Nasdaq 100 Components Year-to-Date Change: XM Satellite Radio Leads the Decline, While Sears and Comcast Are Up

The Nasdaq 100 hit a new 52-week low Wednesday for the first time since it bottomed in October 2002. With the index now down almost 15% from its January high and down 8% YTD, a look at some of its components shows that trading in these stocks is even worse than the decline in the index would lead you to believe.

eBay (EBAY) down nearly 37%? Remember when it was considered a safe technology play?

When Howard Stern moved to satellite radio, everyone said that was the nail in the coffin for terrestrial. Year to date however, XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) is down 50% and Sirius (SIRI) is down 36%. Meanwhile, Clear Channel (CCU) is down only 3% on the year. So much for that theory.

Apple (AAPL) is down 25% this year. Do you think Steve Jobs still has the Midas touch?

There are some stocks that are up however (38 to be exact). One of them is Comcast (CMCSA), even though the consensus at the start of the year was that the company was in trouble with Verizon getting into TV. Sears (SHLD) is also up 32% this year, even though after the stock’s second half performance last year, people said Eddie Lampert had finally gotten in over his head.

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