{"id":42325,"date":"2023-07-30T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T19:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/nasdaq-100-has-lightened-up-on-big-tech-stocks-but-investors-dont-seem-to-care\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T15:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T19:23:23","slug":"nasdaq-100-has-lightened-up-on-big-tech-stocks-but-investors-dont-seem-to-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=42325","title":{"rendered":"Nasdaq 100 has lightened up on Big Tech stocks, but investors don\u2019t seem to care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nasdaq 100 Index\u2019s \u201cspecial rebalancing,\u201d which took effect on July 24, is unlikely to have any noticeable effect on either the performance of the index itself or the individual stocks that are affected.<\/p>\n

Nasdaq\u2019s motivation behind this change was to address the \u201coverconcentration\u201d that had resulted from the growth of just six high-tech stocks into collectively representing more than 50% of the index\u2019s combined market cap. The rebalancing reduced the collective index weight of those six \u2014 Microsoft
\n MSFT,
\n +2.31%<\/bg-quote>,<\/span>
\n Apple
\n AAPL,
\n +1.35%<\/bg-quote>,<\/span>
\n Alphabet
\n GOOGL,
\n +2.46%<\/bg-quote>,<\/span>
\n Nvidia
\n NVDA,
\n +1.85%<\/bg-quote>,<\/span>
\n Amazon.com
\n AMZN,
\n +3.09%<\/bg-quote>,<\/span>
\n and Tesla
\n TSLA,
\n +4.20%<\/bg-quote>
\n \u2014 to 40%.<\/p>\n

\n

Many immediately predicted that this rebalance would be negative for these six stocks, on the grounds that hundreds of billions are invested in index funds benchmarked to the Nasdaq 100
\n NDX,
\n +1.85%<\/bg-quote>.<\/span>
\n But history doesn\u2019t bear out their concern.<\/p>\n

Consider what happened the other two times when the Nasdaq 100 underwent a similar special rebalancing. The first was in December 1998, which coincided with the launch of the QQQ ETF
\n QQQ,
\n +1.82%<\/bg-quote>,<\/span>
\n which tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index. Microsoft at that time represented more than 25% of the market cap of the entire index. After the rebalance, Microsoft\u2019s index weight was significantly lower.<\/p>\n

By the same logic employed by those worrying about this year\u2019s rebalance, Microsoft should have suffered. Instead, over the 12 months subsequent to that rebalance, Microsoft stock gained more than 70%.<\/p>\n

A similar story is told by Apple\u2019s stock following the Nasdaq 100\u2019s special rebalance in 2011. In that year\u2019s rebalance, Apple\u2019s index weight was cut to 12% from more than 20%. Yet Apple shares rose more than 70% in the year following.<\/p>\n

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<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Furthermore, as you can see from the chart above, there was no noticeable impact of either the 1998 or the 2011 rebalances on the Nasdaq 100 itself. Its returns over the 12 months following those two rebalancings were not significantly different than they were over the 12 months prior.<\/p>\n

Theories and realities<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s difficult to draw confident conclusions from just two rebalancings, and it certainly seems plausible that an index that becomes too concentrated will be riskier. But such concerns are largely theoretical at this point rather than immediate causes for concern.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because there\u2019s little evidence that the stock market is systematically becoming more concentrated. You may find that surprising, given myriad headlines bemoaning increasing overconcentration. In fact, the long-term trend has remained steady.<\/p>\n

Read: <\/strong>Overconcentration in U.S. stock market sees fastest rise in 60 years, JPMorgan warns<\/p>\n

This is illustrated by the chart below, which plots for each year since 1980 the number of stocks in the S&P 500
\n SPX,
\n +0.99%<\/bg-quote>
\n required to constitute 50% of the index\u2019s combined market cap. The year-end-2022 level is not significantly different than the four-decade average.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n \"\"\n <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Another indication that concerns about overconcentration are overblown is the performance of the equal-weight version of the S&P 500. If the cap-weighted version of the index were becoming top-heavy, you\u2019d expect to see a significant deviation between its performance and that of the equal-weight version. Such a gap hasn\u2019t emerged, however.<\/p>\n

In nine of the past 19 calendar years in which the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
\n RSP,
\n +0.49%<\/bg-quote>
\n has existed, the cap-weighted version (as represented by the SPDR S&P 500
\n SPY,
\n +0.98%<\/bg-quote>
\n has come out ahead. It has lagged 11 times. Overall the two have performed remarkably similarly.<\/p>\n

The bottom line? When assessing the outlook for the overall market or individual tech stocks, there are far more significant factors to take into account than the Nasdaq 100\u2019s special rebalance.<\/p>\n

Mark Hulbert is a regular contributor to MarketWatch. His Hulbert Ratings tracks investment newsletters that pay a flat fee to be audited. He can be reached at <\/em>mark@hulbertratings.com<\/em><\/p>\n

More:<\/strong> These 7 momentum stocks ignited the market. Look out when they start to fall.<\/p>\n

Plus: <\/strong>Why you shouldn\u2019t try to time the stock market<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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