but my new favorite show, matthew, thank you so much, matthew beasley, head of global equities at henderson global investors. >>> dozens of u.s. companies are reporting earnings today, but none may be more anticipated than apple which reports third quarter results after the close. mary thompson is live at cnbc's headquarters with the very latest. mary what are the expectations for apple? >> well, apple is forecast to earn $7.32 a share in the fiscal third quarter on revenue of $35 billion. now, if that holds true, it would be a 21% drop in profits from a year ago, the third straight quarterly decline and the largest since 2004. analysts say the key to this quarter will be product mix, specifically sales of iphones and ipads. they expect apple to sell about 26 million iphones and nearly 18 million ipads. margins will also be closely watched. they have come down steadily since peeking at 47% in the second quarter of last year, and keep in mind that apple doesn't make as much money off sales of older iphone models and the ipad mini. while some analysts note apple results have been impacted by