Benzinga - by Johnny Rice, Benzinga Staff Writer.
Investing in the technologies of tomorrow can be a lucrative investment strategy. If investors can discern trends as they develop, they can stay ahead of the curve and reap the rewards. This is what made Cathie Wood and her firm ARK Invest famous. Her funds invest in companies she "expect[s] to be the leaders, enablers, and beneficiaries of disruptive innovation."
Wood's big bets have won her a lot of fans, but it hasn't always been a smooth ride. Investing in the cutting-edge means investing in what is largely unproven, and this strategy carries significant risk. The ARK Innovation ETF (NYSE:ARKK), for instance, is down close to 15% this year, largely due to her continued faith in Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) whose stock has been hammered recently.
However, with risk comes reward. If a fund can smartly predict the trends of tomorrow, significant upside exists.
MOON Direxion is an award-winning ETF issuer best known for its innovative leveraged and inverse single-stock funds. The company also provides its Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF (NYSE:MOON) with "exposure to the 50 most innovative U.S. companies at the forefront of changing our lives today, and tomorrow, by identifying the companies both pursuing innovation and having the potential to disrupt existing technologies and/or industries."
The fund tracks the performance of the S&P Kensho Moonshots Index and carries an expense ratio of .65%. The fund currently has assets under management of $21.4 million.
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