Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that passively tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, has rallied more than 20% this year. By comparison, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have only risen 13% and 16%, respectively. Let's see why QQQ outperformed the benchmark indexes -- and why it might have more room to run over the next few years. Why did QQQ beat the market? The Nasdaq-100 includes only the 100 largest non-financial stocks listed on Nasdaq. It excludes financial stocks (which account for about 3% of the Nasdaq Composite) because they're more dependent on interest rate cycles than on innovation and organic growth. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again.
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