tech stock

NASDAQ portfolio component

A tech stock is a share in a technology company—firms involved in computing, software, semiconductors, internet services, or electronics.

Tech stocks are often characterized by high growth potential and volatility: Her portfolio is heavy on tech stocks.

The term gained prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and remains central to discussions of market performance, with indices like the Nasdaq serving as proxies for the tech sector.

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initial public offering · IPO · portfolio · retail investor · volatility · earnings · price target · bubble · crash · growth · shares · market cap · dividends · investor · bull · bear · ticker · trading

Opposites
growth vs. value/stability investment profile

tech stockvalue stock

Underpriced equity investment

dividend stock

asset class

tech stockgovernment bond

State-issued debt certificate

municipal bond · certificate of deposit · corporate bond · money market fund · savings bond

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
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