The Week 23 of 2021 US Stock Market and News Recap

By Larry C. Paxton

US Stock Market Indices Summary
Week 23 of 2021 Ending 06/11/21
	DJIA	NASDAQ	S&P500
Previous Year Close(12/31/20)	30,606.48	12,888.28	3,756.07
Previous Quarter Close(03/31/21	32,981.55	13,246.87	3,972.89
Previous Month Close(05/28/21)	34,529.45	13,748.74	4,204.11
Record Close Date	05/07/21	04/26/21	06/11/21
Record Close	34,777.76	14,138.78	4,247.44
Week 22	34,756.39	13,814.49	4,229.89
Week 23	34,479.60	14,069.42	4,247.44
Percent Change-Week	-0.80%	1.85%	0.41%
Percent Change-Month	-0.14%	2.33%	1.03%
Percent Change-Quarter	4.54%	6.21%	6.91%
Percent Change-YTD	12.65%	9.16%	13.08%
Percent Change-Record	-0.86%	-0.49%	0.00%
The Stock Market Bull and Bear Tallies YTD
Week 23 Winner and Tally	Bull	2-1	Mixed Win
May Winner and Tally	Bull	2-1	Mixed Win
	Weeks	Months	YTD
The Stock Market Bull	10	3	Ahead
The Stock Market Bear	7	0
Mixed Result	6	2
Totals	23	5

The US Stock Market Week 23 Summary:

This week The Stock Market Bear successfully attacked the DJIA taking the first 3 of 5 days. However, his energies opened up the NASDAQ for The Stock Market Bull who took 4 out of 5 days. But the highlight was The Stock Market Bull taking the S&P500 to new record high closes on Thursday and Friday. Bottomline: The Stock Market Bull gets a 2-1 mixed win in a non-volatile Week 23.

Week 23 News Summary:

Coronavirus Pandemic: As of today, Friday, 06/11/21, at 1:23PM Eastern US, the John Hopkins University CSSE unit says there are now 175,010,665 confirmed cases globally with 3,776,333 deaths, +71,133 from last week, which is -119,146 from the prior week. For the US it is 33,434,366 confirmed cases and 599,083 deaths, +2,173 from last week, which is -892 from the prior week. In the US vaccines are plentiful, available free through governmental programs and sponsored sites as well as at most drugstores. There is concern that the US goal of 70% of eligible people be at least partially vaccinated by July 4th might not be met. US Vice President Kamala Harris is making visits in the South this week to encourage people to get vaccinated. The US now seems to have a surplus of the vaccines and is pushing to get doses to poorer countries.

US Federal Government:

• Wednesday, June 9, 2021: US President starts his 8 day trip to Europe for a variety of meetings and discussions.
• Tuesday, June 8, 2021:
• It was announced that the infrastructure development plan discussions between President Biden and Republican Senator Cappito has stopped as progress has not been made on some key points, will be talking to some other bipartisan groups as well.

US Economy: 

• Friday, June 11, 2021:
• The Preliminary June 2021 University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index is at 86.4, May 2021 was at 82.9, April 88.3, June 2020 78.1. “Stronger growth in the national economy was anticipated, with an all-time record number of consumers anticipating a net decline in unemployment. Rising inflation remained a top concern of consumers, although the expected rate of inflation declined in early June.”

 

• Thursday, June 10, 2021:
• The US Dept of Labor says the June 5, 2021, Weekly Initial Jobless Claims were at 376,000, May 29 was at 385,000, May 22 405,000, 1st week in June 2020 1,537,000.
• The US Dept of the Treasury says the May 2021 US Federal Government Receipts are at $463.745 billion, Outlays $595.698 billion, for a May 2021 Deficit of $131.953 billion, April 2021 Deficit was at $225,580, March 2021 Deficit $659.603 billion, May 2020 Deficit $398.753 billion, the May 2021 US Federal Government Deficit YTD(8 months) is at $2.064 trillion, May 2020 Deficit YTD was at $1.880 trillion.
• The US Dept of Labor says the May 2021 US Monthly Consumer Price Index is at +0.6%, Last 12 Months is at +5.0%, April 2021 was at +4.2%, March 2021 +2.6%, May 2020 -0.1%.
• The US Dept of Labor says the Preliminary May 2021 Current Average Earnings Per Hour is at $30.33, Average Hours Worked Per Week is at 34.9, for Average Earnings Per Week at $1,058.52, April 2021 was at $1,053.28, March 2021 $1,045.95, May 2020 $1,031.98.
• The US Federal Reserve says the Preliminary 1Q21 US Networth of Households/Non-Profits is at $136.917 trillion, 4Q20 was at $131.920 trillion, 3Q20 $123.897 trillion, 1Q20 $111.355 trillion.
• FreddieMac says that on June 10, 2021 the US Average Weekly 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rate is at 2.96% with 0.7 points & fees. 

 

• Wednesday, June 9, 2021:
• The US Dept of Commerce/Census says the Preliminary April 2021 US Wholesale Sales-Durables is at $276.2 billion, Non-Durables $294.5 billion, for April 2021 US Total Wholesale Sales of $570.7 billion, March 2021 was at $566.0 billion, February 2021 $542.7 billion, April 2020 $397.5 billion.

 

• Tuesday, June 8, 2021:
• The US Dept of Labor says the Preliminary April 2021 US Job Openings-Private are at 8,374,000, Government 913,000, for April 2021 Total US Job Openings at 9,287,000, March 2021 was at 8,289,000, April 2020 4,630,000.
• The US Dept of Commerce/Census says the Preliminary April 2021 US Exports-Goods is at $145.3 billion, Services $59.7 billion, for April 2021 US Total Exports of $205.0 billion; April 2021 US Imports-Goods is at $232.0 billion, Services $41.9 billion, for April 2021 US Total Imports of $273.9 billion; April 2021 US Deficit is at $68.9 billion, April 2020 was at $53.0 billion; April 2021 US Deficit YTD(4 months) is at $281.7 billion, April 2020 was at $187.3 billion.
• CoreLogic says March 2021 US Housing Mortgages 30 Days or More Delinquent is at 4.9%, February 2021 was at 5.7%, January 2021 5.6%, March 2020 3.6%.

 

• Monday, June 7, 2021:
• The US Federal Reserve reports that Preliminary April 2021 Consumer Revolving Credit Annual Rate is at $963.6 billion, Non-Revolving Credit $3,273.9 billion, for Total Consumer Credit of $4,237.5 billion, March 2021 was at $4,218.9 billion, February $4,200.3 billion, April 2020 $4,130.3 billion.
• The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index^® (HPSI) remained relatively flat in May, increasing by 1.0 points to 80.0.

Corporate News: 

• Friday, June 11, 2021:
• Philip Morris(PBR40 $PM) authorizes up to $7 billion share repurchase program over next 3 years.
• Kraft Heinz(PBR104) to purchase Istanbul, Turkey based sauces focused business Assan Foods from privately held Turkish conglomerate Kibar Holding in a deal that values the enterprise at approximately $100 million, to close in 2H21.
• KKR(PBR580 $KKR) launches AV AirFinance Limited, a global commercial aviation loan servicer, seeds with purchase of an $800 million portfolio acquired from CIT Group(PBR934 $CIT).

 

• Thursday, June 10, 2021:
• Occidental Petroleum(PBR184 $OXY) to sell non-strategic 25,000 acres in the Permian Basin to an affiliate of Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC, for $508 million, to close in 3Q21.
• Avantor(PBR423 $AVTR) completes around $1.95 billion cash acquisition of Schwabmünchen, Germany based privately held robotic and liquid handling consumables manufacturer Ritter GmbH.

 

• Wednesday, June 9, 2021:
• Merck(PBR65 $MRK) gets $1.2 billion order for 1.7 million doses of molnupiravir, used for the treatment of non-hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and at least one risk factor associated with poor disease outcomes, currently in Phase 3 testing, order dependent on US FDA Approval or Emergency Use Authorization.
• Pfizer(PBR74 $PFE) and BioNTech SE(NASDAQ: $BNTX) get an order from US federal government for 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to donate to poorer countries.
• SPX(PBR939 $SPXC) to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPX Transformer Solutions, to GE-Prolec Transformers, a subsidiary of a joint venture between GE (PBR37 $GE) and Xignux SA de CV for $645 million cash.
• GameStop(PBR506 $GME) hires Matt Furlong as CEO, effective 06/21/21.

 

• Tuesday, June 8, 2021:
• Ford(PBR20) introduces 40 MPG, standard hybrid, 5 seater, under $20,000, 2022 Ford Maverick Truck.
• Pfizer(PBR74 $PFE) gets US FDA approval for PREVNAR 20™ (Pneumococcal 20-valent Conjugate Vaccine) for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by the 20 Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) serotypes in the vaccine in adults ages 18 years and older.
• Lithia Motors(PBR225 $LAD) acquires BMW of Sherman Oaks, CA, and Acura of Sherman Oaks, CA, expected to add $185 million in annual revenues.
• US Steel(PBR300 $X) to sell its railroads operations Transtar to an affiliate of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (NYSE: $FTAI) for $640 million, to close in 3Q21.
• CMS Energy(PBR415 $CMS) to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, EnerBank USA, to Regions Bank, a subsidiary of Regions Financial(PBR419 $RF) for $960 million cash, to close in 4Q21.
• Worthington Industries(PBR697 $WOR) has acquired certain assets of Shiloh Industries’ US BlankLight® business, a leading provider of laser welded solutions, for $105 million, generated $170.5 million in revenues in 2020.

 

• Monday, June 7, 2021:
• Kroger(PBR17 $KR) announces its Family of Companies’ first nationwide hybrid hiring event, including virtual and in-store interviews, will take place on Thursday, June 10, goal is to hire 10,000 associates supporting retail, e-commerce, pharmacy, manufacturing, and logistics operations.
• Kraft Heinz(PBR104 $KHC) has completed the sale of its nuts business to Hormel Foods(PBR306 $HRL) for $3.35 billion cash.
• Nucor(PBR143 $NUE) to acquire Cornerstone Buildings Brands’ insulated metal panels business for $1 billion cash.
• Biogen(PBR221 $BIIB) gets US FDA approval for its ADUHELM™ as the first and only Alzheimer’s disease treatment to address a defining pathology of the disease.
• Blackstone(PBR441 $BX) to acquire QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: $QTS) for $10 billion.
• Vulcan Materials(PBR523 $VMC) to acquire US Concrete(NASDAQ: $USCR), a leading supplier of aggregates and ready-mixed concrete, for $74.00/share, $1.294 billion, to close in 2H21.
• CoStar Group(PBR928 $CSGP) to do a 10:1 stock split after close of business on Friday, 06/25/21.
• EOG Resources(PBR275 $EOG) Chairman/CEO William R. “Bill” Thomas will retire as CEO and assume the role of Non-Executive Chairman of the Board on 10/01/21, President Ezra Y. Yacob to become CEO, COO Lloyd W. “Billy” Helms, Jr to add President role.
• Scholastic(PBR952 $SCHL) longtime Chairman/CEO Richard Robinson dies unexpectedly at 84. Board to meet to determine succession plan options.
• Norwegian Cruise Lines(PBR977 $NCLH) CEO Frank Del Rio is interviewed by Goldman Sachs regarding its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Society: June is Pride Month with several events scheduled for the LGBTQ+Pride community.

International News: US Vice President Kamala Harris completed her visits to Guatemala and Mexico regarding immigration and other issues of the region. US President Biden is attending the G-7 meeting in Europe, his first visit outside the US, where topics will range from minimum corporate taxes, climate change, cybersecurity issues, and will include a meeting with Russia President Vladimir Putin.

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