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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:

• S&P futures +0.10%, Nasdaq +0.45%, Dow down 34 points.

• Broadcom surged 14% post-earnings and stock split.

• Dave & Buster's dropped 10% on revenue miss.

• S&P (+0.85%) and Nasdaq (+1.53%) hit record highs; Dow fell 0.09%.

• Fed indicated one rate cut in 2024, down from three.

• Cooler May CPI boosted optimism, lowered Treasury yields.

• May PPI expected to rise 0.1%, down from 0.5%.

EARNINGS

What we’re watching this week:

• Today: 

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

Full earnings calendar here.

HEADLINES

Powell Says Fed Viewed Upbeat CPI Data as ‘Progress’

S&P 500, Nasdaq Post Closing Record Highs After CPI, Fed

• Inflation slows in May, with consumer prices +3.3% from a year ago (more)

  • Here’s the inflation breakdown for May 2024 — in one chart (more)

• Benign US inflation could support stock market laggards (more)

• US Treasury posts $347B deficit for May (more)

• 401(k) matches on student loan payments gain foothold in corporate America (more)

• Dollar and euro trade halted on Russian exchange due to new US sanctions (more)

• EU hits Chinese EVs with tariffs, drawing rebuke from Beijing (more)

• Apple overtakes Microsoft as world's most valuable company (more)

  • Apple to 'pay' OpenAI for ChatGPT through distribution, not cash (more)

• Keith Gill has some tough choices to make on his GameStop options with Wall Street ready to pounce (more)

• Musk, SpaceX sued by former employees alleging harassment, retaliation (more)

• Southwest CEO will not resign, will consider input from activist investor Elliott (more)

• Broadcom to carry out 10-for-1 stock split (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Sony Pictures is buying Alamo Drafthouse theater chain (more)

• Matador agrees to buy Permian oil assets worth $1.9B (more)

• AlphaSense, a market intelligence and search platform, acquired Tegus, an expert research, private company content, and financial data and workflow tools, for $930M (more)

• Blackstone nears deal to expand NYC office space on Park Avenue (more)

• Congo to buy out UAE partner in gold venture as shipments slump (more)

• France's Atos to sell Worldgrid unit to Alten for about $290M (more)

• Pente Networks, a company providing infrastructure to promote private LTE/5G networks for enterprises, received an investment from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ME Innovation Fund (more)

VC

• Apex, a spacecraft manufacturing company, raised $95M in Series B funding (more)

• Canary Technologies, a hotel guest management tech company, raised $50M in Series C funding (more)

• Learn to Win, enterprise training software, raised $30M in Series A funding (more)

• Swift Solar, a solar technology company, raised $27M in Series A funding (more)

• ElectronX, an energy exchange to accelerate the US grid transition to renewable sources, raised $15M in seed funding (more)

• Canary Speech, a voice biomarker health tech company, raised $13M in Series A funding (more)

• Aidentified, Inc., a relationship intelligence platform for financial services professionals, raised $12.5M in Series B funding (more)

• Daisy, a home and small business technology installation and services company, raised $11M in Series A funding (more)

• Grayce, a social care platform for families, raised $10.4M in Series A funding (more)

• Auxilius, clinical trial financial management software, raised $10M in funding (more)

• Stanly, a platform for fans to connect, engage, and celebrate their favorite fandoms, raised $8M in Pre-Series A funding (more)

• CargoSense, a ‘Visibility OS’ platform for supply chain automation using visibility data, raised $8M in Series A funding (more)

• Alida Biosciences, an innovator in epigenomic research tools, raised $7.5M in Series A funding (more)

• Arya, a holistic sexual wellness platform, raised $7.5M in Seed funding (more)

• Pyte, a computation platform for data-first global enterprises, raised $5M in funding (more)

• BlinqIO, a gen-AI software testing platform, raised $5M in funding (more)

• Koda Health, a company specializing in digital advance care planning, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed+ funding (more)

CRYPTO

• US CPI was flat in May, beating expectations; Bitcoin rises to $69.2K (more)

• Trump says he wants All remaining Bitcoin to be 'Made in USA' (more)

• Zimbabwe seeks input to regulate cryptocurrency operations (more)

BULLISH BITES

📊 The masters: The Microsoft Excel superstars throw down in Vegas.

📈  Investment: What's got Musk, Bezos, and Gates so excited? *

🤥 Imposters: Fake family offices are trying to pry wealth from Asia's rich.

🥊 New arena: Influencer Jake Paul launching men’s skin care line at Walmart.

💻 Disgruntled: Young employees are increasingly struggling at work, while older workers fare better.

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