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Greg Abel is getting decent, if not spectacular, reviews for leading his first annual shareholders meeting as CEO.

Micron Technology shares caught fire this week amid a global shortage of memory chips. The stock is heading for its best week since 2008.

Crypto trading platform Coinbase reported a surprise first-quarter loss and weaker-than-estimated revenue after the market close Thursday.

The combined company would need to maintain an investment-grade credit profile, GameStop's mysterious financing letter said.

The trade is fairly simple: sell downside protection in semiconductor names where volatility is expensive, and buy downside protection in the S&P 500, where it's relatively cheap.

Options volumes skew bullish in the stock.

Shell plc (SHEL), along with other large integrated oil companies, have benefited from higher oil prices and should warrant investor attention.

Uber and Disney pointed to a resilient spending backdrop, with consumers continuing to shell out for rides, food delivery, vacations and theme park trips.

Strategy is shifting from passive bitcoin accumulation to actively managing balance sheet to boost bitcoin per share value.

What's good for energy stocks may be bad for precious metals if the rally in crude means a rise in Treasury yields, which usually means lower gold prices.