Cathie Wood Buys $28M In Tesla Shares As Stock Crashes, Ending Months-Long Profit Booking Spree

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Thursday raised its exposure in Tesla Inc TSLA on the dip, breaking its months-long profit-booking spree in the electric vehicle maker’s stock.

The popular money managing firm bought 33,482 shares — estimated to be worth $27.75 million based on the latest closing price— in Tesla.

Tesla stock closed 11.55% lower at $829.10 a share on Thursday. The stock is down 30.9% so far this year.

Tesla has a 52-week high of $1,243.49 and a 52-week low of $539.49.

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Ark Invest bought shares in Tesla via the Ark Innovation ETF ARKK, and the Ark Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW. The Ark Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF ARKQ too owns shares in Tesla.

The three ETFs held 1.46 million shares — worth $1.37 billion — in Tesla, prior to Thursday’s trade. 

Tesla reported impressive fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday but investors were not impressed as the company said it is not working on a $25,000 electric car yet and said it does not plan to produce new model vehicles in this year.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk instead told investors it is more important to develop the humanoid robot than new models. 

Wood, a Tesla bull, had been selling shares in the Musk-led company’s stock since September when shares rose after a blockbuster deal with car rental company Hertz Global Holdings HTZ. Tesla shares had joined the $1 trillion market club after shares went past the $1,000 mark. 

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