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The acroynm is based purely on stock performance during the time it was created. You could make the same argument for Apple but Apple was on the list from day 1
by menzoic 5y ago
The acroynm is based purely on stock performance during the time it was created. You could make the same argument for Apple but Apple was on the list from day 1.
- jldugger 5y agoApparently jim cramer invented the term and AAPL wasn't on the list in 2013: https://www.cnbc.com/id/100436754 https://www.cnbc.com/id/100436754
- sseagull 5y agoAnd I think this supplanted the earlier "four horsemen" terminology. Originally: Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Dell Then (in 2007): Apple, Research in Motion (Blackberry), Google, Amazon
- bbarnett 5y agoI think there's more nuance here, for example, Microsoft never succeeded in disrupting anyone but itself. Others were major market movers and shakers.