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FAANG bear market: Fear or fake?

20/11/2018 · Alphabet (GOOGL)  · Amazon (AMZN)  · Apple (AAPL)  · Meta Platforms (META)  · Netflix (NFLX) 

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FAANG bear market: Fear or fake?
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google-owner Alphabet have officially hit bear market territory after a terrible day of trading. Here’s what that means for nervous investors.

Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google-owner Alphabet: the FAANG companies, drivers of the longest bull run in history and widely heralded symbols of success in corporate America have fallen more than 20% from their peaks. That means the biggest (and arguably most important) companies in the world are now in bear market territory.

Investors are panicking. America’s Nasdaq index closed down 3% on Monday, driven by the FAANG collapse (all five fell between…

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