Chinese Internet Stock Sell-Off May Shake Faith in FANGs

Chinese Internet Stock Sell-Off May Shake Faith in FANGs
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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SAN FRANCISCO—A steep downturn in heavyweight Chinese internet stocks and recent weakness in half of the so-called FANG group have some investors worried that a key component of Wall Street’s near-decade-long rally may be low on fuel.

Outstanding gains in Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet have underpinned much of the U.S. stock market’s rally in recent years, along with the broader tech sector, but the group is widely viewed as overbought and valuations remain expensive.