Investors looking to isolate the technology sector within the Nasdaq-100 Index, including venerable tech names such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), can consider the First Trust Nasdaq-100 Tech Index (NasdaqGM: QTEC).
The First Trust Nasdaq-100 Tech Index tries to reflect the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector Index, which consists of companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index classified as technology according to the Industry Classification Benchmark. QTEC currently holds 34 components and more-or-less equally weights its holdings.
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QQQ, one of the largest U.S. ETFs, has equal-weight equivalents equal-weight equivalents such as the Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares (NYSEArca: QQQE) and the First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (NasdaqGS: QQEW).
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Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of QQQ, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft.