In this episode of the Cey and Ben show, we talk about FAANG stocks also known as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google. Originally named by Jim Cramer. In 2013 it used to be FANG but then in 2017 Apple was added to the list.

FAANG is an acronym for some of the largest and best performing US stocks which are juggernauts in their niche fields of tech. We call them juggernauts as, as of August 13th 2020 the total market cap of these five companies was nearly $5.8 trillion.

You will find most of these FAANG stocks being in the top 10 of the S&P 500. With these stocks representing roughly 16.2% of the total S&P500. Apple alone has a weighting of 6%.

You will find most of us either directly or indirectly invest into FAANG stocks. It could be through the individual stocks themselves, the S&P500 index tracker or even an all world index.

FAANG stocks have had an amazing run up and outperformed many of their peers and some even draw parallels to the DOT COM Bubble and the resulting crash in 2000. Can we make this comparison?

We explore the world of FAANG and beyond.