Tuesday March 21st @ 9:00am

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๐Ÿ“ˆ The Markets Overnight

๐ŸŒ Asia: Up
๐ŸŒ Europe: Up strongly
๐ŸŒŽ US Index Futures: Up strongly
๐Ÿ›ข Crude Oil: Up strongly
๐Ÿ’ต Dollar: Down
๐Ÿง Yields: Up
๐Ÿ”ฎ Crypto: Up

๐ŸŒ Major Global Catalysts

  • The US Treasury is suggesting the possibility of insuring all deposits of any size, at all banks.

๐Ÿ’ต Economic Reports and Events Today

Consensus forecasts shown

  • 10:00am Existing Home Sales 4.19M Annualized number of residential buildings that were sold during the previous month, excluding new construction.

๐Ÿ“ฐ Selected Earnings Releases

Consensus Estimates shown
After Hours Today:

  • GME GameStop EPS -0.130 Rev 2.18B

  • ARRY Array Technologies EPS 0.080 Rev 366.77M

  • NKE Nike EPS 0.540 Rev 11.45B

Pre-Market Tomorrow:

  • WOOF Petco Health and Wellness EPS 0.240 Rev 1.57B

  • OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet EPS 0.480 Rev 456.19M

  • BZUN Baozun EPS 0.390 Rev 387.93M

  • WGO Winnebago Industries EPS 1.450 Rev 823.06M

๐Ÿ”ฎ Selected Analyst Ratings Changes

  • DKNG DraftKings Benchmark Reiterates Buy Maintains 23.00

  • GOOGL Alphabet Stifel Reinstates Buy Targets 130.00

  • NEE NextEra Energy Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight Lowers to 94.00

  • NFLX Netflix Benchmark Reiterates Sell Maintains 250.00

  • META Meta Platforms Morgan Stanley Upgrades to Overweight Raises to 250.00

๐Ÿ“‰ Stocks In Play

  • FRC First Republic Bank Up 24% on Treasury chatter and Jamie Dimon rescue plan.

  • ALT Altimmune Down 36.% after the company announced results from Phase 2 obesity trial and 12-week Phase 1b type 2 diabetes safety trial.

  • CSIQ Canadian Solar Up 9% on strong earnings.

  • AG First Majestic Silver Down 14% on the temporary closure of one of the company's mines representing 21% of revenue.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Commentary

Yesterday saw a stabilizing of the markets with a relief rally led by the energy, materials, and financials sectors. Although there was an early and violent rotation away from tech, all 11 S&P sectors and major indices finished in the green by the end of the day. In the pre-market this morning, there is a sea of green with IWM leading the way and QQQ lagging behind. Financials and energy are the leading sectors, with KRE - the regional banking ETF - up more than 4%.

This renewed confidence in the financial sector comes in the wake of JP Morgan's proposal for a rescue plan for the troubled First Republic Bank, and the Treasury Department's exploration of ways to insure all deposits above the current $250K limit. The rally is expected to continue today, but at a slower pace later in the day, as traders position themselves for tomorrow's FOMC meeting results, where a 25bps rate hike is now showing an 85% probability.

While aggressive traders may find plenty of opportunities today, more risk-averse investors may want to wait until after the FOMC meeting before making any major moves.

- KevinD

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