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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

Friday, July 23, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 169.00 0.49% 34,878 S&P 500 21.25 0.49% 4,381 Nasdaq 71.50 0.48% 15,000 Stocks looking to build on weekly gains, boosted overnight from strong results in the social media sector as both Twitter ($TWTR) and Snap ($SNAP) top expectations in what has been a generally strong week for quarterly earnings. After yesterday’s semiconductor weakness behind TXN guidance, Dow component Intel ($INTC) issues a beat and raise for the year last night, though conservative guidance for Q3 weighs on shares early. Major indexes rose for a third straight session on Thursday as investors looked past mixed weaker data showing a rise in first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index rose 159 points to 27,548, the Shanghai Index fell -24 points to 3,550, and the Hang Seng Index drops over 400 points (1.45%) to settle at 27,321. In Europe, the German DAX is up over 150 points (about 1%) to 15,665, while the FTSE 100 gains over 50 to 7,025. While enthusiastic about the economic recovery, investors remained nervous about the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19 which had weighed on sentiment last week. Markets also prepare for the busiest week of quarterly earnings coming up with results from Apple, Alphabet, and Facebook among them,. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 8.79 points, or 0.20%, to 4,367.48 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 25.35 points, or 0.07%, to 34,823.35 The Nasdaq Composite gained 52.64 points, or 0.36%, to 14,684.60 The Russell 2000 Index declined -34.57 points, or 1.55% to 2,199.48 Events Calendar for Today 9:45 AM ET Markit Composite Flash PMI 9:45 AM ET Markit Manufacturing PMI for July 9:45 AM ET Markit Services Flash PMI 1:00 PM EST Baker Hughes Weekly rig count data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $ACBI, $AIMC, $AXP, $CIVB, $FHN, $GNTX, $HON, $KMB, $NEE, $NEP, $RF, $ROP, $SBSI, $SLB, $SXT Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.09 71.82 Brent -0.11 73.68 Gold -7.45 1,799.50 EUR/USD -0.0008 1.1763 JPY/USD 0.31 110.45 10-Year Note +0.026 1.293% World News Eurozone July Markit Mfg. PMI (flash) beat: 62.6 vs 62.5 consensus Eurozone July Markit Services PMI (flash) beat: 60.4 vs 59.5 consensus UK June Retail Sales Inc Auto Fuel YoY, actual 9.7%, est. 9.5%, prior 24.6% UK June Retail Sales Inc Auto Fuel MoM, actual 0.5%, est. -0.1%, prior -1.4%, revised -1.3% German July Markit/BME Germany Composite P, actual 62.5, est. 60.7, prior 60.1 German July Markit Germany Services PMI, actual 62.2, est. 59.5, prior 57.5 UK Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI, actual 57.8, est. 62.0, prior 62.4 UK July Markit UK PMI Manufacturing SA, actual 60.4, est. 62.3, prior 63.9 Sector News Breakdown Consumer Magna International Inc. ($MGA) to acquire Veoneer, Inc. ($VNE) for $ 31.25 per share in cash, representing a total value of $ 3.8 billion, and an enterprise value of $ 3.3 billion, inclusive of Veoneer’s cash, net of debt and other debt-like items as of March 31, 2021 Chinese education names getting crushed down over 40%: New oriental (EDU), TAL Education (TAL), and Gaotu Techedu ($GOTU) getting crushed on Bloomberg report that China is considering asking companies that offering tutoring on the school curriculum to go non-profit, according to people familiar with the matter. In rules currently being mulled, the platforms will likely no longer be allowed to raise capital or go public, the people said Boston Beer ($SAM) shares fall -15%; Q2 EPS $4.75 vs. est. $6.69; Q2 revs $602.8M vs. est. $657.6M; sees year EPS $18.00-$22.00 vs. est. $24.66; in 2021 and going forward, company has chosen not to report covid-19 related direct costs separately Del Taco ($TACO) Q2 adj EPS $0.16 vs. est. $0.11; Q2 revs $125M vs. est. $122.79M; Q2 system-wide comp store sales up 17.8%; Q2 company-operated comp sales up 18.3% and Q2 franchise comp sales up 17.2%; expects system-wide new unit growth to achieve 5% in 2023 led by franchising Skecher’s ($SKX) 2Q EPS $0.88 vs est. $0.52 on revs $1.66B vs es.t $1.49B; guides 3Q EPS $0.70-0.75 vs est. $0.63, sees 3Q revs $1.6-1.65B vs est. $1.52B; guides FY EPS $2.55-2.65 vs est. $2.13, sees FY revs $6.15-6.25B vs est. $5.93B Lamb Weston Holdings ($LW) announces $415 million capital investment in new French fry processing line in American falls, Idaho; declares quarterly dividend Robert Half ($RHI) 2Q EPS $1.33 vs est. $1.05 on revs $1.58B vs est. $1.48B Scholastic ($SCHL) 4Q adj EPS $0.90 on revs $401.4Mm; expects significant growth in FY22 revs yr/yr com ($GAMB) 5.25M share IPO priced at $8.00 Xponential Fitness ($XPOF) 10M share IPO priced at $12.00 Energy DMC Global (BOOM) 2Q EPS $0.10 vs est. $0.13 on sales $65.4Mm vs est. $69.5Mm; guides 3Q sales $46-48Mm vs est. $73.3Mm First Energy (FE) 2Q adj EPS $0.59 vs est. $0.57 on revs $2.6B vs est. $2.65B; guides 3Q adj EPS $0.70-0.80 vs est. $0.82; guides FY adj EPS $2.40-2.60 vs est. $2.50 Financials Capital One ($COF) Q2 adj EPS $7.71 vs. est. $4.61; Q2 revs $7.4B vs. est. $7.09B; NII $5.74B vs est. $5.58B, NIM 5.89% -10bps sequentially, common equity tier 1 capital ratio 14.5%, provision decreased $337Mm to ($1.2B) vs 1Q Bank OZK ($OZK) Q2 EPS $1.16 vs. est. $0.92; return on average assets 2.24% vs. 0.78% y/y; return on average equity 13.7% vs. 4.92% y/y; net interest income $240.7 million, +11% y/y; efficiency ratio 38.4% vs. 42.1% y/y Independent Bank ($INDB) Q2 EPS $1.17 vs. est. $1.08; Q2 revs $118.32M vs. est. $117.92M; total assets of $14.2B at June 30 increased by $420.3M, or 3.1%, from the prior quarter, and by $1.2B, or 9.0%, as compared to the year ago period; Q2 total loans at June 30 decreased by $307.7M, or 3.3%, when compared to the prior quarter RenaissanceRe ($RNR) 2Q adj EPS $5.64 vs est. $4.74 on revs $1.48B vs est. $1.28B, says net claims and claim expenses incurred associated with the covid pandemic were not significant in 2Q SVB Financial ($SIVB) Q2 GAAP EPS of $9.09 vs. est. $6.50; Q2 revs up 69% YoY to $1.49B (+69.0% Y/Y) beats by $350M; Q2 average loans of $49.8 billion, an increase of $3.5 billion; period-end loans of $50.8 billion, an increase of $3.1 billion; average total client funds increased $45.9 billion to $308.1 billion, which includes an increase in average on-balance sheet deposits of $23.2 billion R. Berkley ($WRB) Q2 EPS $1.27 vs. est. $0.94; Q2 revenue $2.30B vs. est. $2.16B; Q2 net premiums written $2.21B vs. $1.74M last year and consolidated combined ratio of 89.7% vs. 98.7% last year Future FinTech ($FTFT) files $200M mixed securities shelf S. Century Bank ($USCB) 4M share IPO priced at $10.00 Healthcare Caribou Biosciences (CRBU) 19M share IPO priced at $16.00 Cytek Biosciences (CTKB)7M share IPO priced at $17.00 Sophia Genetics (SOPH) 13M share IPO priced at $18.00 Industrials & Materials Honeywell ($HON) Q2 EPS $2.02 vs. est. $1.94; Q2 revs $8.81B vs. est. $8.63B; raises FY21 adj EPS view to $7.95-$8.10 from $7.75-$8.00 (est. $8.01) and boosts FY21 revenue view to $34.6B-$35.2B from $34B-$34.8B (est. $34.93B) Carlisle Corp. ($CSL) Q2 adj EPS $2.16 vs. est. $2.12; Q2 revs $1.2B vs. est. $1.15B; now sees full year sales to be up mid-teens Celanese ($CE) 2Q EPS $4.81 vs est. $4.44 on revs $2.2B vs est. $1.96B; guides 3Q adj EPS $4.50-4.75 vs est. $3.39; guides FY adj EPS $16.50-17.00 vs est. $13.98 S. Xpress Enterprises ($USX) Q2 adj EPS $0.08 vs. est. $0.16; Q2 revs $475M vs. est. $463.69M; continues to expect strong freight demand for balance of 2021; says expects total fleet size to begin growing in q3 Vicor ($VICR) reports Q2 EPS 43c vs. est. 33c; Q2 revs $95.4M vs. est. $93.98M Technology, Media & Telecom Intel Corp. ($INTC) 2Q adj EPS $1.28 vs est. $1.05 on revs $18.5B vs est. $17.8B; guides 3Q adj revs $18.2B vs est. $18.1B and adj EPS about $1.10 vs est. $1.08; guides FY adj revs $73.5B vs est. $72.8B, sees FY adj EPS $4.80 vs est. $4.62, sees FY adj gr mgn about 56.5% Twitter ($TWTR) Q2 EPS $0.20 vs. est. $0.07; Q2 revs $1.19B vs. est. $1.07B; Q2 Advertising revenue totaled $1.05 billion, an increase of 87% yoy, or 85% on a constant currency basis; Q2 cost per engagement (CPE) increased 42% yoy; reached 206 million average monetizable DUA in 2q, up 11%; Q2 international revenue $537m; had 11% year-over-year growth in monetizable daily active usage Snap inc. ($SNAP) 2Q adj EPS $0.10 vs est. ($0.01) on revs $982Mm vs est. $845.5Mm, DAU +23% to 293Mm; guides 3Q revs $1.07-1.085B vs est. $1.0B, sees 3Q adj EBITDA $100-120Mm vs est. $116.7Mm, says currently estimate DAU grow about 21% yr/yr to reach about 301Mm in 3Q, continues to invest heavily in video advertising, says the expected iOS platform policy changes did not materialize in 2Q to disrupt ad demand Verisign ($VRSN) Q2 EPS $1.31 vs. est. $1.32; Q2 revs $329M vs. est. $327.95M; ended 2q with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.12B; ended Q2 with 170.6 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 5.2% increase from the end of the second quarter of 2020, and a net increase of 2.59 million during the second quarter of 2021 Clearfield ($CLFD) 3Q EPS $0.44 on sales $38.7Mm; guides FY sales $150-160Mm above est. $122.9Mm Outbrain ($OB) 8M share IPO priced at $20.00

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