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Ark’s not exactly buying the dip
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest spent Thursday doing what it’s been doing a lot lately: hitting the sell button on Robinhood. ARK Innovation ETF unloaded 167,741 shares, worth about $15.47 million, after already trimming another $7.8 million worth the day before.
That’s a pretty loud message from a fund that has usually been treated like a growth-stock hype machine with a cool logo. If Ark is taking chips off the table while the stock is climbing, you start wondering whether this is simple portfolio housekeeping or a subtle “maybe don’t get too comfy” signal.
The weird part: the Street is getting nicer
Robinhood isn’t exactly limping into the room. Needham’s John Todaro just bumped his price target to $97, pointing to strong May metrics and the possibility that better crypto rules could be a tailwind. Robinhood is also pushing deeper into equities and options, which gives it more ways to keep users trading instead of doomscrolling.
So you’ve got a stock with momentum, a friendlier analyst note, and Ark quietly reducing exposure. Classic market life: one person’s confidence boost is another person’s profit-taking excuse.
Why investors should care
The bigger takeaway isn’t that Robinhood suddenly looks broken — it doesn’t. It’s that the stock has enough run-up and optimism around it that even a famous bull like Wood is willing to sell into strength.
Big picture: when a high-profile buyer starts lightening up while analysts are still cheering, that can mean the easy money has already been made, or it can mean the stock still has room but the ride is getting bumpier.