Apple’s earnings are almost here; the market reaction will likely surprise

With Apple’s fiscal Q324 earnings due on August 1st, is worth remembering that traders can behave in strange ways. Sometimes they’ll buy a stock on a rumor and sell it on the news. Sometimes when companies beat expectations on earnings they sell and take profits. Sometimes they buy even when the companies miss.

Brian Swint for Barron’s:
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All the signs poi…