Nasdaq Index Solutions
Nasdaq Global Indexes is a premier provider of innovative, market-leading index solutions designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s investors.
Empowering Resilient Growth for All Market Participants
Asset Managers
Co-create innovative solutions tailored to market trends and investor demands through a rigorous development process. Tell a differentiated story across the product lifecycle to demonstrate growth potential and elevate your brand. Reach a wider audience by plugging into a global ecosystem of banks, brokers, partners, and corporates
Enhance Your Investment ProductsInsurance Providers
Diversify your annuities with indexes that strike the right balance of performance, liquidity, and investor recognition. Elevate your brand strength with index-linked products and marketing activations that generate immediate interest and trust. Amplify your story across the entire value chain - from banks, to financial advisors to the end investor
Innovate Your Insurance ProductsAsset Owners
Allocate capital through diverse vehicles that offer liquidity and broad market appeal. Easily measure, manage, and report on complex portfolios with tailored benchmarks and insights. Capitalize on emerging thematic investment opportunities by aligning your portfolio to the latest mega trends
Empower Your PortfolioFinancial Advisors
Quickly filter out the noise with security screening and custom model building tools, optimizing asset allocation for client's unique needs. Confidently recommend strategies across different wrappers and structures—even building your own momentum-based portfolios. Differentiate your relationships by becoming your clients' source for unique insights—not just on products, but macroeconomic trends
Stay Ahead with Nasdaq IndexesOpportunities Nasdaq Global Indexes Can Help Address
Explosion of Investable Products
Asset managers are launching more products than ever to stand out in a crowded market—adding to investor and advisor overwhelm. At the same time, rising competition and fee compression are putting pressure on profitability.
Nasdaq Solution
End-to-end lifecycle support, including co-development, co-marketing, distribution, and liquidity across $600B+ in Nasdaq-linked products.
Massive Shifts in Investor Demographics
Investor demographics are rapidly evolving. Retirees are prioritizing income, while significant wealth is shifting to younger investors. At the same time, tech-savvy generations like Gen Z are self-educating and expecting more personalized solutions—making it harder to engage audiences across channels.
Nasdaq Solution
Market-leading innovation, including the Nasdaq-100 Index®, which has outperformed the S&P 500 by 300 basis points annually—delivering differentiated, future-ready solutions aligned to evolving investor needs.
Dynamic Macroeconomic & Regulatory Trends
All of this is happening amidst an ongoing backdrop of macroeconomic volatility. Interest rate fluctuations; underperformance of traditional/active investment vehicles; increased scrutiny around fee transparency and risk management—they’ve all raised the stakes for every decision made.
Nasdaq Solution
A trusted ecosystem spanning 90 markets, partnerships with 90+ issuers, and a network of capital markets experts to ensure adaptability, resilience, and compliance.
Nasdaq Global Indexes
Enhanced Investment Strategies
Utilize Nasdaq's diverse indexes to craft well-rounded, robust investment portfolios.
Global Reach with Local Precision
Access a broad spectrum of indexes that cater to global markets while providing precise, region-specific solutions.
Innovation at Your Fingertips
Benefit from cutting-edge indexing technology and methodologies that enhance accuracy and transparency.
Comprehensive Data Solutions
Seamless access to real-time index data ensures you’re always in sync with market movements.
Sustainable and Ethical Investment Options
Engage with indexes that prioritize environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, allowing you to align your investments with your values.
Nasdaq Global Indexes
Nasdaq-100®
One of the world’s preeminent large-cap growth indexes, comprised of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Known for its strong representation of technology and innovation-driven companies, the Nasdaq-100 Index® is a benchmark for global growth and a cornerstone for investors looking to capture the performance of industry leaders.
Explore the Nasdaq-100 Index®Nasdaq Composite®
Encompassing more than 3,000 stocks, the Nasdaq Composite® Index provides a comprehensive view of the market’s performance, particularly in the technology sector. This index is widely followed by investors, analysts, and financial professionals as a barometer of overall market health and a key indicator of market trends.
Explore the Nasdaq Composite®Thematic Indexes
These indexes are designed to capture the growth potential of sectors such as clean energy, cybersecurity, biotechnology, and other cutting-edge industries. By focusing on themes with long-term growth potential, thematic indexes allow investors to align their portfolios with key megatrends, providing opportunities to benefit from the forces driving innovation and global economic change.
Explore Thematic IndexesQuantitative Indexes
These indexes leverage advanced quantitative models, including factor-based investing strategies, to deliver consistent, rules-based performance. Whether focused on factors like value, momentum, or low volatility, Nasdaq’s quantitative indexes provide a systematic approach to designing methodologies that can capture market inefficiencies and potentially deliver enhanced returns for investors.
Explore Quantitative IndexesNasdaq Beta Indexes
Designed with a transparent, rules-based methodology, these indexes allow investors to tailor portfolios to specific risk and return objectives, optimizing performance while managing risk. Whether aiming to capture market momentum or focusing on value stocks, Nasdaq Beta Indexes provide a systematic way to enhance investment strategies.
Explore Beta IndexesNasdaq Dorsey Wright
Utilizing proprietary methodologies that rank securities based on their price performance, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright identifies and capitalizes on market leadership trends. Beyond offering indexes, they provide comprehensive research services that equip asset managers and financial advisors with strategic insights to enhance their investment portfolios.
Explore Nasdaq Dorsey WrightNasdaq Global Indexes Use Cases
Benchmarking Portfolio Performance
Use Case
An asset manager is looking to benchmark the performance of their portfolio against a relevant index. They choose the Nasdaq-100 Index® due to its focus on large-cap technology and growth-oriented companies, which closely aligns with their investment strategy.
Outcome
The asset manager has a reference point to assess their portfolio's performance relative to the market, helping them make informed decisions about rebalancing or adjusting their investment strategy.
Developing Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs)
Use Case
A financial institution is developing a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) and needs a reliable and well-recognized index to serve as the underlying benchmark. They select the Nasdaq Composite Index for its broad market coverage and strong brand recognition.
Outcome
The institution launches an ETF designed to attract investors due to its alignment with a well-known and trusted partner.
Creating Thematic Investment Strategies
Use Case
An asset manager wants to create a thematic investment strategy focused on clean energy. They leverage Nasdaq’s Thematic Indexes that target the clean energy sector to build a product that appeals to environmentally conscious investors.
Outcome
The manager is able to launch a specialized investment product that captures the growing demand for sustainable and socially responsible investment options.
The use cases and outcomes described herein are for informational purposes only and are not a recommendation, endorsement, or promotion of any investment strategy. Past performance is not an indicator of future results. Actual outcomes may vary.
A Global Approach
Nasdaq’s global approach delivers broad index coverage across developed, emerging, and frontier markets—helping investors access diverse opportunities worldwide. By combining local expertise with global insight, we build indexes that capture regional nuance and inform global strategies, supported by real-time data and deep market understanding.
FAQs
The Nasdaq Global Index family encompasses a diverse range of indexes designed to track various asset classes, sectors, and geographies. These indexes include well-known benchmarks like the Nasdaq-100®, as well as thematic, quantitative, and custom indexes tailored to meet specific investment needs. The Nasdaq Global Index family serves as a comprehensive toolkit for investors looking to track market performance, create investment products, or benchmark their portfolios.
The Nasdaq Capital Market and Nasdaq Global Market are two of the three tiers within the Nasdaq Stock Market, differentiated by the size and financial strength of the companies listed. The Nasdaq Capital Market is for smaller, growth-oriented companies that meet specific financial and liquidity requirements. The Nasdaq Global Market, on the other hand, lists mid-sized companies that meet higher financial and liquidity standards compared to the Capital Market, but lower than those required for the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Yes, Nasdaq OMX was the name of the company after its merger with OMX, a Nordic exchange group, in 2008. However, the company has since rebranded back to Nasdaq, Inc. The rebranding reflects the company’s broadening scope beyond traditional exchange services to include data, technology, and global financial services.
SPX is the ticker symbol for the S&P 500 Index, which tracks the performance of 500 large-cap U.S. companies across various industries. NDX® is the ticker symbol for the Nasdaq-100 Index®, which tracks the performance of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. While SPX is broader and more diversified across different sectors, NDX has a heavier concentration in technology and innovation-driven companies, making it more tech-centric.
Nasdaq is a global electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities, as well as a technology provider for other exchanges. "NDAQ" is the ticker symbol for Nasdaq, Inc., the company that operates the Nasdaq stock exchange and other financial services. When people refer to "Nasdaq," they are usually talking about the stock exchange, while "NDAQ" refers to the publicly traded shares of Nasdaq, Inc.
QQQ is the ticker symbol for the Invesco QQQ Trust, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. By purchasing shares of QQQ, investors can gain exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index, which includes 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. QQQ is one of the most popular ETFs in the world, known for its liquidity and representation of growth-oriented companies.
The Nasdaq refers to the Nasdaq Stock Market, which lists over 3,000 companies across various sectors. The Nasdaq-100, on the other hand, is a specific index that tracks the performance of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nasdaq-100 is known for its focus on technology and innovation-driven companies, making it a key benchmark for growth-oriented investors.
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