Israel War, Fed Rate Path, Apple Earnings in Focus

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It's going to be a hectic week, what with the Fed meeting on interest rates and the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war.

Whenever the Federal Reserve has a meeting, it becomes the week's biggest stock market event.

This is not the case, however, as investors are instead looking forward to the quarterly earnings release from Apple on Thursday rather than the interest rate decision from the central bank on Wednesday.