Fortune doesn't always favor the bold. Investing in technology stocks can be confusing, complex, or both. That's where exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be helpful. Instead of sifting through hard-to-understand technology companies, a technology-focused ETF can make life easier by offering investors instant portfolio diversification. However, the blue-chip technology stocks in this ETF are often well-established (sometimes dominant) and flush with cash to invest in growth and return profits to shareholders. ...

Marco Bello The fund itself carries an expense ratio of 0.75% p.a. and is listed on the NYSE Arca electronic exchange. Investing Themes Much of ARK's success revolves around several themes, of which it has sister funds that invest in them more deeply. We can think of ARKK as the "best of the best" of each of these themes. Next-Gen Internet Introduction The ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK) launched in 2014 to little fanfare, but blew up around 2018 and moving into 2020-2021, gaining tons of popularity amon ...

Ark Invest has made some bold calls that have proved correct, but they have not made up for its misses.Ark Invest and its leading exchange-traded fund, the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK 2.00%), have gained significant attention in recent years. The investment management firm led by Cathy Wood and its various industry-specific funds likely influenced investors to more closely examine companies that are focused on innovation.However, for all the publicity Wood has attracted, the Ark Innovation ETF has typically un ...

Does Cathie Wood and Ark Funds Really Own 5 Mega Cap Blue Chip Dividend Stocks? zimmytws / Shutterstock.com Much has been written and discussed about the incredible success and then failure of Cathie Woods’s phenomenal ARK Innovation fund (NYSE: ARKK), which exploded in 2020 only to implode in the fall of 2021 and trade sideways most of 2022. The huge parabolic move in 2020 and 2021 saw the ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund rise a stunning 313% between March 15 of 2020 and February 7 of 2021. Investors ...

blackdovfx The technology sector has had a great twelve months, rising by ~40%, outperforming the S&P 500 by over 15%. For the most part, technology stocks have found reprieve as the inflation outlook has cooled, causing many to adjust valuations for tech stocks in hopes that interest rates will decline. Further, I argue that the sector has benefited from a resurgence in speculative buying activity stemming from a decline in individual investor cash allocations. The rally was driven by investor exuberan ...

Cathie Wood thinks "now is not the time to run for the hills" with Tesla. A prominent member of Congress disagrees.Nikola Tesla was born during a lightning storm. He later earned the nickname "the wizard of lightning" because of his electrical inventions. It probably shouldn't be surprising that the company named after him, Tesla (TSLA -2.71%), is the investing equivalent of a lightning rod, attracting diehard supporters and adamant opponents. Tesla's fans and foes span a wide spectrum. Ark Invest founder C ...

wildpixelFollowing a disastrous performance over the past few years, ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK) seemed to be on track to recover in the months following November of last year. The momentum, however, has cooled-off rather quickly and the ETF is now very close to once again underperform the S&P 500 and other growth-oriented funds, such as The Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG). Data by YChartsBut that's not the main problem that ARKK shareholders are now faced with. More importantly, the ETF is extremely v ...

These two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can help you invest in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks like Cathie Wood.Ark Investment Management operates 14 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on disruptive innovation. Other than its broad-based flagship ETF,  each invests in different areas of the technology sector with strong long-term growth potential, including electric vehicles, robotics, cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence (AI).Ark Invest is run by Cathie Wood, who is one of the most bullish vo ...

Loading...Loading...Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest on Tuesday accumulated shares of a handful of companies spanning from technology to the healthcare sector.Roku, Palantir Added: Ark through its Ark Innovation ETF ARKK and Ark Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW, bought 12,647 shares of streaming device manufacturer Roku, Inc. ROKU. The purchase would have cost the firm $794,864 based on Roku’s closing price of $62.85. Roku is the third biggest holding of Ark’s flagship ARKK exchange-traded fund. The fund holds abo ...

Talk about a friendly market. Not even an uptick in inflation or lofty stock valuations could keep the bulls at bay in the first quarter. The S&P 500 clung to record highs and notched its strongest first quarter since 2019. Markets rode out a decisive uptrend, though the moves were fairly “fat and flat” (broadly higher but still range-bound). Here are some of the more popular ETFs in the first quarter.Staying in the GameIt should come as no surprise that big, broad-based index equity ETFs managed to come ou ...