[Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Introduces Prediction Market Data, Leveraging Kalshi to Optimize Investments and Risk Hedging] Odaily Planet Daily News – Cathie Wood's investment firm ARK Invest announced that it will utilize data from the prediction market platform Kalshi to assist in investment decision-making and for risk management and hedging strategies. ARK stated that Kalshi data will be integrated in three ways: first, to supplement fundamental and quantitative analysis by introducing continuously updated market expectations; second, to obtain real-time signals through indicators such as trading volume; and third, to manage event-driven risks, hedging key outcomes that impact the investment portfolio as well as macroeconomic and industry risks. Cathie Wood remarked that incorporating prediction markets into institutional investment processes is a natural extension of financial research innovation. This type of data helps quantify uncertainty and provides more forward-looking references for investments in disruptive industries.