What are we calling what used to be called FAANG these days?

[sumitviii]

I am posting this for several reasons.

1. I don't like the original acronym as it leaves out Microsoft.

2. Google renamed to Alphabet and Facebook renamed to Meta since then.

3. I don't know if N stands for Nvidia or Netflix.

What do we have now? Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Nvidia? Is it MMAAANN? or MAANMAN? What is it?

[Y_Y]

M'NAMANA

Solves all your issues and comes with a catchy theme tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA&t=2

[snapplebobapple]

I prefer naan m'am because it elicits an accurate allegory of someone stuffing us full of carbs making us fat and unhealthy, just like the naan m'am companies are doing dumping software below cost on the market to kill healthier options that don't violate your privacy in pursuit of surveillance capitalism

[karaterobot]

I'm hoping we use this as an opportunity to move past the whole idea, because this isn't the last time that list will change. It's a badly named variable. Just say which companies you mean, or say "leading tech companies" or "big tech" if you absolutely have to.

[avereveard]

like isn't nasdaq-5 exactly what this is?

[rossdavidh]

TBH, people still say "FAANG", and it still works. Many acronyms stop being literal acronyms after a while, and start being just a word.

Although probably more people use "Big Tech" than "FAANG".

[cableshaft]

Yeah I still just say FAANG. To me it means whatever the big tech companies are with much higher compensation than what I'm getting.

[ericyd]

What's another example of an acronym that has stopped being literal? Some acronyms become words but I can't think of any whose letters are no longer accurate.

[amadeuspagel]

Netflix was never a significant company and was only added to make the acronym sound scary. It's funny that NVidia became significant, so that the acronym would make sense now were it for the renamings you pointed out.

In general, acronyms are always pointless shibboleths. "Big Tech" is perfectly fine.

[cykros]

I've been hearing a lot about the "Magnificent Seven" (Apple , Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta Platforms, Alphabet and Amazon). Between now, and when we were talking about FAANG, I did hear some talk about FANMAG to throw Microsoft into the mix.

Of course it'll keep changing with time. We haven't talked much about the Nifty Fifty in awhile, except as a modern day tale of Icarus.

[malexw]

I have been using GAMMA, for Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon.

"Gamma" as a word is sciencey, which I like, and swapping out Netflix for Microsoft seems reasonable to me.

[cykros]

Gamma is prone to causing confusion, because Gamma is one of the metrics used to measure options (basically, it's the rate of acceleration of change in a price of an option relative to the change in price in the underlying security).

[moldach]

FANG+ https://www.ice.com/fangplus

[generichuman]

facegoomicrappama. See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60

[Khelavaster]

It was MAGA originally: Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon!

[mikhailfranco]

Well, MANAMA is the capital of Bahrain.

So maybe MANNAMA ?

[sys_64738]

It leaves out Oracle too so and an O in there somewhere.

[blastonico]

Big techs.

[pacifika]

SNAKES

[malfist]

> 1. I don't like the original acronym as it leaves out Microsoft.

Microsoft isn't part of FAANG

[saliagato]

That’s exactly what he said