The Nasdaq has long been the stock market home of high-tech innovatots that have gone from unknown start-ups to household names.

This exchange is where game-changers like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Tesla have consistently helped drive the Nasdaq Composite Index (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) to new heights.

Over the past five years, in fact, the Nasdaq index has easily outpaced the two other major benchmarks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIANDEX:  ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), as you can see below:

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Source Fool.com