Guidant Wealth Advisors 13F annual report

Guidant Wealth Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $268 million ran by Brian Gosell. There are currently 137 companies in Mr. Gosell’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Intl Equity Index F and Vanguard Tax Managed Intl Fd, together worth $43.6 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$268 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Guidant Wealth Advisors’s top holding is 582,288 shares of Vanguard Intl Equity Index F currently worth over $25.3 million and making up 9.4% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 446,164 shares of Vanguard Tax Managed Intl Fd worth $18.3 million. The third-largest holding is Vanguard Charlotte Fds worth $13.6 million and the next is Ishares Tr worth $95.8 million, with 2,428,248 shares owned.

Currently, Guidant Wealth Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $268 million. 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 Guidant Wealth Advisors

The Guidant Wealth Advisors office and employees reside in Palatine, Illinois. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Brian Gosell serves as the Business Operations Manager at Guidant Wealth Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Guidant Wealth Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Invesco Exchng Traded Fd Tr and bought 587 shares worth $67 thousand.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Intl Equity Index F by buying 54,493 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Intl Equity Index F total 582,288 shares worth $25.3 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Guidant Wealth Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Guidant Wealth Advisors closed its position in Ishares Tr on 16th October 2019. It sold the previously owned 53,278 shares for $1.36 million. Brian Gosell also disclosed a decreased stake in Ubs Ag Jersey Brh by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $7.54 million and 518,634 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Guidant Wealth Advisors are Bishop Rock Capital, L.P. and Kcl Capital, L.P.. They manage $268 million and $268 million respectively.


Brian Gosell investment strategy

Guidant Wealth Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 2.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 48.2% 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 47% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.7% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $177 billion.

The complete list of Guidant Wealth Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on October 16th 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 Intl Equity Index F
10.32%
582,288
$25,260,000 9.42%
Vanguard Tax Managed Intl Fd
8.25%
446,164
$18,328,000 6.83%
Vanguard Charlotte Fds
5.13%
230,400
$13,554,000 5.05%
Ishares Tr
37.72%
2,428,248
$95,810,000 35.73%
Vanguard Index Fds
5.28%
358,919
$49,413,000 18.43%
Schwab Strategic Tr
5.16%
279,877
$17,696,000 6.60%
Ubs Ag Jersey Brh
9.06%
518,634
$7,536,000 2.81%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
1.93%
27,317
$5,682,000 2.12%
Wisdomtree Tr
2.00%
101,660
$5,000,000 1.86%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
3.35%
57,457
$2,247,000 0.84%
Ishares Tr
Closed
53,278
$1,355,000
Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc
No change
28,958
$3,846,000 1.43%
Vanguard World Fds
No change
8,264
$1,629,000 0.61%
Wisdomtree Continuous Commod
Closed
61,533
$1,097,000
Spdr Series Trust
32.45%
129,140
$5,999,000 2.24%
Ishares Inc
No change
19,765
$1,101,000 0.41%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
0.34%
14,052
$830,000 0.31%
Apple, Inc.
0.14%
2,963
$664,000 0.25%
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
0.89%
11,792
$652,000 0.24%
Alphabet, Inc.
0.32%
623
$761,000 0.28%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds Inc
0.02%
8,283
$720,000 0.27%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
0.02%
5,329
$598,000 0.22%
NextEra Energy, Inc.
0.11%
1,794
$418,000 0.16%
Mastercard, Inc.
0.35%
1,417
$385,000 0.14%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fd Inc
No change
7,000
$375,000 0.14%
Abbott Labs
No change
4,379
$366,000 0.14%
AbbVie, Inc.
2.92%
4,724
$358,000 0.13%
Pimco Etf Tr
0.21%
5,719
$489,000 0.18%
Procter Gamble Co
0.04%
2,637
$328,000 0.12%
The Allstate Corp.
No change
2,858
$311,000 0.12%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
0.22%
5,933
$292,000 0.11%
Disney Walt Co
0.19%
2,097
$273,000 0.10%
Xcel Energy Inc.
0.13%
3,907
$254,000 0.09%
Ishares Gold Trust
No change
17,050
$240,000 0.09%
Att Inc
14.56%
6,102
$231,000 0.09%
Flexshares Tr
0.22%
12,088
$340,000 0.13%
Franklin Res Inc
69.31%
7,682
$222,000 0.08%
Northern Tr Corp
No change
2,304
$215,000 0.08%
Spdr Series Trust
Closed
3,488
$204,000
Microsoft Corp.
No change
1,431
$199,000 0.07%
Johnson Johnson
0.68%
1,461
$189,000 0.07%
Proshares Tr
No change
3,100
$180,000 0.07%
Fidelity Covington Tr
No change
6,746
$327,000 0.12%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
1.24%
8,142
$168,000 0.06%
Verizon Communications, Inc.
No change
2,516
$152,000 0.06%
Vanguard Star Fd
7.93%
2,924
$151,000 0.06%
Costco Whsl Corp New
No change
501
$144,000 0.05%
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
No change
4,779
$144,000 0.05%
Vanguard Bd Index Fd Inc
0.10%
2,080
$174,000 0.06%
Honeywell International, Inc.
No change
766
$130,000 0.05%
The Clorox Co.
No change
800
$121,000 0.05%
Amazon.com, Inc.
No change
68
$118,000 0.04%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
6.02%
2,340
$115,000 0.04%
Discover Finl Svcs
No change
1,350
$109,000 0.04%
Morgan Stanley
No change
2,500
$107,000 0.04%
Novartis A G
No change
1,225
$106,000 0.04%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
No change
1,654
$104,000 0.04%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
3.45%
2,659
$238,000 0.09%
Mcdonalds Corp
No change
453
$97,000 0.04%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
No change
1,377
$97,000 0.04%
Universal Display Corp.
No change
550
$92,000 0.03%
Danaher Corp.
No change
571
$82,000 0.03%
Pepsico Inc
No change
558
$77,000 0.03%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
No change
2,739
$76,000 0.03%
Invesco Exchng Traded Fd Tr
No change
1,220
$71,000 0.03%
Tri Contl Corp
0.27%
2,605
$71,000 0.03%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
No change
235
$70,000 0.03%
Invesco Exchng Traded Fd Tr
Closed
587
$69,000
Accenture Plc Ireland
No change
352
$68,000 0.03%
Invesco Exchng Traded Fd Tr
Opened
587
$67,000 0.02%
The Home Depot, Inc.
No change
256
$59,000 0.02%
Unilever N V
No change
952
$57,000 0.02%
Total S A
Closed
1,000
$56,000
Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.98%
720
$55,000 0.02%
Walmart, Inc.
No change
447
$53,000 0.02%
Total S A
Opened
1,000
$52,000 0.02%
Prudential Finl Inc
No change
541
$49,000 0.02%
Intel Corp.
4.08%
944
$49,000 0.02%
Occidental Pete Corp
No change
1,077
$48,000 0.02%
Merck Co Inc
22.37%
547
$46,000 0.02%
BlackRock, Inc.
No change
102
$45,000 0.02%
Mondelez International, Inc.
No change
815
$45,000 0.02%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
655
$44,000 0.02%
Becton Dickinson Co
No change
166
$42,000 0.02%
Altria Group, Inc.
No change
900
$37,000 0.01%
Visa, Inc.
No change
194
$33,000 0.01%
FedEx Corp.
No change
217
$32,000 0.01%
Fifth Third Bancorp
No change
1,149
$31,000 0.01%
Comcast Corp New
Opened
678
$31,000 0.01%
Chevron Corp.
0.39%
260
$31,000 0.01%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
No change
229
$31,000 0.01%
The Boeing Co.
No change
78
$30,000 0.01%
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Opened
424
$30,000 0.01%
Dow, Inc.
156.73%
629
$30,000 0.01%
Us Bancorp Del
No change
537
$30,000 0.01%
Cummins, Inc.
No change
182
$30,000 0.01%
Booking Holdings, Inc.
No change
15
$29,000 0.01%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
8.26%
100
$29,000 0.01%
Duke Energy Corp.
No change
288
$28,000 0.01%
Lam Research Corp.
0.83%
121
$28,000 0.01%
NiSource, Inc.
No change
912
$27,000 0.01%
Netflix, Inc.
3.85%
100
$27,000 0.01%
The Blackstone Group, Inc.
Opened
528
$26,000 0.01%
Wellcare Health Plans Inc
No change
100
$26,000 0.01%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.48%
211
$25,000 0.01%
Canopy Growth Corp.
No change
1,100
$25,000 0.01%
Paychex, Inc.
No change
300
$25,000 0.01%
American Express Co.
No change
200
$24,000 0.01%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
No change
257
$24,000 0.01%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
No change
112
$24,000 0.01%
Pfizer Inc.
No change
677
$24,000 0.01%
Fox Corp.
No change
744
$23,000 0.01%
Blackstone Group L P
Closed
528
$23,000
Eog Res Inc
0.33%
302
$22,000 0.01%
United Technologies Corp
38.61%
159
$22,000 0.01%
Ecolab, Inc.
No change
105
$21,000 0.01%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
6.00%
53
$21,000 0.01%
Amgen, Inc.
No change
110
$21,000 0.01%
Spdr Gold Trust
No change
149
$21,000 0.01%
Aberdeen Std Precious Metals
No change
274
$20,000 0.01%
Starbucks Corp.
No change
218
$19,000 0.01%
Seaboard Corp.
No change
4
$18,000 0.01%
Ingevity Corp.
No change
198
$17,000 0.01%
Fortive Corp.
No change
245
$17,000 0.01%
The Hershey Co.
No change
110
$17,000 0.01%
Enbridge, Inc.
No change
460
$16,000 0.01%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
No change
100
$16,000 0.01%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
No change
111
$16,000 0.01%
Edison Intl
No change
200
$15,000 0.01%
Fidelity
0.37%
274
$14,000 0.01%
McKesson Corp.
No change
104
$14,000 0.01%
The Charles Schwab Corporati
No change
305
$13,000 0.00%
Valero Energy Corp.
No change
150
$13,000 0.00%
Alcon, Inc.
No change
225
$13,000 0.00%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
No change
75
$13,000 0.00%
Corteva, Inc.
Opened
421
$12,000 0.00%
3M Co.
12.31%
73
$12,000 0.00%
Phillips 66
No change
117
$12,000 0.00%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
No change
409
$12,000 0.00%
JD.com, Inc.
No change
400
$11,000 0.00%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
223
$11,000 0.00%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
No change
63
$11,000 0.00%
The Kraft Heinz Co.
No change
345
$10,000 0.00%
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