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What to Expect in Markets This Week: Investors Prep for Earnings Season; Delta, Pepsi Report

Levi Strauss is slated to report quarterly earnings this week.Credit: Dominika Zarzycka / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIt’s the fourth quarter already? It sure is, as of last Thursday—and so investors are preparing for a flurry of new earnings reports. Analysts think there’s a good chance they’ll like what they see. Third-quarter results start trickling in this week, with Delta, Pepsi and Levi Strauss due to report. Earnings season will begin in earnest next week, when numbers from big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America mark what’s more or less considered the start of the next…

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