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Closelook Records · Manager

ARK Invest — Cathie Wood

A- ARK Funds (SEC-regulated ETF issuer) ↗ ARKK inception 31 Oct 2014 (~12y)

An SEC-regulated ETF with a daily-priced NAV is the most verifiable record format there is; the minus reflects that the headline story depends entirely on the start date you choose on that record.

Asset focusDisruptive-innovation equities — ARKK flagship plus thematic sister ETFs
StyleHigh-conviction, concentrated active management; every trade disclosed daily by email and on the fund site
StandingOne of the most-followed active managers in the world; the daily trade emails are a media product in themselves

The record, as shown at the source

MetricValueAs ofSource
Record format Daily NAV, SEC-regulated ETF, all trades disclosed next day 22 Oct 2026 ARK Funds ARKK page ↗
Signature year ARKK +152.5% in 2020 FY 2020 ARK Funds performance data ↗
Signature drawdown ≈−80% peak-to-trough, Feb 2021 – Dec 2022 Dec 2022 ARKK NAV history ↗

Figures are quoted exactly as the named source showed them on the stated date; they move daily — verify at the source before relying on them.

The Closelook battery computed · v1

Computed by Closelooknet from ARKK daily adjusted closes, 2022-10-03 → 2026-10-21 (4y window) — not the platform's figures. v1 — daily adjusted closes; Sharpe/Sortino with rf = 0; annualisation ×√252; monthly stats from month-end closes.

MetricValue
CAGR (window)+22.2%
Total return (window)+125%
Trailing 1y-5.1%
Volatility (ann.)41.4%
Sharpe (rf = 0)0.54
Sortino (rf = 0)0.81
Max drawdown-39.6% (2025-02-14 → 2025-04-08)
Calmar0.56
Winning months48% of 48
Best month+31.4% (Nov 2023)
Worst month-16.6% (Dec 2022)

Battery computed 2026-10-22. The two-level Closelook Rating built on this battery follows with the methodology page.

The Closelook read

The most transparent large active record in the catalogue — a regulated ETF with daily NAV and next-day trade disclosure — and the clearest case study in how the same record tells opposite stories depending on the window you cut.

ARK is in this catalogue for two reasons. First, the format: a regulated ETF with daily published NAV and full next-day trade disclosure is a stronger verification standard than any copy-trading platform offers. Second, the lesson: from inception the record is respectable, from January 2020 it is spectacular, from February 2021 it is an 80% drawdown. All three are the same record. That is why this catalogue grades verifiability and dates every figure instead of ranking returns.

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