We believe the opportunities resulting from disruptive innovation often are underestimated or misunderstood by traditional investment managers. ARK identifies four market inefficiencies that may cause investors to miss out on future growth driven by disruptive innovation.
“The market easily can be distracted by short-term price movements, losing focus on the long-term effect of disruptive technologies. We believe there is a time arbitrage to take advantage of. ARK seeks opportunities that offer growth over 3-5 years that the market ignores or underestimates.”
Innovations can have long flat adoption curves as inertia and lack of understanding can delay their embrace.
Performance tends to decline during the gap between the early adopters and mass market acceptance.
Growth can accelerate quickly. Many truly innovative products and services are platforms in “winner takes most” markets.
Innovation should not be boxed into sectors, geographies, or market caps. Index strategies tend to miss forward looking growth opportunities, while analysts covering disruptive companies have trouble understanding technology cost curves. ARK’s analysts are organized by cross-sector disruptive innovation themes to capitalize on the convergence of research.
We believe innovation demands an open approach to gain a deeper understanding of the convergence across technologies and their full market potential. ARK uses an Open Research Ecosystem that combines top-down and bottom-up research. It is designed to identify innovation early and allow for an organized exchange of insights between the Portfolio Manager, Director of Research, Analysts, and external sources.
