Here is a very interesting statistic, so far this year apple has contributed to nearly every gain in the nasdaq, so basically this whole nasdaq 5000 topic is really just based on apple going higher with a market cap nearing $800 Billion, since its really one stock making this climb to help the nasdaq get ready for 5000, I think that is a problem since most of the nasdaq hasn't really taken part in this huge rally! But of course that will go unrecognized as we get closer to 5000
Imagine that 141 points of this run are all from Apple,
5 stocks fueling Nasdaq run
CompanyTickerYTD % GainMarket ValuePoint Impact
Apple AAPL 20 $775B 141
Amazon.com AMZN 22 $175B 35
Biogen Idec BIIB 20 $96B 17
Gilead Sciences GILD 11 $155B 15
Netflix NFLX 38 $28B 10
Total
218
The Nasdaq 100 is up 213 points so far in 2015 (through the close on Feb. 23). Based on current index weightings, shares of online video streaming company
Netflix have contributed nearly 10 points to that total, given its 38 percent gain.
A couple of biotech companies are the biggest contributors, with
Gilead Sciences' 11 percent gain adding 15 points, and
Biogen Idec's 20 percent gain worth 17 points. The second-biggest point contributor is online shopping giant
Amazon.com, whose 22 percent rise has contributed 35 points.
And finally, there's the obvious one:
Apple.
The world's richest company by market value dominates the rise in the Nasdaq 100. With a market cap of $775 billion, Apple's 20 percent year-to-date gain has contributed a whopping 141 points to the total.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102451251