Investment Portfolio: Cathie Wood
Popularly regarded as one of the best investors of the modern era, Cathie Wood is an Investment Manager who focuses on high growth stocks. She has worked excellently by picking interest in companies with the highest returns on investment. Welcome to my blog. I am your host, Antoaneta, and this is a blog that answers to the issues of stock investment, financial management, and financial freedom.
In this blog, I will be discussing Cathie Wood, an investor queen who made a name for herself through her excellent stock choices. Before we get started, let me remind you to subscribe to my newsletter if you haven’t so you can get my latest blogs and videos. And also comment, share and like before you leave.
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About Cathie Wood and Ark investment
Ark investment is presently worth around $3.6 billion and is a leading private investment company in the US. In the year’s Ark invest has been active; they have made predictions, analysis and stock picks that have earned them billions in profit. Cathie Wood is the founder of Ark invest, and today we will be looking at her portfolio.
Top ten Ark Invest stocks
Tesla
Presently, Ark investment portfolio has 422,242 Tesla shares, a market value of over $696 million, which gives rise to 10.11% of their total portfolio. Investors who chose Tesla from their early days have made lots of money from this stock.
Ark invest has always been a strong promoter of the company, and although they sold off some of their stocks earlier this year, they still believe in the future of Tesla.
Square
This is the third largest of Wood’s stock possession. The company makes up 6.55% of the portfolio with a share hold of 3,178,431. The stock has a market value of over $451 million.
Square is a business that aids other small businesses in their everyday running. They are involved in credit card payment, tracking, payroll, and a range of other financial activities. In Wood’s opinion, the company is innovative.
Invitae
As of the date mentioned, the Invitae stock is the second largest on the Ark invest portfolio. The company focuses on Genetic testing to make genetic information affordable and readily accessible to anyone that can derive benefits from it.
Ark Invest has a total of 15,931,703 shares worth over $478 million. This gives it a position of 6.94%.
Crispr Therapeutics
This company uses technology CRISPR/Cas9 for the treatment of several diseases in humans such as cancer and diabetes. Cathie had made a fortune from this company.
Ark invest has a position valued at over $390 million which makes up about 5.66% of her portfolio. With 4,359,597 stocks Ark invest holds a good position.
Roku Inc
Here’s the fifth largest investment in Cathie’s Portfolio. With an investment of 2,261,594 shares, Ark boasts of a market value of over $332 million. The stock occupies 4.82% of the portfolio.
Roku is a company that allows the streaming of your favourite shows and entertainment straight to your TV. This company makes everything perfect to the level that streaming requires no cable connection.
2U
This company has made learning extremely comfortable with digital learning. With several universities in partnership with 2U, they have several degree courses available.
Ark has an investment worth $247 million with 6,560,846 stocks. On Ark’s portfolio, the company holds 3.60%.
Proto Labs
Proto Labs is a company that is basically into industrial 3D printing for prototyping and production. They utilize this 3D printing for the manufacturing of production parts.
Ark has 2,004,908 Proto Lab shares which are valued at over $264 million. The stock holds 3.84% of Ark invests portfolio.
LendingTree
LendingTree is a company that assists people in borrowing money online. What they do is to link a person who wishes to borrow money to someone who wishes to lend.
This is one of Cathie Wood’s top ten investments, and it holds 3.09% of the company’s portfolio. The company holds 678,183 of LendingTree stocks valued at over $213 million.
Illumina
This company focuses on the development of life science tools used in the analysis of gene findings and variations. Illumina aims to personalize medicine which works for you.
This is particularly for people who have gene variations and need a quicker recovery method. Ark holds 690,915 shares of the company worth over $240 million. The company holds 3.48% of Ark’s portfolio.
Zillow
Realtors in the US would have probably heard of this. This is an online Real Estate company where you can check out properties available to be bought.
Ark invest has this company holding 3.20% of their portfolio, with 2,877,273 shares. Ark enjoys a value of over $220 million.
Conclusion
Cathie Wood is one investor I love to listen to. She began the company from scratch and has thus far made it a billion-dollar company. With her guidance, I think that any stock she has on her portfolio is worth looking into. I hold a Tesla stock and can see the same potential she sees, and I believe that many can learn a lot from her choices and analysis.
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