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Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:20:47 GMT

You may have noticed Amazon.com (AMZN) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot.

Cadabra, Inc. has come a long way. Amazon went public in 1997. They finally had a full year of net profitability in 2003 ($35,000,000). For fiscal year 2025 they reported a total net profit of $77,000,000,000.

As always, print out the snapshot, study it, and store it in your three-ring binder.

Featured earlier:

2026.08.21 — TTWO

2026.08.14 — AMGN

2026.08.07 — CSCO

2026.07.17 — DDOG

2026.07.03 — AAPL

2026.06.26 — VRTX

2026.06.19 — ARM

2026.06.12 — STX

2026.06.05 — ODFL

2026.05.29 — MU

2026.05.22 — PANW

2026.05.15 — CRWD

2026.05.08 — FTNT

2026.05.01 — NXPI

2026.04.24 — NVDA

2026.04.17 — MAR

2026.04.10 — MRVL

2026.04.03 — FAST

2026.03.27 — FANG

2026.03.20 — COST

2026.03.13 — ROST

2026.03.06 — AEP

2026.02.27 — XEL

2026.02.20 — LIN

2026.02.13 — TXN

2026.02.06 — CSX

2026.01.30 — HON

2026.01.23 — PCAR

2026.01.16 —GILD

2026.01.09 — FER

2026.01.02 — ASML

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:28:53 GMT

You may have noticed Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot.

Everyone who has a teenage boy should know that TTWO is something yo…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:07:09 GMT

You may have noticed Amgen (AMGN) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot.

Amgen has a lot of new drugs that are posting double digit sales growth, like Repa…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:48:00 GMT

Thanks for your patience during my summer holiday away.

You may have noticed Cisco (CSCO) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. When I first started tardi…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:42:54 GMT

Sorry for missing last week’s issue … I was away. I will be away for the next two or three weekends as well, so you’ll have to savor this issue until I get back.

You may have noticed Datadog (DDOG) i…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:44:06 GMT

You may have noticed Apple (AAPL) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. 1.6 billion customers locked in to buying a new “refrigerator” every few years. N…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:31:45 GMT

You may have noticed Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Cystic Fibrosis therapy monopoly. Some patents expiring in 2037….

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Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:35:57 GMT

You may have noticed Arm Holdings (ARM) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Continuous inference CPUs. AI bubble. Again. All these AI-related stocks hav…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:13:10 GMT

You may have noticed Seagate Technology (STX) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Hard drives. AI bubble. STX is up over 10 times from the April 2025 lo…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:39:58 GMT

You may have noticed Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Freight transportation, esp. Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) special…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 30 May 2026 14:04:23 GMT

You may have noticed Micron (MU) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. High-bandwidth memory chips. AI bubble. Micron has gone up nearly 10 times since th…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sun, 24 May 2026 14:21:45 GMT

You may have noticed Palo Alto Networks (PANW) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Cybersecurity, again. July 2012 IPO priced at $42. Nir Zuk was an ear…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:13:42 GMT

You may have noticed CrowdStrike (CRWD) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Cybersecurity, again. June 2019 IPO priced at $34. “George Kurtz pioneered t…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 09 May 2026 17:29:46 GMT

You may have noticed Fortinet (FTNT) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Cybersecurity. Ken Xie (谢青) built his first firewall in his Palo Alto garage… n…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 02 May 2026 13:22:14 GMT

You may have noticed NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. They are all about the Internet of Things. I’m not thrilled that my w…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:24:19 GMT

You may have noticed Nvidia (NVDA) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. NVDA closed above the $5 trillion market cap mark this week. It leads the five-ye…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:22:17 GMT

You may have noticed Marriott International (MAR) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Marriott has 37 brands covering all the market segments, and they …

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:26:30 GMT

You may have noticed Marvell Technology (MRVL) at the top of the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Optical interconnects. “Enabling large cloud operators to …

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:31:31 GMT

You may have noticed Fastenal (FAST) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. Captive last-mile distribution of industrial and construction supplies … invent…

Nasdaq 100 Components Snapshot

C. Maoxian — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:52:24 GMT

You may have noticed Diamondback Energy (FANG) in the “Percent off all-time highs” column on the right-hand side of the snapshot. A Permian basin pure-play, you know, West Texas Intermediate. (See ma…