Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Adds Tesla Stock For Third Time This Week

Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest added more Tesla Inc TSLA stock to its portfolio on Wednesday, raising its exposure to the electric vehicle maker for the third time in a row this week.

Ark Invest bought 1,343 shares, estimated to be worth $884,768, in Tesla on Wednesday.

Shares of the Elon Musk-led company closed 4.8% higher at $658.8 on Wednesday, but are down 45% so far this year.

Tesla shares have been under intense pressure ever since China introduced extensive three-week lockdowns, including production halts at Giga Shanghai. 

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Investors have also been wary after Musk first revealed a significant stake in Twitter Inc TWTR and later a bid to take the company private for $44 billion. The deal is currently on hold as Musk is waiting for more clarity and proof from the social media company on the number of bot (fake) accounts.

Some analysts view the uncertainty over the deal as contributing to the stock’s weakness.

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St. Petersburg, Florida-based Ark Invest owns shares in Tesla through three of its six actively traded exchange funds: Ark Innovation ETF ARKK, Ark Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF ARKQ and Ark Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW.

The three ETFs held 1.30 million shares worth $817.7 million in Tesla before Wednesday’s trade. 

The value of Tesla holdings that Ark Invest owns has shrunk by more than half since the beginning of the year.