Apple is one of the steadiest growers on Wall Street. Tariff exemptions, the new iPhone, and a rapidly growing services business mean that this stock favors the bulls.
Two things happened to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) last week.
Apple is aligning its business for geopolitical rebalancing with an added $100 billion investment over four years to support American re-shoring. The Company has sufficient operating cash flow to fund these investments, but buybacks could come under pressure if increased expenses constrain cash flow growth. Rationally, Apple only has a 10% annual return prospect over the next three-to-five years. Sentiment-related valuation support and financial engineering are the most likely bull-case catalysts.
Apple has announced plans to boost its U.S. investment over the next four years—a move that could shield it from looming chip tariffs of up to 100% on all semiconductors entering the country.
Apple (AAPL 4.24%) just reported third-quarter 2025 (ended June 28) financial results that pleased investors. Revenue soared 9.6% year over year to $94 billion, while diluted earnings per share climbed 12.1%.
Apple's stock has spiked +10% in August, as the company has appeased President Trump's request to move chip manufacturing back to the U.S.
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Major U.S. equities indexes climbed to close out the week as investors weighed comments by Federal Reserve officials suggesting interest-rate cuts could be approaching, as well as President Trump's nomination of Stephen Miran to a Fed position.
Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week's news.
Apple shares rose 13% this week, its largest weekly gain in more than five years, after CEO Tim Cook appeared with President Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday. At the White House on Wednesday, Cook appeared with Trump to announce Apple's plans to spend $100 billion on American companies and American parts over the next four years.
Apple Inc. stands to save $107 billion in costs with its new $100 billion investment commitment in the US. The risk is that it may have to spend even more. Apple has a couple of years of strong product launch catalysts with the thin iPhone 17 Air launching this year and a foldable iPhone and AI-powered glasses launching next year. Broad-based growth in Apple's services ecosystem is accretive to gross margins.
Apple risks a 'BlackBerry Moment' if it doesn't embrace AI, a usually bullish analyst warns. BlackBerry's decline was due to its failure to pivot fast when a new tech wave arrived.