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There's no hiding this week if you're an investor in the tech sector, with heavyweights Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon, Intel and Twitter due to report. Facebook (FB) is expected to show a slight deceleration in DAUs and MAUs for Q2, but still show double-digit growth for the key metrics. The upside impact of Facebook's new products and counterbalancing drags from new regulations will be in the spotlight. Meanwhile, Alphabet plans to account for its monster $5.07B European Union fine in its Q2 report, which could throw the comparison to analyst expectations out of whack. On the revenue side, Alphabet is expected to report sales of $25.58B. Amazon is seen posting 41% Y/Y revenue growth to $53.4B in Q2. Keep an eye on the Seattle e-commerce's giant operating income tally after two consecutive quarters in which OI guidance was smashed. This time around, Amazon guided for an operating income tally of $1.1B to $1.9B, but Morgan Stanley for one expects that range to be topped. Intel rides into Q2 earnings on a flat streak over the last 90 days, while guidance from Twitter could be interesting after the bot disconnection actions.
Notable earnings reports: Alphabet (GOOGL), Halliburton (HAL) and Hasbro (HAS) on July 23; AT&T (T), Texas Instruments (TXN), Verizon (VZ), Lockheed-Martin (LMT) and United Technologies (UTX) on July 24; Gilead Sciences (GILD), Facebook (FB), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Ford (F) on July 25; Amazon (AMZN), Chipotle (CMG), Under Armour (
