Cathie Wood Invests $12 Million in CrowdStrike Stock After Microsoft Outage
Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, recently made a significant investment of nearly $12 million in CrowdStrike stock following a major global tech outage caused by the company's software update. This incident led to an 11% decrease in shares.
The software malfunction in Crowdstrike affected millions of Microsoft (MSFT) Windows users worldwide, resulting in grounded flights, delayed surgeries, disrupted bank operations, and more. The repercussions of this event were still evident on Monday.
During the tech meltdown, two of Wood's exchange-traded funds increased their positions in CrowdStrike. The ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) purchased 27,061 shares valued at approximately $8.25 million, constituting 2% of the fund's assets. On the other hand, the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (AR...