3 trends to watch as earnings season kicks off

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• Earnings season begins this week, with major US banks starting to report on Wednesday.
• Investors are focused on mega-cap tech earnings and the potential impacts of a strong US dollar.
• Goldman Sachs highlighted three trends to watch for in the upcoming earnings season.

Earnings season kicks off this week, with 6% of the S&P 500 set to report fourth-quarter results.

The biggest companies reporting earnings this week are the US large cap banks...