Better New Nasdaq-100 Buy: Palantir vs. MicroStrategy

The holidays have come early for a couple of this year's most-watched technology companies. I'm talking about Palantir Technologies (PLTR -1.80%) and MicroStrategy (MSTR -5.41%), software players that have soared more than 300% and 500%, respectively, this year. The Nasdaq-100, an index of the top 100 nonfinancial stocks trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, invited the two companies to join as of Dec. 23.That's fantastic news for Palantir and MicroStrategy and their investors for a couple of reasons. First, ...