Markets have a big week ahead with five of the Magnificent Seven reporting their third quarter earnings and critical economic data due out, including the October jobs report. Catalysts host Seana Smith breaks down the biggest market stories and trending stocks in the first full trading hour of the day.

Identity.com executive director and founding director of the Apple App Store, Phillip Shoemaker, joins the program to illustrate the significance of Apple's (AAPL) latest iOS 18.1 update and whether the new Apple Intelligence software will live up to the hype. Apple is expected to report earnings on Thursday, October 31.

Ahead of Ford's (F) earnings due out after today's market close, Autolist editor-in-chief David Undercoffler explains why quality control will be the "elephant in the room" for the US automaker.

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Other top trending stocks on the Yahoo Finance platform include Delta Airlines (DAL), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Boeing (BA), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), and Volkswagen (VOW.DE, VWAGY).

This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.