1. Why is the NASDAQ's YTD (year-to-date) performance significantly higher than the S&P 500 and the DJIA? 2. Choose a stock index from the Asia/Pacific region and list its YTD performance (%) and the top-3 companies that make up the index. 3. Choose a stock index from the Eurozone region (not the Euro Stoxx 50) and list its YTD performance (96) and the 3 companies that make up the index (companies which might be familiar to U.S. households e.g. Adidas, L'Oreal, BMW)