The Nasdaq Composite Index hit another milestone Dec. (************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, passing 9, 06 points for the first time. The index, known as a benchmark for technology companies, is huge – 2, stocks. Today we’ll show three lists of winners for (***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************.
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP,– 0. 07% is weighted by market capitalization, which means the five largest components – Apple AAPL, 0. (************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************%, Microsoft MSFT, 0.%, Amazon.com AMZN, 0. (%), Facebook FB, 0. (*************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************% and Google holding company Alphabet GOOG,– 0. 48% GOOGL,– 0. (**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************% – make up 36% of the index’s market value.
MarketWatch’s Mark DeCambre reviewed the index’s performance since it topped its previous 8, 05 – point milestone in August and found thata good part of its gain was provided by non-tech companies, including Lululemon Athletica LULU ,– 0. (% and Starbucks SBUX, 0. (****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************%
Breaking down the index
The bulky Nasdaq has so many stocks that many investors focus on the Nasdaq – 100 Index ************************ (NDX, 0. 05%, which comprises the The largest non-financial companies in the full Nasdaq Composite Index. The components of the Nasdaq – make up 79% of the full index by market cap, according to data provided by FactSet. You can invest in the Nasdaq – as a group with the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF ************************** (QQQ, 0..
Since the Nasdaq – excludes financial companies (banks, insurers, real-estate companies and even exchanges) such as Nasdaq Inc. ************************** (NDAQ, 0. 26% ), we have also looked at the Nasdaq Financial – Index ******************** (IXF,– 0.) **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************%
,, Which makes up only 5% of the full Nasdaq.
Going back to the full index, the best performers of are Smaller companies, mostly in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
Best Nasdaq performers
Here’s a breakdown of total returns (with dividends reinvested) for 2019 through Dec. and also returns for and longer periods:
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