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Summary

The Nasdaq-100 includes the 100 largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq exchange. The Nasdaq-100 index measures the cap-weighted returns of these stocks. Investors can buy this index with ETFs like QQQ.

This index is often used to measure the performance of the tech market because it has a high concentration in large tech companies such as Apple, Amazon and Google.

For more information about the NASDAQ read "Nasdaq: A History of the Market That Changed the World."

Notable values for this index follow. Dividend reinvestment is assumed in all values.

Entire history mean annual return: 18.5%

Entire history min/max annual return: -41.7/101.9%

Last 25 years mean annual return: 15.1%

Last 10 years mean annual return: 20.4%

Last 5 years mean annual return: 27.2%

Table of total yearly returns of the Nasdaq-100 (includes dividends)

YearReturn [%]
202353.81
2022-32.54
202127.42
202048.4
201938.96
2018-0.12
201732.66
20167.1
20159.45
201419.18
201336.63
201218.12
20113.47
201020.14
200954.68
2008-41.73
200719.02
20067.14
20051.57
200410.54
200349.67
2002-37.37
2001-33.34
2000-36.11
1999101.95
199885.3
199720.63
199642.54
199542.54
19941.5
199310.58
19928.86
199164.99
1990-10.41
198926.17
198813.54
198710.5
19866.89
Growth of $1 invested in the NASDAQ in January of 1986

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