Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Buys Over 940,000 Shares of This Augmented Reality Firm

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Published: August 11, 2021 8:15 am

A couple of ARK Invest exchange-traded funds run by ETF star Cathie Wood bought over 940,000 shares of Vuzix Corp. (NASDAQ: VUZI) on Tuesday, as the share price of these funds were relatively flat in the day’s session. Their share prices have greatly improved over the past year, though.

Specifically, ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKQ) bought 262,826 shares of Vuzix and ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKW) bought 683,346 shares. At Tuesday’s closing prices, this would have valued these purchases at roughly $12 million. This is only a small fraction of the total holdings. Both funds are up 55% or so over the past 52 weeks.

Here is a quick look at all the purchases made by ARK ETFs:

Fund	Ticker	Company	Shares
ARKF	DKNG	DRAFTKINGS INC	35,900
ARKF	ETSY	ETSY INC	8,800
ARKG	ADPT	ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORP	268,463
ARKG	BEAM	BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC	48,616
ARKG	SMFR	SEMA4 HOLDINGS CORP	201,832
ARKG	SGFY	SIGNIFY HEALTH INC	308,074
ARKG	PATH	UIPATH INC	176,152
ARKK	SRNG	SOARING EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP	1,953,160
ARKK	TSP	TUSIMPLE HOLDINGS INC	690,523
ARKK	FATE	FATE THERAPEUTICS INC	21,200
ARKK	Z	ZILLOW GROUP INC	340,891
ARKQ	VUZI	VUZIX CORP	262,826
ARKQ	TSP	TUSIMPLE HOLDINGS INC	220,111
ARKQ	SPFR	JAWS SPITFIRE ACQUISITION CORP	24,119
ARKQ	PATH	UIPATH INC	56,835
ARKQ	MKFG	MARKFORGED HOLDING CORP	64,168
ARKW	Z	ZILLOW GROUP INC	102,648
ARKW	VUZI	VUZIX CORP	683,346
ARKW	LPSN	LIVEPERSON INC	140,919
ARKX	BLDE	BLADE AIR MOBILITY	156,637
ARKX	KTOS	KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC	61,817
ARKX	MKFG	MARKFORGED HOLDING CORP	255,800

Catherine Wood, the CEO and CIO of ARK Investment Management, is a minority and nonvoting shareholder of 24/7 Wall St.

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