Here's What "Big Tech" Stocks Really Tell Us About the Broad Markets

D.R. Barton, Jr.

It seems like you can't turn on a television without hearing about the "FANGMAs" – which of course are Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.

You'll hear they're the linchpins of the economy; you'll hear they're the only force keeping the market up – that they're outpacing every other stock out there. Eventually, you'll hear these companies can cure a rainy day.

And there's more than a little truth to this, at least until you start trying to chart their impact on the weather.

It makes for good television, but when you get right down to it, this FANGMA obsession opens the door to costly – and potentially disastrous – emotional decision-making, which, as I talk about all the time with 10-Minute Millionaire Insider and Stealth Profits Trader readers, is best avoided.

So what's the truth about the FANGMAs?

Well, I ran the numbers myself to share with you…

D.R. Barton, Jr.

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D.R. Barton, Jr., Technical Trading Specialist for Money Map Press, is a world-renowned authority on technical trading with 25 years of experience. He spent the first part of his career as a chemical engineer with DuPont. During this time, he researched and developed the trading secrets that led to his first successful research service. Thanks to the wealth he was able to create for himself and his followers, D.R. retired early to pursue his passion for investing and showing fellow investors how to build toward financial freedom.

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