Apple and Microsoft Earnings, or the Fed: What Matters More Next Week?

Big Tech earnings season will shift into fifth gear next week, with giants like Apple AAPL –0.81% , Microsoft MSFT –1.69% , Amazon.com , and Alphabet reporting second-quarter earnings over the course of the week.

But tech earnings may well be eclipsed by another major event for the stock market: the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates.