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Interesting Fact Of the Day: Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: Act II Acquisition Unit due this week. Next week 4 IPOs on deck. IPOs on deck for Today: None of note. Secondaries on deck: GRTS HMI Notes Priced: IPO Filings Announced After The Close: Other Filings of Note:  PFBX files senior notes. FOLD files mixed shelf offering. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Beat: SAM +0.99, EIG +0.40, CMG +0.37, LRCX +0.31, FB +0.28, CHDN +0.23, KRA +0.23, RJF +0.18, HP +0.17, CINF +0.17, MSFT +0.14, NOW +0.13, AZPN +0.13, NTGR +0.11, CTXS +0.10, PYPL +0.10, AMP +0.09, UFPI +0.08, V +0.07, LSTR +0.07, CLGX +0.07, ALGN +0.06, SCI +0.06, FBHS +0.05, SUI +0.05, OIS +0.05, PTC +0.04, ARI +0.04, MSA +0.04, CUBI +0.03, TILE +0.03, SWI +0.03, TRN +0.03, CNMD +0.03, FFIV +0.03, ESS +0.03, CVBF +0.02, ECHO +0.02, FNF +0.02, GGG +0.02, WCN +0.02, FWRD +0.02, AVB +0.02, KN +0.02, BCOV +0.02, CUZ +0.01, DRE +0.01, BDN +0.01, AKR +0.01, STL +0.01, AXTI +0.01. Flat: ESRT, ROIC, BHE, WRE, SAVE, ORLY. Missed: ALGT (0.38), AXS (0.15), QEP (0.12), VAR (0.10), AGR (0.09), COR (0.05), AGNC (0.04), SEIC (0.03), XLNX (0.02), ASGN (0.02). Still To Report: CLB,…

Interesting Fact Of the Day: Social Security will be tapped out by 2035 unless changes made. (CNN) Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: None of note. IPOs on deck for Today: None of note. Secondaries on deck: None of note. Notes Priced: None of note. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: Other Filings of Note.  GRTS files a secondary offering. GES files convertible senior notes. G files mixed shelf offering. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Beat:  WHR +0.26, CE +0.23, RRC +0.11, HSTM +0.08, WAL +0.07, ACC +0.06, CDNS +0.05, BRO +0.05, NBTB +0.03, CMRE +0.03, MINI +0.03, EGP +0.02, ELS +0.02. Flat: None. Missed: RMBS (0.47), BEDU (0.06), SFNC (0.01), ZION (0.01), HLX (0.01). Still To Report: ALSN, IBTX. Dividend Increases: WBS Dividend Decreases: GES News After The Close: Lots of action at Guess? (GES) which reaffirms Q1 guidance but lowers dividend and raised capital through a convertible. Genuine Parts (GPC) Names CEO Paul Donahue as Chairman of the Board as well. Victory Capital (VCTR) terminates deal to buy Harvest Volatility Management. Steris (STE) wins $390 million Defense Logistics Agency contract with completion by 2020. Lockheed  Martin (LMT) wins $360 million Army contract. CEO Kevin Crutchfield…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 7  of note including Pinterest. IPOs on deck for Today: GNLN HOOK MNRL PINS ZM. Secondaries on deck: NTRA EIGR ANTM DAVA WTR Notes Priced:  APHA  IPO Filings Announced After The Close: Other Filings of Note.  EIGR files a secondary offering.  files mixed shelf offering. IPO News: Pinterest (PINS) pricing range is finalized at $19 up from $15-$17. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Beat: ASML +0.36, MS +0.16, ERIC +0.16, KSU +0.10, TXT +0.08, PEP +0.04, ABB +0.03, ABT +0.01 Flat: BMI, NWBI, USB Missed: PNR (0.28), SBNY (0.08), BK (0.02), POL (0.01) Still To Report: FRAN Dividend Increases: CNXM News After The Close: North Korea launched a strategic weapons test ending a long period of no testing. J.P. Morgan (JPM) CFO Marianne Lake to become CEO of the Consumer Lending unit of JPM. Card Services CEO Jennifer Piepszak will become CFO. Canopy Growth (CGC) rumored to buy Acreage Holdings (ARCGF). Hourly Action This Past Week: Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc. What’s Happening This Morning: Futures on the S&P 500 have been moving higher since Tuesday’s close. There was a nice pop on China data around 10:00 p.m. EDT. U.S. futures: S&P…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 7  of note including Pinterest. IPOs on deck for Today: None of note Secondaries on deck:  JBGS RCKT EVSI of note. Notes Priced:  None of note. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: Other Filings of Note. RCKT JBGS DAVA COLD files a secondary offering. VER APLE files mixed shelf offering. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Beat: PNFP +.03 Missed: JBHT -0.16 WTFC -.01 Dividend Increases: WHR News After The Close: United Technologies (UTX) Prat & Whitney Engines unit wins $200 million Navy contract. AT&T (T) sells its $1.43 billion stake in Hulu back to the streaming video joint venture. Genesse & Wyoming (GWR) railroad total March traffic fell -8.3% from prior year and railroad traffic fell -4.1%. Hourly Action This Past Week: Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc. What’s Happening This Morning: Futures on the S&P 500 have been moving higher since Monday’s close. U.S. futures: S&P +10.25, Dow Jones +166, NDX +32.50 and Russell 2000 +5.90 with fair values  SLIGHTLY HIGHER. Asia higher and Europe mixed, click through for details by country. Gold, silver and copper lower. WTI Crude and Brent Oil Futures higher. Natural Gas is lower. $ is higher vs Euro,…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 4 IPOs for this week- B. Riley Principled Merger Unit, Jumia Technologies, Pagerduty and Tufin Software. IPOs on deck for Today: Jumia Technologies (JMIA)  Secondaries on deck:  PHAS XFOR on deck. Notes Priced:  None of note. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: None of note. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Flat: KSHB Stock Repurchase: EBSB Dividend Increases: TGE AM News After The Close: Alaska Air (ALK) reported March traffic up +0.5% on +1.3% increase in capacity. J.Crew which is private looks to take Madewell unit public through an IPO. Uber filed its S-1 yesterday. Ross Stores (ROST) COO Michael O’Sullivan resigns to go elsewhere. Allegheny Technology (ATI) guides lower sighting lower China demand. Verso (VRS) President Christopher DiSantis resigns effective immediately. CalAmp (CAMP) wins reversal in Federal Circuit Court against Omega Patents. Hourly Action This Past Week: Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc. What’s Happening This Morning: Futures on the S&P 500 were up slightly until 4:00 a.m. EDT and have popped on a variety of news. U.S. futures: S&P +17, Dow Jones +213, NDX +38.50 and Russell 2000 +10.60 with fair values  HIGHER CUTTING INTO GAINS SLIGHTLY. Asia mixed and Europe…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 4 IPOs for this week- B. Riley Principled Merger Unit, Jumia Technologies, Pagerduty and Tulin Software. IPOs on deck for Today: None of note. Secondaries on deck: FIXX HUYA OTLK PTE Notes Priced: None of note. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: Announcements For Secondary Filings & Financings:    common stock offering.  files mixed shelf offering.   Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Beat: WDFC +.02 Flat: PSMT GTBIF Missed: News After The Close: Hourly Action This Past Week: Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc. What’s Happening This Morning: Futures on the S&P 500 fell until 10:00 9.m. EDT and have been rising since and are now up modestly.  That said , the range is rather narrow, 12 points. U.S. futures: S&P +4.50, Dow Jones +34, NDX +9 and Russell 2000 +3.00 with fair values SLIGHTLY LOWER ADDING TO GAINS. Asia mixed and Europe higher, click through for details by country. Gold, silver and copper lower. WTI Crude and Brent Oil Futures higher. Natural Gas is flat. $ is lower vs Euro, lower vs. Pound and higher vs. Yen. US 10 year Treasury price $123.63 from $123.41 with yields lower since Tuesday morning with the…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 4 IPOs for this week- B. Riley Principled Merger Unit, Jumia Technologies, Pagerduty and Tulin Software. IPOs on deck for Today: None of note. Secondaries on deck: None of note. Notes Priced: None of note. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: Pinterest will offer 75 million shares between $15 and $17 a share. Announcements For Secondary Filings & Financings:   OCUL TH common stock offering.  TTNP CPE NBEV SPPI  files mixed shelf offering.   Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close None of note. News After The Close: Boeing (BA) to cut 737 Max production from 52 airplanes to 42 per month starting in April. Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) names Michael Franco as President and David Greenbaum as Vice Chairman. Dividend Increases: AON Hourly Action This Past Week: Negative periods for the week are 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. EDT and 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT. Courtesy of Quantitative Partners, Inc. What’s Happening This Morning: Futures on the S&P 500 fell until 2:00 a.m. EDT and have been rising but still negative. That said , the range is rather narrow, 10 points. U.S. futures: S&P -3, Dow Jones -77, NDX -7.75 and…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 5 IPOs for this week IPOs on deck for Today: Tradeweb Markets (TW) , NGM Pharmaceuticals (NGM), Silk Road Medical (SILK) and Replay Acquisition (RPLAU)of note. Secondaries on deck: QTT EVOP TCDA AVEO DBVT NSPR PULM of note. Notes Priced: Tencent (TCEHY) prices $6 billion of notes. INFO. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: None filed today to go public. Announcements For Secondary Filings & Financings:  AVEO SGMO DBVT common stock offering.  files mixed shelf offering. BZUN files convertible offering. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close Beat: None of note. Missed: RECN (0.02), LNDC (0.01). News After The Close Options and futures activity at the CBOE Global Markets (CBOE) for March was higher by 16.4% from February to 148.75 million contracts and futures rose 39.6% to 5.34 million. Bloomberg notes U.S. & China deal would give China until 2025 to meet certain commitments. Thestreet.com (TST) declares a one time dividend of $1.77 a share or $94.3 million and the Board approves a 1 for 10 reverse split effective 4/26. Red Robin Gourmet Burger (RRGB) announces retirement of CEO Denny Marie Post. Board Chairman Pattye Moore to serve as Interim CEO. Enersys (ENS)…

Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: 5 IPOs for this week IPOs on deck for Today: Powerbridge Technologies (PBTS) of note. Was originally due to be priced last week. Secondaries on deck:  STAG GLOG of note. IPO Filings Announced After The Close: None filed today to go public. Announcements For Secondary Filings & Financings:   STAG EVOP TCDA OCUL PANW SMHI ZEAL common stock offering. DTE FIXX IPG BTAI files mixed shelf offering. BILI files convertibles offering. PBA files for medium term notes. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close Beat: None of note. News After The Close FAA to receive Boeing’s (BA) final package of software enhancements for FAA approval. They are not going to rush moving forward on getting the 737 Max 8 back in production. North American Construction Group (NOA) announce oil sands contract with backlog of $400 million. C.H. Robinson (CHRW) names Scott Hagen as Interim CFO immediately. Last week we reported on departure of previous CFO. CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage and Part D payment and policy updates to increase competition so quality rises and costs continue to fall. A top ratings agency takes Wells Fargo (WFC) to Negative from Stable. Lockheed Martin (LMT) unit awarded…

Today will be a shortened update due to travel. We will be back to normal on Monday. Corporate Actions IPOs on deck for This Week: The largest IPO in recent memory was priced last night, Lyft. IPOs on deck for Today: Lyft (LYFT) and Powerbridge Technologies (PBTS) of note Secondaries on deck:  BPMC CHMA LULU RBZ of note. Courtesy of IPO Financial Earnings After The Close: Beat: SAIC +.30 RH +.14 PRGS +.03 OXM +.03  SGH+.02 Flat: Missed: What’s Happening This Morning:  U.S. futures: S&P +11, Dow Jones +107, NDX +33 and Russell 2000 +7 with fair values LOWER ADDING TO GAINS. Asia and Europe higher, click through for details by country. Gold, silver and copper higher. WTI Crude and Brent Oil Futures higher. Natural Gas is lower. $ is lower vs Euro, lower vs. Pound and higher vs. Yen. US 10 year Treasury price $124.17 from $124.66 yesterday. Prices as of 8:45 a.m. EST. Top Sectors Thursday: Services, Industrials, Financial and Consumer Goods. Weakest Sectors Thursday: Utilities and Conglomerates. One Month Winners: Technology, Conglomerates, Consumer Goods and Utilities. Three Month Winners:  Conglomerates, Technology, Industrials, Materials and Services. Six Month Winners: Utilities,Conglomerates and Technology. Twelve Month Winners: Utilities, Conglomerates, Healthcare and Services. Year to…