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This will most certainly be the busiest earnings week of the quarter thus far, so today I wanted to breakdown some of the most important earnings reports from each day this week.

Monday October 22

• Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL) Apple will look to continue its terrific run of late, as analysts estimate around 80 cents per share from the company on Monday afternoon.
• American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) Analysts estimate that AXP will bring in 85 cents per share. Market strategists will be very interested to see if AXP will be hurt by the credit crisis or not.
• Halliburton Compnay (NYSE:HAL) HAL's top competitor Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) severely disappointed investors on Friday, so HAL will look to outperform SLB. The company is expected to report 64 cents per share before the bell Monday.
• Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) Expected to report 50 cents per share after the close Monday. Its peers have performed well so expectations will be high for TXN.

Tuesday October 23rd

• Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) Just recently Amazon has seemed to really put it together after years of promises with no terrific earnings reports. Investors will have high expectations going into this report Tuesday afternoon.
• Juniper Networks (Nasdaq:JNPR) Juniper has improved its name quite nicely over the last couple of quarters on wall street. The average analyst estimate sits at 21 cents per share for this report on Tuesday afternoon.
• TDAmeritrade Holding Company (Nasdaq:AMTD) After its peers have shown themselves very poorly Ameritrade will look to show itself as a leader in the market on Tuesday. Investors will be anxious to see if the company was hurt by the fixed income markets in the most recent quarter.
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI) A major holding of one Warren Buffett, BNI will report Tuesday morning and analysts are expecting $1.36 per share.
• AT&T (NYSE:T) Analysts expect T to report 71 cents per share on Tuesday. The stock has performed much better of late so investors are likely looking for a good outlook.

Wednesday October 24

• Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq:AMGN) The biggest biotech company there is will report on Wednesday afternoon. The company has not performed up to industry standards in the past year or so.
• ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) One of the first domestic big oil companies to report, COP is expected to report $2.19 per share Wednesday morning.
• Merrill Lynch and Company (NYSE:MER) The last of the major brokerages to report, analysts are expecting MER to lose 45 cents per share. Investors will have a close eye on how large their subprime losses were.
• National-Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV) One of the best performers in the energy complex in the past year, NOV will be reporting Wednesday morning.
• VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) A strong performer since its IPO in August, VMW is expected to earn 17 cents per share.

Thursday October 25

• Celgene Corporation (Nasdaq:CELG) Celgene has been a big winner in the biotech space of late so the outlook here will have to be bright to please investors.
• EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) EMC shares have perked up nicely over the past few months thanks to its stake in VMW, but investors will get a good look into how the main business at EMC is on Thursday.
• Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq:MSFT) The biggest of the tech companies will report Thursday, and investors are expecting a lot because of the Halo 2 sales and its peers coming in above expectations.
• Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY) Expected to report 37 cents per share on Thursday. There has been a very mixed picture out of the pharma companies that have reported thus far, so this one is a big question mark.

Friday October 26

• Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE:CFC) The poster boy of the problems in the housing and subprime markets will report on Friday morning. Analysts are expecting a large amount of carnage here, with the company losing over $1 per share in the quarter.
• Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) A leader in the utilities market, Exelon reports Friday morning and is expected to report $1.21 per share.

The earnings season is in full swing and these reports will most certainly move the markets. The huge selloff from Friday was largely due to earnings shortfalls and recession concerns, so the market is hanging in the balance and the earnings should drive trading.

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