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Apple (AAPL) is forecasting annual earnings growth of 8.16% and revenue growth of 5.7%, both trailing the US market averages. Over the past five years, the company has delivered 5.8% annual earnings growth, but its net profit margin has narrowed to 24.3% from 26.4% a year ago. While shares trade at $270.37, a premium to the estimated fair value of $231.08, investors are weighing the ongoing growth with the reality of declining profitability. See our full analysis for Apple. The real test is...

The CEO was facing risks from Trump’s tariffs, Google litigation and the AI craze. He turned to his playbook and now the iPhone maker is worth $4 trillion.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the AI Stocks in the Spotlight This Week. On October 30, Morgan Stanley reiterated the stock as “Overweight” and raised its price target on the stock to $650 per share from $625 following earnings. “Microsoft exceeded consensus across all three business segments, yielding a ~3% total revenue beat, as the […]

In the opening hour of the evening session, U.S. equity futures are notably higher, with S&P 500 up 0.5% and Nasdaq 100 contracts up 1.0%. In commodities, WTI Crude Oil is little changed just above $60 per barrel while precious metals are stronger for the 3rd day in a row – Gold is above $4,040 and Silver is approaching $49 per ounce. A strong slate of quarterly Tech results are helping stock futures restore positive sentiment in the segment that was wounded on Thursday by more dubious results o

Healthcare technology startup LIFE AI, founded by former Google engineering leader Tuan Cao, on Monday announced that it earned admission to the inaugural FastTrack AI Accelerator. The selection matters because only six companies were chosen from more ...

The Week in Stocks: A fashion retailer looks good, Cameco on a tear and analyst price hikes on TSX majors

The company is testing the math behind the artificial-intelligence buildout: How long can you increase capital expenditures out of cash flow—and what do you do when you hit the wall?

Find insight on artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.

What Happened in Markets Today Amazon soared. The e-commerce and cloud-computing giant’s shares hit a record high and ended the day 9.6% higher. While the company’s quarterly revenue outlook Thursday came short of Wall Street’s expectations, stronger growth in its cloud unit pleased investors.

Alphabet said profit included “net gains on equity securities of $10.7 billion,” in part from a private company. Meanwhile, Amazon’s third-quarter profit climbed 38%, helped by a $9.5 billion pretax gain from its investment in Anthropic. The higher value was reflected in Amazon’s nonoperating income for the period, the company said in its Thursday earnings report.

Third quarter earnings season is ramping up, and analysts expect S&P 500 companies grew their profits by 8% during the quarter.

TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Purpose Investments Inc. (“Purpose”) today announced changes to the risk ratings for certain funds that it manages. Risk Rating Changes Purpose has changed the risk ratings for the following funds, effective October 31, 2025: FundTicker SymbolPrevious Risk RatingNew Risk RatingAlphabet (GOOGL) Yield Shares Purpose ETFYGOGMediumHighAmazon (AMZN) Yield Shares Purpose ETFYAMZMediumHighAMD (AMD) Yield Shares Purpose ETFYAMDMedium-to-highHighApple (AAPL) Yie

US equity indexes rose on Friday as a rally in Amazon (AMZN) boosted the consumer discretionary sect

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and Apple will continue to ride, and drive, the AI megatrend. Here's what their latest earnings reports tell us to expect.

Wall Street stocks rebounded on Friday as investors welcomed strong earnings reports by Amazon and Apple.But US stocks rebounded Friday, boosted by Amazon reporting better-than-expected earnings that were driven by surging demand for its cloud computing services.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose more than 0.7% this week, led by the information technology and

The nuclear stock jumped this week. Here's why.

The disruption stemmed from a global outage affecting Microsoft's Azure platform, which has impacted Alaska Air's key systems, including its websites. The outage had forced the airline to cancel more than 400 flights, which halted travel for more than 49,000 passengers. Alaska Air will update its forecast for the fourth quarter in early December, "once the full financial impact of the recent IT disruptions is understood," it said in a regulatory filing.

I have long thought ETF investors should have more access to concentrated, leveraged ETFs like TTXU and TTXD.

The S&P 500 Index rose 0.3% in New York, with the US benchmark notching its sixth-straight month of gains after soaring nearly 40% from its April nadir in one of the fastest recoveries in stock market history. Amazon shares surged after its cloud unit posted the strongest growth rate in almost three years. Apple projected a jump in sales over the holiday season after releasing new iPhones, helping to assure investors that its flagship product remains a growth engine, though shares ended Friday lower.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index was flat Friday as Amazon and Apple rallied on strong earnings results.

iPhone maker Apple and cloud-computing and online retailing giant Amazon post better-than-expected earnings.

Apple stock hit a record high on Friday after the consumer electronics giant forecast a jolly holiday-sales season.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after blockbuster quarterly results from tech titans Apple and Amazon boosted investor confidence, supported by impressive earnings from key cloud and crypto leaders, Cloudflare and Coinbase.

Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup is turning out to be a decent seller. Investors are weighing both factors in the wake of Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter report late Thursday. Apple used the report to project better-than-expected iPhone revenue for its first quarter that ends in December.