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A Complete "How To" Guide for
investing in Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
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Stock Market Indexes > The NASDAQ
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Originally
(beginning 1973) tracking just the 100
largest stocks, since 1996 the number
reported represents all of the
exchange's listed issues. Commonly
thought of as the "tech-company" index,
the NASDAQ actually includes thousands
of small companies from every industry
that do not financially qualify for a
New York Stock Exchange listing.
NASDAQ 100
The 100 largest companies trading on
the NASDAQ, the dominant one being
Microsoft, whose stock currently
accounts for about 10% of this index.
You can trade it as the stock QQQ.
To qualify for a listing, the company
must have been a public corporation for
at least two years, trade at least
100,000 shares average per day, and have
a market cap in the top 100 of the
Nasdaq stocks.
If a company’s market cap falls below
the 100 largest, it is given one year to
come back up.
Other Stock Market Basics Topics:
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What is a stock market index?
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
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S&P 500 (Standard and Poor’s, a
McGraw-Hill Company)
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Other S and P Indexes
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The NASDAQ
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Wilshire Indexes
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Barra Indexes
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Russell (Frank) Indexes, Covering
the Nasdaq stocks
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EAFE Index
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