Claire Ballentine

Stay informed with Claire Ballentine’s coverage and analysis for Fortune.

  • new graduate with head down sitting on stairsEconomy

    U.S. student loan rate set to be 6.39%, extending borrower squeeze

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • Woman staring out windowSuccess

    40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’

    By Claire Ballentine, Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, and others
  • Cathie WoodFinance

    Cathie Wood is closing her first ARK exchange-traded fund ever

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • A bitcoin logo on the carpet of a bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) kiosk in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Bitcoin climbed, aided by supportive comments from Ark Investment Managements Cathie Wood and news that Square Inc. boosted its stake in the cryptocurrency. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Cathie Wood wants Ark to go all-in on crypto with Bitcoin futures ETF

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • GULF OF MEXICO – APRIL 21: In this handout image provided be the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana. An estimated leak of 1,000 barrels of oil a day are still leaking into the gulf. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew. (Photo by U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)Finance

    Cathie Wood’s new Ark ETF has no place for banking, oil or sin

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • KRAKOW, POLAND – 2021/06/10: A bitcoin hotspot is pictured inside a shopping mall. (Photo by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Bitcoin climbs to highest point since May as investors eye $50,000 threshold

    By Vildana Hajric, Claire Ballentine, and others
  • Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, speaks during the Sooner Than You Think conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. From AI-enabled robo-investing to the implications for retail of a cashless world to the impact on monetary policy if and when governments move to digital tender, technological innovation is rapidly changing our relationship to money, creating major new opportunities but also creating poorly understood risks. Photographer: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Coinbase is one of few bright spots for Cathie Wood’s Ark ETF

    By Brandon Kochkodin, Claire Ballentine, and others
  • CHINA – 2021/04/23: In this photo illustration the online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and sell cryptocurrency Coinbase logo seen on an Android mobile device screen with the currency of the United States dollar icon, $ icon symbol in the background.Tech

    Coinbase plunges to all-time low as investors sour on newly-public tech companies

    By Claire Ballentine, Vildana Hajric, and others
  • Representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 27, 2021. (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)Finance

    SEC pushes back Bitcoin ETF decision until at least June

    By Katie Greifeld, Claire Ballentine, and others
  • Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, speaks during the Sooner Than You Think conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. From AI-enabled robo-investing to the implications for retail of a cashless world to the impact on monetary policy if and when governments move to digital tender, technological innovation is rapidly changing our relationship to money, creating major new opportunities but also creating poorly understood risks. Photographer: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF stages record rally as Bitcoin and tech surge

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARK Investment Management LLC, speaks during the Sooner Than You Think conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. From AI-enabled robo-investing to the implications for retail of a cashless world to the impact on monetary policy if and when governments move to digital tender, technological innovation is rapidly changing our relationship to money, creating major new opportunities but also creating poorly understood risks. Photographer: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Cathie Wood buys the dip as Tesla shares drop

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 26, 2020 – Customers lined up in the apple store to buy the 5g version of the iPhone 12. Shanghai, China, October 26, 2020.-Tech

    Apple has lost $450 billion in value in just a few weeks

    By Claire Ballentine, Jeff Kearns, and others
  • US President Donald Trump shows a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping, October 2019.Finance

    U.S. Stocks Rise on Report of China Trade Deal: Markets Wrap

    By Claire Ballentine, Vildana Hajric, and others
  • Key Speakers At The Sooner Than You Think Technology ConferenceFinance

    In Zero-Fee Era, Wrestlers and Astronauts Help Funds Fight Back

    By Claire Ballentine and Bloomberg
  • jail cell

    Indianapolis Cuts Out For-Profit Prison Company in Hopes of Improving Criminal Justice System

    By Amanda Albright, Claire Ballentine, and others