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BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓40.54% for Wk of August 08 2024

Market Wrap:

• Stock futures mostly flat Monday night

• Monday’s session: S&P flat, Nasdaq +0.21%, Dow -0.36%

• Major averages rebounded last week after Monday’s sharp drop

• Focus on PPI (today) and CPI (tmrw), both expected to rise 0.2% in July

• Retail sales data later this week under scrutiny

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

• Today:

  • Home Depot (HD) - earnings of $4.52 per share (-2.8% YoY) on $43.1B revenue (+0.05% YoY)

• Wednesday: Dole (DOLE), UBS (UBS)

  • Cisco (CSCO) - analysts predict a 21.3% drop in earnings to $.85 per share on $13.5B revenue (-6.3% YoY)

• Thursday: Alibaba (BABA), Tapestry (TPR)

  • Walmart (WMT) - earnings of $.64 per share (+14.3% YoY) on $168.5B revenue (+4.3% YoY)

Full earnings calendar here.

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HEADLINES

Musk Pitches Role for Himself in Second Trump White House

Trump, Vance Double Down on Call for Presidential Influence on Fed Policy

• Wall St mixed ahead of economic data; CPI in focus (more)

• Falling commodity prices indicate trouble brewing with the economy (more)

• US consumer medium-term inflation expectations drop (more)

• Dollar tenses for data verdict on rate cut risks (more)

• Crude oil rallies over 4% as Pentagon sends more forces to Middle East (more)

• Thousands of bankers quitting their jobs in India (more)

• S&P and Moody's downgrade JetBlue amid $3 bln debt raise, shares sink (more)

• B. Riley struggles to value its assets as SEC steps up scrutiny (more)

• GM cuts China jobs as it resets in world’s biggest car market (more)

• Starbucks and activist Elliott met last week to discuss settlement (more)

• Adani Group shares shed billions after Hindenburg allegations (more)

• Spirit Aero CEO Shanahan to get $28.5M ‘golden parachute’ (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Eli Lilly sells $5 billion of bonds to fund Morphic deal (more)

• WSP buys Idaho engineering firm in $1.8B energy transition bet (more)

• Tourmaline Oil to acquire Crew Energy for $947 million (more)

• Canada's Scotiabank buys 14.9% stake in US lender KeyCorp for $2.8B (more)

• India's Bharti to buy 24.5% stake in BT from Altice (more)

• Janus Henderson to buy Victory Park Capital in private credit expansion (more)

• Consello Capital acquired EHE Health, a network provider of preventive healthcare (more)

• Fulcrum IT Partners, an international IT solutions provider, acquired Fortress SRM, a company providing cybersecurity solutions (more)

• Janus Henderson Group, a global active asset manager, acquired a majority stake in Victory Park Capital Advisors, a global private credit manager that provides solutions to businesses (more)

• UFS, a technology outfitter for community banks, acquired Safe Systems, a provider of IT and security services (more)

• Lukka, a global blockchain data provider, received an investment from Animoca Capital (more)

• Prana Thoracic, a medtech startup, received investment from cultivate(MD) (more)

VC

• RŌZ, a haircare line made by celebrity hairstylist Mara Roszak, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding (more)

• Halda Therapeutics, a biotech company developing cancer therapies, raised $126M in Series B extension (more)

• UptimeAI, a provider of AI-based plant monitoring software for industrial businesses, raised $14M in Series A funding (more)

• Bandana, a startup that empower workers and give them the tools and resources they need to take control of their work and their lives, confirmed they raised $8.5M in funding (more)

• Kano Therapeutics, a biotech company advancing single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) as a flexible biomolecule for gene insertions, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)

• Cosine, a human-like, AI software developer, raised $2.5M in funding (more)

• Hyperbots, an AI-powered fintech startup, raised $2M in seed funding (more)

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin miner Marathon to sell notes to buy more Bitcoin (more)

• XRP bullish options' popularity jump may be due to ETF speculation (more)

• Bitcoin nears $58K as market slides ahead of busy data week (more)

• Kamala Harris pulls well ahead of Trump on Polymarket (more)

BULLISH BITES

💰 Inflation & Global Conflict: How to protect your wealth *

📲 The Buzz: What to expect from Google’s Pixel 9 event.

🏚 Curb Appeal: It was a hot real estate trade. Now investors are worried.

💸 Survey Says: Gen X fears running out of money more than death.

😳 Click ‘Buy’: A $19,000 tiny home with chic roof deck can be yours — on Amazon.

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