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ARKF vs. SPY

ARK Fintech Innovation ETF

ARKF
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Correlation

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Top 10 comparisons with ARKF:
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ARKF
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SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SwitchARKWARK Investment Management LLC - ARK Next Generation Internet ETF0.98ARKKARK Investment Management LLC - ARK Innovation ETF0.96TARKInvestment Managers Series Trust II - AXS 2X Innovation ETF0.96IPORenaissance Capital Greenwich Funds - Renaissance IPO ETF0.94FINXGlobal X Funds - Global X Funds Global X FinTech ETF0.92XSWSPDR Series Trust - SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF0.91WCLDWisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund0.90IBUYAmplify ETF Trust - Amplify Online Retail ETF0.90THNQExchange Traded Concepts Trust - ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF0.89CLOUGlobal X Funds - Global X Cloud Computing ETF0.89

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by ARKF and SPY:

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Performance Measures**

for the time period Feb 4, 2019 to Apr 2, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

ARKF

-4.6%

-21.0%

SPY

-4.2%

-3.7%

Diff.

-0.4%

-17.3%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

ARKF

-78.6%

39.9%

SPY

-33.7%

19.6%

Diff.

-44.9%

+20.3%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

ARKF

0.42

0.12

SPY

0.80

0.44

Diff.

-0.38

-0.32

ARKFARK Fintech Innovation ETF
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

What is ARKF?

ARKF is an actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that seeks long-term growth of capital. It seeks to achieve this investment objective by investing under normal circumstances primarily (at least 80% of its assets) in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies that are engaged in the Fund s investment theme of financial technology ( Fintech ) innovation.

Snapshot
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ARKF ARK Fintech Innovation ETF
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Inception date
Feb 4, 2019
Jan 22, 1993
Expense ratio
0.75%
0.09%
ARKF has a higher expense ratio than SPY by 0.66%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in ARKF than SPY.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
ARKF targets investing in Global Equities, while SPY targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ARK Funds
State Street (SPDR)
ARKF is managed by ARK Funds, while SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$9,483,865
$33,257,618,740
Both ARKF and SPY are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$808,992,455
$400,404,126,565
ARKF has more assets under management than SPY by $399,595,134,110. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
None
S&P 500 Index
ARKF is based off of the undefined, while SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither ARKF nor SPY use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Active
Passive
ARKF uses a Active investing strategy, while SPY uses a Passive investing strategy.
Dividend
No
No
ARKF and SPY may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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SPY may issue a K1, while ARKF does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.

Disclaimers

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