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☆ Cathie Wood's Ark pitches mom-and-pop investors on exposure to Elon Musk's startups
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementIn an email to subscribers, Ark Invest highlighted its exposure to Elon Musk's private companies. Its venture fund includes stakes in SpaceX, X, and xAI, totaling nearly 15% of net assets. Ark Invest hyped Musk's influence with Donald Trump, saying his companies could also benefit. SpaceX was Ark Venture Fund's largest holding, with about 13% of assets, worth an estimated $8.7 million. In a recent interview, Winton illuminated the factors that drove Ark's investments in Musk's companies.

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☆ Cathie Wood says her 'volatile' ARK Innovation fund shouldn't be a 'huge slice of any portfolio'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, speaks during an interview on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, February 27, 2023. Cathie Wood is defending her underperforming ARK Innovation exchange traded fund following a rocky stretch. Since then, the fund has underperformed, fueling skepticism over the Ark Invest CEO's investment strategies. She called out the multiomics life sciences and health care sectors as the biggest drag on the fund. "We think we're a very good complement to the broad-based benchmarks out there, because we don't look anything like them," she said of her fund.

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☆ 'We have a volatile fund': Cathie Wood responds to criticism about Ark Invest
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'We have a volatile fund': Cathie Wood responds to criticism about Ark InvestArk Invest CEO Cathie Wood joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss outlooks on Tesla, Bitcoin, and responses to criticism about her investment strategy.

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☆ 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry boosts Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com bets as he doubles down on China
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The "Big Short" investor raised his stakes in Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com but also hedged the wagers. Burry didn't add any new names to his stock portfolio but exited a couple in the period. AdvertisementMichael Burry doubled down on three of China's biggest technology companies last quarter, boosting his stakes while carefully hedging his bets. The investor of "The Big Short" fame bolstered his Alibaba position by 29% to 200,000 shares worth around $21 million at the end of September, a quarterly portfolio filing revealed on Thursday. The Scion Asset Management boss doubled his JD.com stake to 500,000 shares worth $20 million at quarter end, and purchased put options on the same number of shares.

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☆ ETF world buzzing about new cash flooding into funds seen winning from Trump trades
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"For example, during Trump's previous administration, deregulation in the energy sector boosted oil and gas stocks, benefiting energy ETFs." Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) and Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF (BND), two of the world's largest bond ETFs, and longer-term funds like iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT). Crypto ETFS having big year and getting bigger Since launching in January, crypto ETFs have attracted roughly $70 billion in assets, one of the most successful ETF launches ever. Bitcoin ETFs including the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the largest bitcoin ETF by assets under management, have seen significant inflows since October. Rosenberg at Texas Capital acknowledges that certain ETF sectors, like industrials ( Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF , or VIS; iShares U.S. Industrials ETF , or IYJ), "could be hurt by more tariffs."

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☆ Watch CNBC’s full interview with ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC’s full interview with ARK Invest CEO Cathie WoodCathie Wood, ARK Invest CEO, chief investment officer & founder, joins 'Fast Money' with the traders to discuss what the election means for Big Tech and growth stocks.

Persons: Cathie Wood Organizations: ARK, ARK Invest, Big Tech

☆ Cathie Wood positions for new tech boom - and it doesn't matter who wins the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Stephanie Landsman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

ARK Invest's Cathie Wood is positioning for a White House administration that embraces transformative technology. Wood runs the firm's flagship ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) — which is up almost 22% over the past three months. After soaring nearly 68% last year, the ARK Innovation ETF is down about 8% in 2024. Wood is also behind the ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG) , which is down about 25% so far this year. The ARK Genomic Revolution ETF owns both stocks.

Persons: Wood, it's, Joe Biden, ARKK Organizations: White, Innovation, Federal Reserve, Tech, Genomic, Beam Therapeutics Locations: ARKK

☆ Investor Cathie Wood: Election could accelerate shift to transformative tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInvestor Cathie Wood: Election could accelerate shift to transformative techCathie Wood, ARK Invest CEO, chief investment officer & founder, joins 'Fast Money' with the traders to discuss what the election means for Big Tech and growth stocks.

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☆ Ark Invest's flagship fund realized $3.5 billion in losses in a year. Here were its 10 biggest losers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ark Invest's Innovation ETF realized $3.5 billion in losses in the fiscal year ending July 2024. AdvertisementCathie Wood's Ark Invest recently filed its annual report for its fiscal year ending July 31, and it reveals some steep losses. Ark's flagship Innovation ETF realized $3.5 billion in losses from July 31, 2023, through July 31, 2024. The Ark Innovation ETF is down 9% year-to-date and off 70% from its record high. AdvertisementHere are the stocks in Ark Invest's flagship ETF that saw the biggest realized losses for the fiscal year ending July 31.

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☆ OpenAI just secured a ton of new cash. Now it needs to wow us
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

One thing seems clear: The company is burning through far more cash than it’s bringing in, according to reporting from the New York Times. (That’s revenue largely from subscriptions to premium versions of ChatGPT and licensing its tech to third-party developers.) Here’s where things get a little wild:Next year, OpenAI estimates that its revenue will more than triple to $11.6 billion. It’s not clear how, or whether, OpenAI is working on reducing its significant cash burn. “It has nothing to do with reality.”One way OpenAI could improve its margins would be to cut costs.

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☆ OpenAI's investors include Silicon Valley's most prolific bubble chasers. Is that a bad sign for the company's future?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementOpenAI has officially closed a historic funding round. AdvertisementTiger Global is also one of the firms that backed OpenAI in this latest funding round. AdvertisementNotably absent from the list of OpenAI investors was Apple, which is said to have dropped out of the deal at the 11th hour. Apple's inclusion in OpenAI's funding round may have gone a long way toward quieting doubts about OpenAI's palace intrigue and general chaotic vibe. A few weeks ago, this funding round was being talked about as the arrival of the adults in the room.

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☆ OpenAI's rivals are on the prowl after an exodus of high-level executives
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Melia Russell | Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Investors are flocking to OpenAI, but it's losing high-level executives at an alarming rate. Suddenly, it's open season for OpenAI employees. Rivals like Anthropic and Perplexity are signaling to workers that they put mission over profits. Suddenly, it's starting to feel like open season for OpenAI employees. A recruiter said his search firm has fielded more interest from current OpenAI employees since the board's ouster of Sam Altman a year ago.

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☆ Cathie Wood's Ark is doubling down on OpenAI with at least $250 million in its new funding round
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Melia Russell | Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cathie Wood's Ark Venture Fund invested at least $250 million in this new round. OpenAI is now Ark Venture Fund's third-largest holding, accounting for about 5% of its total assets. AdvertisementCathie Wood's Ark Venture Fund has agreed to invest at least $250 million in OpenAI's latest funding round, three people familiar with the round said. OpenAI is now Ark Venture Fund's third-largest holding, accounting for about 5% of the fund's total assets, according to its website. On Wednesday, a retail investor shared a screenshot of what appears to be an email she received from Ark Venture Fund informing her of its new OpenAI investment.

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OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding raise attracted some big names across the industry. The $6.6 billion round gave OpenAI a $157 billion post-money valuation and minted it into one of the most valuable startups in the world. MicrosoftMicrosoft invested a little under $1 billion into OpenAI's latest funding round, according to The Wall Street Journal report. FidelityFidelity also participated in OpenAI's latest funding round. AdvertisementAltimeter Capital ManagementAltimeter Capital Management also contributed to OpenAI's latest funding round, according to reports.

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☆ Tiger Global is backing OpenAI in new $6.6 billion investment round
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Ben Bergman | Sri Muppidi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI announced it raised $6.6 billion in new funding at a $157 billion post-money valuation. Tiger Global Management is part of this round, according to two sources familiar with the matter. AdvertisementTiger Global Management is doubling down on OpenAI, investing in the ChatGPT maker's massive new funding round, according to a source familiar with the matter. OpenAI announced Wednesday it raised $6.6 billion in new funding at a $157 billion post-money valuation. AdvertisementThe closure of OpenAI's new funding round comes just a week after three of its top leaders suddenly resigned.

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☆ On paper the stock market should be great, not on a knife's edge. But that's the opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

For example, this season started with the banks roaring higher on great numbers, legitimately great numbers led by a phenomenal Bank of America quarter. The later just made no sense because it is pulling away from Intel on the low end and if Nvidia really does have production problems then AMD is the de facto winner. In fact, the only stock that didn't suffer from an Nvidia relation, Apple, got through earnings without too much trouble. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

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☆ Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought the dip in Tesla and CrowdStrike after big sell-offs
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood snapped up beaten-down shares of Tesla and CrowdStrike after their recent pullbacks as the innovation investor doubled down on her favorite tech stocks. The widely followed investor added 33,143 shares of Tesla on Wednesday for ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) . That would value Tesla at more than $8 trillion. Ark Invest purchased 38,595 shares of the cybersecurity software company on Friday and another 20,219 shares on Monday. Her flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK ) has fallen more than 14% this year and experienced more than $2 billion in outflows, according to FactSet.

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☆ Cathie Wood is buying the dip with CrowdStrike
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Cathie Wood is making a bet on the embattled cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike's faulty update for Windows computers caused a massive global tech outage on Friday. But that hasn't stopped Wood from buying nearly $12 million of CrowdStrike stock. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementCrowdStrike came under fire after an update triggered last week's massive global tech outage, but Ark Invest's Cathie Wood seems to have identified an investment opportunity amidst the mayhem.

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☆ Cathie Wood says she wouldn't have sold Nvidia stake 'had we known that the market was going to reward it'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood says she wouldn't have sold her Nvidia stock if she knew it was going up. She previously called Nvidia a "check the box stock" with too much "hyperactivity." Nvidia's stock has gained 172% this year, and it briefly became the most valuable company in June. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementHindsight is 20/20 for Ark Invest's Cathie Wood, whose fund missed out on the Nvidia stock rally when it sold its position too early.

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☆ Investors want proof AI will aid drug discovery. Evidence may come in the second half
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Analysts who have been following companies on the cutting edge of using generative AI for drug discovery say it is still very early days. But these endorsements haven't lifted Recursion shares out of a slump. RXRX 1Y mountain Recursion shares over the past year. The drug company will be a beta user of Recursion's LOWE (Large Language Model-Orchestrated Workflow Engine) and the pair are also partnering on oncology research. SDGR 1Y mountain Schrodinger shares over the past year.

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☆ Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF poised to break out of its sideways trading, according to the charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Katie Stockton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Nasdaq record, Tesla future value?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Alain Jocard | AFP | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. This valuation, however, wouldn't be based on Tesla's success as an electric vehicle manufacturer, but rather as a robotics company. While Musk didn't provide a specific timeframe for this claim, he also suggested Tesla could reach a $5 trillion to $7 trillion valuation as a robotaxi company. In 2020, Tesla's worth even surpassed the combined value of Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, GM, Ford and BMW.

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☆ A bullish way to trade Tesla using options now that Musk pay controversy is in rearview mirror
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jeff Kilburg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk kicked off the Tesla (TSLA) annual meeting thanking shareholders on Thursday. I want to express a bullish view now that this issue is in the rearview mirror for Tesla. TSLA YTD mountain Tesla, YTD Tesla has been an emotionally charged stock as Elon continues to run several companies and be involved in several more. The $56 billion pay package first approved in 2018 being reneged on Musk raised doubts about his future with Tesla this year. DISCLOSURES: (Long Tesla and this call spread) THE ABOVE CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY .

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☆ Elon Musk says Tesla shareholders have re-approved his pay package worth billions that a judge struck down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk said late on Wednesday that Tesla shareholders have re-approved a pay package worth billions that was already thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year in a vote that also approved moving Tesla to Texas. “Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins! He famously bought social media platform Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, selling $22.9 billion of his Tesla shares to help fund that purchase. But perhaps a more serious concern among Tesla shareholders is the pioneering electric car company itself. Even with Musk’s pay package again endorsed by shareholders, the Delaware court could still have the final say.

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☆ Tesla shareholders vote to reinstate Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to ratify CEO Elon Musk's mammoth 2018 pay plan, five months after a judge in Delaware ordered the company to rescind the package, finding it had been improperly granted by the board. Watch Elon Musk speak at the Tesla shareholder meeting nowThe compensation package was previously worth as much as $56 billion in Tesla stock. However, during last year's meeting, Musk promised shareholders he would spend less time on the app going forward, calling the business a "short-term distraction." Regarding the Cybertruck, which hit the market in late 2023, Musk said deliveries are picking up. Musk promised Tesla would move into "limited production" of Optimus in 2025 and test out humanoid robots in its own factories next year.

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