Trick or treat, trick or treat, Apple (AAPL) needs to post an earnings beat. The computer colossus is scheduled to report fiscal-fourth-quarter results on Halloween this year, and investors are hoping that some nice big numbers keep the ghosts and ghouls at bay.

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An Evercore ISI analyst thinks Apple looks primed to capitalize on low investor expectations for the latest quarter.

The iPhone maker's September-quarter earnings come at the end of this month. Evercore is calling for investors to position themselves for an upturn.

As consumer electronics giant Apple ($AAPL) prepares to release its Fiscal fourth-quarter earnings in two weeks, the conversation about the stock