ARKK

Kind-Wolverine5841

My best short was ARKK at 150 in 2021

VirtualMoneyLover

The ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) experienced a strong recovery in 2025, returning approximately 35.49% for the year, significantly outperforming major benchmarks like the S&P 500.

blindnlearning2see

The S&P and ARKK are both roughly ~250% up since 2014. However, the volatility has been not equal at all. SPY has had one down year since 2014 (5 points lost that year), while ARKK has been losing since 2021, with big swings. You're supposed to get a premium with increased volatility but she's not getting that for her investors. They'd be all better off going with a low risk boglehead etf like VT or VOO.

kmw45

I think the issue is when most retail investors heard about ARKK, it was during the pandemic and those investors have largely lost money if they bought during the run up. Inflows during the early years was negligible relatively speaking.

Pazzaaaaaa

I’m confused, ARKK is up 250% since it debuted in 2014. Roughly around the same as SPY since that time. Where are the losses?

Former_Island_4730

Would. But wouldn’t invest in ARKK.

ZealousidealSector19

To be honest I forgot ARKK existed until I just saw it in the headlines of Bloomberg

inetkid13

>Here are the other sectors I noticed had the Dunning- Kruger effect over the years. Crypto (blew up), 3d printing (blew up), weed stocks (blew up), internet stocks (blew up), housing before the gfc (blew up), SPACS (blew up), ARKK investors (blew up but has bounced back some), Gene Editing (blew up). > Sounds like you're just salty because others made a lot of money and you missed out on something. Lmao.

mark000

BTC way below neckline. MAG7 and ARKK just broke theirs. XLF right on its. Highest risk is now off. Soon, the rest.

JRshoe1997

Thats a stock I haven’t heard about in a long time. I remember that one during the 2021 stock market craze with all the ARKK stuff.

GoZukkYourself

ARKK is down 38% in the past five years. It's hard to suck this much as a bull. https://preview.redd.it/5xkksvek4lig1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c98dc79bd0b99a544f6d02118aff93ae1700933a

95Daphne

The story like 2021/2022 is confined to tech and especially, speculation. I'm not sure if whether this is 2021 or if whether this is 2022 and, in all honesty, the question likely will remain unresolved until QQQ either breaks below the Nov lows from last year or breaks above the $630 hard line in the sand so far. I just have my personal doubts that SPX is going to just easily thrive for 2026 with oil and staples being the winners and when you talk about how selloffs work, typically they shoot the trash first and then quality gets shot next. The rest of the market outside of the risk off areas is likely not going to fully survive what's going on in ARKK style. It just could wind up being a 2027 thing.

Total_Schedule591

ARKW and ARKQ and ARKK all have a lot of Broadcom instead of a Qualcomm I think. ARK Invest is the managing company

DawgNinja

Yeah, if you look at ARKK, it's amazing how it structurally looks like a mini 2021 right now. The Nasdaq held pretty well initially, but then it also gave in and dropped 35%. I'm not very optimistic that what's happening in speculation is just going to be meaningless for the main indexes. They typically come for the trash first and then what follows is that quality will get shot too. Only thing that I think can be ruled out is a full on 2022 like decline.

Sir_Grindalot

ARKK ytd: -14.82% My small gamba port ytd: +0.05% Lmao Cathie

Glock7enteen

ARKK went from +8% ytd To -11% ytd In 2 weeks

Glock7enteen

ARKK went from +8% ytd to -8% ytd in the span of 2 weeks

TomatoSpecialist6879

Yeah it's called ARKK and God is directly telling Cathy what to buy and sell, that is how we know God is on the spectrum and belongs here

shawman123

Do not touch ARKK with a barge pole. its a terribly run ETF. Other 3 are anyway heavily into tech and I feel is redundant. That said if you need the money in 2 years, investing in market comes with a risk. if overall market is down like 10-15% QQQ could be down like 30%. Only risk free return is from investing in fixed income for short term. if you want to invest in tech believing in AI boom cycle go ahead and put it in QQQ or VUG. I dont know if you need both of them.

joe4942

ARKK just about below the 200 day moving average again.

Iceberguncharted

I can't tell you where ARKK will be in 2 years, but I can tell you that it is a high volatility etf. That means it might go up a lot or down a lot. What you're looking for is 20% in 2 years, or roughly 9.5%% per year. If you expect average returns over the next 2 years, the S&P500 and the NASDAQ would both do well enough and not expose you to a crazy amount of risk, but there is still the risk of the markets dropping substantially if things go downhill. The safest things you could put your money in would be etfs like SGOV, VRIG, and CSHI, but they're only going to return 3.5-5% per year which would result in you having closer to 275k than 300k. I think the best middle ground would be to play with housing etfs which is likely to have less beta compared to the price of the house you end up buying because it's in the same sector (Plus O has averaged around 13% per year since the year 2000). Additionally you could do something like XLP since it tends to do fairly well even when the markets pull back and also still makes around 6.5%/year on average. That being said, this is not financial advice and I am not a financial advisor. Do your own research and don't just blindly do what someone on reddit suggests.

Chuque

ARKK is junk. Invest all in QQQ but in several chunks

HSuke

The whole MSTR curve reminds me a lot of ARKK.

g0kartmozart

As an ARKK bag holder, yes please

ThickUnderstanding22

I’m more invested into tech, I’ll leave you my portfolio Mine is 7.90% ARKK 8.18% CVX 8.42% NVDA 13.60% AAPL 16.05% GOOGL 16.85% SPY 28.96% LMT

Usual-Date8420

I can share my personal experience, for whatever it’s worth. I subscribed to Motley Fool for about a year (Nov 2021–Oct 2022). I joined largely because of their long-term marketing narrative around early calls like Amazon, Netflix, etc. However, their 2022 recommendations were, in my experience, very poor — performance-wise it reminded me a lot of ARKK ETF that year. Many of the stocks they were emphasizing felt similar as well: companies with low or negative earnings and very optimistic growth assumptions, which got hit extremely hard when the market regime changed. Fortunately, I only tested and allocated a small portion of my portfolio (under 10%) to ideas from Motley Fool, so the damage was limited. I ended the subscription after that year. Afterward, I started looking for alternatives and eventually subscribed to Opes 15 ([https://www.opesway.com/opes15](https://www.opesway.com/opes15)). It’s a monthly list of 15 stocks. What initially stood out to me was that they show historical performance transparently and let you review past picks without subscribing, which made the track record feel more plausible rather than purely marketing-driven. I’ve been using it for a while now, and over the past \~6 months especially, the outperformance has been very strong. Several of my best-performing positions recently came from that list. Obviously, no service is perfect and past performance isn’t a guarantee, but relative to my Motley Fool experience, this approach has worked much better for me so far. Just one data point, but hopefully helpful for anyone comparing options.

TimujinTheTrader

I lost 4k on ARKK trying to catch the falling knife.  Spooked me into mainly buying index funds.

Roxorek

Cathie Wood ARKK 5 year performance -42.5% Net worth \~$500 million though 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Ok_Smell_453

I know how/what you're thinking cause the news covered her and buffet for how many months. I don't invest in ARKK, never plan on it. But credit has to be given where it's due. Numbers don't lie, people do.

ATUGA

Remember when ARKK hit all time highs in 2021? 😆

slbnoob

ARKK bag holder from 124

QuesoMeHungry

I lost my ass because of investing I ARKK, I got out but that shit is down 41% over the last 5 years.

TreGet234

ARKK was at 150$ at one point in 2021...scary stuff. But man what a shitfest of an etf.

MutaliskGluon

Have you looked at the top holdings of IWM? It looks like ARKK circa 2021 filled with shitcos and massively pumped bubble stocks.

gassygeff89

I remember a conversation with a friend about palantir. I thought it was all hype and convinced him to invest in ARKK instead. 🤡 big whoops.

Ohhmama11

Mixed and hard to determine how much he won or loss. Puts ARKK- win Spy- Loss QQQ- Loss Apple- small win Tesla- Loss

EyeSea7923

I was going to say an ARKK gambler, but that's basically the same thing.

unaffiliatedaf

ARKK, QQQ, VTI. In my experience never as much hyper growth as you can earn in individual stocks though

burner70

2007 x shares PLTR CB $11, 1 x MSFT, 35 x VTSAX, 119 x SOFI, 10x ARKK

altabuse

Since my downvoted post above from 9 months ago: TSLA 264 -> 475 (80%) PLTR 85 -> 190 (123%) SMH 200 -> 365 (82%) NVDA 110 -> 190 (72%) IWM 198 -> 250 (26%) ARKK 48 -> 79 (65%) SLV 30 -> 79 (163%) SIL 39 -> 90 (131%) For an average return of 93%. I do this professionally, but retail traders hate listening.

jauch888888

Cool list, but let's add some context: Most of these are either: Sector bets (gold, silver, copper miners) -extremely cyclical and volatile. They crushed it in 2025, but check their 3-year or 5-year returns. Many were deep red before this run. - Leveraged/niche plays** (3X miners, thematic ARK funds) high risk, high reward. ARKK was down -67% from peak to 2022. One good year doesn't erase that. International diversification (EZU, VEA, EEM) - these lagged the S&P for a decade. They're finally having their moment, but that's mean reversion, not sustained outperformance. The real takeaway: You can beat SPY/QQQ... if you pick the right sector at the right time. But that requires timing and luck. Most people who chase last year's winners end up buying high. Boring truth:A diversified portfolio (like VT, XEQT, or even just SPY) won't top this list in any single year, but it'll keep you invested through all market cycles without trying to predict which sector pops next.

ShitTierTrader

Remember when ARKK was a thing?

DesperateHalf1977

ARKK - finally. Magic lies in doing the things that you’ve been avoiding.

Loose_Log997

Man, you're reading my mind. I trimmed 30% of my TSLA position last week, thinking a correction was coming, and now watching it rip higher every single day is absolutely gut, wrenching. I'm terrified to jump back in, though. It feels exactly like the lead, up to the ARKK collapse in 2021. This constant tug, of war between the FOMO and the fear of being the ultimate bagholder is just too real

Legitimate-Space8847

Just like ARKK

Dominico103103

ARKK

bluerhino12345

Unless there is a crash very soon, you will make more with a normal short than a 2x leverage short because maths Source: I bought and held a 3x leverage ARKK short for 3 months. The value of the underlying asset dropped 30% and the value of my 3x leverage short finished -5%

kalakesri

ARKK 5Y chart is crazy wasn’t it supposed to save us lmao

iamLiterateAsofToday

Still holding onto ARKK from the good old covid days. Trying to slowly sell it but its painful 😭

Equivalent-Sample674

ARKK? lol what?. More like 80% VT and 20% QQQ and chill.

A1ien30y

This and only this. QQQ, VOO, SPY, XLV(for some of that medical diversification), ARKK and pick some dividends. Let know if I miss any other good ones.

gamjatang111

ARKK flying meaning all the high beta stuff is getting bid up

Dectane12345

Ask the people who bought ARKK 5 years ago

MagJack

those give me a little more anxiety, i usually only do that after a drop. currently sitting on META 570p, DKNG 33 and 35, ARKK 77 NVDA 165 got months to go on all of them, but prob gonna close in the next week or so.

drummer820

Good questions. Most of my strategy has been divesting away from Big Tech, AI companies and the Nasdaq-100 in general. I am using “short” a bit loosely (and incorrectly) here to mean put options. True shorting does scare me and I don’t trade margin. The main company I targeted was coreweave starting in September when it got on my radar and just how unstable their financials are. I have locked in profits about doubling my investment so far and still have LEAP puts on coreweave, QQQ and ARKK extending to December ‘26 / Jan ‘27

thejackal237

ARKK etf is different than VGT, VGT has been out since 2004 and it made multiple higher highs. So you’re wrong on that one

EmpathyFabrication

Cathie Wood is out of gas. It's probably smart that she's investing like a regular retail trader because she's consistently underperformed the whole market with more than one fund. The only reason ARKK is even notable is because it's capitalized on specific short term downturns and anyone can do that in their own account. The fees are great for her though.

MagJack

Have CSPs that are way in my favor on AIQ, META ARKK that if we have flat or green day I'm gonna sell. Bought a couple SPY puts in case it goes the other way, so basically guaranteed money today. Yoyo day would be even better.

MethFistHo

I have way out performed ARKK

pibbleberrier

My man. This is the Cathy wood portfolio. And she has actually time her buy and sell pretty well. You can just buy ARKK and call it a day

CanYouPleaseChill

Here are today's returns. Why can't the market just let the bubble burst? Why are the most expensive companies bouncing the most? It's ridiculous how inefficient the market is. ARKK: 4.69% TSLA: 6.82% PLTR: 4.78% QTUM: 3.25% Vanguard Value ETF (VTV): 0%

Cracked_Tendies

Usually they just refer to it as ARKK these days, because they're equally terrible

iThinkiStartedATrend

ARKK bought up 350k shares Friday and there’s often a spike of interest on companies they grab

LazerBurken

ARKK does it again

EmpathyFabrication

ARKK: +28% YTD Tootsie Roll: +23% YTD

facforlife

Every time I read these posts, I remember that I touched a million with the pokemon brick and mortar retailer and then had to watch it fall to about 750k before I closed out.  An extra 250k would have been nice. Especially since I lost 50k chasing more gains in ARKK. Fucking Woods. 

hastethis

I lost my ass on ARKK when I bought 25 shares at the peak, like $110 and $125 I kept buying until I had 40 shares, and watched it TANK down thousands. I was so upset because at the time it was all I had. I was so bitter and thought of selling for months thinking it would never come back. I had the sell button ready to go by the 3rd year of bag holding, completely and utterly miserable about it as it hit $31 a share. I had not made up that difference even during the 3 years at my job, I was gradually climbing playing the slow and steady investment into boring ETF's elsewhere. When I saw it hit Something clicked in my head one day and I started buying loads of shares when it hit $38, like I just \*felt\* something in my gut that I'd better get out or average down and take this seriously, so I kept buying 10 at a time each month until I had 150 shares and pulled my average down to $49 or $50, and I watched that fucker fly past where I was finally ready to sell once it hit green, but I was like, you know what? If it ran this far it'll keep going. Still have it. I sold half when it hit $80 recently, I'll probably grab some more once this next few weeks or months settles with whatever is happening.

Zzzxxzczz

She's irrelevant. Her ARKK trash is negative in past 5 years

95Daphne

That's not going to do anything at this point outside of the initial vol crush. The technical damage in spec tech land is way too severe. Your best case, although this case would probably hurt, is that ARKK-esque stuff bottoms tomorrow with the Nasdaq, and the Nasdaq figures it out on its own for a period while using large cap quality before getting hit hard. More likely case=intermediate downtrend that terminates in March and terminates before the most bearish people think it will.

joe4942

ARKK -21% = bear market.

95Daphne

Unless what’s been happening in spec tech rehabilitates itself by 2025 end (ARKK is what to watch here), something that’s 2022 esque might be inescapable from the Nasdaq. And before you ask, the main concern isn’t inflation and rate hikes (labor market), though I will freshly admit we may be slowly, but ever so surely seeing a turn with how the Nasdaq has traded off interest rate movements back to where it was when inflation was concerning. It’s not “there” as of now, but you’ve been seeing a few more days lately with TLT and QQQ down.

gamjatang111

Wats a good indicator for AI/speculative tech? ARKK? Because BTC isnt tracking that.

Stocks_N_Bondage

My calls are already in place. Too many to list but a few that I like that did well today that I am holding: AVGO GE TSM Also have calls and or long positions on SOFI AMGN UUUU GOOG Also just went long ARKK

95Daphne

Meh. If we're going to directly link anything to Trump here, it would either be a. suggesting he's helped push the circular AI investment clown show or b. institutions have decided that it's not worth risking the data dumps and are going to go ahead and step out of the way until 2026. But the reality is is that the ARKK/spec tech deal is not much different from Feb 2021, under Joe Biden, and the market setup for this year was bad even if Harris won.

95Daphne

The ARKK/spec tech stuff is a Feb 2021 esque redux (also tempted to add early 2025 in a way) and I'm sorry to say, but yes it's going to matter unfortunately. Might be best to let it all burn at the same time like early this year because the other option is that the Nasdaq figures it out without there being broad help ala 2021 for a long period, setting it up for it to be hit very hard at a later period.

95Daphne

I just really don’t think I’d be putting the action by ARKK or the imaginary coins in the ignore box completely. 2021 and earlier this year says it’s going to matter in some fashion. Most bullish case would be that the Nasdaq figures it out eventually, but does it with no help from spec tech, putting it on borrowed time as 2021 showed off.

95Daphne

Only way Vance wouldn’t continue what Trump is going for policy wise is with a nasty recession. They genuinely think things are going very well overall. But this is the second time I’ve seen this and it’s wild and hairbrained. Sorry y’all, but it can be this bad with the Nasdaq (and especially spec tech with ARKK) on basically little to nothing overall. It only had one awful year under Biden (the others being at least +20%’s and a +40% to recover in 2023), but it got slammed hard plenty of times.

95Daphne

Yeah you kind of are seeing another Feb 2021-esque deal in spec tech in general. My only name personally is CEG, but I just don't think this is something you can safely put in the "ignore" box personally. Either it's early 2025 (last time ARKK looked this bad) and the Nasdaq is going to lose 20%+ now or it's early 2021-esque and the Nasdaq bottoms when ARKK (big coin as well) stabilizes and tries to push further but it does it without the help from more speculative stuff (the difference from a .com) and then gets hit harder at a later date. If this doesn't unravel now, you can look back at 2018 and see how it was a mess volatility wise (Trump v1.0 midterm year)..

95Daphne

I'm not really in that realm, but for spec tech, it's as bad of a start to the month as April 2025 was (ARKK -13ish%). I don't think this is "to be ignored" here. It's likely it affects the broader Nasdaq itself, now if whether it's now (like early this year) or a bit later to potentially not for 6-8 months (2021-esque) is the question. Reason it's a potential issue is because of the breadth within tech.

95Daphne

My shitposting aside, this is my feel but I do wonder if it's too much of a consensus. If we can rebound sustainably, it's clear it will be without ARKK/spec tech in December probably. If we can't, then we probably got the party started on the downside a couple months early and will bottom in Feb-Mar.

joe4942

ARKK close to making new lows, -16% off the highs. Moving average crossovers breaking the uptrend that began in May.

Livid-Comedian-8528

Anyone buying ARKK puts?

Miserable_Rush_7282

Damn this is crazy cause ARKK was one of my first investment ETFs. I don’t know much about investing, but I’m up 70% on it lol

miayakuza

I never bought ARKK but I bought Fidelity Disruptor Funds because of Cathie and a bunch of stocks that she had purchased (mimicking her trades) and boy did that set me back for a few years...

Some-Palpitation-314

That Bogleheads thread is wild in hindsight, it aged like milk. Crazy how ARKK went from being the hot fund to the poster child for overhype. Definitely a lesson in not confusing innovation with guaranteed returns.

anusbarber

someone did a study of the avg dollar invested in ARKK and what it earned and the number was incredible. I invested in ARKK at the bottom in april 2020. I got out in october because I met a friend who is an advisor and we built a different plan and i derisked a bit. that was all luck. i'd of probably been in the same boat as many.

Cracked_Tendies

Wanna know something else has nothing to do with being right or wrong? Being up 86% in 2 years when P/S ratio increased 100% So if anything, that's actually something for you to be embarrassed about. It means the **real structural return** of ARKK has been -7% CAGR over that same time period. Makes sense though, with the entire fund being unprofitable and all. You'll learn eventually.. or maybe you won't idk, some people never do. Either way, good luck with that brain of yours lol

anusbarber

I love this answer because everyone knows what you mean. There is a famous thread on the bogleheads forum where a guy is basically "why do people not like ARKK funds?" and he fought back against some of the responses and some of the ARK guys also chimed in". the day he posted? 2/13/21. the day after ARKK closed at its height. [https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5814242](https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5814242)

Nezzz123

I don’t own ARKK and I don’t believe in Cathie wood but thanks for making the post and showing that people will continue to make snarky comments instead of admitting they were wrong 2 years ago you can give the facts that backs you up but you can’t give an understanding There’s no point arguing with the idiots, just let them be and they will lose money to you in the stock market

gopoohgo

ARKK is up 46% YTD.   That is an absolute shit ton of alpha.

Asleep_Swordfish8896

https://preview.redd.it/syf0f5qlag0g1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1b8b2b71e40d5aca0a86e2f8586a18de2f14608 ARKK invest has returned shareholder -50 percent loss over the last 5 years with 0.00% dividend… talk about disruptive technology and growth!!!! !? This must Cathy idea value she down 50 percent so far still time to lose more money and disrupt the industry by keeping her investors from their own money by sucking them dry with her arkk innovation fund. Innovation of the decade the way the money disappear she the new houdini, she need Vegas residency where she make the crowd money vanish before their eyes

SnS2500

I'll save you both some grief and some gloating... ARKK will do very good in good times. ARKK will do very bad in bad times.

isufud

Sold out of ARKK in 2023 and just put it in QQQ, now up over 110%. I'm still laughing and downvoting 😂

Cracked_Tendies

You ain't prove shit. ARKK still unprofitable at the fund level. Small cap growth black hole of investing LMAO

Boeing747855

There's a good chance that ARKK will be higher in 6 months, but I've sold and moved on.

thebusinessfactory

ARKK down 19% over 5 years while VTI up 80% over the same span, but keep acting like you're killin' it an way smarter than everyone else.

Cracked_Tendies

Top is in boys. ARKK investor thinks he's a genius 😂😂😂

spellbadgrammargood

ARKK is still down -20% from 5 years ago

YogiBearsPicnic

Cathie Woods is erratic. She is an Elon cultist and thinks he was dropped down here on Earth by the Lord himself. You can do what you are doing, but investing in Nasdaq, semis, etc., without doing ARKK.

netpirate2010

It does. And I just can't take Kathie seriously as an investor. But yeah as of right now, SP500 is up about 102% over the past 5 years and ARKK is DOWN 14% over the same time.