. " "There's a lot of thought that Apple, people are so bearish on it, that it can rally on a subpar number."
If Apple were eke out a beat when it reports after-the-bell Tuesday, that may be enough to also continue an uptrend trend in the overall stock market, Cramer added. "That's been the theme: When you have this better-than-feared, the stocks go higher," he said. "It's all about better than feared. People really feared this earnings period." He added, "It turns out that that fear was not justified."
With stocks at or near record highs, investors have become increasingly concerned about the impact of the ongoing U.S.-China trade war and global economic slowdown as well as persistently