
- ADP Employment Change Weekly (previous: 8.30K)
- API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (previous: 9.072M)
- Atlanta Fed GDPNow (consensus: 4.3%, previous: 4.3%)
- Building Permits (consensus: 1.370M, previous: 1.374M)
- Building Permits (previous: -2.6%)
- Capacity Utilization Rate (consensus: 76.3%, previous: 76.1%)
- Export Price Index (consensus: 0.2%, previous: -0.6%)
- Export Price Index (previous: 10.2%)
- Housing Starts (consensus: 1.340M, previous: 1.427M)
- Housing Starts (previous: 19.0%)
- Import Price Index (consensus: 0.1%, previous: 0.3%)
- Import Price Index (previous: 7.1%)
- Industrial Production (consensus: 0.3%, previous: 0.1%)
- Industrial Production (previous: 1.14%)
- Manufacturing Production (consensus: 0.2%, previous: 0.0%)
- Pending Home Sales (consensus: 0.1%, previous: -5.4%)
- Pending Home Sales Index (previous: 72.5)
- Redbook (previous: 8.3%)
## Upcoming events for Thursday, August 20th
- Expected earnings:
AAP, AEG, AIIR, ATAT, ATHM, BABA, BIRD, BOSC, CATO, DAO, DDL, DE, EVAX, FLO, FLUX, FLX, FUTU, HOV, HUBG, HUIZ, ICG, JG, LSTA, LX, LYTS, MRT, NMM, NTES, OSIS, RERE, ROST, SCSC, TWIN, WMT, 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 (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)
## Upcoming events for Friday, August 21st
- Stock splits:
- SFBS @ **2:1**
- Expected earnings:
BEKE, BJ, BKE, BXBL, GIPR, GITS, GPUS, INBS, LNAI, NB, SCZM, SLGL, SY, TAYD, TWLV, 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 (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 (previous: 36B)
- Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (consensus: 24.3, 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%)
^^^^2026-08-18

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**The bull case:**
🟢 **Uis is already producing** and has significant expansion potential.
🟢 **Lithium Ridge** could be a major value driver, with strong drill results and **SQM as a strategic partner**.
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🟢 Existing infrastructure and production reduce some of the risks you normally have with early-stage juniors.
🟢 Multiple projects = multiple potential catalysts rather than betting everything on one deposit.
Tungsten + Tin at record highs with tin Production growing 75% in the next months