POLL: What's the Bellwether of the Week?

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Third-quarter earnings results have been deemed, by many, as the most crucial of the year. Whether retailers or banks or fast-food merchants, the quarter holds the potential to seemingly make or break a business.

Thus, as we dive headfirst into earnings season this week, which company -- Apple(AAPL Quote), Amazon.com(AMZN Quote), Wells Fargo(WFC Quote), Caterpillar(CAT Quote) or McDonald's(MCD Quote) -- do you consider the best barometer for the economy?

Take the our poll to see the consensus of TheStreet. And, as always, leave your comments below, to share you thinking with the investing world at large.

Which company, reporting earnings this week, is the most revealing bellwether of the state of the economy?
	Wells Fargo McDonald's Amazon Apple Caterpillar

-- Reported by Jeanine Poggi in New York

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