Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest launches a space exploration ETF, to begin trading Tuesday

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Ark Invest, Cathie Wood’s firm with multiple actively managed exchanged-traded funds, will debut its latest fund on Tuesday: a space exploration ETF.

ARKX, the firm’s eighth ETF, comes as an increasing number of private space companies prepare to go public later this year. In the past six months, seven space companies have announced SPAC deals.

The ETF’s top 10 holdings:

  1. Trimble – 8.3%
  2. The 3D Printing ETF – 6.1%
  3. Kratos – 5.6%
  4. L3Harris – 5%
  5. JD.com – 4.8%
  6. Komatsu – 4.6%
  7. Lockheed Martin – 4.5%
  8. Iridium – 4.3%
  9. Thales SA – 4%
  10. Boeing – 3.6%

Wood — chief investment officer and CEO of Ark Investment Management — has made a name for herself by investing in “disruptive innovation” stocks. Wood’s flagship fund, Ark Innovation, has seen more than $16 billion in inflows in the past year, according to FactSet.

Wood has big bets on names like TeslaTeladoc and Roku.

Wood has garnered a large following after Ark Innovation returned nearly 150% last year. However, her flagship fund, Ark Innovation, is down nearly 9% this year. Amid the recent rotation out of technology names and into value stocks from the pressure of rising interest rates, Wood has stayed the course. Ark often buys the dip in any of its top holdings, which are all high conviction names.

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