BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

Markets:

• Mixed U.S. stock futures ahead of tech earnings and Fed meeting.

• Dow futures down 0.15%, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 futures stable.

• Last week saw strong economic growth and lower-than-expected inflation.

• Market cautious after Intel and Tesla's disappointing earnings.

• Busiest earnings week with tech giants like Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon.

• Also watching Dow components like Boeing and Merck.

• Fed's two-day policy meeting expected to keep rates steady.

• Nearly 97% probability of no rate cut, per fed funds futures market.

EARNINGS

What we’re watching this week:

• Today: SoFi Technologies (SOFI)

• Tuesday: JetBlue Airways (JBLU), Pfizer (PFE), Starbucks (SBUX), UPS (UPS)

  • Alphabet (GOOG) - expected: $1.59 per share (+51.4% YoY) on $85.3B revenue (+12.2% YoY)

  • Microsoft (MSFT) - expected: $2.78 per share (+20.3% YoY) on $61.1B revenue (+15.9% YoY)

• Wednesday: Boeing (BA)

• Thursday: Atlassian (TEAM), Honeywell (HON), Meta Platforms (META)

  • Amazon (AMZN) - expected: $.80 per share. Revenue expected to rise 11.4% to $166.2B

  • Apple (AAPL) - expected: $2.10 per share for Apple’s fiscal Q1 (+11.7%) on $117.9B revenue (+0.06% YoY

• Friday: Chevron (CVX), Exxon (XOM)

Full earnings calendar here

HEADLINES

This Week: Stock Market’s Fate Rests on $10 Trillion in Big Tech Earnings

Evergrande Shares Halted After Hong Kong Court Orders Liquidation

• Fed rate decision could be the prelude to a March cut (more)

• Traders line up for ‘once-in-a-generation’ emerging markets bet (more)

• US to announce billions of dollars in subsidies for advanced chips (more)

• Oil prices higher after Iran-linked drone strikes kill U.S. troops; Biden vows retaliation (more)

• First-of-its-kind campaign fundraiser in the works with Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Biden (more)

• China plans to merge 3 bad debt asset managers with sovereign wealth fund, state media reports (more)

• United Airlines resumes Boeing 737 MAX 9 flights after inspections (more)

• Big pharma at a crossroads, as Merck, J&J, others prepare to lose revenue from blockbuster drugs (more)

• Chevron says California plays a risky game with climate and gasoline (more)

• Elon Musk plans to build a new content moderation center for X in Austin (more)

• LVMH founder Bernard Arnault overtakes Elon Musk as richest person in the world (more)

• Spotify CEO says Apple's app store changes are a 'new low' (more)

• Tesla to spend $500M to bring its Dojo supercomputer project to Buffalo factory (more)

• World's largest cruise ship sets sail from Miami (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Carlyle mulls a $1B sale of tech services firm HSO (more)

• Kain Capital, a private equity firm focused on the technology enablement of healthcare services companies, has exercised a follow-on investment in MY DR NOW (more)

• ObjectiveHealth, an integrated specialty research network and technology company, received a strategic growth investment from Vitruvian Partners (more)

• TraceGains, a company which specializes in compliance and networked product development software, acquired NutriCalc, a provider of nutritional calculation software (more)

• DFW Capital Partners closes investment in Harris CPAs (more)

• HGGC invests in True North Advisors (more)

VC

• Thentia, a company specializing in regulatory technology, raised $38M in Series B extension (more)

• Proof Technology, Inc., a service of process and e-filing technology platform company, closed a $30.4M Series B funding (more)

• Axiom, a startup that uses advanced cryptographic proofs to give smart contract developers access to more data on-chain, raised $20M in Series A funding (more)

• Granata Bio, a biopharma company, announced the close of a $14M Series A funding round led by GV (more)

• GreenSpark, a provider of a software platform for the metal recycling industry, raised $9.4M in funding (more)

• Chunk Foods, a plant-based space company, raised additional $7.5M in Seed funding (more)

• Digs, a provider of an AI collaboration platform for home builders and homeowners, raised $7M in Seed funding (more)

• RagaAI, a technology company specializing in AI testing, raised $4.7M in funding (more)

• TextQL, a startup building an AI data analyst that connects clients to business intelligence tools, semantic layers, and existing documentation, raised $4.1M in Pre-Seed funding (more)

• C16 Biosciences, a maker of Palmless™, a platform for sustainable palm oil alternatives, raised $3.5M in Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as a $1M investment from Elemental Excelerator (more)

• Legalyze.ai, an AI startup for lawyers, raised $100K in funding (more)

• OnPoint Healthcare Partners, an AI-enabled technology services provider that offers a suite of solutions to hospitals and medical groups, received growth funding (more)

IPO

• Reddit advised to target at least $5 Billion valuation in IPO (more)

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CRYPTO

• BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF first to Reach $2B in AUM (more)

• Bitcoin range consolidation sets the stage for SOL, AVAX RNDR and SUI (more)

• FTX Is unloading crypto to raise cash and pay back customers (more)

BULLISH BITES

🤝 Powershift:  The introverts have taken over the US economy.

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🔎 In the spotlight: Unhappy workers cost US firms $1.9 Trillion.

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