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Ask HN: Why is Microsoft never included in FAANG?

3 pointsby minionslaveabout 4 years ago
I read something along that lines that Microsoft is one of the most valuable public company in the world. Bigger than Google, Bigger than FB . Why do they never include it in FAANG?

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kleer001about 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;terms&#x2F;f&#x2F;faang-stocks.asp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;terms&#x2F;f&#x2F;faang-stocks.asp</a><p>The term was coined by Jim Cramer, the television host of CNBC&#x27;s Mad Money, in 2013...<p>He&#x27;s an entertainer, not an expert at developing exhaustively correct acronyms, updating them, and defending them to the satisfaction of nerds everywhere. Though, in his defence, he was a hedge fund manager. Still though not an academic at this point in his career.
sgerenserabout 4 years ago
Because then it would be FAANMG or FAANGM which doesn&#x27;t sound as cool.<p>The original acronym was a Jim Cramer-ism for &quot;high-flying tech stocks&quot; and started before Microsoft was really starting its comeback. It didn&#x27;t have any direct relation to market cap or dominance, just how quickly the stocks were rising and how much positive investor sentiment there was around the stocks.
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