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BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 38.97% for Wk of June 06 2024 (Last week: 39.04%).

Market Recap:

• Stock futures dip ahead of Fed's June meeting.

• S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new records; Dow up 0.2%.

• Fed meeting starts today; decision and press conference Wed.

• No rate change expected; CME’s FedWatch Tool shows no cut.

• Oracle and Rubrik earnings after close.

EARNINGS

What we’re watching this week:

• Today:

  • Oracle (ORCL) - earnings of $1.65 per share (-1.2% YoY) on $14.6B revenue (+5.4% YoY)

• Wednesday: Dave & Busters Entertainment (PLAY), Oxford Industries (OXM)

  • Broadcom (AVGO) - earnings of $10.80 per share for (+4.7% YoY) on $12.0B revenue (+37.9% YoY)

• Thursday: 

  • Adobe (ADBE) - earnings of $4.39 per share (+12.5% YoY) on $5.3B revenue (+10.4% YoY)

Full earnings calendar here.

HEADLINES

Apple Debuts iOS 18, AI Tools, Including ChatGPT Partnership

Musk Threatens to Ban iPhones Over Apple-OpenAI Deal

• Stocks settle higher ahead of FOMC meeting (more)

• Dollar firm ahead of key inflation test, Fed update (more)

• Oil holds biggest gain since March ahead of OPEC report (more)

• Bond traders will follow the new Fed Dots all the way into 2025 (more)

• BlackRock cautious on long-term Treasuries ahead of elections (more)

• Asia stocks range-bound as EU politics adds new risks (more)

• UAW president under investigation by federal monitor (more)

• Dockworkers at ports from Boston to Houston halt labor talks (more)

• Nvidia stock rises after 10-for-1 stock split (more)

• Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Suzuki shares fall after safety scandal (more)

• OpenAI hires new CFO and product chief (more)

• Elliott disrupts CEOs’ summer plans with $400B in new targets (more)

• NYC landlord to sell office building at roughly 67% discount (more)

A MESSAGE FROM BEHIND THE MARKETS

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M+A | Investments

• Textainer in talks to buy HNA’s Seaco in $5B deal (more)

• Bain makes $1.2B bid for Australian car parts shop Bapcor (more)

• Daiwa Securities to buy Aozora Bank stake from activist fund (more)

• Cognizant to acquire Belcan for $1.3B (more)

• JobGet, an app-first hiring platform connecting workers with brands, acquired Wirkn, a frontline recruitment platform provider (more)

• Greater Sum Ventures, acquired Kologik, a provider of software for law enforcement (more)

• Cvent, a meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, acquired Reposite, an AI-powered vendor and supplier sourcing platform (more)

• Cognizant acquires Belcan, a global supplier of ER&D services, for approx $1.3B in cash and stock (more)

• Radiant Logistics, Inc. (RLGT) a tech-enabled global transportation logistics company, acquired the operations of DVA Associates, Inc., a transportation and logistics company (more)

• Omega Systems, an MSP and MSSP, acquired Amnet Technology Solutions and Cloudpath (more)

• OneRail, a last mile delivery fulfillment solution provider, acquired Orderbot, a distributed order management solution (more)

• insightsoftware, solutions for the Office of the CFO, acquired FXLoader, an automated exchange rate loading software for ERP systems and financial applications (more)

• Netsurit, an MSP industry leader, acquired Avaunt Technologies, Inc., an MSP company offering technical services to SMB’s (more)

• Health Catalyst, Inc. (HCAT), a provider of data and analytics tech to healthcare orgs, acquired Carevive Systems, an oncology-focused health technology company (more)

• Apex Infusion, a provider of ambulatory infusion therapy services, received an investment from FFL Partners (more)

VC

• Atlantic Street Capital, made an add'l $70M investment in its portfolio company, Zips Car Wash (more)

• Relay, a cloud-based communications platform for frontline teams, raised $35M in Series B funding (more)

• Nexus, a zero-knowledge cryptography company, raised $25M in Series A funding (more)

• Anterior, an AI-powered healthcare administration platform, raised $20M in Series A funding (more)

• Whoosh, a provider of a club operations software solution, raised $10.3M in Series A funding (more)

• OnStation, a provider of digital stationing solutions for the heavy highway industry, raised $8.5M in Series A funding (more)

• FirmPilot, an AI marketing engine for law firms, raised $7M in Series A funding (more)

• PPC.io, a pay-per-click marketing startup, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)

• Jump, a provider of AI software for financial advisors, raised $4.6M in funding (more)

• Tomato.ai, a speech AI company specializing in accent softening software, raised $2.1M+ in extension seed funding (more)

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin bags $2B inflows, Ether sees highest institutional buying since March (more)

• Bitfarms adopts ‘poison pill’ after riot takeover offer turns hostile (more)

• Fidelity International tokenizes money market fund on JPMorgan’s blockchain (more)

BULLISH BITES

📊 Learn: How the new ‘T+1’ rule settles US stocks in a day.

🙏 Tough Love: Starbucks' Howard Schultz on the time Steve Jobs screamed at him.

😬 Sketchy: The shortcut that allows risky startups to raise billions from rookie investors.

🌯 Buzz: "Chipotle boys" are taking NYC by storm.

🎓 Inspiring: Roger Federer's speech to recent Dartmouth graduates is going viral (for all the right reasons).

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