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Friday’s earnings gravity produced a clear mismatch: Amazon rallied after reporting its strongest Amazon Web Services (AWS) growth since 2021, while Apple slid despite calling it its "best quarter ever" because guidance and higher spending rattled investors. The Schwab Network recap captures why forward signals matter more than rear-view numbers right now, with cloud momentum driving sentiment for AMZN and management guidance driving sentiment for AAPL. Reddit’s warning about choppy search referral traffic was the reminder that user-facing businesses can flip from momentum to caution quickly.