Markets Down Bad

Biden is considering a gas tax holiday before July 4th, Russia is now China's biggest oil supplier, McKinsey predicts $5T in metaverse spending by 2030, the Russian ruble is climbing, Apple is facing its first labor union, and SpaceX fired some employees who wrote a letter that criticized Elon Musk.

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Biden is considering a gas tax holiday before July 4th, Russia is now China's biggest oil supplier, McKinsey predicts $5T in metaverse spending by 2030, the Russian ruble is climbing, Apple is facing its first labor union, and SpaceX fired some employees who wrote a letter that criticized Elon Musk.

Short week this week, hoping for a rebound in markets!

Let's dive in.

Before The Bell

As of 6/17/2022 market close.

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Markets

  • Friday closed the market鈥檚 worst week since March 2020

    • The S&P 500 and Dow fell 5.8% and 4.8% on the week, respectively

    • All 11 sectors within the S&P 500 have fallen at least 15% from their recent highs, with seven in bear market territory

  • International stocks rose broadly yesterday while US markets were closed for Juneteenth

  • Crypto bounced around over the weekend, with Bitcoin falling below $18k on Saturday before rebounding to hover around $20k

Earnings

  • What we鈥檙e watching this week:

    • Tuesday: La-Z-Boy

    • Thursday: FedEx, Accenture, RiteAid

    • Friday: CarMax

  • Full calendar here

Headline Roundup

  • Biden is considering a gas tax holiday ahead of the July 4th weekend (CNBC)

  • Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as China's biggest oil supplier as May imports increased 55% YoY (RT)

  • Russian ruble hit a seven-year high versus the dollar on promises of upcoming month-end tax payments (RT)

  • McKinsey predicts that global spending related to the metaverse could exceed $5T by 2030 (WSJ)

  • Colombia elected Gustavo Petro to become the country's first leftist president (AXIOS)

  • Biden signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act in a bid to ease inflation and supply chain backlogs (RT)

  • Apple workers in a Maryland store successfully voted to form a union, becoming the tech giant's first employees to do so (AXIOS)

  • SpaceX fired employees who helped draft a letter criticizing Elon Musk's behavior (AXIOS)

  • Eleven US cities will host FIFA World Cup games in 2026 (AXIOS)

  • Matt Fitzpatrick claimed the USGA US Open title, Max Verstappen won the Canadian GP, and the Golden State Warriors won their seventh NBA Championship in a big weekend for sports (AP)

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Deal Flow

M&A / Investments

  • Italian energy company Eni will acquire a 3.1% stake in state-owned Qatar Energy's $29B liquefied natural gas project (BBG)

  • KKR, Global Infrastructure Partners and StonepeakPartners have jointly made a binding offer for a controlling stake in Deutsche Telekom's $21B towers unit (BBG)

  • Mondelez International will acquire Clif Bar for ~$2.9B (WSJ)

  • Telecommunication company Quebecor reached a deal to acquire Shaw Communication's Freedom Mobile unit at a $2.2B valuation (BBG)

  • Champion Petfoods is exploring a sale of the company that could attract over $2B (BBG)

  • A private-equity consortium led by Astorg Asset Management and Epiris offered to buy financial media firm Euromoney Institutional Investor for ~$2B (BBG)

  • A UnitedHealth Group unit agreed to acquire UK health-technology company EMIS Group in an all-cash deal valued at $1.5B (BBG)

  • JAB agreed to acquire stakes in animal-insurance companies PetHealth and Crum & Forster for ~$1.4B (BBG)

  • Iraq-owned Basra Oil Company will acquire the largest share of Exxon's stake in the southern West Qurna-1 oilfield (BBG)

  • Crypto exchange giant FTX will acquire Canadian crypto trading platform Bitvo (BBG)

  • French banking group BNP Paribas is interested in acquiring Dutch-owned bank ABN Amro (BBG)

  • Denmark's Jyske Bank will buy the Danish unit of Swedish bank Handelsbanken (BBG)

  • German delivery startup Gorillas is working with JPMorgan to source a sale or possible mergers with rival companies (BBG)

  • Miami-based investor John Textor is closing in on an agreement to buy a significant stake in French football club Olympique Lyonnais (BBG)

  • Payment fintech Paya Holdings is exploring a sale of the company amid takeover interest (BBG)

VC

  • NY-based mobile restaurant delivery service Wonder raised a $350M Series B at a $3.5B valuation led by Bain Capital Ventures (TC)

  • Online grocery delivery startup Rohlik raised a $231M Series D led by Sofina (TC)

  • Vendr, the world鈥檚 first SaaS buying platform, raised a $150M Series B led Craft Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (BW)

  • Platform.sh, a company that provides cloud infrastructure services to app developers, raised a $140M Series D led by Digital Partners (TC)

  • Indian esports fantasy startup FanClash raised a $40M Series B led by Alpha Wave Global (TC)

  • Impulse Space, a developer of in-space transportation services for the inner solar system, raised $10M from Lux Capital (BW)

  • Plobal Apps, a no-code mobile app platform for e-commerce stores, raised an $8.5M Series A led by Elevation Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners (PRN)

  • Virtual kitchen and e-commerce platform Saltalk raised an $8M Series A led by Foothill Ventures (TC)

  • Wilco, an immersive upskilling platform for software developers, raised a $7M seed round led by Hetz Ventures (PRN)

IPO / Direct Listings / Issuances / Block Trades

  • Texas-based gas producer Aethon is considering an IPO at a ~$10B valuation (BBG)

  • Agrochemical company Syngenta Group is considering a 2022 Shanghai IPO that could value the company at $10B (BBG)

  • Manufacturing giant ABB is postponing the $750M IPO of its electric-car charging business amid the current market rout (BBG)

  • Ivanhoe Electric is looking to raise ~$180M through a potential IPO (BBG)

SPAC

  • Israel fintech Pagaya is expected to complete its $8B SPAC merger with EJF Acquisition this week (CT)

Crypto Corner

  • Crypto lender Celsius asked users for more time to fix issues after halting withdrawals (CNBC)

  • Crypto lender Babel Finance announced steps to ease the liquidity pressures its currently facing (TBC)

  • ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ($BITI), the first ETF designed to deliver the inverse of bitcoin鈥檚 performance, will begin trading on the NYSE on Tuesday (CD)

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