Fallen FAANGs, Nasdaq Wipeout, Value Rally Mark 2022 for Tech Stocks

  • Nasdaq 100 has lost $5.6 trillion in market value this year
  • FAANG weighting in the S&P 500 Index drops to two-year low

The Nasdaq 100 Index has fallen 28%.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Investors will remember 2022 as the year when the narrative around Big Tech finally cracked, ending a years-long stretch of powerful market leadership. Next year offers few signs of relief.

Marquee stocks like Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc., Tesla Inc., Nvidia Corp., and Meta Platforms Inc. have lost a third of their value or more this year, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index has fallen 29%, wiping out about $5.6 trillion of market value.