What a difference a year makes.
After flubbing the holiday period a year ago, Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.76% is sitting pretty as it prepares to update investors on what could be a record quarter of sales. The company’s stock has more than doubled over the past 12 months amid optimism about new services like streaming video and the potential for a wave of iPhone upgrades later this year, when 5G phones are expected to hit the market.