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Big tech has lost ground this year, but it's still huge

Big tech has lost ground this year, but it's still huge

Amazon isn't the only big tech company that's having a slightly tougher year (don't cry just yet).

As of yesterday the 7 stocks that make up our newest big tech acronym — MAATMAN* — had shed almost $2.1 trillion of equity value since the start of the year (Amazon is losing another ~$150bn at the time of writing). That's a loss in value that would have been unthinkable for 7 stocks to lose even just a few years ago — but even with that loss it's worth reminding ourselves just how big big tech still is:

  • Apple alone is worth 9x Coca-Cola, 14x Nike, 25x Target, 30x Netflix or 42x Uber.

  • Meta has lost the approximate value of a JPMorgan Chase or 8 Twitters, just this year.

  • Tesla remains more valuable than the next 15 automakers in the world... combined.

Welcome NVIDIA

For a long time Netflix was a key member of many a tech acronym. From FANG to FAATMAN, Netflix's rise to a $250bn+ valuation kept it a part of the big tech conversation for many years. However, in strict financial terms it hasn't really been in the same league as the others for a while. Enter NVIDIA, the maker of graphics processing units (GPUs) and other computer hardware that has quietly grown into America's 8th most valuable company.

‍***MAATMAN** is Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Tesla, Meta, Amazon and NVIDIA.

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“If they want to come in and build a plant... that’s great, I love that,” Trump said on January 13. “Let China come in, let Japan come in.”

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