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Core News Facts
Investors are considering top stock purchases as 2025 nears its end. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) are highlighted as potential stocks capable of significant growth before year-end.
Amazon plans to invest $125 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) by year’s end and reported a 20% year-over-year sales increase for Amazon Web Services in Q3, with a $200 billion project backlog. Apple recently saw iPhone 17 sales surpass the iPhone 16 by 14% in the first 10 days and reported Q4 sales of $102.5 billion. Costco posted an 8% year-over-year increase in sales during fiscal Q4 and a rise in EPS from $5.29 to $5.87.
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