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Hello, today is Sunday October 27th and I'm your host Kim Kahn.

Five of the biggest tech companies report earnings in a week that will also see big numbers on jobs and economic growth.

Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta platforms are all scheduled to issue numbers.

Apple is expected to earn a $1.55 per share on 94.26 billion in revenue.

TD co and analyst Krish Thancar says sentiment in Apple is markedly negative going into the quarterly results,

amid concerns about year-over-year comparisons, China, and

regulatory risks to its services business. And while some of those concerns remain,

any upbeat commentary from Apple's management team would be considered a positive.

Overall, we expect Apple to report in line September quarter results

and guide in line to below consensus for the December quarter,

Sankar said.

He has a buy rating on the stock with a $250 price target.

Amazon reports on Halloween with analysts looking for revenue of $157.34 billion

and EPS of 134. Its gross margin is expected to come in at 50.1%.

Growth at Amazon Web Services, its margins, capital expenditures, and retail margins in the US will be key.

Bank of America's securities earlier this week

said it expects a mixed Q3 with retail in line and an AWS beat.

And Microsoft will give investors a lot to digest during its earnings call, which would likely highlight

Azure Cloud Growth, advances in generative artificial intelligence, and new investor metrics.

The forecast is for EPS of 310 on revenue of 64.56 billion.

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