ARKK: Last Chance For Cathie Wood, Even Noah Might Not Save This Ship

May 03, 2025 9:07 AM ETARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)ARKK13 Comments
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Summary

  • ARKK isn't sinking, it has sunk. The question is, can it add alpha instead of just being high beta.
  • The ETF has no stark differentiated factors I can see, so I'm skeptical it is capable of more than a bounce in sync with the market.
  • This former market darling peaked at $28 billion in AUM, but is down to “only” $5 billion now.
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Tom Petty's song "last chance for Mary Jane" was the inspiration for the title of this article, whose thesis is as follows: ARK Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKK), which was at one time as well-known as any fund on

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