Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB)-parent Meta, Microsoft (MSFT), Twitter (TWTR) and Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) will each report earnings results the following week.
“People probably should be bracing themselves for these results,” said Scott Kessler, technology global sector lead at research firm Third Bridge Group.
Rampant inflation is eating away at consumers’ paychecks and reducing their ability to spend freely on tech products and services.
To make matters worse, tech companies must also confront the growing strength of the US dollar, which is currently trading at its highest level in two decades.
Many of the issues currently weighing on tech companies are unlikely to let up anytime soon, which is why industry watchers will be paying close attention to the guidance these companies offer for the rest of 2022.