Apple stock (NASDAQ: AAPL) has remained largely flat over the past month, underperforming the Nasdaq-100, which gained about 4% in the same period.

Trick or treat, trick or treat, Apple (AAPL) needs to post an earnings beat. The computer colossus is scheduled to report fiscal-fourth-quarter results on Halloween this year, and investors are hoping that some nice big numbers keep the ghosts and ghouls at bay.

According to 9to5Mac’s sources, the site revealed in a post later in the week, the next SE will have an A18 processor with 8GB of RAM; impressive, but still comparatively predictable, because the device needs to support Apple Intelligence. That also fits the SE’s historical strategy, which is to load new components into an older case.