Hello everyone. Happy last day of April. We will begin preparing for Apple earnings. Today’s discussion will look at the big picture ahead of Thursday’s earnings release. We will go over my granular estimates on Wednesday.

Setting the Stage for Apple’s 2Q24 Earnings

Heading into Thursday’s earnings, the setup looks positive for Apple. Expectations surrounding Apple are at a multi-year low while business fundamentals appear to be holding up OK. This lowers the bar for what Apple needs to report and say on Thursday to please analysts and company observers. While a slowdown in device upgrading and sales weakness at the low end of various product lines continue to weigh on Apple’s

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