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Top Earnings Tu 3/21 Aft: $AEY $AIR $ARRY $CAAP $CUE $DNAY $EPAC $EVOK $GME $HQY $HYPR $IDN $NAVB $NKE $PAYS $POAI $TBIO $TELA $UTRS $VNET .. Top Earnings Wed 3/22 Pre: $ATXS $BZUN $BLRX $EDBL $EH $HEPS $LASE $LIQT $OLLI $WOOF $SCVL $SPPI $TZOO $WVE $WGO $ZH

+Initiations 12/2: $ACCD $ALLY $AMZN $BBLN $BKNG $CELH $CLBT $DBTX $DENN $DH $DIN $DOCS $ENVX $FB $FTCH $GDRX $GOOGL $HGV $HQY $IMMP $LYFT $PGNY $PHR $PIPR $RCM $SNAP $UBER $VOR . -Initiations 12/2: $ETSY

Thursday, September 9, 2021 Following a day of weakness, U.S. stock futures are again looking modestly lower, pulling back along with declines in both Europe and Asia as the spread of the delta strain of Covid-19 continues to weigh on the U.S. economy. This morning, two airlines noted impact to revenues due to a decline in travel. Tech stocks in China fell after regulators again increased pressure on gaming companies for focusing solely on profit. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index declines -173 points to hold just above 30K, the Shanghai Index rose 17 points to 3,693 and the Hang Seng Index dropped over -600 points (2.3%) to settle at 25,716. In Europe, the German DAX is down about -40points to 15,570, while the FTSE 100 tumbles over -80 points (1.2%) to hold around the 7,000 level. Yesterday, Europe’s Stoxx 600 was down 1.0%, marks worst day in nearly 3 weeks as the German Dax down 1.4%, marks worst day since mid-July. Later this morning, we get the European Central Bank (ECB) rate decision at 7:45 AM and press conference at 8:30 AM where investors will look for clues about inflation and or asset tapering. The S&P 500 Index was lower for a third straight session Wednesday amid increasing concerns about economic growth and the ongoing spread of Covid. The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report showed that economic growth downshifted slightly to a moderate pace from early July through August, largely due to a pullback in dining out, travel and tourism because of consumers’ safety fears. The dollar pared earlier gains, while Treasuries recovered Tuesday’s losses. Market Closing Prices Yesterday · The S&P 500 Index slipped -5.96 points, or 0.13%, to 4,514.07 · The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -68.93 points, or 0.20%, to 35,031.07 · The Nasdaq Composite dropped -87.69 points, or 0.57%, to 15,286.64 · The Russell 2000 Index declined -25.88 points, or 1.14% to 2,249.73 Events Calendar for Today · 8:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims · 8:30 AM EST Continuing Claims · 10:30 AM ET Weekly EIA Natural Gas Inventory Data · 11:00 AM ET Weekly DOE Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: · Earnings Before the Open: ASO, HOFT, HOV, JILL, LOVE, TUESQ · Earnings After the Close: AFRM, AMRK, AOUT, COOK, CXM, FARM, KLXE, LAKE, PLAY, PWSC, SUMO, VRNT, ZS, ZUMZ Other Key Events: · Barclay’s Global Consumer Staples Conference (virtual) 2021, 9/8-9/10 · Barclay’s CEO Energy-Power Conference 2021 (virtual), 9/8-9/10 · BTIG Cloud Communications and Collaboration Investor Forum (virtual), 9/8 · Citigroup Annual BioPharma Conference (virtual), 9/8-9/10 · Citigroup GEMS Conference 2021 (virtual), 9/8-9/10 · Cowen 14th Annual Global Transportation & Sustainable Mobility Conference, 9/8-9/10 · Credit Suisse 2021 Global Steel & Mining Conference (virtual), 9/8-9/10 · Stephens Building Materials Investor Trip, 9/8-9/9 · Wolfe Inaugural TMT Conference, 9/8-9/9 · Barrington Annual Fall Investment Conference (virtual), 9/9 · DA Davidson Annual Software & Internet Conference (virtual), 9/9 · Deutsche Bank 2021 Technology Conference (virtual), 9/9-9/10 · Goldman Sachs 11th Annual Financial Technology Conference (virtual), 9/9 · Needham 1st Annual Needham Crypto Conference (virtual), 9/9 · Wells Fargo 2021 Healthcare Conference (virtual), 9/9-9/10 Sector News Breakdown Consumer · Lululemon ($LULU) shares rise 10%; 2Q adj EPS $1.65 vs est. $1.19 on revs $1.5B vs est. $1.33B; guides 3Q adj EPS $1.33-1.38 vs est. $1.32, sees 3Q revs $1.4-1.43B vs est. $1.32B; guides FY adj EPS $7.38-7.48 vs est. $6.91; raises year revs to range of $6.19B-$6.26B, compared with its prior range of $5.83B-$5.91B · RH Corp. ($RH) 2Q adj EPS $8.48 vs est. $6.48 on revs $989Mm vs est. $975.5Mm; guides FY revs +31-33% up from prior 25%-30% view and vs est. +29.2% and op margin 24.9-25.5% , sees ROIC 70% vs prior 60%; says currently expecting manufacturing to restart in Vietnam in October with full capacity by end of year · Boston Beer Company Inc ($SAM) shares fell -8%; said since last guidance update market for hard seltzer products has continued to experience decelerating growth trends; believe there will be continuing uncertainty about hard seltzer demand trends for remainder of 2021; said it is withdrawing its 2021 financial guidance issued on July 22, 2021 as EPS will fall below previously-reported estimate of between $18.00-$22.00 · Caesars ($CZR) announced an agreement to sell the non-US assets of William Hill to 888 Holdings for approximately GBP 2.2B · Copart (C$PRT) Q4 non-GAAP EPS $1.03 vs. est. $0.91; Q4 revs $748.6M vs. est. $690.87M · VICI Properties ($VICI) announces offering of 100M shares of common stock · GameStop ($GME) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.76) vs. est. loss (-$0.67); Q2 revs $1.183B vs. est. $1.12B; Ended the period with cash and restricted cash of $1.78B · Calavo Growers ($CVGW) 3Q adj EPS ($0.17) vs est. ($0.05) on revs $285Mm vs est. $281.7Mm · Limoneira ($LMNR) Q3 adj EPS $0.20 vs. est. $0.18; Q3 revs $49.1M vs. est. $48.8M; Agribusiness revenue Q3 includes $24.4M in fresh lemon sales, compared to $35.4M of fresh lemon sales during the same period of fiscal year 2020; approximately 1,144,000 cartons of fresh lemons were sold in aggregate · Torrid ($CURV) 2Q adj EPS $0.36 vs est. $0.16 on sales $332.9Mm vs est. $294.7Mm; guides 3Q sales $305-315Mm vs est. $305.1Mm; guides FY sales $1.29-1.31B vs est. $1.3B Energy, Industrials and Materials · The American Petroleum Institute ($API) reports that crude inventories fell 2.88M barrels last week and gasoline inventories fell 6.41M barrels · United Airlines ($UAL) said it expects third-quarter capacity to fall at least 28% compared with the same period in 2019, as bookings take a hit due to the rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Delta variant. · Southwest Airlines ($LUV) said it sees October operating revenue down 20% to 30% vs 2019; expects q4 2021 capacity to increase about 60% YoY and to decrease about 5% vs. Q4 2019 · Sherwin-Williams ($SHW), Axalta Coating (AXTA), and PPG Industries (PPG) all downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup · ABM Industries ($ABM) Q3 revenue $1.54B vs. est. $1.51B; Q3 EPS from continuing operations $0.90 vs. est. $0.81; sees FY adj eps cont ops $3.45 to $3.55, vs. prior view $3.30 to $3.50 · AeroVironment ($AVAV) Q1 adj EPS loss (-$0.17) vs. est. loss (-$0.24); Q1 revs $101M vs. est. $96.48M; backs FY22 adj EPS view $2.50-$2.70 (est. $2.64) and backs FY22 revenue view $560M-$580M (est. $569.34M) Financials · Digital Realty ($DLR) 6.25M share Spot Secondary priced at $160.50 · Riot Blockchain ($RIOT) produces 441 Bitcoins in August, down from the 444 BTC produced in July; on a Y/Y basis, its production increased 451% from 80 BTC in August 2020. Healthcare · Humanigen ($HGEN) plunges over 50% after U.S. FDA declines emergency use approval for COVID-19 drug; said the FDA declined to grant emergency use authorization for its drug, lenzilumab, to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19 · ProQR Therapeutics ($PRQR) announces a global licensing and research collaboration with Eli Lilly (LLY) to discover new medicines for genetic disorders in the liver and nervous system, in a deal that could be worth over $1.25B · Avid Biosciences ($CDMO) Q1 EPS $0.10 vs. est. $0.04; Q1 revs $30.8M vs. est. $27.8M; · HealthEquity Corp. ($HQY) 2Q adj EPS $0.40 vs est. $0.36 on revs $189.1Mm vs est. $184.7Mm; guides FY adj EPS $1.45-1.50 vs est. $1.49, sees FY revs $755-765Mm vs est. $762.8Mm; says re: WageWorks have achieved approximately $70 million of the approximately $80 million in annualized ongoing net synergies we expect to achieve by the end of fiscal year 2022. · Cardiff Oncology ($CRDF) updated data from its Phase 1b/2 clinical trial for onvansertib in combination with standard-of-care (SOC) as second-line therapy in patients with KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC); said as of data cut off July 2, 2021, eight of 19 (42%) patients who received the recommended Phase 2 dose of onvansertib 15 mg/m2 and were evaluable for disease response achieved a partial response · Turning Point Therapeutics ($TPTX) announces early clinical data for Repotrectinib in NTRK fusion-positive advanced solid tumors selected for late-breaker plenary presentation at 2021 AACR-NCI-EORTC conference · Beauty Health ($SKIN) announces $400M convertible senior notes offering Technology, Media & Telecom · Cisco ($CSCO) downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley · NetEase ($NTES) and Tencent (TCEHY) tumble again as China’s focus on reining in the power of tech companies hasn’t abated. A report in the South China Morning Post notes that the government will halt approvals for new online games. · Sea Limited ($SE) is looking to sell 11 million ADRs with the option to offer 1.65 million more as part of a so-called green shoe option; it is also raising $2.5 billion in a convertible bond that has a $375 million green shoe attached · SentinelOne ($S) Q2 revenue $45.8M vs. est. $40.4M; Q2 ARR up 127% YoY; total customer count grew more than 75% year-over-year to over 5,400 customers as of July 31; Customers with ARR over $100K grew 140% year-over-year to over 345 as of July 31, 2021; guides year revs $188M-$190M vs. est. $176.4M

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -36.00 0.10% 35,055 S&P 500 -3.25 0.08% 4,515 Nasdaq -13.50 0.09% 15,661 U.S. stocks are pointing to a slightly lower open just a day after finishing mixed as the Nasdaq Composite registered a record closing high for fourth consecutive session with Apple (AAPL) and Netflix (NFLX) touching all-time highs. This morning, the dollar is indicated higher while Treasury yields slip ahead of a $38 billion 10-year auction of new notes later this morning. Bitcoin prices extended declines Wednesday, following on from the cryptocurrency’s worst day in three months, as markets continue to digest the impact of El Salvador’s move to declare it as legal tender. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index rose 265 points to 30,181, the Shanghai Index was little changed at 3,675 and the Hang Seng Index dipped -32 points to 26,320. In Europe, the German DAX is down over -135 points to hold just above 15,700, while the FTSE 100 is down about -40 points to 7,110. There were a handful of M&A deals announced overnight in various sectors in what is expected to be another light day of news on this holiday shortened week. The Delta variant, the China economy, slowing U.S. growth and jobs, travel impacts and the Fed remain prevalent themes heading into the Fall. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index dropped -15.40 points, or 0.34%, to 4,520.03 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -269.09 points, or 0.76%, to 35,100.00 The Nasdaq Composite edged higher 10.81 points, or 0.07%, to 15,374.33 The Russell 2000 Index declined -16.44 points, or 0.72% to 2,275.61 Events Calendar for Today 7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data 10:00 AM ET JOLTS Job Openings for July 3:00 PM ET Consumer Credit for July Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: KFY, REVG Earnings After the Close: ABM, AVAV, BASE, CDMO, CPRT, CVGW, GME, HQY, INTA, MIND, RH, S, STRM Other Key Events: Barclay’s Global Consumer Staples Conference (virtual) 2021, 9/8-9/10 Barclay’s CEO Energy-Power Conference 2021 (virtual), 9/8-9/10 BTIG Cloud Communications and Collaboration Investor Forum (virtual), 9/8 Citigroup Annual BioPharma Conference (virtual), 9/8-9/10 Citigroup GEMS Conference 2021 (virtual), 9/8-9/10 Cowen 14th Annual Global Transportation & Sustainable Mobility Conference, 9/8-9/10 Credit Suisse 2021 Global Steel & Mining Conference (virtual), 9/8-9/10 Stephens Building Materials Investor Trip, 9/8-9/9 Wolfe Inaugural TMT Conference, 9/8-9/9 China CPI, PPI for August Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.98 69.34 Brent 0.87 72.56 Gold 3.60 1,798.00 EUR/USD -0.0021 1.1819 JPY/USD -0.07 110.21 10-Year Note -0.02 1.351% World News Japan Q2 GDP beat at +0.5% q/q vs 0.4% consensus; Japan Q2 GDP Annualized beat: 1.9% q/q vs 1.6% consensus and Japan July Current Account smaller surplus: JPY +1.91b vs JPY +2.30b cons Sector News Breakdown Consumer Coty ($COTY) 50M share secondary Block Trade priced at $8.53 Nio ($NIO) announces at-the-market offering of $2B of American depositary shares Casey’s General Stores ($CASY) Q1 EPS $3.19 vs. est. $2.96; Q1 revs $3.18B vs. est. $3.02B; said Q1 fuel gallons sold increased by 24.7% compared to FQ4 2021 ended April 30, 2021, while fuel margin increased 2.1¢ sequentially to 35.1¢ per gallon. That number is still below last year’s comparable quarter mark of 38.2¢ per gallon. Energy, Industrials and Materials Cheniere Energy ($LNG) declares an inaugural quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share, or $1.32 per share annualized; plans for about $1 bln of annual debt repayment, targeting investment grade consolidated credit metrics by the early-to-mid 2020s Chevron ($CVX), Delta ($DAL), and Google ($GOOGL) announced a memorandum of understanding to track sustainable aviation fuel test batch emissions data using cloud-based technology. Murphy Oil ($MUR) sees capital expenditure $685M-$715M, vs. est. $722.1M Financials Vertiv Holdings LLC ($VRT) to buy E&I Engineering Ireland Ltd., and its affiliate Powerbar Gulf LLC, in a deal valued at up to $2 billion. Separately, Vertiv cut its financial outlook, as worse-than-expected supply chain challenges are offsetting continued “robust” demand. https://on.mktw.net/38RtNEQ Coinbase Global Inc. ($COIN) said the SEC intends to sue it in court if it launches a planned program letting users earn interest on lending cryptocurrency; COIN said the SEC handed it a Wells notice in relation to its Coinbase Lend program, signaling its intention to sue the company in court. As a result, Coinbase said it won’t launch Lend until at least October. PayPal Holdings Inc. ($PYPL) agreed to buy Japanese “buy now, pay later” startup Paidy Inc. for about $2.7 billion, in a move that will boost its business in the world’s third-largest e-commerce market. https://on.mktw.net/3ncZkd1 MeridianLink Inc. ($MLNK) Q2 revs rose 38% to $68.5M vs. est. $67.4M; sees Q3 revs $62.9M-$63.5M vs. est. $62.2M; sees year revs $256.7M-$257.9M vs. est. $255.4M; sees FY adj Ebitda $112.3M-$113.5M Apollo Global ($APO) announced that clients managed by its affiliates have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire up to a 50% equity stake in MaxCap Group, a Australasian commercial real estate financier and fund manager Healthcare Sanofi SA ($SNY) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company Kadmon Holdings Inc. ($KDMN) as Kadmon common stock will receive $9.50 a share in cash, representing a total equity value of about $1.9 billion on a fully diluted basis. https://on.mktw.net/3haEIOs Option Care Health ($OPCH)2M share Spot Secondary priced at $26.90 ICU Medical, Inc. ($ICUI) to acquire Smiths Medical division from Smiths Group plc for $2.35 billion in cash and stock plus the assumption of certain liabilities and a stock price performance-based earn-out India Globalization Capital ($IGC) announces the completion of its Phase 1 clinical trial on IGC’s cannabis-based investigational new drug, IGC-AD1, for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease Impel NeuroPharma ($IMPL) files to sell 3M shares of common stock Maravai ($MRVI) announces offering of 20M shares of Class A common stock for holders Ortho Clinical Diagnostics ($OCDX) files to sell 22M shares for holders Technology, Media & Telecom Elliott Management Corp. has a more than $1 billion stake in Citrix Systems Inc. ($CTXS) and wants the software company to take action to boost its lagging stock price, according to people familiar with the matter – WSJ https://on.wsj.com/3yOaCGN Analog Devices ($ADI) raises Q4 adjusted EPS view to $1.69 plus/minus 9c from $1.33 plus/minus 11c (est. $1.65) and raises Q4 revenue view to $2.3B plus/minus $70M from $1.78B plus/minus $70M (vs. est. $2.26B); to repurchase up to $2.5B of common stock Bumble ($BMBL) files to sell 15M shares of Class A common stock for holders Coupa Software ($COUP) 2Q adj EPS $0.26 vs est. ($0.06) on revs $179Mm vs est. $163Mm; guides 3Q adj EPS $0.01-0.03 vs est. ($0.08), sees 3Q revs $177-178Mm vs est. $168.8Mm; guides FY adj EPS $0.27-0.29 vs est. ($0.15), sees FY revs $706-708Mm vs est. $687.2Mm Smartsheet ($SMAR) 2Q adj EPS ($0.05) vs est. ($0.13) on sales $131.7Mm vs est. $125.5Mm; guides 3Q adj EPS loss $0.10-0.12 vs est. loss $0.11, sees 3Q revs $138-139Mm vs est. $129.9Mm; guides FY adj EPS loss $0.36-0.44 vs est. EPS loss $0.39, sees FY revs $530-533Mm vs est. $514.1Mm UiPath ($PATH) raises FY22 ARR view to $876M-$881M from $850M-$855M; 2Q ARR $726.5Mm +60%, revs $195.5Mm vs est. $184.3Mm, adj gr margin 86%, adj FCF ($3.5Mm); guides 3Q revs $207-209Mm

Friday, July 2, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -5.00 0.01% 34,509 S&P 500 0.75 0.02% 4,311 Nasdaq 25.00 0.17% 14,573 Stocks are generally flat in pre-market trading as the S&P seeks to hit a new record intraday high and close every day this week. Yesterday’s high was 4,312 and it appears the index is on track to open right around that level. However, things can quickly change after the nonfarm payrolls jobs report at 8:30. Economists are estimating that around 700,000 new jobs were created in June, though the consensus view was too optimistic for each of the past 2 months. However, monthly private payrolls and weekly jobless claims were both better than expected this week. In other news, yesterday’s OPEC+ meeting was extended to today, and reports said that the UAE blocked an agreement to raise supply by 400k bpd from August-September at the last minute. If the group cannot come to an agreement, current production levels will remain stable, likely leading to higher prices in the face of higher demand. Oil prices are slightly lower than yesterday when it hit its highest price since October 2018. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index is higher by 76 points, the Shanghai Index is down 70 points, and the Hang Seng Index is sliding 575 points. In Europe, the German DAX is up 58 points, while the FTSE 100 has inched higher 6 points. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index rose 22.31 points, or 0.52%, to 4,319 The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 130.76 points, or 0.38%, to 34,633 The Nasdaq Composite advanced 18.42 points, or 0.13%, to 14,522 The Russell 2000 Index climbed 18.80 points, or 0.81% to 2,329 Events Calendar for Today 8:30 AM ET Nonfarm Payrolls for June 8:30 AM ET Private Payrolls for June 8:30 AM ET Manufacturing Payrolls for June 8:30 AM ET Unemployment Rate for June 8:30 AM ET Average Hourly Earnings for June 8:30 AM ET International Trade for May 10:00 AM ET Factory Orders MoM for May 1:00 PM EST Baker Hughes Weekly rig count data Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.13 75.10 Brent -0.15 75.69 Gold 10.85 1,787 EUR/USD -0.0015 1.1831 JPY/USD -0.06 111.44 10-Year Note -0.039 1.441% Sector News Breakdown Consumer Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp ($VWE) new Buy at Citi Thor Industries ($THO) new Underperform, Winnebago (WGO) new Market Perform, Camping World (CWH) new Outperform with a $45 at Raymond James BMY ($BMWYY) brand unit sales rose 89.5% Y/Y to 96,561 units in Q2 and increased 15% vs. 2Q19; North America Q2 sales 105,901 (+89.5%); total brand sales for the 1H are +52.2% YoY, +8.9% vs 2019 Li Auto ($LI) delivered 7,713 Li ONE vehicles in June (+320.6% YoY) and total Q2 deliveries 17,575 (+166.1%) exceeded the top end of its guidance range Energy, Industrials & Materials Werner Enterprises ($WERN) buys 80% of ECM Transport Group for $142.4M Virgin Galactic ($SPCE) announced its next flight will be July 11 and founder Richard Branson will be on board. This is 11 days before Blue Origin’s scheduled 7/20 flight that will include Jeff Bezos Financials Horace Mann Educators ($HMN) raised 2021 EPS guidance to $3.50-$3.70 vs est. $3.30 from $3-$3.20 largely on strength of net investment income and impact of lower-than-guided catastrophe losses in second quarter; now expect catastrophe losses for just-ended Q2 will be about $15M-$18M, revised FY 2021 guidance assumes total net investment income to increase to range of $385M-$405M due to Q2 results Bank OZK ($OZK) raised its quarterly dividend to 28.5c/share from 28c Baird assumed coverage on National Storage ($NSA) at Outperform with a $54 price target Healthcare Biosig Technologies ($BSGM) announced public offering Stephens initiated OW ratings on Healthequity (HQY) with a $100 target and CloudMD Software & Services ($DOCRF) with a $5 target Merck ($MRK) plans to withdraw the US accelerated approval indication for Keytruda for patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer as a third-line treatment after the drug failed to meet its post-marketing requirement of showing an overall survival benefit in a late-stage study. Merck said it plans the pullout in six months and does not affect other indications for Keytruda. Technology, Media & Telecom Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment ($CSSE) intends to offer stock Verizon ($VZ) told federal regulators it would keep supporting low-cost wireless service for three years if it is allowed to buy TracFone as negotiations continue with the FCC to close the $6.9B acquisition ContextLogic ($WISH) downgraded to In-Line at Evercore

Upside: -CYCN +16% (announces Global Licensing agreement with Akebia Therapeutics for Praliciguat; eligible to receive up to $585M in milestone payments) -SFIX +12% (earnings, guidance) -REVG +10% (earnings, guidance) -CHS +9.9% (earnings, guidance) -EVOK +8.4% (announces FDA Orange Book Listing of U.S. Patent for Gimoti) -ASO +7.2% (earnings, guidance) -MCF +6.6% (to be acquired by Independence Energy in all stock transaction valued at ~$5.7B) -JILL +6.3% (earnings, guidance) -MRVL +5.6% (earnings, guidance) -BYSI +4.8% (announces a Late-Breaking Poster Presentation of PROTECTIVE-2 Phase 3 Data) -THO +4.1% (earnings) -STX +3.7% (raises guidance) -TSLA +2.9% (strong China May passenger vehicle sales) -INO +2.6% (expands partnership with Advaccine to conduct global Phase III efficacy trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800) -OTLK +2.3% (reports completion of patient dosing in the ONS-5010 Pivotal Phase 3 NORSE TWO Trial) -FTCI +1.4% (earnings, guidance; raising prices) -LUV +1.2% (guidance) Downside: -PLBY -10% (files to offer 4.0M shares) -COUP -8.9% (earnings, guidance; Tony Tiscornia promoted to CFO) -TIGR -7.6% (files to sell 6.5M ADS) -HSTO -7.5% (announces 6.0M share direct offering priced at $1.10/shr) -LESL -5.7% (to sell 24.5M shares for holders) -HQY -5.5% (earnings, guidance) -KDP -4.9% (files to sell 28M common share secondary offering on behalf of Mondelez International) -FTCI -4.7% (earnings, guidance; raising prices) -FSLY -1.7% (hearing Fastly edge CDN platform is having issues causing internet outages) -ETSY -1.3% (files proposed private offering of $1.0B of convertible senior notes) -WBA -1.3% (AMZN reportedly to offer discounted pharmacy services targeting uninsured and those paying cash)

/*============================================= = Tuesday June 8, 2021 = =============================================*/ U.S. futures slip after several Internet websites went down this morning including New York Times, Reddit, Amazon.com Web Services (though many of them are starting to come back now). Futures dropped when it first appeared it was a potential cybersecurity breach but CNBC reported that Fastly ($FSLY) was down and maybe the reason for some of the outages, though still unclear at this point to what the direct driver is of the website outages. Fastly did say it is “investigating potential impact to performance with our CDN services,” on its service page. Prior to the Internet outages, U.S. futures weren’t doing very much, trading mixed to down slightly prior with Treasury yields lower (10-yr at 1.55%), along with a slide in oil prices and cryptocurrency (Bitcoin at 33K). U.S. equity futures were mixed, as inflation concerns continued to play on investors. Bitcoin fell, with some analysts suggesting the move may relate to the display of government control in the cryptocurrency space as the U.S recovered some of the Colonial Pipeline ransom. Stitch Fix and Marvell Technology gained following positive earnings results. Stocks finished mixed on Monday as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials finished with modest losses while the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000 outperformed, paced by gains in the biotech sector as Biogen’s ($BIIB) FDA approval for its Alzheimer’s drug boosted optimism about futures FDA decisions on other drugs. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -55 points to 28,963, the Shanghai Index fell -19 points to 3,580 and the Hang Seng Index slipped -5points to 28,781. In Europe, the German DAX is down over 30 points to 15,640, while the FTSE 100 is up a few points at 7,080. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index slipped -3.37 points, or 0.08%, to 4,226.52 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -126.15 points, or 0.36%, to 34,630.24 The Nasdaq Composite climbed 67.23 points, or 0.49%, to 13,881.72 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 32.76 points, or 1.463% to 2,319.18 Events Calendar for Today 6:00 AM EST NFIB Small Business Optimism for May 7:45 AM ET ICSC Weekly Retail Sales 8:30 AM EST International Trade for April 8:55 AM ET Johnson/Redbook Weekly Sales 10:00 AM EST JOLTs Job Openings for April 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $ASO, $CHS, $JILL, $NAV, $THO Earnings After the Close: $ABM, $AMSWA, $CASY, $CVGW, $LMNR, $ODC, $PATH, $STRM Other Key Events: China PPI and CPI data for May American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 6/4-6/8 Baird Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference 2021 (virtual), 6/8-6/10 Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference (virtual), 6/7-6/10 Goldman Sachs Travel & Leisure Conference 2021 (virtual), 6/7-6/8 Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conference (virtual), 6/8-6/10 Goldman Sachs 25th Annual European Financials Conference (virtual), 6/8-6/10 Jefferies Healthcare Virtual Conference, 6/8-6/10 Oppenheimer Virtual Software & Semiconductor Bus Tour, 6/7-6/11 REITWeek 2021 Investor Virtual Conference, 6/8-6/10 UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference, 6/8-6/9 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.58 68.65 Brent -0.60 70.89 Gold -5.30 1,893.90 EUR/USD -0.0013 1.2177 JPY/USD 0.17 109.42 10-Year Note -0.02 1.55% World News Germany Jun ZEW Expectations8 vs 86.0 consensus; Current Conditions -9.1 vs -27.8 consensus; Expecting strong recovery for next 6 months Eurozone Q1 GDP: q/q -0.3% vs -0.6% consensus; y/y -1.3% vs -1.8% consensus; Eurozone Q1 Employment Change: -1.8% vs -0.3% consensus Sector News Breakdown Consumer Chico’s FAS, Inc. ($CHS) said it has ongoing conversations with its shareholders, including Barrington, to discuss the Company’s strategy and operating plans and appreciates the input it receives Duckhorn Portfolio ($NAPA) 3Q adj EPS $0.17 vs. est. $0.07 on sales $90.4Mm vs. est. $76.1Mm Etsy ($ETSY) announces offering of $1B of convertible senior notes Keurig Dr Pepper ($KDP) announces offering of 28M shares of common stock for Mondelez Leslie’s Inc ($LESL) files for offering of 24.5M shares of common stock by the selling stockholders PLBY Group ($PLBY) files to sell 4M shares of common stock Stitch Fix ($SFIX) 3Q EPS loss ($0.18) vs. est. ($0.27) on revs $535.6Mm vs. est. $510.6Mm; qtrly active clients +20% to 4.1Mm; guides FY revs $2.07-2.08B vs. est. $2.04B, sees FY adj EBITDA $25-30Mm Superior Industries ($SUP) files $150M mixed securities shelf Vail Resorts ($MTN) 3Q EPS $6.72 vs. est. $6.54 on revs $889.1Mm vs. est. $882.1Mm; guides FY EBITDA $530-570Mm vs. est. $559.9Mm, sees FY net income $93-139Mm vs. est. $126.8Mm; Q3 total skier visits 7.19 million Wolverine Worldwide ($WWW) sees FY21 revs $2.24B-$2.3B vs. est. $2.28B; says 2q performance accelerated, fueled by strength of largest brands and product innovation Tesla ($TSLA) sold 33,463 China-made electric cars in May, including exports, a 29% jump from April, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. China’s new electric vehicle sales surged 177% to 185,000 in May; overall passenger vehicle sales, however, rose just 1.1% to 1.66 million Thor Industries ($THO) Q3 EPS $3.29 vs. est. $2.34; Q3 sales $3.46B vs. est. $3.01B; revenues up 105.7%, gross profit margin improved by 240 basis points and earnings per share up 665.1% for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 Energy, Industrials and Materials Air Lease Corporation ($AL) announces delivery of new airbus a350-900 aircraft to world2fly Clean Energy Fuels Corp. ($CLNE) files for offering of up to $100 mln of shares of common stock REV Group ($REVG) 2Q adj EPS $0.39 vs. est. $0.20 on revs $643.6Mm vs. est. $636.2Mm; reinstates qtrly cash dividend in 2Q at $0.05/share; backs FY21 rev view $2.45B-$2.6B vs. est. $2.5B; boosts FY21 adjusted EBITDA view to $145M-$160M from $125M-$135M Southwest Airlines ($LUV) said May operating rev performed in line with co’s expectations, and represented a sequential increase compared with April 2021; based on current bookings, co expect sequential improvement in operating revenues in June 2021 compared with May 2021; said May 2021 business revenues were down approximately 77 percent compared with May 2019 Financials Costar Group ($CSGP) announces a ten-for-one stock split Cryptocurrency-exposed companies like Marathon Digital ($MARA) and Coinbase ($COIN) slide with Bitcoin and other digital tokens falling; Bitcoin prices down around the $33,000 level and Ethereum around $2,500 Pzena Investment Management Inc. ($PZN) preliminary total assets under management as of May 31, 2021 of $53.6 bln SelectQuote ($SLQT) will replace Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (CTB) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Thursday, June 10 UDR ($UDR) raises guidance ranges as a result of continued strength in operating fundamentals and accretive external growth; sees Q2 FFO and AFFO per share to be at the high-end of its previously-provided guidance range of $0.47-$0.49 P. Carey ($WPC) 5.25M share Spot Secondary priced at $75.30 Healthcare Ironwood Pharmaceuticals ($IRWD) announces the appointment of Thomas McCourt, who has served as president and interim chief executive officer since March 12, 2021, as the company’s permanent chief executive officer HealthEquity ($HQY) Q1 adj EPS $0.38 vs. est. $0.32; Q1 revs $184.2M vs. est. $180.8M; sees year revs $755M-$765M vs. est. $755.5M Technology, Media & Telecom Coupa Software ($COUP) 1Q adj EPS $0.07 vs. est. ($0.19) on revs $167Mm vs. est. $151.1Mm; guides 2Q revs $162-163Mm vs. est. $161.6Mm, sees 2Q adj EPS loss $0.05 to $0.07 vs. est. ($0.09); guides FY revs $681-684Mm vs. est. $679.2Mm, sees FY adj EPS loss $0.14 to $0.20 vs. est. ($0.25) Jamf Holding Corp. ($JAMF) files for offering of up to 8.5M shares of common stock by selling shareholders Marvell Technology ($MRVL) Q1 adj EPS $0.29 vs. est. $0.27; Q1 revs $832M vs. est. $804.21M; Q1 64.3% non-GAAP gross margin; sees Q2 adj EPS 31c, plus/minus 3c vs. est. 30c; sees Q2 revs $1.065B plus/minus 3% vs. est. $1.04B; says non-GAAP gross margin is expected to be approximately 64% Zhangmen Education ($ZME)623M share IPO priced at $11.50

/*============================================= = Monday June 07, 2021 = =============================================*/ Monday, June 7, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 30.00 0.09% 34,772 S&P 500 -4.25 0.10% 4,224 Nasdaq -45.50 0.33% 13,721 U.S. futures are mixed to start the trading week as the Dow rises, S&P little changed and Nasdaq futures slide about 45 points as shares of U.S. tech giants decline after the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies agreed this weekend to back a minimum global tax rate of at least 15% (watch shares of $AAPL, $AMZN, $FB, $GOOGL). Apple (AAPL) will kick off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference at 1 p.m. ET. In healthcare, all eyes on Biogen ($BIIB) as the company rises ahead of FDA decision on Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab as the FDA is set to decide on whether to approve company’s controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug. This weekend, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said President Joe Biden should push forward with his $4 trillion spending plans even if they cause an inflation spike into next year. She also told Bloomberg in an interview that slightly higher interest rates would be a plus. Other than that, a quiet day for economic data. Stocks climbed on Friday as the key May jobs report showed solid gains, boosting confidence in the economic comeback, while for the week, the S&P rose 0.62%, the Dow added 0.66%, the Nasdaq gained 0.48%. Bitcoin and most other top cryptocurrencies fell on Sunday on concerns that there may be a further crackdown on the industry in China and as a report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. served as a reminder that institutional adoption may be a long process. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index rose 77 points to settle at 29,020, the Shanghai Index rose 7 points to 3,599, and the Hang Seng Index slipped -130 points to 28,787. In Europe, the German DAX is up about 35 points to 15,725, while the FTSE 100 is up around 20 points to 7,090. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index jumped 37.04 points, or 0.88%, to 4,229.89 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 179.39 points, or 0.52%, to 34,756.39 The Nasdaq Composite surged 199.99 points, or 1.47%, to 13,814.49 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 7.16 points, or 0.31% to 2,286.41 Events Calendar for Today 3:00 PM EST Consumer Credit for April Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $GII Earnings After the Close: $BBCP, $COUP, $HQY, $MRVL, $MTN, $NAPA, $REVG, $SFIX Other Key Events: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 6/4-6/8 Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference (virtual), 6/7-6/10 Goldman Sachs Travel & Leisure Conference 2021 (virtual), 6/7-6/8 Oppenheimer Virtual Software & Semiconductor Bus Tour, 6/7-6/11 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.39 69.23 Brent -0.43 71.46 Gold -5.90 1,885.70 EUR/USD -0.0015 1.2152 JPY/USD -0.04 109.48 10-Year Note +0.019 1.579% World News The G7 reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational companies such as Amazon and Google and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens. Hundreds of billions of dollars could flow into the coffers of governments left cash-strapped by the COVID-19 pandemic after the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies agreed to back a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15%. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said President Joe Biden should push forward with his $4 trillion spending plans even if they trigger inflation that persists into next year and higher interest rates. “If we ended up with a slightly higher interest rate environment it would actually be a plus for society’s point of view and the Fed’s point of view,” Yellen said Sunday in an interview with Bloomberg News Sector News Breakdown Consumer Las Vegas is making a comeback according to Barron’s saying bookings at casino resorts have gone up, but convention and expo business still faces uncertainty after the pandemic. Among REITs, MGM Growth Properties ($MGP) and VICI Properties ($VICI) offer yields above 4%. Two major Las Vegas Strip players are MGM Resorts International ($MGM) and Caesars Entertainment ($CZR). Regional casinos Boyd Gaming ($BYD) and Red Rock Resorts ($RRR), which cater more to the local market, have gained more than MGM and Caesars since the end of last January. Avis Budget Group Inc ($CAR) board approved a $325 mln increase to company’s share repurchase authorization Lordstown Motors ($RIDE) said it received a notice of delinquency for late filing from the Nasdaq Stock Market because it has yet to file its 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31 Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc agreed to sell its Chinese baby-formula business to Primavera Capital Group for $2.2 billion as the company seeks to exit from the struggling sector. Reckitt will retain an 8% stake in the unit and sees net cash proceeds of about $1.3 billion Tesla ($TSLA) CEO Elon Musk told Twitter followers that the Plaid+ trim is “canceled” as the imminent, lower-priced ‘regular’ Plaid model is “just so good.” It’s the quickest production car ever, he claimed Energy, Industrials and Materials Peabody Energy ($BTU) files to say has entered into at market issuance sales agreement to offer and sell up to 12.5 mln shares of common stock Diana Shipping Inc. ($DSX) files for mixed shelf of up to $750 mln TimkenSteel ($TMST) announced it will increase base pricing on all special bar quality products by $50 per ton Trucker rating changes at Goldman Sachs as they upgraded CH Robinson ($CHRW) to Buy from Sell with a $108 price target saying asset-based truckload sector fundamentals are very robust right now with supply tight, demand strong and prices elevated, while the firm downgraded ArcBest (ARCB) to Neutral and Werner ($WERN) to Sell Financials Barron’s said Allegiance Bancshares ($ABTX), PNC Financial Services Group ($PNC), Pinnacle Financial Partners ($PNFP), SVB Financial Group ($SIVB) are banks that operate in regions where growth is booming, and they can benefit from loan growth sooner Realty Income Corp ($O) files mixed securities shelf Essex Property ($ESS) raises low end of core FFO guidance for Q2 and FY21 as now sees Q2 core FFO of $2.92-3.00 (prior: $2.84-3.00) vs. a consensus of $2.98; sees FY21 core FFO of $12.02-12.46 (prior: $11.46-$12.46) vs. $12.23 consensus. Visa ($V) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler and up tgt to $260 from $234 Healthcare Biogen ($BIIB) rises ahead of FDA decision on Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab as the FDA is set to decide on whether to approve company’s controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug. If approved, Biogen’s aducanumab would be the first treatment in more than a decade to treat the disease (other companies with Alzheimer treatments include $AVXL, $PRTA, $SAVA) ChromaDex Corp. ($CDXC) announced the launch of its flagship consumer product Tru Niagen(R) in Walmart, available in 3,800 stores across the United States. Walmart is the first major U.S. retailer to bring this well-studied healthy aging nutrient to stores Fate Therapeutics ($FATE) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at H.C. Wainwright Liminal BioSciences ($LMNL) shares jumped post-market Friday after the U.S. FDA approved Ryplazim for the treatment of patients with plasminogen deficiency type 1 (hypoplasminogenia) Iovance Biotherapeutics ($IOVA) announced updated clinical data for lifileucel from Cohort 2 in the C-144-01 clinical study in patients with advanced melanoma. The data were presented in an oral presentation at the ASCO 2021 Annual Meeting Novartis ($NVS) announced Phase 2 primary endpoint data showing investigational iptacopan – a first-in-class, oral, targeted factor B inhibitor – reduced protein in the urine, an increasingly recognized surrogate marker correlating with progression to kidney failure, and showed promise in stabilizing kidney function in patients with IgA nephropathy, or IgAN Technology, Media & Telecom Apple ($AAPL) will debut major software updates for the iPhone and iPad at its developers’ conference this week Software maker PTC ($PTC) is up 60% over the past two years, but it has more upside as it seeks to dominate the Internet of Things, Barron’s says. Autodesk ($ADSK) confirmed that it has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of Altium ($ALMFF) for A$38.50 Flextronics ($FLEX) forecasted that the chip shortage disrupting the car industry and the supply of consumer technology products will last until at least mid-2022 – Financial Times reported