Is this the world's best stock picker? — Quartz
February 27, 2021 What do Tesla, Square, bitcoin, and Shopify have in common? Yes, they are all red hot and bubbly. But they have also been blessed by Cathie Wood, the star stock picker and bespectacled founder of ARK Investment Management. Wood’s “disruptive innovation” fund has posted a 140% gain over the past year, blowing away the 21% gain of the broader US stock market. Wood has made a name for herself by looking deep into the future to predict how things like battery storage and genome sequencing will reshape the economy. Her company’s eye-popping returns sparked a cult followin...