Blackston Advisory 13F annual report
Blackston Advisory is an investment fund managing more than $176 billion ran by Kiah Seymour. There are currently 82 companies in Seymour’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Vanguard World Fd, together worth $83.6 billion.
$176 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 10th July 2024, Blackston Advisory’s top holding is 155,977 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $46.3 billion and making up 26.4% of the portfolio value.
In addition, the fund holds 145,595 shares of Vanguard World Fd worth $37.3 billion.
The third-largest holding is Vanguard Scottsdale Fds worth $12 billion and the next is Vanguard Specialized Funds worth $12 billion, with 65,505 shares owned.
Currently, Blackston Advisory's portfolio is worth at least $176 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash
assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.
Careers at Blackston Advisory
The Blackston Advisory office and employees reside in The Villages, Florida. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Kiah Seymour serves as the Compliance Officer at Blackston Advisory.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Blackston Advisory revealed that it had opened a new position in
Vanguard Index Fds and bought 155,977 shares worth $46.3 billion.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard World Fd by buying
138,122 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Vanguard World Fd total 145,595 shares worth $37.3 billion.
On the other hand, there are companies that Blackston Advisory is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Blackston Advisory closed its position in Vanguard Mega Cap Growthetf on 17th July 2024.
It sold the previously owned 62,328 shares for $17.9 billion.
Kiah Seymour also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Specialized Funds by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $12 billion and 65,505 shares.
One of the smallest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Blackston Advisory are Wc Walker & Associates and Colonial River Wealth Management. They manage $176 billion and $176 billion respectively.
Kiah Seymour investment strategy
Blackston Advisory’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 6.3% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
52.4% of the portfolio companies
are based in the United States.
The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks.
Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up
51% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $265 billion.
The complete list of Blackston Advisory trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on July 17th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.
| Security | Shares Owned | Value | Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Index Fds |
Opened
155,977
|
$46,287,143,000 | 26.36% |
| Vanguard World Fd |
1,848.28%
145,595
|
$37,264,628,000 | 21.22% |
| Vanguard Mega Cap Growthetf |
Closed
62,328
|
$17,863,694,000 | |
| Vanguard Total Stock Market Etf |
Closed
54,901
|
$14,268,692,000 | |
| Vanguard Sp 500 Etf |
Closed
29,567
|
$14,213,222,000 | |
| Vanguard Large Cap Etf |
Closed
51,216
|
$12,279,627,000 | |
| Vanguard Scottsdale Fds |
Opened
65,922
|
$12,019,885,000 | 6.84% |
| Vanguard Specialized Funds |
9.29%
65,505
|
$11,957,902,000 | 6.81% |
| Vanguard Consumer Staples Etf |
Closed
52,169
|
$10,649,746,000 | |
| Vanguard Russell 1000 Etf |
Closed
42,800
|
$10,200,184,000 | |
| Vanguard Mid Cap Etf |
Closed
28,707
|
$7,172,841,000 | |
| Vanguard Whitehall Fds |
7.44%
56,197
|
$6,664,939,000 | 3.80% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
Opened
15,009
|
$4,999,587,000 | 2.85% |
| Apple Inc |
46.14%
23,028
|
$4,850,123,000 | 2.76% |
| Ishares Tr |
Opened
41,879
|
$4,565,720,000 | 2.60% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
37.21%
9,145
|
$4,087,267,000 | 2.33% |
| Vanguard Information Technology Etf |
Closed
5,684
|
$2,979,902,000 | |
| Select Sector Spdr Tr |
209.17%
23,577
|
$2,835,470,000 | 1.61% |
| Tesla Inc |
2.15%
13,804
|
$2,731,536,000 | 1.56% |
| Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Etf |
Closed
29,431
|
$2,550,864,000 | |
| Vanguard Health Care Etf |
Closed
8,359
|
$2,261,419,000 | |
| NVIDIA Corp |
5,937.93%
17,510
|
$2,163,191,000 | 1.23% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
146.59%
9,945
|
$1,921,871,000 | 1.09% |
| Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc |
5.69%
5,664
|
$1,888,505,000 | 1.08% |
| Ishares Sp 500 Growth Etf |
Closed
21,328
|
$1,800,944,000 | |
| Procter And Gamble Co |
65.09%
8,258
|
$1,361,952,000 | 0.78% |
| Vanguard Mega Cap Etf |
Closed
6,973
|
$1,302,999,000 | |
| Spdr Ser Tr |
Opened
11,527
|
$1,288,939,000 | 0.73% |
| Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr |
4.19%
2,190
|
$1,191,631,000 | 0.68% |
| First Tr Nasdaq 100 Tech Ind |
3.37%
5,707
|
$1,126,942,000 | 0.64% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
194.68%
2,767
|
$1,125,615,000 | 0.64% |
| Walmart Inc |
15.90%
16,189
|
$1,096,183,000 | 0.62% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
104.17%
3,134
|
$1,078,999,000 | 0.61% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
261.33%
2,121
|
$1,069,509,000 | 0.61% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Co. |
367.37%
5,085
|
$1,028,448,000 | 0.59% |
| Alphabet Inc |
Opened
4,670
|
$850,725,000 | 0.48% |
| Merck Co Inc |
232.32%
6,477
|
$801,855,000 | 0.46% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
Opened
6,891
|
$793,302,000 | 0.45% |
| Abbvie Inc |
275.99%
4,275
|
$733,207,000 | 0.42% |
| Vanguard Mid Cap Growth Etf |
Closed
3,046
|
$718,140,000 | |
| Us Bancorp Del |
29.19%
17,896
|
$710,457,000 | 0.40% |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. |
1.38%
5,068
|
$693,568,000 | 0.39% |
| Pepsico Inc |
204.08%
4,099
|
$676,007,000 | 0.38% |
| Technology Select Sectorspdr Etf |
Closed
3,201
|
$666,602,000 | |
| Johnson Johnson |
201.91%
4,275
|
$624,828,000 | 0.36% |
| Select Sector Health Care Spdr Etf |
Closed
4,012
|
$592,752,000 | |
| Spdr Msci Usa Strategicfactors Etf |
Closed
3,861
|
$562,298,000 | |
| Energy Select Sector Spdr Etf |
Closed
5,847
|
$552,052,000 | |
| Ishares Msci Usa Momntumfct Etf |
Closed
2,829
|
$530,074,000 | |
| Mcdonalds Corp |
Opened
1,990
|
$507,250,000 | 0.29% |
| Ishares 20 Pls Year Treasury Bnd Etf |
Closed
5,193
|
$491,362,000 | |
| Ishares Semiconductor Etf Iv |
Closed
2,136
|
$482,565,000 | |
| Cisco Sys Inc |
Opened
10,141
|
$481,817,000 | 0.27% |
| Verizon Communications Inc |
95.13%
11,491
|
$473,900,000 | 0.27% |
| Ishares Us Healthcare Etf |
Closed
7,355
|
$455,257,000 | |
| Vanguard Small Cap Growth Etf |
Closed
1,678
|
$437,495,000 | |
| Oneok Inc. |
97.17%
5,357
|
$436,890,000 | 0.25% |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
Opened
2,879
|
$435,661,000 | 0.25% |
| Duke Energy Corp. |
Opened
4,161
|
$417,098,000 | 0.24% |
| Qualcomm, Inc. |
Opened
2,047
|
$407,807,000 | 0.23% |
| International Business Machs |
70.70%
2,313
|
$400,014,000 | 0.23% |
| Allete, Inc. |
No change
5,969
|
$372,160,000 | 0.21% |
| Blackstone Inc |
Opened
2,983
|
$369,258,000 | 0.21% |
| Vanguard Intl Equity Index F |
Opened
3,069
|
$345,697,000 | 0.20% |
| Phillips 66 |
41.44%
2,444
|
$344,998,000 | 0.20% |
| Spdr Sp Biotech Etf |
Closed
3,620
|
$343,502,000 | |
| Lamar Advertising Co |
Opened
2,854
|
$341,170,000 | 0.19% |
| Idex Corporation |
Opened
1,686
|
$339,246,000 | 0.19% |
| Wisdomtree Tr |
Opened
7,435
|
$338,971,000 | 0.19% |
| Wisdomtree Inter Hdg Qlydiv Grt Etf |
Closed
6,871
|
$315,643,000 | |
| Ishares Biotechnology Etf |
Closed
2,296
|
$315,057,000 | |
| Mccormick Co Inc |
No change
4,408
|
$312,704,000 | 0.18% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
Opened
563
|
$311,339,000 | 0.18% |
| Union Pac Corp |
Opened
1,345
|
$304,421,000 | 0.17% |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. |
0.99%
1,017
|
$303,503,000 | 0.17% |
| CVS Health Corp |
Opened
4,939
|
$291,686,000 | 0.17% |
| Intercontinental Exchange In |
Opened
2,119
|
$290,055,000 | 0.17% |
| Garmin Ltd |
Opened
1,744
|
$284,099,000 | 0.16% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
Opened
547
|
$278,714,000 | 0.16% |
| Paychex Inc. |
Opened
2,323
|
$275,381,000 | 0.16% |
| Salesforce Inc |
Opened
1,070
|
$275,097,000 | 0.16% |
| Waste Mgmt Inc Del |
Opened
1,268
|
$270,438,000 | 0.15% |
| Parsons Corp |
No change
3,276
|
$268,010,000 | 0.15% |
| AMGEN Inc. |
Opened
848
|
$265,006,000 | 0.15% |
| Spdr Sp Health Care Equipment Etf |
Closed
3,000
|
$263,793,000 | |
| Emerson Elec Co |
Opened
2,337
|
$257,480,000 | 0.15% |
| Comcast Corp New |
Opened
6,483
|
$253,874,000 | 0.14% |
| Visa Inc |
Opened
944
|
$247,782,000 | 0.14% |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. |
Opened
1,911
|
$247,723,000 | 0.14% |
| 3M Co. |
Opened
2,402
|
$245,424,000 | 0.14% |
| Eli Lilly Co |
Opened
269
|
$243,554,000 | 0.14% |
| Sp Global Inc |
Opened
539
|
$240,417,000 | 0.14% |
| CSX Corp. |
Opened
7,177
|
$240,079,000 | 0.14% |
| Ford Mtr Co Del |
80.30%
19,103
|
$239,546,000 | 0.14% |
| Dnp Select Income Fd Inc |
0.62%
28,989
|
$238,291,000 | 0.14% |
| Prologis Inc |
Opened
2,119
|
$238,027,000 | 0.14% |
| Att Inc |
Opened
12,268
|
$234,438,000 | 0.13% |
| Aflac Inc. |
Opened
2,612
|
$233,305,000 | 0.13% |
| RTX Corp |
Opened
2,317
|
$232,563,000 | 0.13% |
| Digital Rlty Tr Inc |
Opened
1,517
|
$230,641,000 | 0.13% |
| Fiserv, Inc. |
Opened
1,542
|
$229,820,000 | 0.13% |
| Hunt J B Trans Svcs Inc |
Opened
1,428
|
$228,480,000 | 0.13% |
| Qorvo Inc |
Opened
1,931
|
$224,073,000 | 0.13% |
| Tjx Cos Inc New |
Opened
2,024
|
$222,859,000 | 0.13% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
Opened
488
|
$220,791,000 | 0.13% |
| Vanguard Wellington Fd |
Opened
1,608
|
$215,609,000 | 0.12% |
| Sarepta Therapeutics Inc |
Opened
1,350
|
$213,300,000 | 0.12% |
| Exelon Corp. |
Opened
5,976
|
$206,832,000 | 0.12% |
| Vanguard Energy Etf |
Closed
1,567
|
$206,423,000 | |
| No transactions found | |||
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