Apple, Microsoft, and Exxon Report Earnings This Week. Why It’s Make-or-Break for the Stock Market.

With about a third of the S&P 500 set to report earnings this week, it’s make-or-break for stocks. With the way things have been going, earnings reports will make them.

About 180 companies in the S&P 500 report numbers this week. The S&P 500 isn’t the entire stock market though. Roughly 780 companies in the Russell 3000 index report. It’s tough enough to track the S&P; it’s impossible to keep up with all of the Russell reporters.

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