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Even Top Stocks Pressured As Market Bears Its FANGs

In terms of the so-called FANG stocks — Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Alphabet (GOOGL), once known exclusively as Google — the rough start to 2016 shows that even top stocks can come under the pressure of a broad market sell-off. On Monday, all four companies closed below their 50-day moving average for the first time since late September, as U.S. stocks fell on negative manufacturing data domestically and overseas in China.

Could Amazon.com Face Growth Issues In 2016?

Despite today’s market slump, Amazon.com (AMZN) had an undeniably great 2015 — but an analyst thinks that 2016 might not be as rosy. “We believe even winners need to take breathers sometimes as estimates recalibrate,” Monness Crespi Hardt analyst James Cakmak wrote in a research note. Monness Crespi Hardt is still “very much positive on the name” but believes that in the short run, there may be a better time to acquire Amazon.com stock. The e-tail

Pandora Media Facing Higher Costs, Buyout In 2016?

Pandora Media (P) stock on Monday got its second price-target cut and rating downgrade in less than two weeks, driving down the stock price of the online music service and raising the specter of a buyout. Near-term profits will be crimped by Pandora’s increasing investments, said SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Robert Peck in an industry note released Monday. “Pandora’s focus on new interactive service and international expansion require direct