3 Stocks to Watch (Oct 12-16): Apple, JPMorgan, Tesla

• Major macro events this week: Wed, 14th - US CPI; Fri, 16th - Fed Chair Warsh's speech

• Tue, Oct 13th: US earnings season kicks off - JPMorgan forecasted to move 2.9% up/down after earnings

• Tue, Oct 13th: Apple's new smart-home devices to send share price to new record high?

• Thur, Oct 15th: Tesla's "flying" Roadster to send stock back to $400?

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This week is packed with must-watch events for big-name US stocks.



Here's a quick list of major events to look out for:

• Tue, Oct 13th: US earning season's unofficial kickoff with JPMorgan

• Tue, Oct 13th: Apple is set to launch its series of new smart-home products

• Wed, Oct 14th: US inflation data, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI)

• Thur, Oct 15th: Tesla launches its highly-anticipated Roadster model

• Fri, Oct 16th: Speech by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh



Amid such an eventful week, here are 3 stocks that could present your next trading/investing opportunity:



1) JPMorgan earnings to extend stock's recovery from "technical correction"?



JPMorgan is the biggest US bank.

Earlier this month, JPMorgan shares fell into a "technical correction" - when an asset falls more than 10% from its recent high - before rebounding in recent sessions.

For further detail, since posting its record high (intraday prices) on August 13th, 2026, shares of the largest US bank fell as much as 11.3%, before rebounding out of the "technical correction" - now about 9% below its all-time high (intraday prices).

JPMorgan reports its Q3 2026 results tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 13th, before the US market opens.

What is Earnings Season?



Earnings season is the quarterly event when all publicly-listed US companies (where the public i.e. everyday investors, can buy the stock) announce to the world:

• how good a job it did - or not - at earning profits the previous quarter

• the company's expectations for future profits

Investors often use this latest info to decide whether buy/hold/sell the company's shares.



Recall that, at its previous earnings announcement, JPMorgan already set the bar high.

In Q2 2026, it posted its highest quarterly profit ever, while total trading revenue hit an all-time high.

For this week's earnings report, markets expect JPMorgan's stocks to react with a 2.9% up/down move.

Potential Scenarios

• UPSIDE: JPM could hit $342.70 if its Q3 figures, as well as its earnings outlook, exceeds market expectations.

• DOWNSIDE: JPM could slip back towards $323.37 if its earnings outlook fails to meet expectations, while citing bigger challenges to its earnings ahead.

Over the next 12 months, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect JPMorgan stocks to rise another 11.5%.

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2) Apple set to launch new smart-home devices



On Tuesday, Oct 13th, Apple is set to hold its "Welcome Home" event in New York.

This product launch event is set to reinvigorate the iPhone maker's push into the smart home category, currently dominated by Amazon's Alexa and Google Nest.

Reportedly, among the new products to be unveiled this week include:

• a "smart home hub": a roughly 6-inch square display called the "HomeView"

• upgraded HomePod mini

• new Apple TV

• range of accessories - doorbell, thermostat, and lock - in partnership with LG Electronics.

All of these devices are set to support Siri AI capabilities, noting that Apple had been lagging behind its Big Tech peers on the AI front.

Key Themes to Watch



• Is this a real ecosystem play? The smart home hub only matters if it ties together a broader Apple home ecosystem. Watch whether Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, presents a compelling, integrated vision. A mere collection of gadgets would likely disappoint markets.

• iPhone demand overhang: Friday's report of 15% component order cuts for the iPhone 18 Pro is a cloud hanging over the stock. A strong smart home lineup has to be strong enough to punch through that iPhone component cuts narrative.

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Potential Scenarios



UPSIDE - AAPL could hit a new record high if:

• The smart home hub generates genuine excitement and signals a credible new revenue stream for Apple

• Ternus uses the event to lay out a broader AI home strategy, easing concerns about agentic AI disruption

• Broader macro/market conditions allow for more risk taking, pushing US stocks to fresh record highs



DOWNSIDE - AAPL could re-test support at its 50-day simple moving average (SMA) around the psychological $330 level if:

• the smart home product lineup underwhelms - seen as incremental rather than transformative

• iPhone demand concerns dominate the narrative and overshadow the launch

• US equities experience another bout of risk-off mode that drags down stock prices



READ MORE:

• published Sept 1: Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, is seen as a “products guy” - having spent 25 years rising through Apple's hardware division. ICYMI: AAPL has risen 6.25% since this report was published.

• published July 17th: Will Apple end 2026 as “world's most valuable company”? AAPL has risen just 1% since this report was published.





3) Tesla stocks to soar on "flying" Roadster?



Tesla's Roadster event was originally scheduled for Oct 1st before being pushed to this Thursday, Oct 15th.

Stocks of the world's most valuable automaker already had a big catalyst earlier this month, on Friday, Oct 2nd, when Tesla announced better-than-expected Q3 vehicle deliveries.

A week after that, on Oct 9th, TSLA's intraday prices went on to pip to its highest levels in nearly 3 months.

Tesla's Roadster is a product nearly a decade in the making - with Elon Musk teasing the vehicle as far back as November 2017.

This low-volume hypercar, not a mass-market vehicle, is also set to incorporate a degree of flight capability, using SpaceX's thruster technology.

For Tesla bulls, they're hoping that the "flying" Roadster would bring Tesla and SpaceX one big step closer to the highly-anticipated merger - with such fervor likely to send the stock surging.

Potential Scenarios

• UPSIDE: TSLA could reclaim the $400 psychological level for the first time since mid-July, if the Roadster launch delivers a positive shock while reawakening the Tesla-SpaceX merger mania.

• DOWNSIDE: TSLA could slip back below its 100-day SMA at $374 and test support near $360, around where its 50-day simple moving average (SMA) lies, if the reveal disappoints - another delay, vague specs, or if investors simply cash in gains from the recent delivery-beat rally

Over the next 12 months, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect Tesla stocks to rise another 4%.

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