$NCTY

Thursday, September 23, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 162.00 0.47% 34,291 S&P 500 23.25 0.53% 4,407 Nasdaq 83.50 0.55% 15,247 U.S. stocks are looking at another move higher following strong gains on Wednesday despite the FOMC taking a more “hawkish” stance on both rates and the timeline on asset purchase tapering during yesterday’s meeting. Stocks jumped on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cleared the way to ease monthly bond purchases “soon” and signaled interest rate increases may follow more quickly than expected. Stocks pared gains late as Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke at his press conference but still closed up solidly. Fed officials indicated that they see interest rates seen rising to 1% in 2023, faster than projected by the Fed in its projections in June, and then to 1.8% in 2024. Nine of eleven major S&P 500 sectors ended the day higher. However, of note, all 11 groups retreated from the moments before Powell’s press conference began, into the close. The Dow Transport index slid to 6-month lows following weakness from Fed-Ex (FDX) earnings results and guidance the night prior. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index was closed, the Shanghai Index rose 13 points to 3,642 and the Hang Seng Index gained 289 points to 24,510. In Europe, the German DAX is up over 130 points (0.89%) to 15,645, while the FTSE 100 rises about 20-points to move above 7,100. Oil prices are slipping but still holds near two-month high with global stockpiles tightening. In China news, the WSJ reported China is preparing for the “demise” of Evergrande, signaling Beijing’s reluctance to get involved and bail out the company. Events Calendar for Today 8:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims…est. 320K 8:30 AM EST Continuing Claims…est. 2.65M 9:45 AM ET Markit Manufacturing PMI, Sept-F…est. 61.5 9:45 AM ET Markit Services PMI, Sept-F…est. 55.0 9:45 AM ET Markit Composite PMI-Sept-F 10:00 AM ET Leading Index MoM for Aug…est. +0.7% 10:30 AM ET Weekly EIA Natural Gas Inventory Data 11:00 AM ET Kansas City Fed Manufacturing for Sept…prior 22 Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: DRI, DYNT, IWSY, RAD Earnings After the Close: AEHR, AGTC, AIR, CAMP, $COST, MTN, $NKE, PRGS, $RSSS Other Key Events: Credit Suisse 7th Annual Oil & Gas Non-Bus Tour (virtual), 9/21-9/23 DA Davidson Diversified Industrials & Services Conference (virtual), 9/22-9/23 Goldman Sachs 30th Annual Communacopia Conference (virtual), 9/21-9/23 JPMorgan 12th Annual U.S. All Stars Conference (virtual), 9/21-9/23 Oppenheimer Fall Healthcare Life Sciences & MedTech Summit (virtual), 9/20-9/23 Roth Capital 8th Annual Solar Symposium (virtual), 9/20-9/23 Sidoti Fall Small Cap Conference (virtual), 9/22-9/23 Wells Fargo 4th Annual Consumer Conference (virtual), 9/22-9/23 Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 41.45 points, or 0.95%, to 4,395.64 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 338.48 points, or 1.00%, to 34,258.32 The Nasdaq Composite jumped 150.45 points, or 1.02%, to 14896.85 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 32.38 points, or 1.48% to 2,218.56 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.32 71.91 Brent -0.27 75.92 Gold 3.80 1,772.00 EUR/USD 0.0028 1.1715 JPY/USD 0.11 109.89 10-Year Note +0.003 1.335% World News China is preparing for the “demise” of Evergrande, signaling Beijing’s reluctance to get involved and bail out the company (the gov’t will only step in should the company’s failure turn disorderly) – WSJ https://on.wsj.com/3i2x8WH Sector News Breakdown Consumer Steelcase ($SCS) 2Q EPS $0.21 vs est. $0.23 on revs $724.8Mm vs est. $761.3Mm; guides 3Q revs $755-785Mm vs est. $713Mm, sees 3Q EPS $0.07-0.11 vs est. $0.09 Funko ($FNKO) entered into a new credit agreement for a term loan facility of $180M and a revolving credit facility of $100M that mature September 17, 2026 Brilliant Earth ($BRLT)33M share IPO priced at $12.00 Hyatt ($H) 7M share Secondary priced at $74.50 Sovos Brands ($SOVO)3M share IPO priced at $12.00 Energy, Industrials & Materials HB Fuller (FUL) 3Q adj EPS $0.79 vs est. $0.79 on revs $827Mm vs est. $797.6Mm; guides FY revs +17-18% vs est. +14.4%, sees FY adj EBITDA abut $460-470Mm vs est. $463Mm KB Homes (KBH) 3Q EPS $1.60 vs est. $1.62 on revs $1.47B vs est. $1.57B; qtrly homes delivered +35% to $3,425, ending backlog value +89% to $4.84B; inventory +19% to $4.66B as of Aug. 31; repurchased 4.7Mm shares for $188.2Mm Northrop Grumman ($NOC) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs with a $350 price target and General Dynamics (GD) also upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs with a $176 price target in the defense sector; L3Harris Technologies (LHX) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs with a $207 price target, Lockheed Martin (LMT) downgraded to Neutral from Buy with $402 tgt and Woodward ($WWD) downgraded to Sell from Neutral with $102 tgt Loop Capital started Regal Beloit Corp (RBC) with a Buy rating and $180 price target and Timken (TKR) with a Hold rating and $72 price target Grinrod Shipping ($GRIN)842M share Spot Secondary priced at $13.50 Syncrude Canada, majority-owned by Suncor Energy ($SU), cut September supplies due to a mechanical disruption at its Alberta oil sands site, Bloomberg reported Financials Chinese Estates (Holdings) Ltd. is planning to sell all of its shares in China Evergrande Group, as the property investment company is worried about the recent stock-price volatility and financial condition of debt-laden Evergrande. Chinese Estates, which currently holds 751.09 million shares or a 5.66% stake in Evergrande, expects to record a realized loss on the stake of about 1.38 billion Hong Kong dollars ($177.2 million) for the year ending December Remitly Global (RELY)16M share IPO priced at $43.00 The9 ($NCTY), Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform, and Protocol Labs, a major contributor of open-source projects are forming an ecosystem collaboration on NCTY’s Non-Fungible Token (NFT) platform NFTSTAR and GameFi Play-to-Earn projects Safehold (S$AFE)2M share Secondary priced at $76.00 Willis Towers Watson ($WLTW) raises share buyback program by $4B Raymond James Financials ($RJF) posts Private Client Group assets in fee-based accounts of $643.5B grew 33% Y/Y, thanks to the net addition of financial advisers; record client assets under administration of $1.21T rose from $945.2B in the year ago period and $1.18T in the prior month. Healthcare The FDA has granted Emergency Use Authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer ($PFE)/BioNTech’s ($BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and older, those who work in healthcare settings, and adults at high risk of severe COVID-19. The authorization includes people whose “frequent institutional or occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 puts them at high risk of serious complications of COVID-19.” Sterling Check (STER)285M share IPO priced at $23.00 Eargo, Inc. (EAR) shares fell -50% on reports it is the target of a criminal investigation by U.S. DOJ related to insurance reimbursement claims submitted on behalf of customers covered by federal employee health plans; the co is withdrawing its financial guidance for fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 Spectrum Pharma (SPPI) Journal of Clinical Oncology Abstract listing for co.’s ‘poziotinib for patients with HER2 exon 20 mutant non–small-cell lung cancer Cigna Corp (CI) named Eric Palmer as president and chief executive officer of Evernorth, its health services unit that mainly houses its pharmacy benefit management business; also announced several other leadership changes Medirom Healthcare (MRM) rises 39%; after saying that it will buy Japanese private hair salon operator Zacc Kabushiki Kaisha in an all-cash deal of 370.0 mln yen ($3.36M) Thorne HealthTech (THRN) 7M share IPO priced at $10.00 Stifel initiated Buy ratings on Mirati Therapeutics (MRTX) with a $202 price target, Kinnate Biopharma (KNTE) with a $32 price target, and Repare Therapeutics (RPTX) with a $48 price target; Hold ratings on Ideaya Biosciences (IDYA) and Revolution Medicines (RVMD) Needham started SAGE Therapeutics (SAGE) at a Buy and added it to its Conviction List; also initiated Buy ratings on Intra-Cellular Therapeutics (ITCI), Avadel Pharmaceuticals (AVDL), Jazz Pharmaceuticals ($JAZZ), Biogen ($BIIB), Harmony Biosciences ($HRMY), and Hold ratings on Neurocrine Biosciences ($NBIX) and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Technology, Media & Telecom Blackberry ($BB) shares rose 8% after earnings; Q2 EPS ($0.06) vs est. ($0.07) on revenue $175M vs est. $163.5M Facebook ($FB) chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said in a Facebook post: “After 13 amazing years at Facebook, I have made the decision to step down as Chief Technology Officer and transition to a new part time role as Facebook’s first Senior Fellow at the company sometime in 2022 EngageSmart ($ESMT)55M share IPO priced at $26.00 Roku ($ROKU) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Guggenheim

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Monday, July 12, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -182.00 0.52% 34,569 S&P 500 -12.25 0.29% 4,347 Nasdaq 34.50 0.23% 14,845 Stock futures looking mixed to start the week as the Nasdaq Comp is pointing higher while the Dow and S&P 500 look to open lower as investors turn their attention to second-quarter earnings season starting this week in order to gauge whether corporate profitability can support equity valuations. In corporate news, Virgin Galactic ($SPCE) announced that VSS Unity “successfully” reached space, completing the company’s fourth rocket-powered spaceflight, and sending shares higher. Items to watch during the week outside of earnings include the latest figures on inflation and growth. The June consumer price index will be published tomorrow, while the producer price reading will be announced on Wednesday. Also, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is also due to give his semiannual monetary policy report before the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday and Thursday Stocks posted big gains on Friday, helping major averages close out the week in positive territory as the S&P 500 rose 0.36% the last 5-days, the Dow added 0.24%, and the Nasdaq gained 0.43% as top indices major averages cement their third-straight weekly gain. The big news last week was the precipitous drop in Treasury yields, dropping 8-straight days before having its streak snapped Friday, a day after the 10-year hit 5-month lows of 1.25%. All three indexes are heading toward closing highs, just a few days after notching the worst daily drop since June 18th mid-week. The declines had been at least partly inspired by worries about the economic recovery amid the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index surged over 600 points or 2.25% to settle at 28,569. the Shanghai Index climbed 23 points to 3,547 and the Hang Seng Index advanced 170 points to 27,515. In Europe, the German DAX is down roughly -25 points to 15,660, while the FTSE 100 is looking lower about -50 points to 7,075. Mainland China stocks gain even after Beijing tightens rules for foreign IPOs and Washington adds Chinese firms to its economic blacklist Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 48.73 points, or 1.13%, to 4,369.55 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 448.26 points, or 1.30%, to 34,870.16 The Nasdaq Composite jumped 142.12 points, or 0.98%, to 14,701.92 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 48.32 points, or 2.17% to 2,280.00 Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: none Earnings After the Close: $SLP, $VOXX Other Key Events: China Imports, Export and Trade Balance data for June Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -1.12 73.44 Brent -1.07 74.48 Gold -7.75 1,800.55 EUR/USD -0.0022 1.1854 JPY/USD -0.03 110.11 10-Year Note -0.02 1.336% Sector News Breakdown Consumer Didi Global Inc ($DIDI) shares fall -4%; on Monday confirmed the country’s cyberspace administration notified app stores to remove the ride hailing company’s 25 apps and said the move could impact its China revenue Malibu Boats ($MBUU) mentioned favorably in Barron’s saying the stock is looking ready to power through, noting buying a boat this summer has been futile for many shoppers as dealers have been sold out for months. Says even if sales cool off, Malibu should sustain growth, bolstered by market-leading brands, lean manufacturing, and innovative technologies fueling demand Energy, Industrials and Materials Virgin Galactic’s ($SPCE) VSS Unity successfully completed its flight into space with company founder Richard Branson on board, making him the second-oldest person to fly in space, and beating out Amazon ($AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, who’s scheduled to fly in Blue Origin’s New Shepard ship on July 20. Stephen R. Rizzone to retire as president and CEO of Energous Corporation ($WATT); has also relinquished his seat on company’s board of directors; CEO search has been initiated and both internal and external candidates are being considered Tudor Perini ($TPC) subsidiary Lunda Construction Team awarded $220 Million I-70 Missouri River Bridge design-build project Credit Suisse analyst expects steel stocks to stay hot on the view that their upcycle will linger according to Barron’s, noting that may be good news for United States Steel ($X), Cleveland-Cliffs ($CLF), Steel Dynamics ($STLD), Graftech International ($EAF) and Nucor ($NUE) Financials Citigroup ($C) a positive mention in Barron’s ahead of earnings this week for the large cap banks saying JPMorgan ($JPM), Goldman Sachs ($GS), and others are expected to report, but investors shouldn’t get their hopes up. Says few are as cheap as Citigroup (C$) Through a wholly-owned subsidiary NBTC Limited, The9 Limited ($NCTY) has signed a cryptocurrency mining hosting agreement with Russian company BitRiver Healthcare AstraZeneca ($AZN) mentioned positively in Barron’s saying investors should remember that AstraZeneca is not just a vaccine company, it has a strong pipeline, a growing number of $1 billion blockbuster drugs and, with EU and U.S. approval of its acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), a promising new rare-diseases division Celldex Therapeutics ($CLDX) updated early-stage trial data for CDX-0159, indicating 95% complete response following a single dose in patients with two most common forms of chronic inducible urticaria, a skin condition FDA chief Janet Woodcock has called for a federal investigation into the approval of Biogen’s ($BIIB) controversial Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, asking the independent Office of Inspector General to look into how regulatory staffers interacted with Biogen leading up to the June 7 approval of the drug – WSJ Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ($SVA) said it will provide up to 380 million doses of its CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine through Covax, a facility for supplying vaccines to poorer nations, as part of an advance purchase agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Technology, Media & Telecom Some Chinese stocks are starting to look like bargain after a wave of regulatory measures has created the type of uncertainty that draws bargain hunters, according to Barron’s Technology giants like Alibaba Group ($BABA), whose shares are down 11% this year, are popping up on value managers’ radars but caution is warranted, especially for investors in U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies saying volatility is likely, with investors recalibrating growth expectations as Beijing rolls out new rules, and reviews past deals, the publication says AMC Entertainment ($AMC), Cinemark ($CNK): Walt Disney Co.’s ($DIS) “Black Widow” grossed $80 million in the U.S. and Canada, according to preliminary studio estimates, building on the recent success of the latest “Fast & Furious” film, “F9: The Fast Saga,” two weeks ago which grossed $70 million in its opening weekend. IMAX Corporation ($IMAX) soared to a $12 million debut for Marvel Studios’ “Black Widow,” reaching its highest grossing opening weekend of the pandemic era in 11 markets worldwide, including North America China’s market regulator on Saturday said it decided to block Tencent Holdings ($TCEHY) plan to merge the country’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya ($HUYA) and DouYu ($DOYU) on antitrust grounds. The State Administration of Market Regulation said the decision was made after reviewing additional concessions proposed by Tencent for the merger Charter Communications ($CHTR) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Bernstein @everyone

/*============================================= = Thursday, June 17, 2021 = =============================================*/ Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -110.00 0.32% 33,795 S&P 500 -16.25 0.39% 4,196 Nasdaq -87.50 0.63% 13,885 U.S. stock futures are lower, with major averages looking to open down between -0.3% and -0.6% after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but signaled it expected to boost interest rates two times by the end of 2023, earlier than Wall Street had anticipated. Treasury yields ended higher yesterday, as the 10-year holding around the 1.57% level (up roughly 8 bps prior to the Fed announcement). The number of Fed governors who expect rate hikes as early as 2022 – known as the dot plot – went to seven from four, essentially translating into two rate hikes in 2023 based on growth and inflation projections from the 18 members of the FOMC as the economy recovers rapidly from the effects of the pandemic and inflation heats up. Banking shares rally, however, as bond yields rise, with the 10-year Treasury hitting 1.55%. Chairman Jerome Powell also said officials discussed an eventual reduction of bond-buying, though the timing of such a move remains uncertain. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index dropped -272 points to 29,018, the Shanghai Index rose 7 points to 3,525, and the Hang Seng Index gained 121 points to settle at 28,558. In Europe, the German DAX is down around -20 points to 5,695, while the FTSE 100is down -30 points at 7,150. Precious metal prices are plunging with gold and silver down sharply as the U.S. dollar rebounds. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index slipped -22.89 points, or 0.54%, to 4,223.70 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -265.63 points, or 0.77%, to 34,033.67 The Nasdaq Composite dipped -33.22 points, or 0.24%, to 14,039.68 The Russell 2000 Index declined -5.38 points, or 0.23% to 2,314.69 Events Calendar for Today 8:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims…est. 359K 8:30 AM EST Continuing Claims…est. 3.43M 8:30 AM EST Philly Fed Business Index for June…est. 31.0 10:00 AM EST Leading Index MoM for May…est. 1.3% 10:30 AM ET Weekly EIA Natural Gas Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $CMC, $JBL, $KR Earnings After the Close: $ADBE, $SWBI Other Key Events: Cowen Annual Future Health Conference (virtual), 6/16-6/17 Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference (virtual), 6/16-6/17 European Hematology Association (EHA) Virtual Meeting, 6/9-6/17 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.07 72.08 Brent -0.10 74.29 Gold -10.10 1,801.35 EUR/USD -0.0063 1.1932 JPY/USD 0.05 110.76 10-Year Note -0.007 1.562% World News Brazil’s Central Bank raises rates by 75bps to 4.25% as expected; indicates it may do so again next meeting Swiss National Bank rates unchanged -0.75% as expected; Franc remains highly valued; prepared to intervene in FX markets; as necessary; 2021 GDP expected 3.5% vs. 2.5-3.0% previous Sector News Breakdown Consumer Lennar Corp. ($LEN) Q2 adj EPS $2.95 vs. est. 42.36; Q2 revs $6.4B vs. est. $5.91B; Deliveries of 14,493 homes, up 14%; new orders of 17,157 homes, up 32%; backlog of 24,741 homes, up 38% (backlog dollar value of $11.0 billion, up 56%); homebuilding net margins of $1.1 billion, compared to $655.1 million and gross margin on home sales of 26.1%, compared to 21.6% Honest Company ($HNST) 1Q adj EPS ($0.05) vs. est. ($0.06) on revs $81Mm vs. est. $79.3Mm; digital channel revenue increased 2% to $42.5 mln in q1 of 2021 compared to q1 of 2020 (downgraded to Neutral at Guggenheim) China’s market regulator has commenced an antitrust probe into Didi Chuxing as it prepares for a U.S. IPO, Reuters’ reported Energy, Industrials and Materials Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. ($NOG) announces core Permian basin bolt-on acquisitions of $102.2M; management intends to submit a request for a 50% increase to quarterly dividend; commenced underwritten public offering of 5 mln shares of its common stock Northern Oil and Gas ($NOG) 5M share Spot Secondary priced at $17.25 Culp Inc. ($CULP) Q4 adj EPS $0.11 on sales $79.1M vs. est. $0.08 and $66.1M; sees near-term headwinds temporarily pressuring business in FY22 The Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive for Boeing ($BA) requiring operators of 737 MAX airplanes to conduct additional inspections for the plane’s automated flight control system. The directive makes mandatory instructions released by Boeing in December that recommend that planes with more than 6,000 flight hours be subject to specific electronic checks. Financials The Justice Department said late Wednesday it would sue to stop insurance broker Aon’s ($AON) $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson ($WLTW) citing antitrust concerns. Shares of Arthur Gallagher ($AJG) shares fell – recall the co had agreed to buy assets from the two insurance brokers were selling in order to get antitrust approval in Europe Angel Oak Mortgage ($AOMR)2M share IPO priced at $19.00 The9 Limited ($NCTY) selects Coinbase Custody, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global ($COIN) as the custodian for The9’s digital assets, including Bitcoin BNY Mellon ($BK) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette Northern Trust ($NTRS) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette Voya Financial ($VOYA) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citi Healthcare CureVac ($CVAC) shares fell 45% after saying its COVID-19 vaccine was only 47% effective in a late-stage trial, missing the study’s main goal and throwing in doubt the potential delivery of hundreds of millions of doses to the European Union. C4 Therapeutics ($CCCC)25M share Secondary priced at $37.00 iSpecimen ($ISPC)25M share IPO priced at $8.00 Biogen Inc. ($BIIB) announced topline results from its Phase 2 TANGO study of gosuranemab (BIIB092), an investigational anti-tau antibody that was being evaluated as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Satsuma Pharmaceuticals ($STSA) announces positive pharmacokinetic, tolerability and safety results from phase 1 trial of sts101 at multiple dose strengths Tarsus Pharmaceuticals ($TARS) has initiated dosing participants in its first clinical trial for TP-05, a novel, oral, non-vaccine therapeutic for the prevention of Lyme disease. Lyell Immunopharma ($LYEL) 25M share IPO priced at $17.00 Verve Therapeutics ($VERV)04M share IPO priced at $19.00 Technology, Media & Telecom Baidu ($BIDU) is partnering with BAIC Group’s EV brand ARCFOX to jointly release Apollo Moon, a new generation of robotaxis that are set to be mass-produced with a per unit manufacturing price of RMB 480,000 Nokia ($NOK) to expedite rollout following the availability of a 3.5GHz spectrum; the improved services will offer premium 5G speeds to customers. Elbit Systems ($ESLT) subsidiary has been awarded two orders with an aggregate value of ~$29M by the US army’s program Urban One ($UONE) files to sell 2.93M shares of Class A common stock for holders

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/*============================================= = Friday June 4 2021 = =============================================*/ Friday, June 4, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow -60.00 0.17% 34,507 S&P 500 -3.25 0.07% 4,188 Nasdaq -5.50 0.04% 13,524 U.S. stock futures are looking slightly lower after slipping on Thursday, as market focus remains on the monthly jobs report at 8:30 AM ET. Treasury yields are also little changed around the 1.61% level for the 10-year, trading in a narrow range over the last week while oil prices tick higher and gold prices unchanged around the $1.870 an ounce level. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -116 points to 28,941, the Shanghai Index rose 7 points to 3,591 and the Hang Seng Index dipped -47 points to 28,918. In Europe, the German DAX is lower by about 10 points to 15,625, while the FTSE 100 drops around 20 points to 7,045. News flow is quiet ahead of the jobs report where expectations that the U.S. economy added 650K jobs and the unemployment rate to come in at 5.9%. Shares of so called “meme” stocks active again as AMC shares fall and Bitcoin prices drop back under $37K following another cryptic tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index slipped -15.27 points, or 0.36%, to 4,192.85 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -23.34 points, or 0.07%, to 34,577.04 The Nasdaq Composite dropped -141.82 points, or 1.03%, to 13,614.51 The Russell 2000 Index declined -18.59 points, or 0.81% to 2,279.25 Events Calendar for Today 8:30 AM EST Nonfarm Payrolls for May…est. 650K 8:30 AM EST Private Payrolls for May…est. 600K 8:30 AM EST Manufacturing Payrolls for May…est. 24K 8:30 AM EST Unemployment Rate for May…est. 5.9% 8:30 AM EST Average Hourly Earnings for May…est. 0.2% 10:00 AM EST Factory Orders for April…est. (-0.2%) 1:00 PM EST Baker Hughes Weekly rig count data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $HOFT Other Key Events: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (virtual), 6/4-6/8 Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference (virtual), 6/2-6/4 Goldman Sachs 3rd Asia Spotlight Symposium (virtual), 6/1-6/4 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrials & Basic Materials Conference (virtual), 6/1-6/4 Piper Consumer Marketplace Conference (virtual), 6/2-6/4 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.22 69.03 Brent 0.21 71.52 Gold -0.25 1,870.50 EUR/USD -0.0016 1.2111 JPY/USD -0.15 110.14 10-Year Note -0.002 1.625% World News German May Construction PMI lower: 44.5 vs 46.2 previous Eurozone April Retail Sales missed: -3.1% m/m vs -1.2% consensus, 23.9% y/y vs 25.5% consensus Sector News Breakdown Consumer Lululemon Athletica ($LULU) 1Q adj EPS $1.16 vs. est. $0.91 on revs $1.2B vs. est. $1.13B, direct to consumer revs +55% to $545.1Mm, opened two net new stores, inventory at qtr-end +17%; guides 2Q adj EPS $1.10-1.15 vs. est. $1.01, sees 2Q revs $1.3-1.33B vs. est. $1.2B; guides FY adj EPS $6.73-6.86 vs. est. $6.48, sees FY revs $5.825-5.905B vs. est. $5.68B AMC Entertainment ($AMC) shares fell after hours after saying it will ask its shareholders for the authority to issue 25 million shares, effective in 2022. The proposal contrasts with a previous request that shareholders authorize 500 million new shares. Yesterday completed its “at-the-market” equity sales program; it sold 11.55 mln shares, raised $587.4M at avg price of $50.85 ChargePoint ($CHPT) Q2 EPS ($0.84) on revs $40.5Mm; guides 2Q revs $46-51Mm vs. est. $45.2Mm; sees FY revs $195-205Mm vs. est. $203.9Mm Five Below ($FIVE) 1Q EPS $0.88 vs. est. $0.65 on sales $597.8Mm vs. est. $551.1Mm; guides 2Q sales $640-660Mm vs. est. $584.3Mm, sees 2Q EPS $1.01-1.13 vs. est. $0.71 Quanex ($NX) 2Q adj EPS $0.43 vs. est. $0.30 on revs $270.4Mm vs. est. $187.5Mm; guides FY net sales $1.04-1.06B vs. est. $956Mm, sees FY adj EBITDA $125-130Mm vs. est. $117.9Mm Tilly’s ($TLYS) 1Q EPS $0.36 vs. est. ($0.02) on revs $163.2Mm vs. est. $128.9Mm; not offering specific guidance at this time; sees Q2 sales, earnings better than 2020, 2019 if stores stay open Zumiez ($ZUMZ) Q1 EPS $1.03 vs. est. $0.04; Q1 revs $279.1M vs. est. $221.88M; not providing outlook for Q2 or year at this time; Compared to the first quarter ended May 4, 2019 (13 weeks), first quarter 2021 net sales increased 31.1% Chatham Lodging Trust’s ($CLDT) said May RevPAR of $88 for comparable hotels increased 17% from $75 in April; comp hotel occupancy rate in May improved to 70% from 65% in April and 46% in January LGI Homes, Inc. ($LGIH) announced it closed 911 homes in May 2021, up from 640 homes closed in May 2020, representing year-over-year growth of 42.3% Energy, Industrials and Materials Targa Resources ($TRGP) to replace CoreLogic ($CLGX) in S&P 400 at open on 6/9 (Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners are acquiring CoreLogic in a deal expected to be completed soon) Northrop Grumman ($NOC) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Stifel and raise tgt to $475 from $350 saying defense industry stocks are cheap and the market will eventually realize it S. Steel ($X) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS and raised tgt to $30 from $15 ZIM Integrated ($ZIM)975M share Secondary priced at $40.00 Workhorse ($WKHS) slides after Cowen downgrades the stock, saying that it now looks fairly valued following the retail trader-driven rally Financials Cboe Global Markets ($CBOE) options total volume in May of 220.1M contracts rose 2.6% M/M and 15% Y/Y, while total average daily volume of 11.0M, up 7.7% from April and 15% from May 2020; Futures volume in May of 5.33M contracts increased 28% M/M and 99% Y/Y; total ADV of 266K contracts rose 34% from April. Envestnet ($ENV) to replace TCF Financial ($TCF) in S&P 400 at open on 6/9 (HBAN is acquiring TCF) Bitcoin shares slide over 5% to $36,600 following Elon Musk’s tweet in which he wrote the hashtag #Bitcoin with a broken heart emoji. He also referenced lyrics from “In the End,” a song by Linkin Park. – recall Bitcoin reached a record high of more than $64,000 in April Wells Fargo ($WFC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral and raise tgt to $60 at Bank America The9 ($NCTY) says to buy carbon-neutral cryptocurrency miner Montcrypto Ltd, to invest up to C$5.6 mln in two phases Healthcare Abbott Labs ($ABT) said it plans a restructuring; costs are expected to be incurred during remainder of 2021 with majority of costs expected to be recorded in Q2; estimates pre-tax costs to be incurred to implement plan to be approximately $550M-$700M Bristol Myers Squibb ($BMY) presents data from CheckMate -648 showing Opdivo plus chemotherapy and Opdivo plus Yervoy significantly improved overall survival compared to chemotherapy in unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Cooper Companies ($COO) 2Q adj EPS $3.38 vs. est. $3.09 on revs $719.5Mm vs. est. $690.2Mm; guides FY revs $2.855-2.885B vs. est. $2.83B, sees FY adj EPS $13.20-13.40 vs. est. $13.04 Galapagos ($GLPG) announced that primary and secondary endpoint results from the phase 3 SELECTION induction and maintenance study were published in The Lancet. Senseonics Holdings ($SENS) rises after saying Promise study demonstrated strong accuracy of 180 Day CGM Sensor Phreesia Inc. ($PHR) Q1 EPS loss ($0.24) vs. est. loss ($0.17); Q1 revs $48.3M vs. est. $42.8M; raises year rev outlook to $191M-$194M from prior view $178M-$186M (est. $183.5M); avg number of provider clients was 1,902 in Q1 as compared to 1,632 in the same period in the prior year, an increase of 17%; avg revs per provider client was $20,222 in Q1 compared to $16,735 YoY, an increase of 21% Technology, Media & Telecom Asana ($ASAN) Q1 adj EPS loss ($0.21) vs. est. loss ($0.27); Q1 revs $76.7M vs. est. $70.14M; raises FY22 rev outlook to $336M-$340M from $309M-$314M prior (est. $312.24M) Broadcom ($AVGO) Q2 adj EPS $6.62 vs. est. $6.43; Q2 revs $6.61B vs. est. $6.51B; sees Q3 revs $6.75B vs. est. $6.6B; sees Q3 adjusted EBITDA of approximately 60% of projected revenue; saw strength in demand for semiconductors across multiple end markets; says expecting free cash flow to remain strong in Q3 CrowdStrike ($CRWD) 1Q adj EPS $0.10 vs. est. $0.06 on revs $302.8Mm vs. est. $291.4Mm, adds 1,542 net new subs in qtr, added $144Mm net new ARR in qtr; guides 2Q revs $318.3-324.4Mm vs. est. $310.2Mm, sees 2Q adj EPS $0.07-0.09 vs. est. $0.06; guides FY revs $1.347-1.365B vs est. $1.32B, sees FY adj EPS $0.35-0.41 vs. est. $0.30 DocuSign ($DOCU) Q1 adj EPS $0.44 vs. est. $0.28; Q1 revs $469.1M vs. est. $437.81M; guides FY22 revs $2.027B-$2.039B vs. est. $1.98B; sees FY22 adjusted gross margin 79%-81%; Q1 Subscription revenue was $451.9M up 61% YoY; Q1 billings were $527.4M, up 54% YoY; Q1 GAAP gross margin was 78% compared to 75% in the same period last year Meredith Corp. ($MDP) is said to have received a higher bid from Standard General for its Local Media Group before it agreed to increased deal with Gray Television. Standard General was bidding with a group include Apollo Global (APO) and Sinclair Broadcast (SBGI), according to a DealReporter story, which cited sources familiar. MongoDB ($MDB) Q1 Non-Gaap EPS loss ($0.15) vs. est. loss ($0.37); Q1 revs $181.6M vs. est. $169.9M; Q1 Subscription revenue was $174.6 million, an increase of 40% YoY, and services revenue was $7.1 million, an increase of 29% YoY; sees FY22 non-GAAP EPS loss ($1.38)-($1.25) vs. est. loss ($1.43); guides FY22 revs $771.0M-$784.0M vs. est. $764.65M. PagerDuty ($PD) Q1 EPS loss (8c) vs. est. loss (9c); Q1 revs $63.6M vs. est. $61.95M; said over 16,800 companies now using PagerDuty to power their digital transformations; customers with annual recurring revenue over $1,000,000, up 55% YoY; sees Q2 EPS loss (16c)-(15c) vs. est. loss (9c); sees Q2 revs $64.5M-$66.5M vs. est. $63.8M SAIC Corp. ($SAIC) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Halfaker and Associates, LLC, a federal health technology solutions provider, for $250M; 1Q adj EPS $1.94 vs. est. $1.51 on revs $1.9B vs. est. $1.81B; guides FY22 adj EPS $6.15-6.40 vs. est. $6.30, sees FY22 revs $7.15-7.3B vs. est. $7.24B Sumo Logic ($SUMO) 1Q adj EPS ($0.11) vs. est. ($0.12) on revs $54.2Mm vs. est. $53.9Mm; guides 2Q revs $56.1-57.1Mm vs. est. $56.4Mm, sees 2Q adj EPS ($0.14) vs. est. ($0.12); guides FY revs $233-236Mm vs. est. $233.9Mm, sees FY adj EPS loss $0.55-0.57 vs. est. loss $0.48 The European Commission and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority each said they were opening competition inquiries into social-media giant Facebook’s ($FB) advertising services. The European Union said it’s looking to see whether Facebook violated EU competition rules by using advertising data gathered from advertisers in order to compete with them in markets where Facebook is active such as classified ads United Microelectronics ($UMC) reports May net sales grew 16.57%% Y/Y to NT$17.19B

$NCTY on the move, going to acquire a Canadian green energy crypto mining company

Crypto related stocks $MARA, $RIOT, $NCTY up big today, $COIN stuck near $300 level

BTC broke above resistance this morning. $MARA $RIOT $EBON $CAN $BTBT $NCTY

$NCTY shares at 29.80, sold Apr $35CC at 3.50 will let it play out

$NCTY slammed hard on secondary offering, down over 25%

$ncty pop and fade

$NCTY https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the9-limited-announces-pricing-approximately-130000932.html

$NCTY gettin' crushed.

$NCTY. I have CSPs on that and will close today. Woot.

$NCTY finding some serious buyers off the bottom

$NCTY continues falling, now under $35 after nearly tagging $90 on Monday

$NCTY swipey swipe

$NCTY is down coming back fast

$NCTY one way from $5+ to $80+ in 2+ months. Outstanding shares are 8m, easy to pump

$ncty wht happen

$NCTY fails

wow $NCTY wants $30's?

$NCTY shorts are relentless :D

watching $NCTY

why so eagar for $NCTY borrows? you might come to appreciate lack of borrows right now

i thought i had $ncty borrows.. darn it

well I guess only $CBAT for me than... sad for no borrows on $NCTY

$NCTY ETB for me

no borrow for me on $NCTY :\

anyone got locates on $NCTY?

$riot $mara $Btbt $ncty all will be good back side trdes

$NCTY and $CBAT on watch 2mrw

$NCTY we may see that one at $40 soon

$NCTY my oh my...

$NCTY yep account blower like i thought

$Ncty super storng

$NCTY looks like it wants to really squeeze shorts

$NCTY look how nicely it is treating VWAP

$NCTY can be one of those nutty ones IMO

$NCTY highs