CAPIS Morning Note – 7/16/24: Retail Sales Due Out Shortly. Stocks Up Modestly.

Overnight Summary: The S&P 500 closed Monday higher by 0.28% at 5631.22 from Friday higher by 0.55% at 5615.35. The overnight high was hit at 5,694.75 at 6:05 p.m. EDT and the low was hit at 5673 at 4:10 a.m. EDT. The overnight range is 21 points. The current price is 5691.25 at 7:15 a.m. EDT […]

Overnight SummaryThe S&P 500 closed Monday higher by 0.28% at 5631.22 from Friday higher by 0.55% at 5615.35. The overnight high was hit at 5,694.75 at 6:05 p.m. EDT and the low was hit at 5673 at 4:10 a.m. EDT. The overnight range is 21 points. The current price is 5691.25 at 7:15 a.m. EDT higher by +8.25 points.

Executive Summary: Stocks have rallied from overnight lows to modest gains. Retail Sales and the NAHB Housing Market Index are out. Auto Sales drive a far amount of retail sales and the CDK hack has impacted sales in June. Retail sales should be really weak. Bonds sees the 10-Year back under 4.20%.
  • June Retail Sales is due out at 8:30 a.m. EDT and last month came in at 0.1% and is expected to  drop to -0.1%. 
  • July NAHB Housing Market Index is due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and is expected to rise to 44 from 43.
Earnings Out After The Close
  • Beats:  None of note.
  • Flat:  None of note.
  • Misses: None of note.
  • Yet to Report:

Capital Raises:

  • IPOs For The Week:
  • New IPOs/SPACs launched/News:
  • IPOs Filed/Priced:
  • Secondaries Filed or Priced:
    • DJT discloses prospectus for resale of 37,969,380 shares of common stock.
    • THAR: FORM S-3 – 1,009,102 Shares of Common Stock.
    • TPET: Form S-1.. UP TO 35,460,993 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
  • Notes Priced:
  • Direct Offering:
  • Exchangeable Subordinate Voting Shares:
  • Selling Shareholders of note:
  • Debt/Credit Filing and Notes:
  • Mixed Shelf Offerings:
    • NVST files mixed shelf securities offering
    • GROY files for $250 mln mixed securities shelf offering
  • PIPE:
  • Convertible Offering & Notes Filed:
    • OSIS Proposed Convertible Senior Notes Offering
  • Capital Raise Summary From The TradeXchange, bringing traders and investors real time news and Squawk Box, and other sources.

Biggest Movers Up & Down After The Close:

  • Movers Up: KYTX +9.1%, ACEL +3.1%, MDWD +2.2%
  • Movers Down: DJT -9.8%, CFB -4.5%.

News After The Close :

    • Walt Disney (DIS) inching lower after internal communications leaked online after hack.
    • Senator J.D. Vance (R- OH) named Vice President Nominee to Former President Donald J. Trump.

Buybacks or Repurchases: Buybacks should be slow as most companies are in a blackout period as earnings season kicks into gear.

  • None of note.

Exchange/Listing/Company Reorg and Personnel News:

  • NVST names Eric Hammes as CFO, effective August 8

Dividends Announcements or News:

  • Stocks Ex Div Today: ESO ALG
  • Stocks Ex Div Tomorrow: EOG FMX KWR VSEC
  • SJM increases its quarterly dividend by 1.9% to $1.08/share; 3.8% annual yield.

What’s Happening This Morning: Futures S&P 500+8 NASDAQ 100 +44.50, Dow Jones +16, Russell 2000 +28.88. Asia is higher ex Japan and Europe is lower this morning. VIX Futures are at 14.30 from 13.92  yesterday while Bonds at 4.173% from 4.226%  on the 10-Year. Crude Oil and Brent are lower with Natural Gas lower as well for a second day in a row. Gold and Silver are higher with Copper lower. The U.S. Dollar is lower versus the Euro, higher versus the Pound and higher against the YenBitcoin is at $63,709 from $62,355 higher by +0.03% this morning.

 

Sector Action(1/3/6/12/YTD Updated Weekly with Monday release):  The was definitely some rotation this week given the move into Small Cap.
  • Daily Positive Sectors: Financials, Energy, Industrials, Real Estate and Communication Services of note.
  • Daily Negative Sectors: Utilities, Consumer Defensive, Consumer Cyclical, Materials and Healthcare of note.
  • One Month Winners: Technology, Communication Services, Real Estate, Consumer Cyclical and Financials  of note.
  • Three Month Winners: Technology, Utilities, Communication Services, Real Estate, Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Defensive of note.
  • Six Month Winners: Technology, Communication Services, Financials and Industrials of note.
  • Twelve Month Winners: Technology, Communication Services, Financials, Healthcare, Industrials, and Consumer Cyclical of note.
  • Year to Date Winners:  Technology, Communication Services, Financials,  Utilities and Healthcare of note.

Upcoming Earnings Of Note: (From Chartroom Softwaresorted by market cap, highest to lowest with most visible names)

  • Tuesday After the Close:

  • Wednesday Before The Open:

Earnings of Note This Morning:

  • Beats: PNC +0.40, MS +0.17, UNH +0.14, ANGO +0.12, BAC +0.03, SCHW +0.01 of note.
  • Flat:   None of note.
  • Misses:  None of note.
  • Still to Report:  STT of note.

Company Earnings Guidance:

  • Positive Guidance:   None of note.
  • Negative Guidance:   None of note.

Erlanger Research Advance/Decline Chart:  Huge improvement for NASDAQ and the NYSE.

Gap Ups & Down In Early Pre-Market (+4% or down more than -4%):

  • Gap Up: KYTX +7.5%, MTCH +7.4%, ZLAB +6.4%, NVX +3.9%, BLCO +2.3%, ACEL +2% of note.
  • Gap Down: DJT -8.2%, CFB -5.2%, FNKO -3.5%, RIO -3%, RGEN -2.6%, UNH -2.6% of note.

Insider Action:  DAL sees Insider buying with dumb short selling.   NE sees Insider buying with smart short sellers.

Rags & MagsRepeated stories from prior days never listed, i.e. “rehashed news”. Sorted by Global, U.S. and stock specific.

  • 5 Things To Know Before The Stock Market Opens Today. (CNBC)
  • Stocks making the biggest moves pre-market: MS UNH BAC SHOP (CNBC)
  • Bloomberg Lead Story: Trump Makes Grand Entrance With Bandaged Ear. (Bloomberg)
  • Markets Wrap: Treasury yields drop with retail sales due out. (Bloomberg)
  • Barron’s – Prime Day is here for Amazon (AMZN). (Barron’s)
  • Morgan Stanley (MS) beats as traders drive revenues but wealth management lags. (Bloomberg)
  • Bank of America (BAC) beats on better than expected investment banking revenues. (CNBC)
  • Bloomberg: The Big Take: Xi Jinping Great Economic Rewiring is Cushioning China’s Slowdown. (Podcast)
  • Bloomberg Business Week: David Rubenstein Talk with Fed Chairman Powell yesterday at the Washington Economic Club. (Podcast)

Economic:

  • June Retail Sales is due out at 8:30 a.m. EDT and last month came in at 0.1% and is expected to  drop to -0.1%. 
  • July NAHB Housing Market Index is due out at 10:00 a.m. EDT and is expected to rise to 44 from 43.
  • Weekly API Crude Oil Inventories are due out at 4:30 p.m. EDT.

Geopolitical:

  • The President receives the Daily Briefing at 1:00 p.m. EDT. President Biden is in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • BET’s Ed Gordon interviews President Biden at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
  • President Biden delivers remarks to the NAACP National Convention at 4:00 p.m. EDT.
  • President Biden participates in an economic summit with Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV).

Federal Reserve Speakers      

  • Federal Reserve Governor Adrianna Kugler speaks at 2:45 p.m. EDT.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

M&A Activity and News:

Moving Averages On Major Indexes:  Moves from 94% to 97% of the moving averages are now positive.

Meeting & Conferences of Note:

  • Sellside Conferences:
    • JonesHealthcare Seaside Summit
  • Fireside Chat: None of note.
  • Top Shareholder Meetings: AA, ADSK, AREC, HYW, MLSS, STLY, UEC, ULBI
  • Investor/Analyst Day/Calls: ARGX, ARWR, SCHW, SGH, SMG
  • Update: None of note.
  • R&D Day: None of note.
  • FDA Presentation:
  • Company Event:
  • Industry Meetings:
    • Republican National Convention
    • International Herpesvirus Workshop
    • Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Event and Expo

Top Tier Sell-side Upgrades & Downgrades:

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