Cascade Partners 13F annual report

Cascade Partners is an investment fund managing more than $758 billion ran by Brian Krause. There are currently 141 companies in Mr. Krause’s portfolio. The largest investments include Eli Lilly & Co and Apple Inc, together worth $252 billion.

$758 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 24th July 2024, Cascade Partners’s top holding is 234,100 shares of Eli Lilly & Co currently worth over $212 billion and making up 28.0% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 188,784 shares of Apple Inc worth $39.8 billion, whose value grew 21.6% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Vanguard Tax-managed Fds worth $31.8 billion and the next is Ishares Tr worth $82.5 billion, with 824,318 shares owned.

Currently, Cascade Partners's portfolio is worth at least $758 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 Cascade Partners

The Cascade Partners office and employees reside in San Diego, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Brian Krause serves as the Managing Director & Partner at Cascade Partners.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Cascade Partners revealed that it had opened a new position in Wisdomtree Tr and bought 49,556 shares worth $2.38 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Eli Lilly & Co by buying 67 additional shares. This makes their stake in Eli Lilly & Co total 234,100 shares worth $212 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Cascade Partners is getting rid of from its portfolio. Cascade Partners closed its position in Jpmorgan Chase Co on 31st July 2024. It sold the previously owned 65,372 shares for $1.81 billion. Brian Krause also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $39.8 billion and 188,784 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Cascade Partners are Diversified Portfolios and Wealth Alliance. They manage $759 billion and $760 billion respectively.


Brian Krause investment strategy

Cascade Partners’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 8.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 42.6% 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 40% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $197 billion.

The complete list of Cascade Partners trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 31st 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
Eli Lilly & Co
0.03%
234,100
$211,949,600,000 27.97%
Apple Inc
0.19%
188,784
$39,761,695,000 5.25%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
1.20%
643,763
$31,814,758,000 4.20%
Ishares Tr
5.76%
824,318
$82,529,714,000 10.89%
Pepsico Inc
2.66%
146,176
$24,108,808,000 3.18%
Revvity Inc.
No change
195,165
$20,465,002,000 2.70%
Vanguard Index Fds
5.03%
198,570
$40,831,241,000 5.39%
Ishares Inc
2.31%
303,814
$15,413,826,000 2.03%
Amazon.com Inc.
28.14%
73,200
$14,145,838,000 1.87%
NVIDIA Corp
925.01%
86,993
$10,747,084,000 1.42%
Wisdomtree Tr
1.32%
799,827
$36,196,533,000 4.78%
Spdr Ser Tr
0.64%
224,982
$12,364,297,000 1.63%
Vanguard World Fd
0.66%
35,997
$9,869,552,000 1.30%
Microsoft Corporation
0.81%
20,437
$9,134,478,000 1.21%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
0.84%
450,720
$16,870,417,000 2.23%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
0.10%
44,562
$8,134,746,000 1.07%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
0.36%
72,855
$8,278,326,000 1.09%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fds
0.99%
147,369
$7,384,661,000 0.97%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.78%
17,368
$10,736,278,000 1.42%
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.
4.73%
394,269
$6,257,049,000 0.83%
Global X Fds
1.46%
143,618
$6,551,760,000 0.86%
Tesla Inc
3.18%
25,940
$5,133,012,000 0.68%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
0.20%
12,410
$4,755,388,000 0.63%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
9.13%
51,280
$4,098,839,000 0.54%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.77%
7,652
$3,858,182,000 0.51%
Alphabet Inc
5.67%
36,251
$6,623,132,000 0.87%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
3.94%
50,103
$3,609,891,000 0.48%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
7.79%
6,609
$3,596,543,000 0.47%
VanEck ETF Trust
2.02%
95,838
$4,512,918,000 0.60%
Dimensional Etf Trust
3.25%
92,562
$5,254,505,000 0.69%
Schwab Strategic Tr
4.38%
314,571
$9,331,109,000 1.23%
Proshares Tr
36.52%
51,143
$3,630,343,000 0.48%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
6.45%
16,508
$2,869,221,000 0.38%
Alps Etf Tr
0.65%
53,870
$2,584,683,000 0.34%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
4.10%
10,531
$2,495,426,000 0.33%
American Centy Etf Tr
28.13%
130,473
$8,096,912,000 1.07%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
1.20%
47,936
$2,176,627,000 0.29%
Merck Co Inc
2.82%
15,172
$1,878,294,000 0.25%
Wisdomtree Tr
Opened
49,556
$2,380,898,000 0.31%
NextEra Energy Inc
0.18%
25,645
$1,815,937,000 0.24%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
Closed
65,372
$1,808,190,000
Fibrobiologics Inc
Opened
315,055
$1,572,124,000 0.21%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.28%
1,798
$1,527,935,000 0.20%
Toyota Motor Corporation
No change
7,430
$1,522,927,000 0.20%
Texas Instrs Inc
2.00%
7,075
$1,376,300,000 0.18%
International Business Machs
5.69%
7,434
$1,285,710,000 0.17%
Spdr Gold Tr
0.29%
5,790
$1,244,908,000 0.16%
Aflac Inc.
0.68%
13,597
$1,214,348,000 0.16%
Johnson Johnson
9.83%
8,252
$1,206,133,000 0.16%
Mastercard Incorporated
No change
2,616
$1,153,874,000 0.15%
CSX Corp.
No change
34,410
$1,151,015,000 0.15%
Intel Corp.
13.60%
36,261
$1,123,003,000 0.15%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
No change
5,136
$1,082,159,000 0.14%
Home Depot, Inc.
No change
3,141
$1,081,258,000 0.14%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
0.30%
6,432
$1,043,346,000 0.14%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
No change
35,809
$1,037,735,000 0.14%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
0.03%
106,804
$2,857,215,000 0.38%
Rockwell Automation Inc
2.01%
3,660
$1,007,525,000 0.13%
Accenture Plc Ireland
0.93%
3,272
$992,849,000 0.13%
Ready Capital Corp
16.21%
114,325
$935,179,000 0.12%
Pfizer Inc.
24.65%
31,699
$886,936,000 0.12%
Spdr Sp Midcap 400 Etf Tr
2.69%
1,555
$832,049,000 0.11%
Ishares Gold Tr
No change
17,942
$788,192,000 0.10%
Union Pac Corp
2.02%
3,399
$769,058,000 0.10%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
0.19%
10,294
$1,339,098,000 0.18%
Nushares Etf Tr
No change
25,000
$716,750,000 0.09%
Energy Transfer L P
No change
42,717
$692,867,000 0.09%
Mcdonalds Corp
10.38%
2,625
$668,955,000 0.09%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
19.74%
16,905
$649,322,000 0.09%
Novartis AG
No change
5,638
$600,221,000 0.08%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
No change
2,801
$566,488,000 0.07%
Novo-nordisk A S
2.26%
3,801
$542,533,000 0.07%
Exchange Traded Concepts Tru
No change
9,747
$537,060,000 0.07%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
0.01%
9,258
$524,748,000 0.07%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
1.80%
3,759
$514,419,000 0.07%
RTX Corp
0.99%
4,991
$501,046,000 0.07%
Adobe Inc
3.70%
898
$498,832,000 0.07%
Applied Matls Inc
No change
2,101
$495,815,000 0.07%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
2.01%
5,065
$491,508,000 0.06%
Myers Inds Inc
No change
34,586
$462,761,000 0.06%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
No change
889
$452,712,000 0.06%
Crane Co
8.87%
3,070
$445,089,000 0.06%
Texas Pacific Land Corporati
8.26%
600
$440,562,000 0.06%
Broadcom Inc.
0.75%
268
$430,266,000 0.06%
Boeing Co.
No change
2,352
$428,154,000 0.06%
Visa Inc
3.49%
1,630
$427,708,000 0.06%
Bank America Corp
No change
10,720
$426,329,000 0.06%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
0.32%
1,242
$421,050,000 0.06%
Att Inc
No change
21,757
$415,776,000 0.05%
Abbvie Inc
No change
2,365
$405,645,000 0.05%
Netflix Inc.
25.19%
594
$401,125,000 0.05%
Emerson Elec Co
3.60%
3,596
$396,135,000 0.05%
MPLX LP
No change
9,207
$392,126,000 0.05%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
No change
826
$385,843,000 0.05%
Etf Ser Solutions
No change
19,368
$380,775,000 0.05%
Fiserv, Inc.
No change
2,428
$361,869,000 0.05%
Procter And Gamble Co
2.32%
2,106
$347,336,000 0.05%
Coca-Cola Co
15.48%
5,449
$346,836,000 0.05%
Wells Fargo Co New
15.01%
5,663
$336,327,000 0.04%
Mondelez International Inc.
No change
5,067
$331,609,000 0.04%
Linde Plc.
No change
747
$327,831,000 0.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
7.52%
6,720
$319,288,000 0.04%
Calamos Strategic Total Retu
No change
18,723
$315,295,000 0.04%
Progressive Corp.
13.24%
1,474
$306,165,000 0.04%
Oneok Inc.
No change
3,747
$305,568,000 0.04%
Hercules Capital Inc
No change
14,193
$290,247,000 0.04%
Illumina Inc
No change
2,735
$285,479,000 0.04%
Blackrock Inc.
No change
353
$277,975,000 0.04%
Microstrategy Inc.
No change
200
$275,496,000 0.04%
AMGEN Inc.
0.12%
861
$269,154,000 0.04%
Blackstone Secd Lending Fd
14.14%
8,769
$268,507,000 0.04%
Disney Walt Co
1.51%
2,675
$265,598,000 0.04%
Eversource Energy
13.18%
4,610
$261,433,000 0.03%
Chubb Limited
No change
1,018
$259,671,000 0.03%
Sp Global Inc
No change
581
$259,126,000 0.03%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
1.18%
5,211
$252,942,000 0.03%
Etfs Gold Tr
9.93%
11,070
$245,975,000 0.03%
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
No change
483
$244,306,000 0.03%
Caterpillar Inc.
No change
730
$243,163,000 0.03%
Ameriprise Finl Inc
No change
553
$236,236,000 0.03%
Synopsys, Inc.
4.85%
389
$231,646,000 0.03%
Block Inc
Closed
3,005
$231,355,000
Comcast Corp New
No change
5,907
$231,299,000 0.03%
Hannon Armstrong Sust Infr C
Opened
7,754
$229,518,000 0.03%
Stryker Corp.
No change
672
$228,648,000 0.03%
Asml Holding N V
Opened
222
$227,506,000 0.03%
Yum Brands Inc.
12.91%
1,713
$226,948,000 0.03%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
No change
214
$225,511,000 0.03%
Realty Income Corp.
Opened
4,244
$224,168,000 0.03%
Boston Scientific Corp.
Opened
2,869
$220,978,000 0.03%
EBay Inc.
No change
4,101
$220,310,000 0.03%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
Opened
495
$220,201,000 0.03%
Vanguard World Fd
Opened
379
$218,528,000 0.03%
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
744
$215,864,000 0.03%
Ishares Tr
Opened
3,383
$412,535,000 0.05%
Diageo plc
8.27%
1,664
$209,856,000 0.03%
Carrier Global Corporation
Opened
3,325
$209,741,000 0.03%
Salesforce Inc
2.44%
801
$205,875,000 0.03%
Dow Inc
0.13%
3,833
$203,341,000 0.03%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Opened
3,641
$202,076,000 0.03%
Global X Fds
Closed
10,050
$167,534,000
Endeavour Silver Corp.
28.32%
32,900
$115,808,000 0.02%
Opko Health Inc
No change
66,490
$83,113,000 0.01%
Adtheorent Holding Company
Closed
25,000
$80,250,000
Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc.
Opened
11,100
$12,987,000 0.00%
Velo3d Inc
Closed
39,000
$12,371,000
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