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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares traded higher by 11.5% on Friday after the company reported impressive second-quarter numbers in a difficult macroeconomic climate. On Thursday, Amazon reported a second-quarter adjusted EPS loss of 20 cents, missing analyst estimates of a 14-cent profit....

In a highly anticipated move, Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) announced its new name and a new stock symbol Thursday at its Facebook Connect event. The new stock ticker and name could change one of the most well-known investing acronyms of big tech stocks. What Happened: The acronym FAANG was coined by...

As goes FANG, so goes the market. That’s been a generally pretty good rule of thumb for divining the direction of the U.S. stock market the past decade. But it’s getting more complicated. Leadership in the S&P 500 flip-flopped once COVID vaccines were announced last November and the...

Stocks soared off the opening bell Monday after Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective at preventing the disease. Now that the Street and investors have had a few days to digest the news, is there reason to scale back the bullish narrative? Time Is Needed: The...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. The technology and consumer discretionary stocks that make up the NYSE® FANG+™ Index are pushing the index to new highs. The...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Eight of the ten stocks in the NYSE® FANG+™ Index hit an all-time high in July. Those stocks include Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. What a difference eight weeks make. In April, we noted how the FANG stocks were among the first to rebound even as the market was just...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Now that we’re in the first secular bear market since the 2008-09 financial crisis, it’s a good time to step back and think...

The era of "FANG" stocks may have come to an end and been replaced with "DAWN," Strategic Wealth Partners chief Mark Tepper said on a recent CNBC "Trading Nation" segment. DAWN DAWN, a play on the slogan "it's always darkest before the dawn," is Tepper...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. In 2013, Jim Cramer and Bob Lang observed that four tech stocks outperformed the overall market (when compared to the S&P 500 Index)...

Bitcoin recently had its 10th anniversary and the last 10 years have birthed an alternate market of crypto assets. The last 10 years have also triggered polarizing debates about whether cryptocurrency is money or commodities. On Wall Street, cryptocurrencies still generate mixed reactions...

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX)'s inclusion in the prestigious "FAANG" acronym should come to an end, with its replacement being the "far less episodic" Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), CNBC's Jim Cramer said during Friday's "Mad Money." Netflix...

The big tech companies that dominate internet search, online shopping and social media will come under more scrutiny with the Justice Department reportedly broadening a government investigation into the sector. What Happened The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday afternoon that the Department of...

Ally Financial, Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) recently released the results of its quarterly survey of more than 300 independent investors. The survey is an important litmus test for investor sentiment for the quarter ahead. With the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) already up 17.2 percent year-to-date,...

Legacy "blast from the past" stocks including Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are among the Dow's top performers so far in 2019, CNBC's Mike Santoli said on a recent "Trading Nation" segment. Are any of these names a compelling buy at today...