Beat the Nasdaq? This Dividend Stock Has Actually Done It.

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. Indeed, riding the excitement generated by all of those technology game-changers, the Nasdaq has done almost as well as, well, Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE: MAA), a stalwart in the comparatively boring business of providing people with a place to live.