Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF—the most well-known “thematic” ETF—had lost half its value by mid-February, reports an article in Financial Times, as investors continue to sell their shares in droves.…
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Picking An Active Vs. Passive Fund
Instead of building their own portfolio, many investors prefer to invest in dividends via mutual funds, leading them to decide between an actively managed fund or a passive (index) fund.…
Bitcoin Futures ETFs Have Arrived Bigtime
In a milestone for cryptocurrency, the first Bitcoin futures ETF hit the markets this week after winning regulatory approval late last week, reports Barron’s. The fund’s sponsor ProShares filed a…
Long Live ETFs
ETFs have won the battle with mutual funds, contends an opinion piece from Nir Kaissar in Bloomberg. Though ETFs have been around for 3 decades, it’s only since 2007 that…
Investing in Quality Dividend Growers to Achieve Your 'Freedom Day" With Ryan Krueger
When many investors think about dividend investing they think about buying the highest yielding stocks. But investing in quality companies that are growing their dividends can in many ways be…
Why ETF Investors are Wrong to Shun Mid-Caps
Although ETF investors favor large and small caps over mid-cap strategies, performance data from Bank of America shows that this is misguided, according to a recent article in CityWire. The…
Could ARK Pose a Systemic Risk to the Market? A Look at How ETFs Work Can Help Us Find Out
The growth of ARK investments has been one of the biggest stories of the past decade in the ETF space. its flagship fund, the ARK Innovation ETF has seen its…
Inside the First Hedge Fund to ETF Conversion and Finding Long-Term Compounders with Robert Cantwell
With the rapid growth in ETFs, it seems like almost every product idea possible has been tried. So it is rare to find something that is unique and hasn’t been…
Ark Investments and the Potential Downsides of an ETF Structure
Exchange traded funds have many great qualities. They are mostly transparent, low cost, trade in real-time and can have significant tax advantages over other investment vehicles like mutual funds and…
Cathie Wood’s ARK: Rapid Growth Has Hurt Investors
The flood of growth experienced by Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, from assets totaling $3.5 billion before the pandemic to $50 billion a year later, has “come back to bite her…