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Introduction
Patrick
My guest this week is Cathie Wood, the founder of ARK Invest. Cathie and her team believe that disruptive innovation is the key to long term growth and therefore, alpha in public markets. Because their style of investing is entirely contingent on what will happen and change in the future, it is about as different a style as exists from the quantitative approach to investing, which relies on what is currently knowable about stocks and businesses. The future is notoriously hard to predict, so I'm always interested to hear about investing approaches which try to model and handicap the future and build portfolios against that work. In this conversation, we explore all the most interesting and exciting technology trends at play in the world today, and how those trends may play out for investors. We discuss genome sequencing, blockchain, software 2.0, mobility as a service, automation, and more. We also discuss Cathie's take on building a bridge between the worlds of finance and Silicon Valley, and why starting with a benchmark is anathema to their process. It's hard to deny Cathie's passion and enthusiasm, and I credit her for building a unique firm culture that emphasizes openness and collaboration. Please enjoy our conversation on investing in innovation.