Gradient Capital Advisors 13F annual report

Gradient Capital Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $213 million ran by Timothy Sagawa. There are currently 118 companies in Mr. Sagawa’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf and Apple Inc, together worth $36.6 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$213 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 26th July 2021, Gradient Capital Advisors’s top holding is 53,410 shares of Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf currently worth over $23 million and making up 10.8% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 99,497 shares of Apple Inc worth $13.6 million, whose value grew 8.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Jpmorgan Ultra-short Income Etf worth $13.2 million and the next is Vanguard Short-term Inflation-protected Securities Etf worth $11 million, with 210,181 shares owned.

Currently, Gradient Capital Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $213 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 Gradient Capital Advisors

The Gradient Capital Advisors office and employees reside in San Diego, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Timothy Sagawa serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Gradient Capital Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Gradient Capital Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in Dimensional U.s. Targeted Value Etf and bought 94,906 shares worth $4.25 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf by buying 1,050 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf total 53,410 shares worth $23 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Gradient Capital Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Gradient Capital Advisors closed its position in Spdr Bloomberg Barclays Investment Grade Floating Rate Etf on 2nd August 2021. It sold the previously owned 7,749 shares for $237 thousand. Timothy Sagawa also disclosed a decreased stake in Schwab U.s. Large-cap Etf by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $5.06 million and 48,655 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Gradient Capital Advisors are Payden & Rygel and Paragon Advisors. They manage $213 million and $213 million respectively.


Timothy Sagawa investment strategy

Gradient Capital Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 8 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 10.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 12.7% 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 13% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 3.4% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $402 billion.

The complete list of Gradient Capital Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 2nd 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
Ishares Core S&p 500 Etf
2.01%
53,410
$22,962,000 10.76%
Apple Inc
0.90%
99,497
$13,627,000 6.39%
Jpmorgan Ultra-short Income Etf
0.72%
260,788
$13,232,000 6.20%
Vanguard Short-term Inflation-protected Securities Etf
10.99%
210,181
$11,016,000 5.16%
Schwab International Equity Etf
0.68%
254,246
$10,030,000 4.70%
Spdr Portfolio Developed World Ex-us Etf
15.71%
175,301
$6,449,000 3.02%
Tesla Inc
2.66%
8,944
$6,079,000 2.85%
Schwab U.s. Mid-cap Etf
6.09%
76,307
$5,973,000 2.80%
Vanguard Short-term Corporate Bond Index Fund
18.10%
66,554
$5,505,000 2.58%
Schwab U.s. Large-cap Etf
2.14%
48,655
$5,059,000 2.37%
Dimensional U.s. Targeted Value Etf
Opened
94,906
$4,252,000 1.99%
Vanguard Large-cap Index Fund
0.83%
18,707
$3,755,000 1.76%
Vanguard Total International Stock Etf
1.19%
56,687
$3,723,000 1.74%
Jpmorgan Chase & Co Com
0.97%
22,553
$3,508,000 1.64%
Schwab U.s. Reit Etf
8.59%
74,825
$3,426,000 1.61%
Ishares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond Etf
9.37%
62,363
$3,418,000 1.60%
Vanguard Growth Index Fund
0.13%
11,474
$3,291,000 1.54%
Vanguard Ftse Developed Markets Etf
1.08%
62,924
$3,242,000 1.52%
Microsoft Corp Com
0.95%
11,672
$3,162,000 1.48%
Vanguard Small-cap Index Fund
2.60%
13,837
$3,117,000 1.46%
Facebook Inc
0.07%
8,735
$3,037,000 1.42%
Vanguard Mid-cap Index Fund
0.32%
12,722
$3,020,000 1.42%
Vanguard Global Ex-u.s. Real Estate Index
7.66%
48,065
$2,805,000 1.31%
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf
17.56%
6,213
$2,445,000 1.15%
Schwab Us Aggregate Bond Etf
0.04%
40,793
$2,227,000 1.04%
Wp Carey Inc Com
8.77%
29,181
$2,177,000 1.02%
Vanguard Small-cap Value Index Fund
10.26%
12,335
$2,142,000 1.00%
Vanguard Real Estate Etf
1.73%
19,777
$2,013,000 0.94%
Vanguard Ftse All-world Ex Us Index Fund
1.46%
28,503
$1,807,000 0.85%
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market Etf
41.18%
57,326
$1,698,000 0.80%
Vanguard Short-term Bond Index Fund
1.35%
20,456
$1,681,000 0.79%
Schwab U.s. Broad Market Etf
3.75%
15,378
$1,603,000 0.75%
Lam Research Corp Com
0.58%
2,415
$1,571,000 0.74%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del Cl B New
No change
5,078
$1,411,000 0.66%
Schwab U.s. Large-cap Value Etf
27.77%
19,990
$1,367,000 0.64%
Vanguard Ftse Emerging Markets Etf
1.81%
24,034
$1,305,000 0.61%
Spdr Dow Jones Global Real Estate Etf
1.76%
24,904
$1,282,000 0.60%
Spdr Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond Etf
1.02%
40,384
$1,264,000 0.59%
Qualcomm, Inc.
1.11%
8,620
$1,232,000 0.58%
Vanguard Value Index Fund
21.86%
8,876
$1,220,000 0.57%
Johnson & Johnson Com
8.98%
7,066
$1,164,000 0.55%
Avantis U.s. Small Cap Value Etf
55.58%
14,603
$1,110,000 0.52%
Schwab Us Dividend Equity Etf
45.27%
14,539
$1,099,000 0.52%
Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl A
8.25%
446
$1,089,000 0.51%
Bk Of America Corp Com
0.16%
26,227
$1,081,000 0.51%
Ishares Iboxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Etf
1.99%
7,678
$1,032,000 0.48%
Lululemon Athletica inc.
No change
2,697
$984,000 0.46%
Avantis International Small Cap Value Etf
21.93%
14,502
$939,000 0.44%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.75%
269
$925,000 0.43%
Disney Walt Co Com
0.50%
4,934
$867,000 0.41%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
2.40%
3,888
$866,000 0.41%
Consumer Staples Select Sector Spdr Fund
No change
12,271
$859,000 0.40%
Ishares 0-5 Year Tips Bond Etf
0.67%
7,954
$846,000 0.40%
Schwab U.s. Small-cap Etf
17.66%
7,989
$832,000 0.39%
Spdr Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond Etf
Opened
29,965
$826,000 0.39%
Ishares S&p Small-cap Fund
3.23%
7,094
$801,000 0.38%
iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF
No change
7,221
$798,000 0.37%
Lockheed Martin Corp Com
5.44%
2,085
$789,000 0.37%
Spdr Gold Shares
7.36%
4,612
$764,000 0.36%
Teladoc Health Inc
10.72%
4,498
$748,000 0.35%
Spdr Gold Minishares Trust
9.67%
41,685
$734,000 0.34%
iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF
No change
13,632
$729,000 0.34%
Ishares Core U.s. Aggregate Bond Etf
1.79%
6,189
$714,000 0.33%
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
27.20%
4,606
$713,000 0.33%
Jpmorgan Ultra-short Municipal Income Etf
No change
13,756
$702,000 0.33%
Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
3.20%
2,841
$702,000 0.33%
Home Depot, Inc.
2.13%
2,157
$688,000 0.32%
Schwab U.s. Tips Etf
0.30%
10,789
$674,000 0.32%
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity Etf
3.64%
18,768
$617,000 0.29%
Spdr Nuveen Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Municipal Bond Etf
No change
9,820
$597,000 0.28%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf
2.76%
1,341
$574,000 0.27%
Intel Corp Com
9.13%
9,728
$546,000 0.26%
Vanguard Ultra-short Bond Etf
Opened
10,415
$522,000 0.24%
Alphabet Inc Cap Stk Cl C
No change
205
$514,000 0.24%
Ishares Core Msci Eafe Etf
2.92%
6,748
$505,000 0.24%
Pgim Global High Yield Fd Form Com
No change
31,240
$498,000 0.23%
Boeing Co Com
5.28%
1,974
$473,000 0.22%
Ishares Msci Eafe Etf
No change
5,783
$456,000 0.21%
Wisdomtree U.s. Total Dividend Fund
1.34%
3,843
$455,000 0.21%
Ishares Floating Rate Bond Etf
No change
8,949
$455,000 0.21%
Ishares Tips Bond Etf
1.44%
3,516
$450,000 0.21%
Broadcom Inc.
2.13%
912
$435,000 0.20%
NetFlix Inc
6.88%
812
$429,000 0.20%
Invesco S&p 500 Low Volatility Etf
0.70%
6,911
$421,000 0.20%
Schwab International Small-cap Equity Etf
3.63%
9,976
$415,000 0.19%
Ishares S&p 500 Value Etf
No change
2,713
$401,000 0.19%
Ishares Msci Global Energy Producers Etf
11.14%
23,491
$400,000 0.19%
Ishares Cohen & Steers Reit Etf
No change
6,008
$393,000 0.18%
Pfizer Inc.
16.73%
9,393
$368,000 0.17%
Schwab Short-term U.s. Treasury Etf
19.03%
7,096
$363,000 0.17%
Invesco QQQ Trust
No change
1,020
$362,000 0.17%
Ishares S&p Midcap Fund
No change
1,303
$350,000 0.16%
Ishares Russell 2000 Etf
No change
1,401
$321,000 0.15%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd Sponsored Ads
4.93%
2,599
$312,000 0.15%
International Business Machs Com
0.19%
2,115
$310,000 0.15%
Starbucks Corp Com
0.70%
2,678
$299,000 0.14%
Caterpillar Inc.
8.42%
1,352
$294,000 0.14%
AMGEN Inc.
2.00%
1,172
$286,000 0.13%
Nvidia Corporation Com
Opened
344
$275,000 0.13%
Procter And Gamble Co Com
6.04%
2,001
$270,000 0.13%
Spdr Portfolio S&p 1500 Composite Stock Market Etf
No change
5,083
$269,000 0.13%
Visa Inc
2.74%
1,086
$254,000 0.12%
Target Corp Com
Opened
1,018
$246,000 0.12%
Ishares S&p/citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund Ex-us
No change
4,716
$246,000 0.12%
Ishares Micro-cap Etf
Opened
1,597
$244,000 0.11%
Spdr Bloomberg Barclays Investment Grade Floating Rate Etf
Closed
7,749
$237,000
Invesco California Amt-free Municipal Bond Etf
51.66%
8,384
$236,000 0.11%
Ishares S&p 500 Growth Etf
No change
3,228
$235,000 0.11%
Chevron Corp New Com
2.44%
2,196
$230,000 0.11%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Opened
1,059
$220,000 0.10%
Costco Whsl Corp New Com
Opened
548
$217,000 0.10%
Intuit Com
Opened
438
$215,000 0.10%
Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Etf
Opened
3,145
$214,000 0.10%
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund
4.31%
2,467
$212,000 0.10%
Dimensional U.s. Core Equity 2 Etf
Opened
7,731
$209,000 0.10%
Pimco 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Exchange-traded Fund
No change
2,034
$203,000 0.10%
Nike, Inc.
Opened
1,304
$201,000 0.09%
Immunoprecise Antibodies Ltd Com New
No change
21,718
$131,000 0.06%
Palatin Technologies Inc Com Par $ .01
Opened
10,760
$7,000 0.00%
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