The cryptocurrency market ushered in a strong rally Wednesday, following lower-than-expected retail inflation data. 

Amazon's Prime Video streaming platform will be the home of several new game shows including ones featuring MrBeast and Travis Kelce.

Earnings this spring for Walmart, Lowe's, Target, and Costco will be watched closely as foot traffic data may give insight into retail sector's performance.

An oil stock takes over from Tesla as the most crowded shorted stock in a new monthly report.

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage company focused on developing novel therapeutics for metabolic and endocrine disorders, has been in the news, owing to updates from its obesity program.

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWAY) posted first-quarter 2024 results, wherein the top line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate, while the bottom line missed the same. Both net sales and earnings experienced a year-over-year increase.

All investors love getting big returns from their portfolio, whether it's through stocks, bonds, ETFs, or other types of securities. However, when you're an income investor, your primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments.

Five startups have been chosen to join Mastercard's (NYSE: MA) Start Path blockchain and digital assets program to develop blockchain use cases and user experiences.

Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: BITF) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.02 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.03. This compares to loss of $0.01 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.

Source: Michael Ballanger 05/13/2024

European and US futures are trading cautiously higher as traders wait for the most important economic data for this week, which is the US CPI number. Yesterday, the Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, displayed his disappointments with respect to inflation and especially its progress over the last few months.

Source: Streetwise Reports 05/13/2024

Sony Group Corporation (NYSE: SONY) reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2023 net income per share (on a GAAP basis) of ¥153.60, which increased from ¥113.89 a year ago. Adjusted net income came in at ¥175.1 billion compared with ¥141 billion in the prior-year quarter.

Koninklijke Philips (NYSE: PHG) notified its customers about a possible power malfunction in its Trilogy Evo continuous ventilators and initiated a software update to resolve the same in March.

Investors interested in Consumer Discretionary stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) been one of those stocks this year?

Analysts reaffirmed Outperform/Overweight/Buy on Alphabet with price targets ranging from $182-$215, citing AI initiatives and integrations at Google I/O.