The annual returns of the Nasdaq 100 Index from 1986 to 2024. fluctuated significantly throughout the period considered. The Nasdaq 100 index saw its lowest performance in 2008, with a return rate of ****** percent, while the largest returns were registered in 1999, at ****** percent. As of June 11, 2024, the rate of return of Nasdaq 100 Index stood at ** percent. The Nasdaq 100 is a stock market index comprised of the 100 largest and most actively traded non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. How has the Nasdaq 100 evolved over years? The Nasdaq 100, which was previously heavily influenced by tech companies during the dot-com boom, has undergone significant diversification. Today, it represents a broader range of high-growth, non-financial companies across sectors like consumer services and healthcare, reflecting the evolving landscape of the global economy. The annual development of the Nasdaq 100 recently has generally been positive, except for 2022, when the NASDAQ experienced a decline due to worries about escalating inflation, interest rates, and regulatory challenges. What are the leading companies on Nasdaq 100? In August 2023, ***** was the largest company on the Nasdaq 100, with a market capitalization of **** trillion euros. Also, ****************************************** were among the five leading companies included in the index. Market capitalization is one of the most common ways of measuring how big a company is in the financial markets. It is calculated by multiplying the total number of outstanding shares by the current market price.

Concentration statistics summarize the size distribution of units within an industry. Numerous measures have been used for various purposes. These tables present data for the two most common: concentration ratios (CR) and Herfindahl indexes (HI). The CR and HI emphasize different aspects of the size distribution. The CR measures the importance of the largest enterprises directly while the Herfindahl index takes the entire size distribution of enterprises into account. These statistics are classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Characteristics of the most popular indices characterizing the innovation sector of the world economy

In 2021, around 27 percent of songs in the top 400 songs on the Circle Chart index were foreign pop songs. While this represents a decrease from the previous year, English-language pop songs in particular tend to be popular among in the country, often securing two to three places among the most popular songs every year.

The Statistical Abstract is the Nation's best known and most popular single source of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the country. The print version of this reference source has been published since 1878 while the compact disc version first appeared in 1993. This disc is designed to serve as a convenient, easy-to-use statistical reference source and guide to statistical publications and sources. The disc contains over 1,400 tables from over 250 different gove rnmental, private, and international organizations. The 1999 CD reflects improved and enhanced data on the disc and the software used for accessing the information. The enrichments to the data and their access include: a link for table of contents page to a PDF of The Census web site. This enable the user to have direct links to the Statistical Abstract and its supplements and other features, such as Statistics in Brief and Frequently Requested Tables. A link to the table of contents from the first text page of each section facilitates quick movement between sections of the book. New PDFs provide more explanation of several major economic series including the Federal Budget, the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), the Consumer Price Index (CPI)and Producer Price Index (PPI), and the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Another PDF provides information on the Federal court system. Links to these supplemental materials are provided from each appropriate table. A separate PDF presents a compilation of tables showing major economic indices, as selected by the Council of Economic Advisors. Maps of each state and their metro areas and component counties, maps outlining National Park sites throughout the country, a map of the United States with major transportation facilities and routes, a U.S.map locating coal mines and facilities, and one depicting the distribution of forest land have been added. As usual, updates have been made to most of the more than 1,500 tables and charts that were on the previous disc with new or more recent data. The spreadsheet files, which are available in both Excel and Lotus formats, will usually have more information than the tables displayed in the book or Adobe Acrobat files. The 1999 year introduced over 100 new tables covering a wide range of subject areas. Several sections have preliminary data from the 1997 Economic Census, which presents industry statistics for the first time based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Comparative data for 1992 and 1997, based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), are also presented. Tables 872 and 873 in Section 17, Business, present summary data for industries. Other new tables cover such topics as the foreign-born population, health care expenditures, the medicare trust fund, violence in schools, presale handgun checks, recycling programs, defense- related employment and spending, workplace violence, ownership of mutual funds, computer use, results of the 1997 Census of Agriculture, and mail order catalogue sales. In addition to the above new tables, a new section has been developed, the 20th Century Statistics. This section introduces data beginning in 1900 on a broad range of subjects, including population, vital statistics, health, education, income, labor force, communications, agriculture, defense, and other areas. The Industrial Outlook tables, previously in Section 31, have been deleted for lack of updates. For a complete list of new tables, see Appendix VI,p.947. The Adobe Acrobat Reader and Search engine, Version 4.0, is on the disc. The Acrobat Reader allows users to view, navigate, search, and print on demand any of the pages from the book. Note to Users: This CD is part of a collection located in the Data Archive of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection is located in Room 10, Manning Hall. Users may check the CDs out subscribing to the honor system. Items can be checked out for a period of two weeks. Loan forms are located adjacent to the collection.

ObjectivesIn the US, the most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men is prostate cancer (PCa). Food and lifestyle factors may influence the risk of developing prostate cancer. Therefore, research on dietary components associated with prostate cancer is essential for its prevention. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2003 and 2010 was used for this cross-sectional investigation involving 5,658 middle-aged and older American men.MethodsDietary antioxidant vitamins A, C, E, total carotenoids, zinc, and selenium were subtracted from the total mean, divided by the standard deviation, respectively, and then summed to become the CDAI. Participants were categorized as high risk for PCa if they had tPSA greater than 10 ng/mL or tPSA levels between 4 and 10 ng/mL with f/t PSA ratios of 25% or below; the remaining subjects were classified as being at low risk for PCa.ResultsThe sample represented approximately 75,984,602 American men. After multivariate logistic regression, dose-effect analysis and stratified analysis, CDAI was significantly and linearly negatively associated with a high risk of prostate cancer (OR=0.95, P=0.002, P for linear=0.0021). Age moderation analysis showed a significant effect on the inverse relationship between CDAI and prostate cancer risk (B = -0.0097, SE = 0.0034, t = -2.85, P = 0.004). Among the independent effects of CDAI components, zinc and selenium were more strongly negatively associated with prostate cancer (zinc, OR = 0.80, P = 0.008; selenium, OR = 0.78, P< 0.001).ConclusionsCDAI serves as a dietary indicator of prostate cancer risk in middle-aged and older men, and high dietary antioxidant intake has a significant protective effect on prostate cancer risk, especially in the older population of men.

ObjectivesIn the US, the most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men is prostate cancer (PCa). Food and lifestyle factors may influence the risk of developing prostate cancer. Therefore, research on dietary components associated with prostate cancer is essential for its prevention. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2003 and 2010 was used for this cross-sectional investigation involving 5,658 middle-aged and older American men.MethodsDietary antioxidant vitamins A, C, E, total carotenoids, zinc, and selenium were subtracted from the total mean, divided by the standard deviation, respectively, and then summed to become the CDAI. Participants were categorized as high risk for PCa if they had tPSA greater than 10 ng/mL or tPSA levels between 4 and 10 ng/mL with f/t PSA ratios of 25% or below; the remaining subjects were classified as being at low risk for PCa.ResultsThe sample represented approximately 75,984,602 American men. After multivariate logistic regression, dose-effect analysis and stratified analysis, CDAI was significantly and linearly negatively associated with a high risk of prostate cancer (OR=0.95, P=0.002, P for linear=0.0021). Age moderation analysis showed a significant effect on the inverse relationship between CDAI and prostate cancer risk (B = -0.0097, SE = 0.0034, t = -2.85, P = 0.004). Among the independent effects of CDAI components, zinc and selenium were more strongly negatively associated with prostate cancer (zinc, OR = 0.80, P = 0.008; selenium, OR = 0.78, P< 0.001).ConclusionsCDAI serves as a dietary indicator of prostate cancer risk in middle-aged and older men, and high dietary antioxidant intake has a significant protective effect on prostate cancer risk, especially in the older population of men.

The global natural gas price index stood at 182.56 index points in May 2025. Natural gas prices decreased that month as heating fuel demand continued to fall. The global price index takes into account indices from Europe, Japan, and the United States – some of the largest natural gas trading markets. The U.S. is the leading natural gas exporter in the world. Means of trading natural gas Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the most common form of trading natural gas. Although piped gas is often the preferred choice for transportation between neighboring producing and consuming countries, seaborne trade as LNG has grown in market volume. This is in part thanks to high consumption in pipeline-inaccessible areas such Japan, Korea, and China, as well as the recent increase in LNG trade by European countries. Major natural gas price benchmarks The natural gas prices often used as global benchmarks are Europe’s Dutch TTF traded on the Intercontinental Exchange, Indonesian LNG in Japan, and the U.S. Henry Hub traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 2022 was an especially volatile year for natural gas prices, as supply was severely constrained following sanctions on Russian imports. Other reasons for recent spikes in gas prices are related to issues at refineries, changes in demand, and problems along seaborne supply routes.