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5 Big Tech Stocks That Are Bargains Now

It has been a rough year for the stock market but even more so for mega-cap tech stocks. From the start of 2022 through early August, the four largest technology companies lost an average of 14% of their value, including dividends, compared with a decline of 12% for the benchmark S&P 500 Index. (Prices, returns and other data are as of Aug. 5 unless otherwise noted.) 

The four biggest tech firms also happen to be the biggest U.S. companies of any kind, as measured by market capitalization (price times shares outstanding). In order of size, the Mega Four are (), (), () and (). Over the past five years, their share prices have more than tripled, and each has a market

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