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Tuesday, September 14, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 39.00 0.11% 34,793 S&P 500 4.25 0.11% 4,464 Nasdaq 4.50 0.03% 15,434 U.S futures are looking flattish to slightly higher ahead of key inflation data later this morning, as the August Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to show a MoM increase of +0.4% and YoY rise 5.3% (which would mark a 4th straight month above 5%). The data could set the tone for the rest of the day as the 10-year Treasury yield is up 1.5 bps to 1.339% ahead of the data, while the dollar index is down slightly around 92.60. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index rose 222 points to 30,670, the Shanghai Index dropped -52 points (1.42%) to settle at 3,662 and the Hang Seng Index declined -311 points (1.21%) to 25,502. In Europe, the German DAX is up about 15 points to 15,720, while the FTSE 100 is down about -20 points to 7,050. On Monday, the S&P snapped its longest losing streak since February (5-days) while the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial produced its best daily gain since early August as investors bought energy and financial assets to start the week. The Dow closed up by about 262 points, or 0.8%, to 34,870, halting a five-session skid and notching its best point and percentage advance since Aug. 5. The S&P 500 index climbed 10 points, or 0.2%, to around 4,469, also ending a five-session slide. The Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 0.1% at around 15,106, extending its string of declines to four straight sessions, representing the longest such skid since a five-session slump ended July 19. Of note later today, investors await AAPL’s first fall event at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, with expectations for a new iPhone, and updates on other products. Events Calendar for Today 6:00 AM ET NFIB Small Business Optimism for Aug 7:45 AM ET ICSC Weekly Retail Sales 8:30 AM ET Consumer Price Index (CPI) MoM for Aug…est. +0.4% 8:30 AM ET Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY for Aug…est. +5.3% 8:30 AM ET CPI Core: Ex: Food & Energy MoM for Aug…est. +0.4% 8:30 AM ET CPI Core: Ex: Food & Energy YoY for Aug…est. +4.2% 8:55 AM ET Johnson/Redbook Weekly Sales 4:30 PM ET API Weekly Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: A LOT, CNM, FCEL, PETM Earnings After the Close: ASPU, EWCZ, IBEX, SKIL Other Key Events: Apple (AAPL) announces product launch event today China Retail Sales and Industrial Output for Aug Barclay’s Financial Services Conference (virtual) 2021, 9/13-9/15 BMO Capital 2021 Real Estate Conference (virtual), 9/13-9/14 Citigroup 2021 Global Technology Conference (virtual), 9/13-9/15 Cowen 2nd Annual Health, Wellness & Beauty Summit (virtual), 9/13-9/14 Credit Suisse 34th Annual Basic Materials Conference (virtual), 9/13-9/14 Deutsche Bank 11th Annual Aircraft, Finance & Leasing Conference, 9/13-9/14, in NY JPMorgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant & Leisure Management Forum, 9/13-9/14 Piper Global Technology Conference (virtual), 9/13-9/14 Piper 2021 D.C. Bank Field Trip, 9/13-9/15 Baird Global Healthcare Conference 2021 (virtual), 9/14-9/15 Barclay’s Financial Services Conference (virtual) 2021, 9/13-9/15 HC Wainwright 23rd Annual Global Investment Conference (virtual), 9/13-9/15 Jefferies Software Conference (virtual), 9/14-9/15 Lake Street 5th Annual Best Ideas Growth Conference (virtual), 9/14-9/15 Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 10.15 points, or 0.23%, to 4,468.73 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 261.91 points, or 0.76%, to 34,869.63 The Nasdaq Composite slipped -9.91 points, or 0.07%, to 15,105.58 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 13.24 points, or 0.59% to 2,240.78 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.56 71.01 Brent 0.61 74.13 Gold -7.10 1,786.65 EUR/USD -0.0004 1.1807 JPY/USD 0.10 110.09 10-Year Note +0.015 1.338% World News UK July Employment Change higher at 183k vs 178k consensus while UK July Unemployment Rate in-line at 4.6% Japan July Industrial O/P in line fell -1.5% m/m and 13.3% y/y; Japan July Capacity Utilization -3.4% vs 6.2% previous Sector News Breakdown Consumer Herbalife Nutrition ($HLF) cuts Q3 EPS and sales view; cuts FY21 revenue view to 4.5%-8.5% from 8.5%-12.5% and EPS to $4.55-$4.95 from $4.70-$5.10 (est. $4.99) saying they recently observed lower than expected levels of activity amongst its independent distributors that has led to a decrease in expected third quarter and full year net sales AMZN ($AMZN) has increased its average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour, a ~6% hike, and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse and transportation workers, according to Reuters Figs ($FIGS) files to sell 8.83M shares of Class A common stock for holders Volt information Sciences ($VOLT) 3Q adj EPS $0.05 vs est. $0.04 on revs $217.5Mm vs est. $213Mm Energy, Industrials, Materials The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp ($LMT) annualized contracts for 2021 and option years 2022 and 2023, worth up to $6.6 billion to support operations and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet, its F-35 Joint Program Office said Exelon ($EXC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho and raise tgt to $53 from $47.50 Matrix Service Company ($MTRX) 4Q adj EPS ($0.40) vs est. ($0.03) on revs $174.9Mm vs est. $177.2Mm, backlog as of June 30 was $462.6Mm; says award activity in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 has accelerated and we are expecting increasing awards and improving backlog as we move through the fiscal year MP Materials ($MP) announces offering of 4M shares of common stock for holders Financials Intuit ($INTU) said it would buy email marketing company Mailchimp for about $12 billion in a cash-and-stock deal (confirmed a late day WSJ report that INTU was in works to acquire the company) AllianceBernstein L.P. ($AB) said preliminary assets under management increased to $761 billion during August 2021 from $748 billion at the end of July. Market appreciation and firmwide net inflows drove the 2% increase. In the month of August, net inflows to Retail and Institutions were partially offset by modest net outflows from Private Wealth. Discover Financial Services ($DFS) said credit card delinquency rate 0.92% at August end vs 0.93% at July end and credit card charge-off rate 1.14% at August end vs 1.09% at July end Invesco Ltd. ($IVZ) preliminary month-end assets under management ($AUM) of $1,562.7 billion, an increase of 2.2% versus previous month-end. Total net inflows were $13.6 billion. The firm achieved net long-term inflows of $8.4 billion this month. Manning & Napier, Inc. ($MN), reported preliminary assets under management as of August 31, 2021 of $22.7 billion, compared with $22.5 billion at July 31, 2021, and $22.3 billion at June 30, 2021. Opendoor Technologies ($OPEN) announces offering of 28M shares of common stock for holders Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. ($VCTR) reported assets under management ($AUM) of $164.9 billion as of August 31, 2021. Life Storage ($LSI)5M share $306M Spot Secondary offering priced at implied $122.40 Healthcare Incyte ($INCY) announces ruxolitinib cream data accepted for presentation at the 2021 European academy of dermatology and venereology (EADV) virtual congress KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KALV) announces the lifting of FDA clinical hold for phase 2 trial of KVD824 MaxCyte, Inc. ($MXCT) 2Q EPS ($0.05) vs est. ($0.07) on revs $7.1Mm vs est. $5.7Mm; guides FY revs about $30Mm vs est. $28.2Mm Akerna ($KERN) will acquire business management software system 365 Cannabis in a $17M deal; Akerna will pay $4M in cash and $13M in stock, with a potential earn-out of $8M. The transaction is expected to close in Q4. Avantor ($AVTR)83M share Secondary priced at $42.00 Technology, Media & Telecom Oracle ($ORCL) Q1 adj EPS $1.03 vs. est. $0.97; Q1 revs $9.73B vs. est. $9.77B; Q1 Cloud Services and License Support Revenue $7.37B, Q1 Cloud License And On-Premise License Revenue $813M; Q1 Hardware Revenue $763M and Q1 Services Revenue $781M; Q1 GAAP operating income was up 7% to $3.4 billion, and GAAP operating margin was 35%; Non-GAAP operating income was up 4% to $4.3 billion; sees Q2 EPS $1.09-$1.13 vs. est. $1.08 and sees Q2 revs up 3%-5% SeaChange Int’l ($SEAC) 2Q adj EPS loss ($0.03) vs est. ($0.09) on revs $6.5Mm vs est. $5Mm IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) said August revenue for ANGI up 21%, DotDash up 29%, search up 67%; said August rev for emerging and other up 33% Vimeo Inc. ($VMEO) August total rev up 33%, August average revenue per user up 15% Semiconductor equipment makers Advanced Energy ($AEIS), Applied Materials ($AMAT) and Lam Research ($LRCX) all downgraded to Neutral from Positive at Susquehanna, while the firm upgraded KLA Corp. ($KLAC) to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna Sportradar ($SRAD) 19M share IPO priced at $27.00

Thursday, August 12, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 40.00 0.12% 35,413 S&P 500 2.25 0.05% 4,442 Nasdaq 5.50 0.04% 15,025 Another day, another record high for the Dow and S&P 500 as futures are pointing to a slightly higher open, building on the ongoing upside momentum that pushed the S&P 500 to its 45th all-time high Wednesday. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are coming off all-time bests as consumer prices (CPI) data indicated U.S. inflation was in-line with estimates, raising hopes that growth may have peaked, while sectors tied to economic growth such as industrials, materials and metals advanced a second day on the heels of the passage of a large infrastructure bill. The July consumer price index increased 0.5% last month after climbing 0.9% in June, though on a YoY basis was above 5% again (ahead of today’s PPI data at 8:30 AM ET). Meanwhile, two Fed members (George and Kaplan) each said the central bank should announce its timeline to reduce its massive bondholding, with Kaplan calling for it to begin next month, with tapering to begin in October. Healthcare was also a drag on markets as S&P components MRNA and PFE fell after the drug regulator of the European Union said it was looking into new possible side-effects of mRNA COVID-19 shots. Asian shares dropped for the first time this week as China stepped up scrutiny of its insurance technology platforms while European stocks drift on mixed earnings results. The Nikkei Index slipped -55 points to 28,015, the Shanghai Index slid -7 points to 3,524, and the Hang Seng Index dropped -142 points (0.535) to settle at 26,517. In Europe, the German DAX is up over 60 points to 15,888, while the FTSE 100 is down a few points at 7,210. Events Calendar for Today 8:30 AM ET Weekly Jobless Claims…est. 375K 8:30 AM EST Continuing Claims…est. 2.88M 8:30 AM ET Producer Price Index (PPI) MoM for July…est. 0.6% 8:30 AM ET PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) MoM for July…est. 0.5% 8:30 AM ET Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY for July…est. 7.3% 8:30 AM ET PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) YoY for July…est. 5.6% 10:30 AM ET Weekly EIA Natural Gas Inventory Data 1:00 PM ET U.S. to sell $27 bln in 30-year bonds Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: AVXL, AZEK, BDR, BODY, BR, BTTR, CELH, EFOI, EMAN, EYE, FSTX, GRWG, HOOK, KELYA, MDP, MIDD, MKTW, NYC, PGTI, SOHO, TAST, UP, UTZ, VERU Earnings After the Close: ABNB, ACHV, AFIB, APDN, ASTR, AWH, BBI, BIOL, BLBD, BOXL, BW, CAPR, CODX, CRMD, DASH, DCO, DIS, EAR, FIGS, FLO, FRGI, HOFV, ICCC, INTZ, IPWR, KINS, LAZR, LIVX, LMB, LVOX, LZ, MOTS, OPGN, PHUN, PTE, SFE, SGHT, SOFI, TLMD, TPCS, VIVE, WISH, XL Other Key Events: BTIG HIMSS Digital Health Booth Tour (virtual), 8/11-8/12 Canaccord Genuity 41st Annual Growth Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Cowen Annual Communications Infrastructure Hybrid Summit, 8/9-8/12 Cowen 9th Annual Internet & Media Bus Tour (virtual), 8/9-8/13 Credit Suisse 4th Annual FinTech Conference (virtual), 8/11-8/13 JPMorgan Auto Conference (virtual), 8/11-8/12 KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Virtual Forum, 8/9-8/12 Oppenheimer 24th Annual Technology, Internet & Comm Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Piper Biotech Virtual Tour, 8/10-8/12 UBS Financial Services Conference (virtual), 8/10-8/12 Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 10.95 points, or 0.25%, to 4,447.70 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 220.30 points, or 0.62%, to 35,484.97 The Nasdaq Composite slipped -22.95 points, or 0.16%, to 14,765.14 The Russell 2000 Index advanced 10.98 points, or 0.49% to 2,250.34 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.08 69.17 Brent -0.04 71.40 Gold 1.10 1,752.80 EUR/USD -0.0002 1.1737 JPY/USD -0.02 110.41 10-Year Note -0.008 1.351% World News The International Energy Agency (IEA) cut its outlook for global oil demand “sharply” for the rest of 2021 as the resurgence of coronavirus rocks major consumers and predicted a new surplus in 2022. The IEA cut its 2021 global oil demand growth forecast by 100,000 barrels a day, while upgrading its 2022 forecast by 200,000 barrels a day Eurozone Jun Industrial Production: m/m -0.3% vs -0.2% consensus; y/y 9.7% vs 10.4% consensus UK Q2 GDP: q/q 4.8% in-line; y/y 22.2% vs 22.1% consensus; UK Jun GDP: 1.0% vs 0.8% consensus; UK June Trade Balance: -£11.99b vs -£9.1b consensus; K June Ind Production m/m 0.7% vs 0.3% consensus, y/y 8.3% vs 9.4% consensus Sector News Breakdown Consumer DoorDash ($DASH) is said to have held talks to purchase Instacart over the past two months that may have valued the grocery delivery company at $40B to $50B. The talks felt apart in recent weeks at least partly over regulatory concerns, according to a report in The Information https://bit.ly/2VKi4F5 Core-Mark Holding ($CORE) said the waiting period under the HSR act for Performance Food Group’s (PFGC) planned purchased expired on Aug. 9 and the closing conditions for the deal have been satisfied Fisker Inc ($FSR) announces private offering of $600 mln 5-yr convertible notes Nio ($NIO) Q2 non-GAAP EPS loss (-$0.03) vs. est. loss (-$0.11); Revenue of $1.31B (+127% Y/Y) beats by $20M; said achieved a record-high quarterly delivery of 21,896 vehicles in Q2, followed by 7,931 vehicles in July, bringing the cumulative deliveries of NIO vehicles to 125,528 as of July 31, 2021 Blink Charging ($BLNK) 2Q EPS ($0.32) vs est. ($0.16) on revs $4.4Mm vs est. $2.6Mm eBay Inc. ($EBAY) Q2 adj EPS $0.99 vs. est. $0.95; Q2 revs $2.7B vs. est. $3.00B; expands share repurchase authorization by an additional $3B; entered agreement to sell about 135M shares of eBay’s Adevinta stock to Permira for over $2.4B, reducing ownership to 33%; announced an agreement to sell 80.01% of eBay Korea business to eMart for about $3B; guides Q3 revs $2.42B-$2.47B vs. est. $2.92B; annual active sellers grew by 5%, for total of 19M global active sellers Fossil Group ($FOSL) 2Q EPS ($0.02) on sales $411Mm; sees 3Q net sales +5-10%; guides FY net sales growth to approx +14-17%; Lordstown Motors ($RIDE) 2Q EPS ($0.61) vs est. ($0.49); pursuing external capital sources including debt and equity-linked securities; sees FY op exp $95-105Mm, expects to end 3Q with liquidity between 225-275Mm cash and equivalents without any funds from a capital raise Utz Brands ($UTZ) Q2 adj EPS 13c vs. est. 15c; Q2 revs $299.2M vs. est. $290.29M; sees FY 2021 adjusted shr $0.55 to $0.60; believes that consumer demand for its products will remain strong in second half of fiscal 2021; says continue to expect fiscal 2021 net sales consistent with fiscal 2020 pro forma net sales Vroom ($VRM) Q2 adj EPS loss (-$0.48), in-line with consensus; Q2 revs $761.89M vs. est. $637.99M; for Q2, had18,268 ecommerce units sold, up 172% YoY; Ecommerce revenue of $579.7 million, up 230% YoY; Ecommerce gross profit of $49.6 million, up 588% YoY Energy Array Technologies ($ARRY) 2Q EPS $0.00 vs est. $0.01 on revs $202.8Mm vs est. $231Mm; guides FY revs $850-940Mm vs est. $1B, sees FY adj EPS $0.15-0.25 vs est. $0.37 EnerSys ($ENS) Q adj EPS $1.25 vs est. $1.20 on revs $814.9Mm vs est. $810.5Mm, backlog grew $157Mm; guides 2Q adj EPS $1.03-1.13 vs est. $1.28 Canadian Solar ($CSIQ) Q2 EPS $0.18 vs. est. loss (-$0.30); Q2 revs $1.43B vs. est. $1.43B; Q2 solar module shipments of 3.7 GW, top end of 3.5 GW to 3.7 GW guidance; sees Q3 revs $1.2B-$1.4B vs. est. $1.62B; reducing its full year 2021 total module shipment guidance to 16 GW to 17 GW; reiterates its project sales guidance and total battery storage shipment guidance for FY 2021; carve-out IPO of CSI solar subsidiary remains on track Financials AllianceBernstein L.P. ($AB) preliminary assets under management increased to $748 billion during July 2021 from $738 billion at the end of June. Market appreciation and modest firmwide net inflows drove the 1% increase. Manning & Napier, Inc. ($MN) reported preliminary assets under management (“AUM”) as of July 31, 2021 of $22.5 billion, compared with $22.3 billion at June 30, 2021 Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. ($VCTR) reported assets under management (AUM) of $162.9 billion as of July 31, 2021. Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.24) vs. est. loss (-$0.34); Q2 revs $1.2B vs. est. $1.09B; Gross profit of $159 million, up 64% versus 1Q21; gross margin of 13.4%, up 40 basis points versus 1Q21; Adjusted EBITDA of $26 million versus ($2) million in 1Q21; adjusted EBITDA margin of 2.2% versus (0.3%) in 1Q21; sees Q3 revenue $1.8B-$1.9B vs. est. $1.52B Healthcare In vaccine news, NBC reports that the FDA would authorize a third shot of coronavirus vaccine as soon as Thursday for certain people with weakened immune systems. The decision to expand the emergency use of the vaccines from Moderna ($MRNA) and the Pfizer ($PFE)/BioNTech ($BNTX) shots Amwell ($AMWL) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.15) vs. est. loss (-$0.19); Q2 revs $60.2M vs. est. $61.7M; Q2 gross margins increased 600 bps to 44% of revenue versus 38% last quarter; said total visits of 1.3 million versus 1.6 million last quarter; lowers year revs to $252M-$262M from $260M-$270M and narrows year adj Ebitda loss view Fulcrum Therapeutics ($FULC)6M share secondary priced at $19.00 GoHealth ($GOCO) 2Q EPS ($0.12) vs est. ($0.04) on revs $196.9Mm vs est. $175.1Mm; guides FY revs $1.2-1.3B vs est. $1.24B, sees FY adj EBITDA $300-330Mm Hims & Hers ($HIMS) Q2 EPS loss (-$0.05) vs. est. loss (-$0.10); Q2 revs $60.7M vs. est. $56.49M; sees Q3 revs $69M-$71M vs. est. $58.31M and sees year revs $251M-$255M vs. est. $226.3M Xeris Pharmaceuticals ($XERS) announced it has received U.S. FDA clearance for phase 1 clinical trials for its hypothyroidism treatment Industrials & Materials Apogee Enterprises ($APOG) announced plans to realign and simplify its business structure to “bring a stronger focus to serving customers, enable a more competitive cost model, and better position the company for future growth and improved profitability; now expects to achieve $20M-$30M of annualized savings by the end of fiscal 2023 Royal Gold ($RGLD) 4Q EPS $1.25 vs est. $0.92 on revs $168Mm vs est. $165Mm; guides 1Q stream segment sales 62,000-67,000 GEOs with qtr-end inventory 22,000-27,000 GEOs Gates Industrial ($GTES) 25M share Secondary priced at $16.00

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 2.00 0.01% 34,778 S&P 500 3.25 0.08% 4,364 Nasdaq 52.50 0.35% 14,917 U.S. stock futures looking mixed with the Dow and S&P 500 looking little changed, though the Nasdaq Comp edges higher as Treasury yields ease despite the highest inflation reading since 2008 yesterday in the form of consumer prices (CPI) and ahead of June Producer Prices (PPI) later this morning. In Washington, Fed Chairman Powell testifies before the House at 10:00 on monetary policy (who has been saying the recent spike in prices in transitory and prices will normalize once supply chain bottlenecks get resolved and the economy gets back on track.) while overnight, Senate Democrats announce $3.5 trillion budget agreement. This morning, financials dominate earnings with Bank America and BlackRock out already, with Citi, Wells Fargo and PNC expected later this morning. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -109 points to 28,608, the Shanghai Index slid -38 points to 3,528, the Hang Seng Index dropped -175 points (0.63%) to 27,787. In Europe, the German DAX is down 30 points to 15,760, while the FTSE 100 is down roughly -40 points to 7,085. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index dropped -15.42 points, or 0.35%, to 4,369.21 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -107.39 points, or 0.31%, to 34,888.79 The Nasdaq Composite slumped -55.59 points, or 0.38%, to 14,677.65 The Russell 2000 Index declined -42.96 points, or 1.88% to 2,238.86 Events Calendar for Today 7:00 AM ET MBA Mortgage Applications Data 8:30 AM ET Producer Price Index (CPI) MoM for June…est. 0.6% 8:30 AM ET PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) MoM for June…est. 6.8% 8:30 AM ET Producer Price Index (CPI) YoY for June…est. 0.5% 8:30 AM ET PPI Ex: Food & Energy (core) YoY for June…est. 5.1% 10:30 AM ET Weekly DOE Inventory Data Earnings Calendar: Earnings Before the Open: $AYR, $BAC, $BLK, $C, DAL, $PNC, $WFC Earnings After the Close: $CIDM Other Key Events: Fed Chairman Powell to appear before House Financial Service Committee Bloomberg Business Summit Global, 7/13-7/14 (virtual) China House Price, Industrial Output and Retail sales for June Macro Up/Down Last Nymex -0.55 74.70 Brent -0.59 75.90 Gold 7.20 1,814.95 EUR/USD 0.0016 1.1792 JPY/USD -0.14 110.49 10-Year Note -0.017 1.398% World News Fitch affirms United States at ‘AAA’; outlook negative; Fitch says U.S. sovereign rating is supported by structural strengths that include size of economy, high per capita income and dynamic business environment; Fitch says considers U.S. debt tolerance to be higher than that of other ‘AAA’ sovereigns; Fitch on U.S. says negative outlook on rating reflects ongoing risks to public finances and debt trajectory Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee agreed to roughly $3.5 trillion in spending for their broad healthcare and antipoverty plan, determining the scope of the party’s expected efforts on education, climate change, child care and a host of other issues while it has control of Congress and the White House. UK June CPI higher as rises 2.5% yoy vs 2.2% consensus; m/m 0.5% vs 0.2% consensus; Core: y/y 2.3% vs 2.0% consensus; m/m 0.5% vs 0.2% consensus Sector News Breakdown Consumer L Brands ($LB) guides 2Q EPS $1.20-1.30 vs. est. $1.02, revs $2.351B vs. est. $3.27B, says sales negatively impacted by closure of stores for approx half of qtr due to covid CorePoint Lodging ($CPLG) said it continued to execute on its non-core disposition strategy with 25 non-core hotels sold in the Q2, for a combined gross sales price of ~$143M during the quarter, resulting in 175 hotels owned as of June 30, 2021; said it explores strategic alternatives International Game Technology ($IGT) said it is expanding its U.S. sports betting footprint to Washington to power sports betting at Snoqualmie Casino Kura Sushi ($KRUS) 3Q adj EPS ($0.54) vs. est. ($0.56) on sales $18.5Mm vs. est. $15.5Mm Aspen Group ($ASPU) 4Q EPS ($0.09) vs. est. ($0.05) on revs $19.1Mm vs. est. $18.5Mm; guides FY22 revs $85-88Mm vs. est. $85.7Mm and sees year EPS loss (18c-12c) vs. est. profit $0.04 Ulta Beauty ($ULTA) upgraded to Outperform at Raymond James with $395 tgt which assumes shares hold their current multiple on next year’s earnings one year out Energy The American Petroleum Institute ($API) SandRidge Energy ($SD) President and CEO Carl Giesler, Jr. has resigned effective July 16 to pursue another career opportunity Oil prices fell on demand concerns after data showed that China’s first-half crude imports dropped, but were still holding near a one-week high. China’s crude imports dropped by 3% from January to June compared with a year earlier, the first such contraction since 2013 Financials Bank America ($BAC) Q2 EPS $1.03 vs. est. $0.77; Q2 revs $21.5B vs. est. $21.8B BlackRock ($BLK) Q2 adj EPS $10.03 vs. est. $9.36; Q2 revs $4.82B vs. est. $4.61B; reports $81B of quarterly total net inflows, driven by continued momentum across the platform; AUM at qtr-end were about $9.50 trillion vs $7.32 trillion reported at q2 2020 end Ally Financial ($ALLY) announces $2B share buyback, and raises dividend Victory Capital ($VCTR) reported $161.93B in assets under management ($AUM) as of June 30, 2021, compared with May’s AUM of $160.93B Healthcare scPharmaceuticals ($SCPH) announced positive top-line results from its FREEDOM-HF study that was designed to evaluate the effect of FUROSCIX on heart failure-related costs in patients with chronic heart failure Celldex ($CLDX)952M share Secondary priced at $42.00 Speaking at STAT’s Breakthrough Science Summit yesterday, Eli Lilly ($LLY) CEO David Ricks said the company is confident its treatment, donanemab, merits the same accelerated FDA approval granted to Aduhelm. From there, Lilly can take its standard approach to competition with other products, Ricks said LeMaitre ($LMAT) 1M share Spot Secondary priced at $54.50 Industrials, Materials & Transports American Airlines ($AAL) said it expects to report between a net loss of $35M and a net profit of $25M in Q2; sees Q2 revs to be down about 37.5% yoy; says ex effect of net special items, expects to report net loss of $1.1B-$1.2B in Q2; said expects to report a slight second quarter 2021 pretax profit and to end Q2 with about $21.3 billion in total available liquidity; expects average daily cash build rate for Q2 to be about $1 mln per day, first positive qtr since beginning of pandemic; sees Q2 net loss per share excluding net special credits about $1.67-$1.76 Delta Air Lines ($DAL) confirms that it entered into agreements to add 29 used Boeing 737-900ERs and lease seven used Airbus A350-900s as it continues to streamline and modernize its fleet Technology, Media & Telecom Apple ($AAPL) has asked suppliers to build as many as 90 million next-generation iPhones this year, a 20% increase from its 2020 iPhone shipments, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Apple has maintained a consistent level in recent years of roughly 75 million units for its launch period, which runs from September-October to the end of the year eBay Inc ($EBAY) has agreed to sell part of its stake in Norway’s Adevinta to private equity firm Permira for $2.25 billion in cash, clearing the way for a tie-up between eBay and Adevinta’s classified ads businesses Broadcom ($AVGO) is said no longer in talks buy SAS Institute after a WSJ report yesterday that SAS may be acquired for $15B-$20B. The founders of the SAS Institute changed their minds on a potential sale after news of the possible sale – WSJ https://on.mktw.net/3i6jBwC Google ($GOOGL) was fined $593M by France’s Competition Authority for allegedly failing to negotiate in good faith with French publishers in a dispute over payments for their news

/*============================================= = Friday, June 11, 2021 = =============================================*/ Futures Up/Down % Last Dow 75.00 0.22% 34,429 S&P 500 4.25 0.11% 4,233 Nasdaq 13.50 0.09% 13,963 Stock futures are looking higher, trying to build off yesterday’s gains as the S&P 500 Index posted its first closing high in over a month and as the Nasdaq Composite outperformed (rising over 0.75%) as the yield on the benchmark 10-year yield fell to its lowest levels since March, now down around the 1.43% level. Market fears of rising prices and inflation have deteriorated despite another spike in CPI yesterday when prices topped 5% on YoY basis, its highest levels since 2008 as investors hang on to the notion (implied by the Fed) that the price hikes are indeed transitory. Market gains were paced by strong gain in healthcare and REITs. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -9 points to 28,948, the Shanghai Index slid -21 points to 3,589, and the Hang Seng Index rose 103 points to 28,842. In Europe, the German DAX is up about 40 points to 15,610, while the FTSE 100 is higher by 45 points to 7,133. Market Closing Prices Yesterday The S&P 500 Index gained 19.63 points, or 0.47%, to 4,239.18 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 19.10 points, or 0.06%, to 34,466.24 The Nasdaq Composite jumped 108.58 points, or 0.78%, to 14,020.33 The Russell 2000 Index declined -15.72 points, or 0.68% to 2,311.41 Events Calendar for Today 10:00 AM EST University of Michigan Sentiment June-P 1:00 PM EST Baker Hughes Weekly rig count data Other Key Events: FBN Securities Silicon Valley Tech Tour (virtual), 6/10-6/11 Oppenheimer Virtual Software & Semiconductor Bus Tour, 6/7-6/11 Macro Up/Down Last Nymex 0.13 70.42 Brent 0.14 72.66 Gold -6.00 1,892.50 EUR/USD -0.0014 1.2156 JPY/USD 0.16 109.49 10-Year Note -0.021 1.437% World News The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee unveiled on Thursday a bipartisan surface transportation bill that would authorize $78 billion over five years, including sharply higher passenger rail funding, along with tougher auto safety requirements. Ten Senate Democrats and Republicans say they reached five-year, nearly $1 trillion infrastructure deal ‘; agreement calls for about $974 bln in infrastructure spending over five years without raising taxes. The package includes about $579 bln in new spending. UK Apr GDP beat m/m: 2.3% m/m vs 2.2% cons; 3m/3m 1.5% in-line; y/y 27.6% in-line; UK April Trade Balance smaller deficit: -£10.96b vs -£12.1b consensus; UK Apr Trade Balance non-EU smaller deficit: -£5.55b vs -£6.54b previous Sector News Breakdown Consumer Chewy ($CHWY) 1Q EPS $0.09 vs. est. ($0.03) on sales $2.14B vs. est. $2.13B; Gross margin of 27.6% expanded 420 bps YoY; net margin of 1.8% improved 480 bps YoY; Q1 adjusted EBITDA of $77.4M; Q1 active customers 19.8M, up 31.6% from last year Dave & Busters ($PLAY) Q1 EPS $0.40 vs. est. loss (-$0.19); Q1 revs $265.3M vs. est. $256.6M; Q1 comp store sales fell -35%; sees Q2 revs $335M-$350M vs. est. $287.4M Copa Holdings ($CPA) reports revenue passenger miles dropped 58% to 753.6M in May 2021 vs. May 2019; capacity down 53.4% to 970.9M available seat miles as compared to May 2019 Energy, Industrials and Materials The IEA forecasts global oil demand to recover to pre-pandemic levels late next year and urged OPEC and its allies to keep markets balanced by tapping their plentiful spare production capacity Livent ($LTHM) 13M share Secondary priced at $17.50 REV Group ($REVG)5M share Secondary priced at $15.50 Navigator Holdings ($NVGS) Q1 EPS $0.05 vs. est. $0.05; Q1 revs $85.7M vs. est. $71.29M Financials AGNC Investment ($AGNC) estimates tangible net book value per share of $16.82 as of May 31, 2021, down 6.4% from $17.96 it estimated at April 30. Agree Realty ($ADC) 4M share Spot Secondary priced at $71.50 Manning & Napier ($MN) reports preliminary AUM $22.1B as of May 31 Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. ($VCTR) reported assets under management (AUM) of $160.9 billion as of May 31, 2021 TaskUs ($TASK)2M share IPO priced at $23.00 Healthcare Vertex Pharma ($VRTX) shares declined over 10% after abandoning further development of VX-864 for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency saying that the treatment benefit seen in a phase 2 study is “unlikely to translate into substantial clinical benefit.” Jury selection began this week in a case considered one of the biggest and most complicated in the effort to hold corporations liable for the opioid crisis according to Barron’s. The trial, in New York, was delayed a year because of the pandemic. New York state and two of its counties, Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island, are suing a number of companies, including Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), McKesson ($MCK) and Teva Pharmaceutical ($TEVA), for monetary damages Tyme Technologies, Inc. ($TYME) completes strategic review, announces oasis breast trial with Georgetown University, and reports fiscal year 2021 financial results; review identified breast cancer as a priority indication for development, a focus on second-line pancreatic cancer, and continuation of trial in high-risk sarcomas CureVac ($CVAC) slides; The efficacy of CureVac’s Covid-19 vaccine is still hard to determine but is set to remain in focus as critical data from the phase 3 trial is expected this month, Berenberg says. Analysts at the bank say the trial’s progress seems encouraging and could facilitate a rapid regulatory discussion in the coming months. They expect the CVnCoV vaccine to be 70% to 80% effective – DJ PTC Therapeutics ($PTCT) announced interim results from the ongoing RAINBOWFISH trial that demonstrated pre-symptomatic infants with spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA Vertex Pharmaceuticals ($VRTX) and CRISPR Therapeutics ($CRSP) announce new data on 22 patients, with follow-up of at least 3 months, treated with CRISPR/Cas9-based gene-editing therapy, CTX001 Technology, Media & Telecom Nvidia ($NVDA) has agreed to acquire DeepMap, a startup committed to building high-definition maps for autonomous vehicles to navigate the world safely Didi Chuxing, China’s biggest ride-hailing firm, made public the filing for its long-anticipated U.S. stock market listing, setting the stage for what is expected to be the world’s biggest initial public offering this year. SeaChange ($SEAC) 1Q adj EPS ($0.07) vs. est. ($0.09) on revs $5.1Mm vs. est. $4.9Mm; qtr end backlog $20.1Mm

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