The First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector ETF (QQXT) made its debut on 02/08/2007, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Growth ...

Market-cap weighting is sensible, but a Nasdaq-only mandate is not ... Excluding the cheaper financials and real estate sectors accentuates the growth tilt. A 100-stock limit and market-cap ...

The Nasdaq-100 is an important index for investors because of its concentration in higher growth sectors ... matching each stock's weighting in the index. It has delivered returns that have ...

QYLD has underperformed the S&P 500, returning 8.3% in the past 15-plus months. See why I rate the fund a hold.

But that easy win doesn't work in every case. The Nasdaq-100 index is a good example of why equal weighting could work against you. The Nasdaq-100 is, very simply, the 100 largest companies in the ...

The Direxion Nasdaq-100 Equal-Weight ETF is split almost equally among ... It may not have the huge gains in periods when the big tech sector is booming, but it also doesn't have the downside ...

Market-cap weighting is sensible, but a Nasdaq-only mandate is not ... Excluding the cheaper financials and real estate sectors accentuates the growth tilt. A 100-stock limit and market-cap ...

Launched on 04/19/2006, the First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector ETF (QTEC ... including simplest equal-weighting, fundamental weighting and volatility/momentum based weighting methodologies ...