Tomorrow afternoon, Apple will post its earnings from its fiscal third quarter and the consensus on Wall St. isn't looking all that rosy.
Investors have come to expect astronomical growth from Apple and there's no denying that as Apple becomes ever more profitable, delivering staggering earnings growth quarter after quarter becomes more of a challenge.
According to the consensus on Wall St., Apple for the quarter gone by will post revenue of $35 billion and a net profit of US$7 billion. While most companies can only dream of recording that type of quarter, those figures, if indeed accurate, would mean that Apple's profits declined year over year.
During Apple's third fiscal quarter in 2012, the company posted