##  [# Hot Reads: Soros Bets on Wood’s ARKK ](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-soros-bets-woods-arkk) 

 

# Hot Reads: Soros Bets on Wood’s ARKK 

 

 

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[By Heather Bell](/contributors/heather-bell)

 Feb 17, 2023

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[**George Soros Bought Options to Buy ARK Innovation Shares**](https://www.thestreet.com/technology/billionaire-george-soros-bets-on-asset-manager-cathie-wood)   
 Call options bought in 4Q relate to 500,000 shares, valued at $15.62 million at the time of the contract.

[**SEC Targets Built-In Marketing Fees in Mutual Fund-to-ETF Conversions**](https://www.ft.com/content/5ac7997c-4ecb-4fe6-ac42-d15f357cc6d4) (Financial Times)   
 One question is whether 12b-1 fees levied on mutual funds can be used to promote them as converted ETFs.

[**US Stocks Are Beating Everyone Else Once Again**](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-02-17/us-stocks-are-beating-everyone-else-once-again?sref=MAODZZNF) (Bloomberg)   
 The popular view that the rest of the world will outperform the U.S. this year has just been rocked.

[**Just How Bad Was 2022 for Endowments?**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b8xh2s5pb4t581/Just-How-Bad-Was-2022-for-Endowments) (Institutional Investor)   
 In the worst year for performance since the financial crisis, small funds took the hardest hit.

[**World Won’t Decarbonize Fast Enough Unless Renewables Make Real Money**](https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/02/16/the-world-wont-decarbonise-fast-enough-unless-renewables-make-real-money) (The Economist)   
 Governments must accept that green power is pricey.

[**Can We Get a Bubble With Higher Interest Rates?**](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2023/02/can-we-get-a-bubble-with-higher-interest-rates/) (A Wealth of Common Sense)   
 Low rates can make it easier for bubbles to occur, but that doesn’t mean they don’t happen when rates are high.

[**Billions Pouring Into Bond ETFs Are Bright Spot for BlackRock**](https://www.ft.com/content/231524e2-fe76-412c-ac84-dbfc365879af) (Financial Times)   
 The world’s largest asset manager dominates inflows into products attracting professional investors.

[**ETFs Are Increasingly ‘Mainstream for Fast Money’**](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/etfs-are-increasingly-mainstream-for-fast-money-amid-rise-in-options-activity-tied-to-exposures-in-stocks-bonds-6fb26c9e) (MarketWatch)   
 Options activity around ETFs has jumped largely due to investors using short-term trading strategies.

[**Fed’s Move to Boost Rates Makes Winners Out of These ETFs**](https://www.barrons.com/articles/feds-rate-hikes-6-etfs-c05a8004?mod=Searchresults) (Barron’s)   
 Fears of more Fed rate hikes benefit ETFs that do better in a risk-off environment, focused on dividends, quality and low volatility.



 

 

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