Safeguard Investment Advisory 13F annual report
Safeguard Investment Advisory is an investment fund managing more than $280 billion ran by James Murray. There are currently 78 companies in Mr. Murray’s portfolio. The largest investments include Dimensional Etf Trust and Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr, together worth $183 billion.
$280 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 2nd August 2024, Safeguard Investment Advisory’s top holding is 4,720,490 shares of Dimensional Etf Trust currently worth over $152 billion and making up 54.5% of the portfolio value.
In addition, the fund holds 55,206 shares of Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr worth $30.1 billion.
The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $8.47 billion and the next is Ishares Tr worth $16.4 billion, with 239,655 shares owned.
Currently, Safeguard Investment Advisory's portfolio is worth at least $280 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 Safeguard Investment Advisory
The Safeguard Investment Advisory office and employees reside in Corona, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, James Murray serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Safeguard Investment Advisory.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Safeguard Investment Advisory revealed that it had opened a new position in
Grayscale Bitcoin Tr Btc and bought 9,956 shares worth $519 million.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Dimensional Etf Trust by buying
717,347 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Dimensional Etf Trust total 4,720,490 shares worth $152 billion.
On the other hand, there are companies that Safeguard Investment Advisory is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Safeguard Investment Advisory closed its position in Pfizer on 9th August 2024.
It sold the previously owned 9,987 shares for $288 million.
James Murray also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $8.47 billion and 40,232 shares.
One of the smaller hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Safeguard Investment Advisory are Maytus Capital Management and Quantum Private Wealth. They manage $280 billion and $280 billion respectively.
James Murray investment strategy
Safeguard Investment Advisory’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 5.3% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
48.7% 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
46% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.6% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $317 billion.
The complete list of Safeguard Investment Advisory trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on August 9th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensional Etf Trust |
17.92%
4,720,490
|
$152,464,790,000 | 54.47% |
| Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr |
18.91%
55,206
|
$30,063,406,000 | 10.74% |
| Apple Inc |
2.27%
40,232
|
$8,474,642,000 | 3.03% |
| Ishares Tr |
18.03%
239,655
|
$16,405,550,000 | 5.86% |
| Vanguard World Fd |
7.15%
35,830
|
$8,193,552,000 | 2.93% |
| Vanguard Index Fds |
3.51%
16,865
|
$7,179,337,000 | 2.56% |
| Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii |
4.01%
26,108
|
$5,144,736,000 | 1.84% |
| Vanguard Specialized Funds |
13.08%
20,148
|
$3,658,757,000 | 1.31% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
0.40%
7,989
|
$3,571,316,000 | 1.28% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
4.53%
17,844
|
$3,448,361,000 | 1.23% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
1,004.01%
21,175
|
$2,615,933,000 | 0.93% |
| Eli Lilly & Co |
244.66%
2,261
|
$2,046,890,000 | 0.73% |
| Jefferies Finl Group Inc |
No change
39,437
|
$1,962,386,000 | 0.70% |
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. |
1.22%
15,885
|
$1,692,989,000 | 0.60% |
| Bank America Corp |
15.85%
41,267
|
$1,641,293,000 | 0.59% |
| Broadcom Inc |
50.94%
883
|
$1,417,733,000 | 0.51% |
| AT&T Inc. |
28.85%
73,687
|
$1,408,121,000 | 0.50% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
20.31%
2,749
|
$1,400,089,000 | 0.50% |
| Tesla Inc |
30.90%
6,485
|
$1,283,196,000 | 0.46% |
| Costco Whsl Corp New |
3.04%
1,371
|
$1,166,509,000 | 0.42% |
| Alphabet Inc |
3.51%
10,967
|
$2,003,817,000 | 0.72% |
| Netflix Inc. |
0.79%
1,540
|
$1,039,316,000 | 0.37% |
| Ark Etf Tr |
47.68%
36,420
|
$1,464,906,000 | 0.52% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
6.98%
1,885
|
$951,286,000 | 0.34% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
11.92%
7,671
|
$882,984,000 | 0.32% |
| Chevron Corp. |
0.83%
4,744
|
$742,096,000 | 0.27% |
| Visa Inc |
12.87%
2,783
|
$730,229,000 | 0.26% |
| Boeing Co. |
7.18%
3,929
|
$714,970,000 | 0.26% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
5.25%
4,173
|
$676,901,000 | 0.24% |
| Walmart Inc |
161.68%
9,117
|
$617,181,000 | 0.22% |
| Sempra |
0.68%
7,622
|
$579,734,000 | 0.21% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
13.22%
1,396
|
$567,890,000 | 0.20% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
0.31%
1,593
|
$548,248,000 | 0.20% |
| Grayscale Bitcoin Tr Btc |
Opened
9,956
|
$519,085,000 | 0.19% |
| Etfs Gold Tr |
16.87%
23,044
|
$512,037,000 | 0.18% |
| Qualcomm, Inc. |
1.34%
2,563
|
$510,267,000 | 0.18% |
| Disney Walt Co |
0.55%
5,090
|
$505,426,000 | 0.18% |
| Micron Technology Inc. |
3.66%
3,637
|
$478,728,000 | 0.17% |
| Procter And Gamble Co |
6.06%
2,782
|
$458,738,000 | 0.16% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
22.99%
2,238
|
$452,987,000 | 0.16% |
| Spdr Gold Tr |
14.26%
1,912
|
$411,092,000 | 0.15% |
| Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl |
6.89%
3,944
|
$407,240,000 | 0.15% |
| J P Morgan Exchange Traded F |
Opened
7,149
|
$360,815,000 | 0.13% |
| L3Harris Technologies Inc |
7.05%
1,504
|
$337,768,000 | 0.12% |
| Xcel Energy Inc. |
Opened
6,257
|
$334,187,000 | 0.12% |
| Rockwell Automation Inc |
0.17%
1,176
|
$323,631,000 | 0.12% |
| Toro Co. |
1.58%
3,431
|
$320,869,000 | 0.11% |
| Altria Group Inc. |
Opened
6,950
|
$316,573,000 | 0.11% |
| Proshares Tr |
Opened
4,132
|
$305,022,000 | 0.11% |
| Select Sector Spdr Tr |
11.86%
8,384
|
$507,186,000 | 0.18% |
| Western Digital Corp. |
28.99%
3,858
|
$292,092,000 | 0.10% |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Closed
9,987
|
$287,537,000 | |
| Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc |
No change
2,600
|
$284,804,000 | 0.10% |
| Vanguard Index Fds |
Closed
1,177
|
$273,645,000 | |
| Welltower Inc. |
1.98%
2,573
|
$268,257,000 | 0.10% |
| Verizon Communications Inc |
0.35%
6,503
|
$268,212,000 | 0.10% |
| Eaton Corp Plc |
5.43%
854
|
$267,772,000 | 0.10% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Closed
579
|
$262,819,000 | |
| Ishares Inc |
31.99%
2,494
|
$260,913,000 | 0.09% |
| Pimco Etf Tr |
Opened
2,590
|
$260,684,000 | 0.09% |
| Johnson & Johnson |
2.80%
1,761
|
$257,408,000 | 0.09% |
| American Centy Etf Tr |
Opened
2,831
|
$255,295,000 | 0.09% |
| Dimensional Etf Trust |
Opened
4,206
|
$250,626,000 | 0.09% |
| Dbx Etf Tr |
0.02%
6,024
|
$249,626,000 | 0.09% |
| 3M Co. |
Closed
2,248
|
$246,398,000 | |
| Wells Fargo Co New |
Opened
4,105
|
$243,830,000 | 0.09% |
| Oracle Corp. |
Opened
1,723
|
$243,236,000 | 0.09% |
| Conocophillips |
Opened
2,105
|
$240,852,000 | 0.09% |
| RTX Corp |
Closed
2,851
|
$239,955,000 | |
| Cisco Sys Inc |
Closed
4,734
|
$239,145,000 | |
| Schwab Strategic Tr |
Opened
3,026
|
$235,253,000 | 0.08% |
| Abbvie Inc |
Opened
1,307
|
$224,257,000 | 0.08% |
| GE Aerospace |
Opened
1,386
|
$220,361,000 | 0.08% |
| Pepsico Inc |
Closed
1,282
|
$217,804,000 | |
| Blackstone Inc |
No change
1,729
|
$214,050,000 | 0.08% |
| Ishares Tr |
Opened
1,935
|
$213,509,000 | 0.08% |
| Hsbc Hldgs Plc |
19.84%
4,877
|
$212,213,000 | 0.08% |
| AMGEN Inc. |
Closed
737
|
$212,211,000 | |
| Vanguard World Fd |
Opened
365
|
$210,455,000 | 0.08% |
| Deere & Co. |
Closed
518
|
$207,270,000 | |
| Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average |
Closed
545
|
$205,405,000 | |
| American Elec Pwr Co Inc |
Opened
2,317
|
$203,310,000 | 0.07% |
| Citigroup Inc |
Closed
3,922
|
$201,693,000 | |
| Energy Transfer L P |
3.97%
11,837
|
$191,989,000 | 0.07% |
| Franklin Bsp Rlty Tr Inc |
No change
13,374
|
$168,512,000 | 0.06% |
| Ford Mtr Co Del |
5.43%
13,069
|
$163,891,000 | 0.06% |
| Warner Bros.Discovery Inc |
37.14%
13,436
|
$99,964,000 | 0.04% |
| Gabelli Equity Tr Inc |
9.32%
13,824
|
$71,884,000 | 0.03% |
| Presto Automation Inc |
Opened
100,000
|
$7,000,000 | 0.00% |
| Almaden Minerals Ltd |
Closed
10,000
|
$1,450,000 | |
| No transactions found | |||
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