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The disruptors: Google, Apple, Facebook & Amazon

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Fifteen years is a long time in the tech industry.  Facebook is 15 years old and is the fifth largest US-listed company.  The iPhone is 12 years old, Amazon Web Services is 13 years old, Android is 11 years old and YouTube is 14 years old.

The GAFA stocks - Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon - have disrupted markets and changed how we live our lives.  In the January 2020 issue of Master Investor Magazine I have taken a close look:

 

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All four companies compete hard for new markets and benefit from powerful tailwinds.

 

Book inspiration for this article

This feature was in part inspired by Professor Scott Galloway's book - the four: the hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.  Professor Galloway makes the case for breaking up the Four in his book.

Galloway states (P279):

Why should we break up big tech?  Not because the Four are evil and we're good.  It's because we understand that the only way to ensure competition is to sometimes cut the tops off trees, just as we did with railroads and Ma Bell.

This isn't an indictment of the Four, or retribution, but recognition that a key part of a healthy economic cycle is pruning firms when they become invasive, cause premature death, and won't let other firms emerge.  The breakup of big tech should and will happen, because we're capitalists.  It's time.

On Twitter (@profgalloway) Professor Galloway has stated that breaking up the big four won't destroy value for their investors.  I am not so sure a breakup will happen because the Four appear to benefit consumers.  The book:

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Summary

The impact of the GAFA stocks is important to recognize.  They will continue to change both the UK high street and traditional media outlets.

The age of the Internet has allowed US equity markets to outperform.

The GAFA stocks have upended how we live our lives in less than 15 years.  We find information on Google/YouTube, order on Amazon, connect on Facebook/Instagram and rely on smartphones.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, the GAFA stocks toll for thee.

 

 

 

The disruptors: Google, Apple, Facebook & Amazon

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Features | Sectors | 2 Mins Read

Fifteen years is a long time in the tech industry.  Facebook is 15 years old and is the fifth largest US-listed company.  The iPhone is 12 years old, Amazon Web Services is 13 years old, Android is 11 years old and YouTube is 14 years old.

The GAFA stocks - Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon - have disrupted markets and changed how we live our lives.  In the January 2020 issue of Master Investor Magazine I have taken a close look:

 

The disruptors: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon (PDF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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All four companies compete hard for new markets and benefit from powerful tailwinds.

 

Book inspiration for this article

This feature was in part inspired by Professor Scott Galloway's book - the four: the hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.  Professor Galloway makes the case for breaking up the Four in his book.

Galloway states (P279):

Why should we break up big tech?  Not because the Four are evil and we're good.  It's because we understand that the only way to ensure competition is to sometimes cut the tops off trees, just as we did with railroads and Ma Bell.

This isn't an indictment of the Four, or retribution, but recognition that a key part of a healthy economic cycle is pruning firms when they become invasive, cause premature death, and won't let other firms emerge.  The breakup of big tech should and will happen, because we're capitalists.  It's time.

On Twitter (@profgalloway) Professor Galloway has stated that breaking up the big four won't destroy value for their investors.  I am not so sure a breakup will happen because the Four appear to benefit consumers.  The book:

Source: Amazon

Summary

The impact of the GAFA stocks is important to recognize.  They will continue to change both the UK high street and traditional media outlets.

The age of the Internet has allowed US equity markets to outperform.

The GAFA stocks have upended how we live our lives in less than 15 years.  We find information on Google/YouTube, order on Amazon, connect on Facebook/Instagram and rely on smartphones.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, the GAFA stocks toll for thee.

 

 

 

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