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Why Cathie Wood’s ARK is snapping up shares in Roblox, Block and Robinhood

Tesla, Roku and Teladoc Health were the top three holdings in the innovation fund, and are all down at least 19% in 2022

Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management is snapping up more shares of largely unprofitable companies, doubling down on a bet that many traders and investors expect to be tested this year by rising interest rates.

Over the past two weeks, Wood’s flagship ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund has bought more than $400m of high-growth stocks, including Roblox, Block and Robinhood Markets. That’s according to the firm’s daily trading logs and stock-pricing data as of 11 February. She says the companies, which span video gaming, digital payments, trading and other industries, have the potential to change the world.

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