NDQ - BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF

The investment objective of the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF is to provide an investment return that aims to track the performance of the NASDAQ 100 Index, before taking into account fees and expenses.

The Index includes securities of 100 of the largest U.S. and international non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, based on market capitalisation. The Index contains companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies (including investment companies).

http://www.betashares.com.au/products/name/nasdaq-100-etf/#each-overview

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The investment objective of the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF is to provide an investment return that aims to track the performance of the NASDAQ 100 Index, before taking into account fees and expenses.

The Index includes securities of 100 of the largest U.S. and international non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, based on market capitalisation. The Index contains companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies (including investment companies).

http://www.betashares.com.au/products/name/nasdaq-100-etf/#each-overview

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Hello
NDQ has been constantly recommended by Motley Fool. Anyone is a taker or follower of this? Technically with world stocks depressing this is to work better I believe. DNH

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"speaking of inventing the future, I reckon one of the best long-term investments on the ASX right now is an Exchange Traded Fund that mirrors the US NASDAQ 100.

The list of companies in that ETF reads like a who’s who of companies that are innovating, disrupting and changing the world.

Amazon (xx), Google (xx), Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix. Plus smaller companies you mightn’t have heard of that are disrupting the computer chip industry, payments, databases and a heap more.

The Betashares NASDAQ 100 ETF brings you exposure to all of those companies, right here on the ASX. The code is ASX: NDQ."

It’s been a double recommendation of mine at Motley Fool Share Advisor and is a current Best Buy Now. In an uncertain local economy, with a very concentrated, old-world economy market, this ETF gives you geographic, industry and currency diversification…xxxxx.

No, it’s not yielding 6%. But I expect the total return from the NASDAQ 100 ETF to leave the Big 4 banks’ total returns in its dust over many years."

Miner said:

Hello
NDQ has been constantly recommended by Motley Fool. Anyone is a taker or follower of this? Technically with world stocks depressing this is to work better I believe. DNH

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"speaking of inventing the future, I reckon one of the best long-term investments on the ASX right now is an Exchange Traded Fund that mirrors the US NASDAQ 100.

The list of companies in that ETF reads like a who’s who of companies that are innovating, disrupting and changing the world.

Amazon (xx), Google (xx), Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix. Plus smaller companies you mightn’t have heard of that are disrupting the computer chip industry, payments, databases and a heap more.

The Betashares NASDAQ 100 ETF brings you exposure to all of those companies, right here on the ASX. The code is ASX: NDQ."

It’s been a double recommendation of mine at Motley Fool Share Advisor and is a current Best Buy Now. In an uncertain local economy, with a very concentrated, old-world economy market, this ETF gives you geographic, industry and currency diversification…xxxxx.

No, it’s not yielding 6%. But I expect the total return from the NASDAQ 100 ETF to leave the Big 4 banks’ total returns in its dust over many years."

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Not a follower of MF.

It's an easy way to gain exposure to the U.S. I'm bearish for the U.S, yet if you're allocating a small portion set & forget.
I don't think the trade war has been completely priced into the U.S.
I've used betashares before, no complaints on my end.

Sold 30% of my FANG and NDQ yesterday.
Had a great run over the past 12+ months. Time to take some money off the table. Although a long term investor, I'm taking some money off the table as IMHO were going to have a bit of a downturn in the next month or two. A bird in the hand is better that 2 in the bush. I did the same in last Feb and was 50% out of my US holdings and was a very lucky market timing move. I then DCA'd fully back in over June/July so the move out/in served me well.
Gunnerguy.

Miner said:

Hello
NDQ has been constantly recommended by Motley Fool. Anyone is a taker or follower of this? Technically with world stocks depressing this is to work better I believe. DNH

extracted comments from Motley Fool (less than 10% content extract"

"speaking of inventing the future, I reckon one of the best long-term investments on the ASX right now is an Exchange Traded Fund that mirrors the US NASDAQ 100.

The list of companies in that ETF reads like a who’s who of companies that are innovating, disrupting and changing the world.

Amazon (xx), Google (xx), Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix. Plus smaller companies you mightn’t have heard of that are disrupting the computer chip industry, payments, databases and a heap more.

The Betashares NASDAQ 100 ETF brings you exposure to all of those companies, right here on the ASX. The code is ASX: NDQ."

It’s been a double recommendation of mine at Motley Fool Share Advisor and is a current Best Buy Now. In an uncertain local economy, with a very concentrated, old-world economy market, this ETF gives you geographic, industry and currency diversification…xxxxx.

No, it’s not yielding 6%. But I expect the total return from the NASDAQ 100 ETF to leave the Big 4 banks’ total returns in its dust over many years."

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The posting was in Jan 2018 NDQ traded around $14.18 and in 2022 the price is around $29.- 4 years money doubled

This is going to be interesting. NASDAQ is or has done a rebalancing due to the concentration of those shares which account for approximately 50% of the index.


Whether there is a broader flow on to international ETFs such as VGS remains to be seen.

Excerpt from Market Matters morning report.
Not Held

The “Magnificent Seven” goliath tech stocks have come off the boil over recent months, illustrated by the NASDAQ failing to break above its July peak, whereas the Broad-based S&P500, Dow Jones and Russell 30 have all posted new milestones in recent weeks. The markets are becoming more discerning towards high-valuation growth stocks, demanding increasingly strong results to maintain their bullish advance.

• Microsoft (MSFT US) and Alphabet (GOOGL US) have been the underperformers amongst the big tech names, both trading more than 10% beneath their 2024 high.

While it’s not uncommon for stocks to deliver varying performance, especially through reporting season, it is a characteristic of a “tiring” market that the advance sees stragglers slowly but surely fall by the wayside. We aren’t calling a top on the market per se, but we can see the relative performance of the global tech sector being reined in, e.g. so far in 2024, the ASX tech sector is up 41% compared to THE ASX200, which is up just 7% before dividends.

MM believes the Tech Sector will underperform over the coming year



Magnificent Seven Relative Performance – Source Bloomberg
LAST UPDATED 04/11/2024 09:01

Good old-fashioned earnings have been weighed on the “Magnificent Seven.” Analysts have reined in their earnings expectations for the group after anticipating more from AI-related projects and more optimistic forward guidance than they’ve received so far. Last week, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta Platforms all topped analyst expectations for sales and profits, but the results weren’t strong enough to justify their lofty multiples relative to the broader market, with only Alphabet and Amazon ending the week in the green.
The issue isn’t the current quarter, the group of seven companies is on track to deliver profit growth of 30% in the three months through September, trouncing the estimate of 18% at the start of earnings season (numbers from Bloomberg Intelligence). The issue is forward guidance, with analysts cutting their 2025 profit-growth projections for the Magnificent Seven stocks since earnings season began more than two weeks ago.

Miner said:

The posting was in Jan 2018 NDQ traded around $14.18 and in 2022 the price is around $29.- 4 years money doubled

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And three years later in 2025, the price is about $55. If you got in in 2018, you would've almost quadrupled your money.