Cathie Wood's ARKK Grew By 70% In 2023, But Has Already Dropped 4% This Year. What Will The Rest Of 2024 Have In Store? How Can Bears And Bulls Maximize Their View Of ARKK?

ARK Invest, led by the pioneering Cathie Wood, is one of today’s most influential firms. Its funds are focused on innovation and cutting-edge technology, often leading the pack in next-generation investments. 

For instance, ARK was one of the first firms to offer a spot Bitcoin BTC/USD ETF. The offering is in line with Wood's splashy prediction that Bitcoin BTC/USD will top $1M by 2030.

ARK Innovation ETF ARKK is the firm's flagship fund and the focus of much media attention. When Wood rebalances the fund, which she does constantly, investors take note.

The fund invests in companies that are involved in what it calls "disruptive innovation''; Its two biggest holdings are Tesla TSLA and Coinbase COIN. This area of disruptive innovation is highly volatile and means that ARKK is prone to huge swings up and down. When Wood wins, she wins big; when she loses, she loses just as big.

This attracts many investors with a higher risk tolerance and many have been handsomely rewarded for their trust, ARKK was up over 70% in 2023. So far in 2024, however, the story has been a bit different. ARKK is down over 4% while the S&P is up almost 5%, YTD.

AXS

AXS Investments is an award-winning firm offering two products that allow traders to express a bull or bear view of ARKK. Bulls can maximize their return by accessing a leveraged fund, while bears can play the inverse of ARKK.

The AXS 2X Innovation ETF TARK is for the bulls, the innovative fund aims to return twice the daily return of ARKK. The fund has an expense ratio of .95%. TARK was awarded Best ETF Launch at Benzinga's 2023 Fintech Awards.

And for the bears, there is the AXS Short Innovation Daily ETF SARK, which aims to return the inverse performance of ARKK. SARK has an expense ratio of .75%.

Options

And for the most risk-tolerant traders around, options contracts are available for SARK and TARK. These can be used to further maximize returns or as a hedge. Options began trading in May of 2022 for TARK and December of 2021 for SARK.

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