Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest buys for 4/19 – 24/7 Wall St.

Markets rallied nicely on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq leading the charge higher, up more than 2%. ARK funds were also quite positive during the session. ARKF was the best performer of the group, gaining 5.0% on the day, while ARKX was the worst, up 1.5%. The gains of the past year are slowly receding, but Cathie Wood may have something up her sleeve, as she constantly revamps her ETFs to weather market headwinds.

ARK Invest has been the talk of Wall Street over the past two years, outperforming the market and cementing its place among the big players in the investment world. Wood is the founder and chief executive of this investment house, and many have compared her rising star to Warren Buffett.

Many traders seek to mirror the games of famous investors and huge brokerages to capitalize on the gains made by the big dogs. Luckily for us, ARK Invest publishes a list of its trades at the end of each trading day.

While some companies would require a subscription service or monetary fee to see what makes ARK Invest work, here at 24/7 Wall St. we prefer to give you the data for free. Here is a brief overview of some of the major buys that ARK Invest executed on April 19, 2022. Also check out all of the ARK Invest sells that took place on the same day.

The ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKF) primarily deals with emerging fintech stocks, as the name suggests. Some of its biggest holdings include Square, Zillow, Pinterest, PayPal and Alibaba. The fund’s net assets are currently $2.2 billion. Here are some notable purchases in this fund: 53,810 shares of Global-E Online and 339,626 shares of Nu Holdings.

ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKG) looks at companies across multiple industries, but the focus is on healthcare and the technology-changing companies in this space. The largest holdings are Pacific Biosciences, Teladoc Health, CRISPR and Fate Therapeutics. The fund’s net assets are currently $5.1 billion. Here are some notable purchases in this fund: 57,858 shares of Quantum-Si, 20,000 shares of Personalis, 68 shares of Ginkgo Bioworks and 13,263 shares of 908 Devices.

ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKK) has a particular focus on disruptive innovation across multiple industries, but primarily in technology. Some of the biggest names are part of this fund, including Tesla, Roku, Square, Zillow, and Spotify. The net assets of this fund are currently $16.2 billion. Here are some notable purchases in this fund: 123 shares of Ginkgo Bioworks.

ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKQ) focuses, unsurprisingly, on companies that are in the field of autonomous technology and robotics, especially those that innovate in disruptive ways. Big names in this fund include Tesla, Alphabet, JD.com, Baidu, and Iridium. The net assets of this fund are currently $2.2 billion. Here are some notable purchases in the fund: 619,269 shares of Velo3d.

ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKW) focuses on companies that disruptively innovate on the topic of the next generation of the Internet. Some names of this fund are similar to others, including Tesla, Square, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, Facebook, and Snap. The net assets of this fund are currently $3.8 billion. Here are the notable purchases in the fund: 20,750 shares of Twilio.

Ark Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKX) focuses primarily on companies developing technology around spaceflight. Big names in this fund include Trimble, Kratos, Nvidia, Amazon, and Iridium. The net assets of this fund are currently $468.9 million. Notable operations in the fund: 162,774 Velo3d actions & 100 Alphabet actions.

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Catherine Wood, CEO and CIO of ARK Investment Management, is a minority, non-voting shareholder of 24/7 Wall St., owner of 247wallst.com.