Big Blue's Wild Wednesday Ride: IBM Crushes Q3 Earnings, So Why Did the Stock Tank Mid-Call?

IBM beat Q3 earnings expectations with $17.1B revenue and $2.95 EPS, initially surging 7.3% in after-hours trading. However, the stock reversed sharply during the earnings call when CEO Arvind Krishna warned that corporate customers are concerned about uncontrolled AI spending with unclear returns, causing a 4.6% after-hours decline and triggering broader AI sector selloff.