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A key biomarker Johnson advises monitoring and lowering before bedtime, as he claims it is the best predictor of sleep quality and a lever for overall health improvement.

Identified by Bryan Johnson as the single most critical factor for health, willpower, and overall well-being. He refers to it as the 'best performance-enhancing drug'.

A method to assess the functional age of the body and its individual organs, which can differ from chronological age. Johnson uses it as a key performance indicator for his health regimen.

The scientific and strategic pursuit of extending human healthspan and lifespan.

A mobile payment service owned by PayPal.

A financial framework used to construct portfolios to optimize or maximize expected return for a given level of risk. Ark used this theory to calculate a potential $3.8 million price for Bitcoin based on its optimal weight in a portfolio.

Market cycles during which Ark Invest employs different strategies. In bear markets, they concentrate on their highest conviction names, and in bull markets, they diversify into new opportunities like IPOs.

A compensation plan for Elon Musk that would grant him an additional 12% stake in Tesla over 10 years if he meets extremely ambitious performance targets. The vote on this package is a major point of contention and a test of corporate governance.

Individual investors buying and selling securities for their personal accounts.

A set of corporate tax cuts and incentives, such as full depreciation and expensing of R&D, that Cathie Wood believes will 'turbocharge' investment in innovation.

A group of six large-cap technology stocks (formerly Mag 7, with Tesla excluded) that have tripled in valuation from 2019-2024. Wood expects these to be outperformed by truly disruptive innovation stocks in the coming years.

An industry resulting from the convergence of robotics, energy storage, and AI. Wood cites autonomous taxis from Tesla and Waymo as examples of this S-curve-driven growth area.