Election Jitters: Stock Market

election jitters: The tech giants' earnings come at a time when the market has been gripped by ennui as investors are hesitant to buy into equities despite better-than-expected earnings as political and rate-policy uncertainties dampen appetite for risk, according to Market Watch. Investors remain leery, in part to election jitters, Brexit concerns, the Fed and other central banks and are awaiting fresh incentives in a market that is getting 'boring,' said Tom Lee, managing partner at Fundstrat Global Advisors, in a note. The stock market may finally get the excitement that been lacking in the coming week, with the two most valuable companies in the U.S.—Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.—slated to report quarterly results. Read:The stock market is caught deep inside 'no man land' Alphabet GOOG, +0.30%GOOGL, +0.30% is expected on Thursday to report third-quarter earnings of $8.63 a share on revenue of $17.99 billion, according to a Fact Set survey of analysts. Apple AAPL, -0.39% is projected to post fiscal fourth-quarter earnings per share of $1.66, down from $1.88 in the year-earlier period. Google parent company posted earnings of $7.21 a share on revenue of $15.03 billion in third quarter 2015. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.