NASDAQ 100

Large-cap tech tracker

The NASDAQ 100 is a stock market index tracking the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ exchange, weighted by market capitalization.

It's heavily concentrated in technology firms—Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and their peers dominate the index.

Investors use it as a benchmark for tech-sector performance: The NASDAQ 100 dropped 3% on the Fed announcement.

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index composition/sector focus

NASDAQ 100Dow Jones Industrial Average

Stock market index

value stocks · S&P 500

asset class

NASDAQ 100gold

Element seventy-nine

cash

market capitalization focus

NASDAQ 100penny stocks

Very low-priced shares

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Rated G