Apple's iPhone 17 Demand 🔍

Plus, Amazon's surging AWS sales.

October 31, 2025

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Apple's iPhone 17 Demand 🔍

Apple’s $AAPL ( â–˛ 0.63% ) bullish take on future iPhone sales and its strong financial earnings results on Thursday lifted shares by 2.34% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Apple reported earnings of $1.85 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $102.5 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: The company expects revenue in the current quarter to be the best ever for the iPhone. Apple sees strong demand for the iPhone 17.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Apple’s confidence is deeply rooted in the overwhelming market reaction to its latest iPhone generation, the extended full-quarter sales period, and historic holiday shopping trends. All of these factors point toward potentially record-setting results.

Final Thoughts: Shares of Apple are up a modest 11% this year. Most of the gain was in the past two months.

Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR), Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL), Canadian Nat'l Rail (NYSE: CNI), LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), Newell Brands (Nasdaq: NWL), Linde plc (Nasdaq: LIN) Cboe Global Markets (BATS: CBOE), AGCO Corp (NYSE: AGCO), Aon (NYSE: AON), Cenovus Energy (NYSE: CVE), Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), Federal Realty (NYSE: FRT), Grainger (NYSE: GWW), Imperial Oil (NYSE American: IMO) Interface (Nasdaq: TILE), Lear (NYSE: LEA), Magna (NYSE: MGA), Nine Energy Service (NYSE: NINE), nVent Electric (NYSE: NVT), Oil States (NYSE: OIS), OneMain Holdings (NYSE: OMF), Piper Sandler (NYSE: PIPR), Portland Gen Elec (NYSE: POR), Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB), Sensient (NYSE: SXT), T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW), WisdomTree (NYSE: WT).

Notable IPOs Today: Viking Acquisition Corp. I (NYSE: VACI), NOMADAR Corp. Class A Common Stock (Nasdaq: NOMA), Trailblazer Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: BLZR).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: OGI Coffee (PicMii), Chi Chi’s Restaurants (StartEngine).

Notable Economic Events Today: Chicago PMI (9:45 a.m. ET).

Amazon's Surging AWS Sales

Amazon $AMZN ( â–Ľ 3.23% ) jumped 13.16% in after-hours trading on Thursday after posting strong financial earnings results.

Financials: Amazon reported earnings of $1.95 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $180.2 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Revenue for AWS (Amazon Web Services) jumped 20%, which was better than expected, to $33 billion.

Final Thoughts: The stock had been flat most of the year, so investors welcomed these strong results.

Coinbase’s Strong Earnings

Coinbase $COIN ( â–Ľ 5.77% ) reported better-than-expected financial results on Thursday, sending shares of the cryptocurrency platform up 3.61% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Coinbase reported earnings of $1.44 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1.8 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: Shares of Coinbase were already up 27% this year thanks to growing crypto demand.

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