Cathie Wood — Profil Smart Money & stratégie

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Cathie Wood

ARK Invest

Cathie Wood — ARK Invest
ARK
Fonds principal
12,9 Md $
Valeur du portefeuille 13F
Innovation disruptive
Style d'investissement

Profil et philosophie d'investissement

ARK Invest, le fonds de Cathie Wood, a maintenu sa conviction dans l'innovation de rupture au premier trimestre 2026, réorientant des capitaux de Tesla vers des valeurs de semi-conducteurs et de santé à forte croissance. Sa conviction dans AMD, Robinhood et Tempus AI s'est nettement renforcée. Wood reste concentrée sur un horizon de 5 ans, estimant que la volatilité actuelle des valeurs d'innovation offre un point d'entrée historique pour des entreprises à croissance composée de long terme.

Track Record

Cathie Wood founded ARK Invest in 2014 after AllianceBernstein rejected her thematic ETF concept. The flagship ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) returned approximately 152% in 2020, briefly making Wood the world's best-performing active manager. AUM peaked at roughly $60 billion in early 2021 then collapsed to around $14 billion by 2023 as growth names sold off. Cumulative ARKK return since 2014 inception sits roughly flat through 2026 — investors who bought after the 2020 spike are still under water. ARK's research approach (open-source models, daily transparency) reshaped how ETF managers communicate. Wood was named Bloomberg's best stock-picker of 2020.

Trades emblématiques

Tesla (2018-2021)
When Tesla traded near $40 split-adjusted in 2019, Wood published a $4,000 pre-split price target (worth $800 today) — analysts called it absurd. ARK's model assumed robotaxi success and 50% gross margins. By November 2021 TSLA hit $407 split-adjusted, validating the call multiple times over. ARK trimmed too late and still held large positions through the 2022 50%+ drawdown.
Bitcoin Thesis (2020-2021)
ARK published a 'Big Ideas' report in early 2021 projecting Bitcoin at $500,000 by 2026 based on institutional adoption replacing emerging-market gold demand. Wood put Coinbase, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, and crypto-adjacent names across her funds. Bitcoin hit $69,000 in November 2021 then crashed to $16,000 by 2022. The thesis recovered partially as BTC re-rated to over $100,000 in 2024-2025.
Zoom + COVID Names (2020)
ARKK loaded up on Zoom, Teladoc, Roku, Square (now Block), and other 'work-from-home' winners pre-COVID. The pandemic supercharged returns to 152% in 2020. Wood doubled down through 2021 as fundamentals plateaued. Teladoc fell over 90% from highs, Zoom over 85%. The trade illustrated both the power of conviction sizing and the cost of refusing to scale out at extreme valuations.

Stratégie actuelle (2026)

Wood's 2026 portfolio doubles down on five disruptive platforms: AI, robotics, energy storage, blockchain, and multiomic sequencing. Top ARKK positions include Tesla (still the largest), Coinbase, Roblox, Roku, Palantir, and a growing AI infrastructure basket. ARK published a 2026 Big Ideas report forecasting AI software revenue compounding at 40%+ annually and projecting Tesla at $2,600 by 2029 on robotaxi and Optimus. New additions include AI-native names and tokenization plays. Wood maintains that productivity gains from AI are deflationary and the Fed has overtightened — she's been calling for aggressive rate cuts since 2023. Bitcoin price target was raised to $1.5 million by 2030 in the latest research note.

BMI

BMI Counter-Take

Wood is the most divisive manager on Wall Street and the data supports both camps. Yes, ARKK is roughly flat since 2014 and trails the S&P 500 by 200+ percentage points. Yes, she nailed Tesla and Bitcoin when nobody else would. BMI's view: ARK funds are not portfolios, they're concentrated bets on a single thesis (exponential tech disruption). They belong in a satellite slot, not a core slot. The 2026 Big Ideas targets — $1.5M BTC, $2,600 Tesla — are not analysis, they're marketing. The research is genuinely interesting and worth reading; the price targets are not worth trading on.

Portefeuille actuel

DERNIER 13F 2026-03-31

Dernière déclaration SEC Form 13F. Valeur totale du portefeuille: 11,2 Md €. Positions: 182 positions.

TitreActionsΔ vs préc.Valeur (€)Portefeuille %
Tesla Inc.2,83 M-2.9%918 M €8,18 %
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.2,71 M+5.4%481 M €4,29 %
CRISPR Therapeutics AG11,3 M+7.5%469 M €4,19 %
Shopify Inc.4,18 M+5.0%432 M €3,85 %
Palantir Technologies Inc.3,11 M-3.8%397 M €3,54 %
Tempus AI Inc.9,61 M+27.1%379 M €3,38 %
Circle Internet Group Inc.4,51 M+8.9%375 M €3,35 %
Robinhood Markets Inc.6,00 M+24.9%363 M €3,24 %
Coinbase Global Inc.2,37 M-6.7%361 M €3,22 %
Teradyne Inc.1,25 M-47.2%322 M €2,87 %

SOURCE : SEC Form 13F (2026-05-12). BMI Smart Money Tracker.

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