Microsoft the advertising company aQuantive, which had been acquired for $6.2 billion back in 2007. As of January 2014, Microsoft's market capitalization stood at $314B, making it the 8th largest company in the world by market capitalization. On November 14, 2014, Microsoft overtook Exxon Mobil to become the 2nd most valuable company by market capitalization, behind only Apple Inc. Its total market value was over $410B — with the stock price hitting $50.04 a share, the highest since early 2000. In 2015, Reuters reported that Microsoft Corp had earnings abroad of $76.4 billion which were untaxed by the IRS. Under U.S.
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google actively managed ETFs, which attempt to take advantage of the phenomenon of these index-based funds, since indices don’t have the power to make adjustments on any given day. However, investors should be wary as an ETF may not be currently holding all of the implied tech company stocks. For example, the ETF known by ticker FNG, sold out of Facebook during the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but also dumped Apple holdings ahead of its earnings boost. Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (FAANG), a further extension of FANG (which originally did not include Apple), is