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Alphabet Soup, Revisited: 'FAANG,' Not 'FAANGSTN'
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 3:46pm | 453The "FANG" acronym was coined by CNBC's Jim Cramer to group together four of the hottest tech names: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google (parent company, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)). For years, Apple Inc...
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Mark Cuban Argues Why FANG Stocks Are Still Undervalued
Friday, May 12, 2017 - 12:06pm | 384The "FANG" trade — an acronym used to group together some of the hottest technology and internet stocks including Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google/Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) — has been a winning one....
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Short Sellers Digging In On FANG Despite $3.3 Billion In Losses This Year
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 3:49pm | 432So-called “FANG” stocks Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are once again leading the stock market higher in 2017. All four tech giants are up between 20 and 31 percent year-to-date....
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Google, The Laggard Of The FANG Stocks, May Catch Up This Year
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 10:55am | 406Jim Cramer and Bob Lang coined the acronym "FANG" in 2013 which refers to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google/Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). The "FANG" trade has proven itself to be a winner although...
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Jim Cramer And Bob Lang's 2013 FANG Call Was A Home Run
Saturday, March 25, 2017 - 6:09pm | 417Despite a late-week market selloff, three of the four “FANG” stocks hit new all-time highs this week. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) all set new all-time intraday highs on Tuesday morning, and Google parent Alphabet Inc (...
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Competition Only Helps Apple Ripen, An Advantage Over The FANG Stocks
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 12:17pm | 472Based on views from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) observer Horace Dediu, UBS said in a note competition only helps, which gives it an edge over the FANG stocks, namely Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL). 3...
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RBC's Mark Mahaney Talks FANG Trade And Other Tech Stocks
Friday, November 18, 2016 - 1:04pm | 351RBC Capital Market's lead internet analyst Mark Mahaney was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Friday to talk about the "FANG" stocks and their performance over the past few weeks. Oh, What's In A FANG? The "FANG" group is an acronym that groups together some of the hottest tech stocks of...
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Sam Zell: The Market Has Shifted From 'Extreme Pessimism To Possible Optimism'
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 12:05pm | 359Billionaire investor Sam Zell was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Wednesday to talk about a shift he has noticed in investor sentiment following the results of the U.S. presidential election. According to Zell, there has been a shift from "extreme pessimism" prior to the election to "...
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What's Going On With Tech Stocks?
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 3:42pm | 294Technology stocks have been hard hit since Donald Trump won the race to the White House. Cory Johnson was interviewed on Bloomberg TV and said "panic" is the wrong word to describe what is going on, but perhaps a "freak out" is more appropriate. Johnson noted that many...
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Q3 Earnings Season For FANG: 1 Down, 3 To Go
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 3:27pm | 232As per usual, tech companies continue to steal the spotlight this earnings season. However, of the big 4 — the FANG stocks: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google (parent company: Alphabet) — only Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has reported thus far. Of the remaining three, Amazon.com, Inc. (...
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Forgot The FANG Trade, This Stock Outperformed The Group
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 10:57am | 312Remember the popular FANG trade? The acronym, which refers to owning any combination of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google (now Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), may have fallen out of favor among investors as there are other...
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Facebook's Valuation Exceeds Exxon's: This Investment Pro Is OK With That Metric
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 12:28pm | 383Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has seen its stock rise more than 18 percent since the start of 2016 and recently hit an all-time high of $128.33 after the company reported its second-quarter results. As a result, the social media's empire market capitalization has surged to around $355 billion now and...
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Netflix Drops 12%: How Expensive Is The Stock Compared To The Rest Of FANG?
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 11:00am | 509For the second straight quarter, the market was not impressed by Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX)’s subscriber growth numbers and the stock sold off by more than 12 percent. Netflix is now more than 37 percent down from its all-time highs, but has the decline made it a value compared to its...
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Gaming Stocks Are A Playground For Traders
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 10:11am | 320The "FANG" trade has dominated headlines throughout the past few years and gained popularity among investors and traders as the group of technology stocks produced superior returns compared to the broader indices. However, there is a handful of other stocks from another sector that also offered...
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How Will The FANG+ Trade Be Impacted By Brexit?
Monday, June 27, 2016 - 11:23am | 305What impact, if any, will the Brexit voting outcome have on large-cap Internet companies? According to Mark May of Citi, it is simply too difficult to ascertain for the time being. In a research report published Sunday, May pointed out that the European Union is the largest international region for...