Netflix Earnings Will Test Waters for Tech Giants After Rout

Netflix Earnings Will Test Waters for Tech Giants After Rout
Netflix, on a television screen in Stockholm on Sept. 11, 2014. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images
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Beleaguered technology investors are looking to Netflix Inc. to stop the bleeding.

The company’s earnings are poised to be even more closely watched than usual on Oct. 16  after last week’s market rout. Netflix is one of the first major U.S. companies to report third-quarter results—and 2018’s best-performing FAANG stock—making it especially influential in the wake of a drubbing that hit the tech giants hard.