At Canada Life Investments, we have long been bearish on a number of the US technology stocks on valuation grounds. Companies such as Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon and Facebook are investor favourites and amongst the largest 10 stocks in the US equity market. However, what has been behind their recent sell-off?
Much is written about the ‘FANG’ stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix & Google) but it is actually Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft that are amongst the largest 10 stocks in the benchmark. These companies are investor favourites and, in aggregate, they are holding up the US equity market in 2017. This is because underneath the 16.9% total return figure, the market is more in turmoil than many investors think.
