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Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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post #19

Never heard of Ark. I checked out their site but can anyone give me some context on why they're notable?

Just a stock noob, but they are an investment company which markets things like ETFs for buying baskets of stocks. They are known for being big proponents of Tesla stock before it blew up. Now they seem to be considered thought leaders on what is the next tech stock to achieve Tesla-like returns.

Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's going to be an interesting decade. ARKG is probably the least understood of them all.

Do you mean underestimated or overestimated?

Of the 5 ETFs ARKG is the most underestimated. Particularly, maybe entirely, by those outside of the industry and Ark community. Grasping the impact of how genomic medicine will reshape lives is too much for your average person.

That's largely the point of the ETF though, right?

Total speculation on my part... but I would predict that the average life span is pushed to 100+ by 2050. Largely on the back of genomics.

Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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post #19

Never heard of Ark. I checked out their site but can anyone give me some context on why they're notable?

Ark creates ETFs that focus entirely on publicly-traded future tech companies. They operate in four segments: Genomics, Robotics, Internet, and FinTech.

You will find very few, if any, companies in the Ark ETFs that would be considered "safe" picks for most investors. This is a testament to the nature of choosing companies working on the forefront of technological breakthroughs.

My summary spin on what they're doing is picking companies working on "what will be" as opposed to "what is".

Wright's Law is their guiding light. Worth a Wikipedia browse.

Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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FYI: On the holdings plots I see "invalid date" on all of the x-axis labels https://cathiesark.com/arkk-holdings-of-tsla

Ah yes, thanks for pointing it out. I suspect you're on Safari. Just tinkered with those dates yesterday. Tech note: momentjs isn't foolproof when it comes to Safari

Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean underestimated or overestimated?

Of the 5 ETFs ARKG is the most underestimated. Particularly, maybe entirely, by those outside of the industry and Ark community. Grasping the impact of how genomic medicine will reshape lives is too much for your average person. That's largely the point of the ETF though, right? Total speculation on my part... but I would predict that the average life span is pushed to 100+ by 2050. Largely on the back of genomics.

Instead of editing...

Differentiating life span and health span is worthwhile here. It might not be great to live to 100. But if your quality years (health span) are increased it will be. That is the primary promise of genomics, secondary is life span.

Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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Very cool! The weight rankings over time and performance views you have are awesome. I actually just started git-scraping [1] Ark's EOD holdings a few weeks ago [2] (although I'm not scraping trades out of emails since I couldn't find a trivial way to integrate them into my scraper)

I wanted to be able to justify to a friend that despite 10% of their entire portfolio oftentimes being TSLA they ARE selling shares as it goes up so it's not their ONLY holding :D

[1] Git Scraping Article that inspired me https://simonwillison.net/2020/Oct/9/git-scraping/

[2] My ark holdings scraper (and the data) https://github.com/tigger0jk/ark-invest-scraper

Re: Show HN: I built a comprehensive Ark ETF tracker

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FYI: On the holdings plots I see "invalid date" on all of the x-axis labels https://cathiesark.com/arkk-holdings-of-tsla

Ah yes, thanks for pointing it out. I suspect you're on Safari. Just tinkered with those dates yesterday. Tech note: momentjs isn't foolproof when it comes to Safari

I am also getting it on Firefox
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