Nasdaq — Historical Charts and Data
Every Nasdaq chart, valuation metric, drawdown record, and constituent breakdown from History of Market. 16 panels, century-scale, refreshed daily.
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- Nasdaq Composite — From 100 to 16,000+ Opened at 100 on Feb 5, 1971. Parallel to American innovation. Nasdaq Composite · Century
- Footprints of a Bubble Dot-com 2000 and tightening 2022 are the two deepest red stretches. Nasdaq · Log YoY
- QQQ Annual Returns ~15% average since 1999; -42% in 2008. QQQ · Annual Returns
- Nasdaq 100 Annual Return Distribution Thicker tails than the broad market — tech's native shape. Nasdaq 100 · Return Distribution
- Nasdaq 100 · Pick Entry, Pick Exit The annualized-return matrix since 1986. Nasdaq 100 · Annualized Matrix
- Nasdaq 100 · 5-Year Rolling Annualized Negative windows ≈ one-tenth of history, monthly since 1990. Nasdaq 100 · 5Y Rolling
§ II
- Nasdaq 100 · 59 Historical Drawdowns Down 83% cumulatively from 2000 to 2002 — the canonical bubble. Nasdaq 100 · Historical Drawdowns
- NDX · Deepest Intrayear Dip vs Outcome Intrayear -18% on average; year-end still averages +18%. Nasdaq 100 · Intrayear Drawdown
- Nasdaq 100 · 20/60-Day Volatility Median ~22%, systematically above S&P 500 — a structural feature. Nasdaq 100 · Realized Volatility
- VXN · Nasdaq 100 Fear Index Above 35, tech has already entered systemic risk territory. VXN · Nasdaq 100 Fear Index
- Nasdaq 100 Monthly Heatmap Since 1985; November and December friendliest, January cruelest. Nasdaq 100 · Monthly Heatmap
§ III
- QQQ Total Return — Price / Dividend / Buyback Within tech's total return, the buyback slice keeps growing. QQQ · Return Decomposition
- Nasdaq 100 · Constituents & Weights The more concentrated, the more the index is a handful of names. Nasdaq 100 · Constituents
- Top 25 Holdings & Cumulative Share Seven names already take half; buying QQQ bets on those seven. Nasdaq 100 · Top 25 Holdings
- Constituent 1-Year Return Rankings First to one hundredth; dispersion is enormous. Nasdaq 100 · 1Y Return Ranking
- Nasdaq 100 · YTD Return Rankings Ranked by calendar-year return; the list moves daily. Nasdaq 100 · YTD Return Ranking