My Rating History Particularly, the ETF's investment in Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) provided thesis support, primarily because the cryptocurrency market was on a tear, led by a recovery of the world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The ETF suffered mightily from the compression of valuation multiples, particularly in the tech sector, but the ETF has rebalanced its portfolio and focuses on a few high-potential investments. | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |-------|------------------------|------- ...

Group 1 - The Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) is a flagship product of Ark Invest, focusing on disruptive innovation with $7.8 billion in assets under management [3][4] - The ETF primarily invests in technology and internet-related stocks, aiming for significant growth potential through companies like Tesla, Coinbase, Roku, Block, and UiPath [5][4] - Over the past five years, the Ark Innovation ETF has only gained 6.3%, contrasting sharply with competitors like the Invesco QQQ Trust, which increased by 159% [6][7] Group 2 - The ETF has a relatively high expense ratio of 0.75%, which, combined with its poor performance, raises concerns about its attractiveness compared to other ETFs with lower expense ratios [6][8] - The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, with an expense ratio of just 0.03%, has also outperformed the Ark Innovation ETF over the same period, highlighting the importance of cost relative to returns [8] - The future performance of the Ark Innovation ETF remains uncertain, and potential investors should be aware of its strategy and historical performance before making investment decisions [9]

Group 1 - Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) is down 16.73% this year, making it the second-worst actively traded U.S. diversified stock fund [1] - The ARK Innovation portfolio is underperforming significantly compared to the S&P 500, which is nearing all-time highs [2][4] - Nearly 70% of the 35 stocks in the ARK Innovation portfolio are down this year, with three stocks down 60% or more [3] Group 2 - Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB) has seen its shares decline nearly 81% this year, the worst performance in the ARK Innovation portfolio [5] - Tesla (TSLA), the largest position in the ARK Innovation portfolio at over 11.4%, is down nearly 28% this year [7] - Critics argue that ARK Innovation's approach lacks adequate risk management, leading to significant pain when stocks underperform [8] Group 3 - The worst-performing stocks in the ARK Innovation portfolio include Pacific Biosciences, Verve Therapeutics (down 62.2%), Ginkgo Bioworks (down 60.2%), 10x Genomics (down 59.5%), and Unity Software (down 52.5%) [11]

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 ...