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ARKK vs. VOO

ARK Innovation ETF

ARKK
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

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ARKKARK Innovation ETF
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF

What is ARKK?

ARK will select investments for ARKK that represent its highest-conviction investment ideas within the theme of disruptive innovation, as described above, in constructing the Fund s portfolio. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ( ETF ) that will invest under normal circumstances primarily (at least 65% of its assets) in domestic equity securities and U.S. exchange traded foreign equity securities of companies that are relevant to the Fund s investment theme of disruptive innovation.

Snapshot
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ARKK ARK Innovation ETF
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Oct 31, 2014
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.75%
0.03%
ARKK has a higher expense ratio than VOO by 0.72%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in ARKK than VOO.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
ARKK targets investing in Global Equities, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ARK Funds
Vanguard
ARKK is managed by ARK Funds, while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$529,712,420
$1,621,694,598
Both ARKK and VOO 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
$6,719,241,511
$325,714,712,538
ARKK has more assets under management than VOO by $318,995,471,027. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
None
S&P 500 Index
ARKK is based off of the undefined, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
ARKK and VOO use the same leverage ratio. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Active
Passive
ARKK uses a Active investing strategy, while VOO uses a Passive investing strategy.
Dividend
No
No
ARKK and VOO may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither ARKK nor VOO require a K1.

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