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Should You Invest in the ARK Genomic Revolution Multi-Sector ETF (ARKG)?

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Looking for broad exposure to the Healthcare - Broad segment of the U.S. equity market? You should consider the ARK Genomic Revolution Multi-Sector ETF (ARKG - Free Report) , a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 10/31/2014.

An increasingly popular option among retail and institutional investors, passively managed ETFs offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; they are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.

Additionally, sector ETFs offer convenient ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Healthcare - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 9, placing it in bottom 44%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by Ark Investment Management. It has amassed assets over $207.90 M, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Healthcare - Broad segment of the U.S. equity market.

This ETF is active and does not track a benchmark.

Costs

Investors should also pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio. Lower cost products will produce better results than those with a higher cost, assuming all other metrics remain the same.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.75%, making it one of the more expensive products in the space.

It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

ETFs offer a diversified exposure and thus minimize single stock risk but it is still important to delve into a fund's holdings before investing. Most ETFs are very transparent products and many disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

Looking at individual holdings, Intellia Therapeutics Inc (NTLA - Free Report) accounts for about 11.07% of total assets, followed by Illumina Inc (ILMN - Free Report) and Editas Medicine Inc (EDIT - Free Report) .

The top 10 holdings account for about 54.04% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

Year-to-date, the ARK Genomic Revolution Multi-Sector ETF has added roughly 21.27% so far, and was up about 32.69% over the last 12 months (as of 07/03/2018). ARKG has traded between $21.86 and $31.58 in this past 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.68 and standard deviation of 28.18% for the trailing three-year period, making it a high risk choice in the space. With about 39 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.

Bottom Line

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