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West Cam. So today is the thing. The thing where we find out how Apple's second quarter fiscal year

2023 went. Muted might be the best way to describe expectations.

A piece from cult of max says analysts are looking for Apple to report Q2 revenue of

93 billion dollars that would represent a decline of just over 4% from the 97 billion

reported for the same quarter a year earlier earnings per share are expected to come in at a buck 43 that would mark a 6% drop

versus Q2 22 earnings per share of a buck 52. Were there no new products.

heck yeah there were. The cult says the 14 and 16 inch

Macbook pro and Mac Mini were all refreshed with M2, M2 Pro or M2 Max processors.

Might have been a surge in sales were the world not fraught with economic uncertainty.

Apple CEO Tim Cook actually telegraphed the troubling times ahead on Apple's last earnings call,

pointing to a challenging macroeconomic environment as the world continues to face

unprecedented circumstances from inflation to war in Eastern Europe to the

enduring impacts of the pandemic. I will say it seems like there is room

for pleasant surprises, though nobody is expecting that room to be filled.

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