Economy of the United States Corporation, Apple Inc., Verizon, JPMorgan Chase, and Cardinal Health. In 2013, eight of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization were American: Apple Inc., ExxonMobil, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, General Electric, Microsoft, IBM, and Chevron Corporation. According to Fortune Global 500 2011, the ten largest U.S. employers were Walmart, U.S. Postal Service, IBM, UPS, McDonald's, Target Corporation, Kroger, The Home Depot, General Electric, and Sears Holdings. Apple, Google, IBM, McDonald's, and Microsoft are the world's five most valuable brands in an index published by Millward Brown. A 2012 Deloitte report published in "STORES" magazine indicated that of the world's top
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