Facebook Is Now Meta. What Happens to FANG?

  • Financial Twitter abuzz on fate of acronym for big tech
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For analysts and financial journalists, it’s the acronym that’s been unavoidable for the past five years: FAANG. Now, its usefulness is in deep danger.

The F, Facebook Inc., is changing its name to Meta. And all of Financial Twitter wants to know what comes next. MANG? MAANA? MANGA? Spell out the acronym using Facebook’s new logo and you could get a tropical fruit.