The NASDAQ 100

The NASDAQ 100 index is (of course) based on stocks that are traded on the NASDAQ rather than the NYSE, and you will often see this index listed next to the Dow on market-related TV shows or in the newspaper business section. Remember, the NASDAQ covers companies that may not have the large capitalization of the NYSE, but also remember that smaller businesses make up a gigantic proportion of the actual work that goes on in the country. There are thousands of companies listed and traded on the NASDAQ; one you may have heard of is called Microsoft.

As you may have surmised from the name, the NASDAQ 100 covers the 100 "biggest" companies traded on the NASDAQ. This index is market-cap weighted, and takes into account things like stock splits and dividends by re-calculating its divisor at the end of each trading day. The NASDAQ actually runs a plethora of indices, specialized by sectors such as biotechnology, insurance, computers and health care. If you're interested in how a particular sector is doing, you can go to nasdaq.com and look at the index for that particular arena.

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