ARK INNOVATION ETF
ARKK is an actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that seeks long-term growth of capital. It seeks to achieve this investment objective by investing under normal circumstances primarily (at least 65% of its assets) in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies that are relevant to ARKK's investment theme of disruptive innovation. ARK defines ‘‘disruptive innovation'' as the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the world works.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN
Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +6.4% so far this year. At 0.75% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
| 1 week | +2.4% |
| 1 month | +10.8% |
| 3 months | +11.8% |
| 6 months | +18.6% |
| YTD | +6.4% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ARKK on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF | 0.03% | $97.9B | +$245M | -72bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$245M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF | 0.04% | $33.8B | +$668M | -71bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$668M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF | 0.04% | $28.1B | +$103M | -71bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$103M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.03% | $900.9B | −$14.2B | -72bp on fee · 157× the assets | Head-to-head |
| VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 0.03% | $500.4B | — | -72bp on fee · 87× the assets | Head-to-head |