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You Asked, So We’ll Answer   FOQ: What are these “fang” stocks? Short: It’s “FAANGM” these days…Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google and Microsoft. Long: The media loves a nickname, and so this group of the premier tech companies in the U.S. now has one. It was originally just “FANG” (coined by Jim “Mad Money” Cramer, with no Apple or Microsoft), but an extra “A” was an easy addition to honor the world’s largest company. Apologies to Microsoft, but an “M” just doesn’t quite fit anywhere. Yet, it’s size and influence demanded inclusion too. So you’ll see “FAANGM” all over CNBC …