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The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index is a stock market index made up of securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as either the Biotechnology or the Pharmaceutical industry. [1] A list of the 225 components of the index is published online.
This fund aims to mimic the Nasdaq-100 index, though it’s actually dramatically outperformed that index. Annual returns (5 years): 19.8 percent. Expense ratio: 0.20 percent.
The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by market capitalization in billion US dollars. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to their relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
NASDAQ-100 futures (ticker: ND) contract's tick is .25 index point = $25.00 [4] While the performance bond requirements vary from broker to broker, the CME requires equity ranging from $14,000-$17,500 to maintain the position.
Nasdaq exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are investment funds that include different groupings of stocks listed in the Nasdaq index. Nasdaq ETFs appeal to investors because they provide diversified ...
Monday, it was the Nasdaq's turn to bask in the spotlight. After the Dow and the S&P 500 topped key levels last week, the Nasdaq moved above 4,000 for the first time in 13 years. But like the ...
Index funds that attempt to track the Nasdaq Composite include Fidelity Investments' FNCMX mutual fund [4] and ONEQ [5] [6] exchange-traded fund. Invesco offers the Nasdaq: QQQ exchange-traded fund, which matches the performance of the Nasdaq-100, a different index which tracks 100 of the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq Composite and is 90% correlated with the Nasdaq Composite.
Though this index includes just 500 of the more than 6,000 publicly traded U.S. stocks, the S&P 500 tells a more complete story of what the market is doing than the Dow or Nasdaq 100.