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    How Investors Can Build Innovation Into Their Portfolio for Different Types of Financial Objectives
    Pranay Dureja, Derivatives & QIS Index Research at Nasdaq Global Indexes and Paul Schroeder, Director - Factor & QQQ Equity Product Strategy at Invesco, join Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss how investors can build innovation into their portfolio for all different types of financial objectives.
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    The Nasdaq-100 (NDX®) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock market. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index.

    A capitalization-weighted index is one in which components are weighted according to their relative total market capitalization—that is, the market value of their publicly traded outstanding shares. Component companies with higher market capitalization are weighted higher in the index, while those with smaller market caps have lower weightings.

    The Nasdaq-100® consists of high-performing innovative companies in the industrial, technology, retail, telecommunication, biotechnology, healthcare, transportation, media and service sectors. Financial institutions are excluded.

    All companies that are part of the index must be listed exclusively with the Nasdaq stock market. The index represents Nasdaq’s 100 largest firms. To be eligible, enterprises must have a minimum capitalization of $200 million, a minimum three-month average daily trading volume of 100,000 shares and a minimum closing price of $3.00.

    There are several different ways to invest in the Nasdaq-100®. One of the most popular ways is through the Invesco QQQ Trust. This product is designed to track the performance of the 100 largest companies on the Nasdaq exchange. You can start your Nasdaq-100® journey by investing in exchange-traded funds (ETF), which typically track specific sectors or commodities. You might also opt for mutual funds, wherein a money manager buys securities from a pooled fund for a group of investors. You can also buy futures—essentially contracts that transact an asset by a pre-determined time. Or you might invest in annuities to guarantee your retirement income.

    Unlike the Nasdaq Composite Index, the Nasdaq-100 does not include the stocks of financial institutions, investment companies or sectors such as oil & gas. The NDX is more heavily weighted to the technology sector. Some of the top U.S. stock by weightage in the Nasdaq-100® are Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), and Meta, the parent company of Facebook. 

    The Nasdaq-100® is often compared to another index—the Standard and Poors 500 (S&P 500). Between Dec. 31, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2021, the NDX outperformed the S&P 500 by a wide margin, with a minimal underperformance of 1.20% in 2021. 

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