CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 03/10/09 -- Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a
leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announces the
10-year anniversary of the PowerShares QQQ(TM) Portfolio (NASDAQ: QQQQ).
"Since trading began on March 10, 1999, the PowerShares QQQ(TM) has become
one of the most actively traded securities in the world, fostering
wide-scale acceptance of the ETF structure among institutions, traders and
retail investors," said Bruce Bond, president and CEO of Invesco
PowerShares. "Today we are proudly celebrating with the NASDAQ OMX Group
the success of this landmark ETF."
PowerShares QQQ(TM) has maintained an average daily trading volume of over
92 million shares, making it the most traded equity security in the world
since its inception.(1)
The PowerShares QQQ(TM), formerly known as "NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking
Stock®," is based on the NASDAQ-100 Index®. The Index includes 100 of
the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on
The NASDAQ Stock Market based on market capitalization. The PowerShares
QQQ(TM) represents companies across major industry groups such as
information technology, healthcare, consumer discretionary and staples,
industrials, materials and telecommunication services. The portfolio is
rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.
Effective March 21, 2007, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. transferred
sponsorship of QQQ to Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, and the
NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock® was renamed PowerShares QQQ(TM). Today,
PowerShares QQQ(TM) continues to track 100 of the largest, most innovative
non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market.
PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQQ) - Top 30 holdings as of 03/02/09
Portfolio
Ticker Name Weighting Sector
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AAPL Apple Inc. 11.25% Information Technology
QCOM QUALCOMM Inc. 6.76% Information Technology
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 4.99% Information Technology
GOOG Google Inc. (Cl A) 4.92% Information Technology
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.10% Health Care
ORCL Oracle Corp. 3.37% Information Technology
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd. (ADS) 3.21% Health Care
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 3.09% Information Technology
INTC Intel Corp. 2.47% Information Technology
AMGN Amgen Inc. 2.44% Health Care
RIMM Research In Motion Ltd. 2.15% Information Technology
GENZ Genzyme Corp. 1.98% Health Care
CELG Celgene Corp. 1.98% Health Care
CMCSA Comcast Corp. (Cl A) 1.87% Consumer Discretionary
AMZN Amazon.com Inc.
