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Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 34.00 0.10% 34,295 S&P 500 5.75 0.14% 4,346 Nasdaq 61.75 0.42% 14,715 U.S. futures recover from overnight losses ahead of Dow component JPMorgan earnings and inflation data later this morning (CPI), reversing overnight losses despite weakness in Dow component Apple (AAPL), which is down about -0.5% after reports it expects to make 10 million fewer iPhone than planned and is poised to slash iPhone production goal due to chip crunch. Oil prices and Treasury yields decline, while gold rises ahead of a key reading of consumer price September inflation. Futures are getting a boost after better economic data in China as September exports rose 28.1% from last year as consumer demand outpace supply chain disruptions and power shortages, while last night’s passage of a debt ceiling extension by House lawmakers puts at least one market concern to the side until early December. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -90 points to 28,140, the Shanghai Index rose 14 points to 3,561 and the Hang Seng Index was closed. In Europe, the German DAX is up over 100 points to 15,250, while the FTSE 100 is slightly lower at 7,120. U.S. stocks ended lower following a choppy session on Tuesday, with investors nervous about upcoming third-quarter earnings reports. In addition to the CPI data, the Federal Reserve will release minutes from its last policy meeting, and investors are looking for further clues on when the central bank could begin tapering its bond-buying program. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index dropped -10.54 points, or 0.24%, to 4,350.65 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -117.72 points, or 0.34%, to 34,378.34 The Nasdaq Composite slipped -20.28 points, or 0.14%, to 14,465.92 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 13.63 points, or 0.61% to 2,234.27 Events Calendar for Today 7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data 8:30 AM ET Consumer Price Index (CPI) Headline MoM for September…est. +0.3% 8:30 AM ET CPI Core: Ex Food & Energy MoM for September…est. +0.2% 8:30 AM ET Consumer Price Index (CPI) Headline YoY for September…est. +5.3% 8:30 AM ET CPI Core: Ex Food & Energy YoY for September…est.+4.0% 10:30 AM ET Weekly DOE Inventory Data 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: AYR, BLK, DAL, JPM, SOTK Earnings After the Close: ETWO, ODC Other Key Events: China CPI, PPO for September Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.56 80.08 Brent -0.60 82.82 Gold 11.60 1,772.80 EUR/USD 0.0034 1.1562 JPY/USD -0.04 113.56 10-Year Note -0.015 1.565% World News China September exports rose1% from last year as consumer demand outpace supply chain disruptions and power shortages Japanese Core Machine Orders (M/M) Aug: -2.4% (exp 1.4%; previous 0.9%); Core Machine Orders (Y/Y) Aug: 17.0% (exp 13.9%; previous 11.1%) The House on Tuesday voted along party lines to raise the U.S. borrowing limit into December, as Democratic lawmakers wrestled with how to set a new ceiling for U.S. debt later this year over Republican resistance. Sector News Breakdown Consumer Duckhorn Portfolio Inc ($NAPA) said selling stockholders are offering 12 mln shares of common stock Monster Beverage ($MNST) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies Energy, Industrials and Materials International Paper ($IP) announces up to $2B share repurchase program Boeing ($BA) is the latest federal contractor to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees by December 8 under the Biden administration’s new rules saying its 125K U.S. employees must show proof of vaccination or have an approved religious or medical exemption by the deadline. Yesterday, Chicago soybean futures fell to the lowest level in nearly a year following a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that showed larger than expected yields of soybeans and corn; the USDA showed an uptick of nearly 100M bushels to U.S. corn ending stocks Glencore Plc ($GLNCY) said that it had reached an agreement to sell its zinc business in Bolivia to Canada’s Santa Cruz Silver Mining for some $110M Rattler Midstream LP ($RTLR), a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG) announces strategic midland basin gas gathering & processing joint venture; invested approximately $104 mln in cash to acquire a minority interest in joint venture Vistra ($VST) announces $2 billion share repurchase program Gran Tierra Energy Inc. ($GTE) said that Q3 production grew 53% and that it expects the gains to continue in Q4; said it has produced an average of 28,957 barrels of oil a day in the quarter, compared with 18,944 barrels a day in the prior year period and 23,035 barrels a day QoQ Greenbrier ($GBX) announced the acquisition of more than 3,600 railcars, a portion of which will be held in GBX Leasing Financials BlackRock ($BLK) Q3 adj EPS $10.95 vs. est. $9.35; Q3 revs $5.05B vs. est. $4.9B; qtrly long-term net inflows of $98 billion; assets under management at qtr-end were $9.46 trillion vs $7.81 trillion at end of Q3 AvidXchange ($AVDX)64M share IPO price $25.00 AllianceBernstein L.P. ($AB) preliminary assets under management decreased to $742 billion during September 2021 from $761B at the end of August. Firmwide net inflows were outweighed by market depreciation, resulting in a 2% decline in AUM. In the month of September, net inflows to Retail and Private Wealth were partially offset by net outflows from Institutions. Ellington Financial Inc ($EFC) commenced an underwritten public offering of 5 mln shares of common stock RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. ($RNR) estimates that losses from certain 2021 catastrophe events will have a net negative impact of approximately $725 million on the Company’s Q3 results of operations Manning & Napier ($MN) preliminary assets under management (AUM) of $22B for September, compared with $22.7B as of Aug.31. Healthcare Sarepta ($SRPT) announces $500M common stock offering and guiding Q3 revs about $166.9M vs. est. $172M; had approximately $1.6 bln in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of September 30, 2021 CRISPR Therapeutics ($CRSP) shares slipped after announcing updated results from the company’s early-stage trial of its CAR-T cell therapy CTX110 as two patients in the phase 1 trial experienced Grade 3 or higher infections, with one patient having HHV-6 encephalitis, and another developing pseudomonal sepsis that resolved in four days. CytoSorbents ($CTSO) receives full FDA investigational device exemption approval to begin U.S. star-d trial on apixaban and rivaroxaban removal by the DrugSorb-ATR™ antithrombotic removal system during urgent cardiothoracic surgery Homology Medicines ($FIXX) announced the pheEDIT Phase 1 clinical trial for HMI-103, a one-time, in vivo product candidate that utilizes a gene editing approach for phenylketonuria, or PKU, based on the investigational new drug application, or IND, clearance from the FDA Apollo EndoSurgery ($APEN)4M share Spot Secondary priced at $7.75 Bicycle Therapeutics ($BCYC)24M share Secondary priced at $54.00 Relay Therapeutics ($RLAY)21M share Secondary priced at $26.50 Biogen ($BIIB) announces results of a new analysis of immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV, a European affiliate of Teva ($TEVA) presents new analyses of the COBRA study, which concluded no evidence was found to suggest that infants were adversely affected by maternal exposure to glatiramer acetate (GA) during pregnancy and breastfeeding with use of COPAXONE Technology, Media & Telecom Apple ($AAPL) suppliers Broadcom ($AVGO), Texas Instruments ($TXN) struggling to deliver enough chips; Apple expects to make 10 million fewer iPhone than planned and is poised to slash iPhone production goal due to chip crunch – Bloomberg (watch shares of $AAPL suppliers including $CRUS, $QRVO, $STM, $AVGO, $SWKS) SAP AG ($SAP) raised its 2021 projections for non-IFRS cloud revenue at constant currencies to range from EUR9.4B to EUR9.6B, up from its earlier view of EUR9.3 billion and EUR9.5 billion; also boosts cloud and software revenue at constant currencies view to EUR23.8 billion to EUR24.2 billion from its earlier view of EUR23.6 billion to EUR24 billion. Qualcomm ($QCOM) announces new $10.0 billion stock repurchase authorization IAC Inc. ($IAC) reports September Angi Inc. total revenue up 18% from last year with Dotdash revenue up 25%, and its Search business revenue up 74% from last year and Emerging & Other revenue was up 33% from last year Vimeo Inc ($VMEO) total revenue for September 2021 up 33%; subscribers for September 2021 up 14%; ARPU for September 2021 up 16% Smart Global Holding ($SGH) Q4 adj EPS $2.16 vs. est. $1.60; Q4 revs $467.7M vs. est. $461.3M; sees Q1 adj EPS $1.80-$2.20 vs. est. $1.49; sees Q1 revenue $440M-$480M vs. est. $458.55M; GAAP gross margin of 25.2%, up 620 basis points versus the year ago quarter and non-GAAP gross margin of 26.4%, up 690 basis points versus the year ago quarter VOXX International ($VOXX) 2Q EPS $0.01 vs est. $0.07 on sales $143.1Mm vs est. $134.4Mm

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 30.00 0.09% 34,490 S&P 500 8.00 0.18% 4,342 Nasdaq 77.00 0.52% 14,852 Stock futures are looking higher, as the Nasdaq Composite looks to extend its record-breaking streak following large cap tech outperformance yesterday (all-time highs for AMZN, GOOGL), aided by plunging Treasury yields as the fear of inflation has subsided greatly the last few weeks. The yield on the benchmark 10-year falls another 2 bps, hitting lows around 1.33% today (lowest since February). The S&P 500 looks to get back on track after having its 7-day win streak snapped yesterday, also stopping a string of record closing highs as investors await minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting later today for clues on the central bank’s next policy moves. China is widening its clampdown on tech firms listed overseas and regulators are now planning to change overseas listing rules. Oil prices looking at a healthy rebound after yesterday’s pullback. Seven of the 11 S&P sectors closed down on Tuesday, with Energy the weakest through the session as crude fell, while Financials also struggled in the face of lower rates. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index declined -276 points to 28,366, the Shanghai Index rose 23 points to 3,553 and the Hang Seng Index lost -112 points to settle at 27,960. In Europe, the German DAX is higher by 125 points to 15,635, while the FTSE 100 is up about 35 points to 7,140. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index slipped -8.80 points, or 0.20%, to 4,343.54 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -208.98 points, or 0.60%, to 34,577.37 The Nasdaq Composite gained 24.32 points, or 0.17%, to 14,663.64 The Russell 2000 Index declined -31.26 points, or 1.36% to 2,274.50 Events Calendar for Today 7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data 10:00 AM ET JOLTs Job Openings for May 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $MSM Earnings After the Close: $SAR, $WDFC Other Key Events: FOMC minutes are released from the last meeting of the policy-making committee Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 1.31 74.68 Brent 1.20 75.73 Gold 10.40 1,807.50 EUR/USD -0.0002 1.1822 JPY/USD 0.16 110.79 10-Year Note -0.024 1.346% Sector News Breakdown Consumer Didi Global ($DIDI) extends yesterday declines after China stepped up scrutiny over its data security and widened a crackdown on companies listing abroad Boston Beer ($SAM) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse and raise tgt to $1,490 from $1,304 Asur ($ASR) announced that that total passenger traffic for June reached a total of 4.6M passengers, 5.1% below the 4.8M passengers reported June 2019 which reflects a lower demand for travel in general International Game Technology ($IGT) signs a contract with the Western Canada Lottery to provide 700 CrystalDual 27 video lottery terminals. LGI Homes ($LGIH) said it closed 997 homes in June 2021, up from 760 homes closed in June 2020, representing year-over-year growth of 31.2%; announced record-breaking quarterly closings of 2,856 during Q2 compared to 2,005 closings same period a year ago, a 42.4% increase year-over-year Energy, Industrials and Materials TechnipFMC ($FTI) said it was awarded a “significant” integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Tullow Oil for the Jubilee South East development offshore Ghana; the company defines a “significant” contract as $75M-$250M Steel Dynamics ($STLD) board authorizes a buyback of $1B in additional shares following the previous $500M program which had $51M remaining available for repurchase Oasis Petroleum ($OAS) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Royal Dutch Shell ($RDSA) said it will boost returns to shareholders via share buybacks or dividends earlier than expected after a sharp rise in oil and gas prices helped it reduce debt; said it will increase its distribution to shareholders to 20% to 30% of cash flow from operations beginning in Q2, the company said in a trading statement before quarterly results. MSC Industrial ($MSM) Q3 adj EPS $1.42 vs. est. $1.37; Q3 revs $866.29M vs. est. $847.2M; Q3 average daily sales rose 2.2% NASA has awarded Mechanical Integrated Services and Technology II contract worth $531M to a joint venture between Aerodyne and KBR ($KBR). Financials S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he can’t schedule a summer trial in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust suit challenging Aon’s ($AON) proposed takeover of Willis Towers Watson (WLTW) – WSJ. The judge instead said he intends to hold trial proceedings for a few days starting November 18, and then again during an opening in his schedule from December 20-22 Ellington Financial ($EFC) 6M share Spot Secondary priced at $18.22 MarketAxess ($MKTX) recorded $567B in trading volume for June 2021, of which $239.5B was credit volume and $327.5B rates volume; total credit average daily trading volume and total credit trading volume dropped 10.1% Y/Y to $10.89B and $239.52B, respectively. Healthcare OncoSec Medical Inc. ($ONCS) said it has entered into a collaboration and supply agreement with Merck & Co. (MRK) to evaluate the combination of its interleukin-12 Tavo with Merck’s anti-cancer immunotherapy Keytruda in a global clinical trial. Dare Bioscience ($DARE) rises after revealing on June 30, entered into an agreement with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for development of DARE-LARC1 implant, its experimental user-controlled, long-acting reversible contraceptive (awarded grant of up to $48.95M) Savara ($SAVA) files $250M mixed securities shelf Technology, Media & Telecom Smart Global ($SGH) 3Q adj EPS $1.39 vs. est. $1.09 on sales $437.7Mm vs. est. $415.6Mm; guides 4Q net sales $440-480Mm vs. est. $439.4Mm, sees 4Q adj EPS $1.60 +/- $0.15 vs. est. $1.23 Samsung Electronics ($SSNLF) said it expects more than 53% growth in Q2 operating profit, driven by strong demand for memory chips and operations resuming at a key US factory; sees sales of ~KRW63T and operating profit of ~KRW12.5T China’s top market regulator has fined a slew of companies, including subsidiaries of Didi Global Inc. ($DIDI), for what it said was monopolistic behavior linked to nearly two dozen deals. Turkcell ($TKC) to acquire Boyut Grup Enerji, which owns the Izmir Karadag Wind Power Plant for an enterprise value of $29.6M