Planning Solutions 13F annual report

Planning Solutions is an investment fund managing more than $192 million ran by Ashleigh Swayze. There are currently 117 companies in Mrs. Swayze’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Tr and Ishares Inc, together worth $75.4 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$192 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th October 2020, Planning Solutions’s top holding is 745,209 shares of Ishares Tr currently worth over $62 million and making up 32.3% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 260,156 shares of Ishares Inc worth $13.4 million. The third-largest holding is Spdr Index Shs Fds worth $11.3 million and the next is Vanguard Whitehall Fds Inc worth $7.75 million, with 88,738 shares owned.

Currently, Planning Solutions's portfolio is worth at least $192 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 Planning Solutions

The Planning Solutions office and employees reside in Fulton, Maryland. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Ashleigh Swayze serves as the Counsel at Planning Solutions.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Planning Solutions revealed that it had opened a new position in Sandy Spring and bought 20,782 shares worth $725 thousand. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Sandy Spring makes up 17.4% of the fund's Finance sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 24.4% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ishares Inc by buying 10,917 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ishares Inc total 260,156 shares worth $13.4 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Planning Solutions is getting rid of from its portfolio. Planning Solutions closed its position in Dowdupont Inc on 15th August 2019. It sold the previously owned 10,842 shares for $578 thousand. Ashleigh Swayze also disclosed a decreased stake in Ishares Tr by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $62 million and 745,209 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Planning Solutions are Teewinot Capital Advisers, L.L.C and Archetype Wealth Partners. They manage $192 million and $192 million respectively.


Ashleigh Swayze investment strategy

Planning Solutions’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 5.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 42.7% 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 37% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $229 billion.

The complete list of Planning Solutions trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 15th 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 Tr
1.59%
745,209
$62,005,000 32.31%
Ishares Inc
4.38%
260,156
$13,427,000 7.00%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
0.58%
331,612
$11,292,000 5.88%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds Inc
1.37%
88,738
$7,754,000 4.04%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
10.00%
147,993
$7,594,000 3.96%
Apple, Inc.
0.89%
20,700
$4,097,000 2.13%
Bbt Corp
1.70%
79,474
$3,905,000 2.03%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
1.32%
166,995
$3,238,000 1.69%
LGI Homes, Inc.
No change
43,502
$3,107,000 1.62%
Pepsico Inc
0.56%
20,578
$2,698,000 1.41%
Johnson Johnson
0.41%
16,754
$2,333,000 1.22%
Microsoft Corp.
3.64%
15,432
$2,067,000 1.08%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
No change
28,402
$2,036,000 1.06%
Pimco Dynamic Income Fd
11.11%
59,951
$1,927,000 1.00%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
0.27%
6,543
$1,917,000 1.00%
Amazon.com, Inc.
0.10%
965
$1,827,000 0.95%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
5.20%
60,951
$5,457,000 2.84%
Bank Amer Corp
37.98%
58,543
$1,991,000 1.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
1.85%
25,509
$1,396,000 0.73%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.83%
12,121
$1,329,000 0.69%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
1.95%
20,688
$1,295,000 0.67%
Hancock John Pfd Income Fd I
2.85%
52,492
$1,208,000 0.63%
Spdr Series Trust
0.62%
31,841
$1,161,000 0.60%
Norfolk Southern Corp.
No change
5,545
$1,105,000 0.58%
Visa, Inc.
2.32%
6,173
$1,071,000 0.56%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.82%
12,652
$970,000 0.51%
Ship Finance International L
3.16%
77,079
$964,000 0.50%
FS KKR Capital Corp.
1.85%
158,769
$946,000 0.49%
Pfizer Inc.
18.98%
21,743
$942,000 0.49%
First Tr Morningstar Div Lea
0.33%
30,500
$935,000 0.49%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
1.15%
8,359
$935,000 0.49%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.99%
11,444
$1,570,000 0.82%
3M Co.
No change
4,964
$860,000 0.45%
Merck Co Inc
11.29%
9,975
$836,000 0.44%
Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.27%
14,415
$824,000 0.43%
Wisdomtree Tr
2.26%
44,527
$1,514,000 0.79%
International Business Machs
No change
5,639
$778,000 0.41%
Suntrust Bks Inc
101.72%
12,337
$775,000 0.40%
Pinnacle West Cap Corp
No change
8,119
$764,000 0.40%
The Coca-Cola Co.
0.24%
14,283
$727,000 0.38%
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.
Opened
20,782
$725,000 0.38%
Capital Bancorp Inc Md
No change
58,800
$723,000 0.38%
Facebook, Inc.
11.67%
3,580
$691,000 0.36%
Oracle Corp.
1.95%
11,897
$678,000 0.35%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
2.43%
27,119
$885,000 0.46%
V F Corp
1.43%
7,694
$672,000 0.35%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
No change
2,722
$664,000 0.35%
Nuveen Amt Free Mun Cr Inc F
No change
41,652
$661,000 0.34%
Mcdonalds Corp
1.43%
3,105
$645,000 0.34%
Cigna Corp.
0.23%
3,881
$611,000 0.32%
Union Pacific Corp.
No change
3,473
$587,000 0.31%
Dowdupont Inc
Closed
10,842
$578,000
Att Inc
7.60%
17,191
$576,000 0.30%
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
1.76%
12,165
$552,000 0.29%
Alphabet, Inc.
1.40%
1,011
$1,094,000 0.57%
Intel Corp.
1.98%
10,948
$524,000 0.27%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
6.77%
2,453
$841,000 0.44%
Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc
0.56%
3,726
$511,000 0.27%
NIKE, Inc.
No change
5,973
$501,000 0.26%
CMS Energy Corp.
No change
8,605
$498,000 0.26%
Amarin Corp. Plc
No change
25,134
$487,000 0.25%
Philip Morris International, Inc.
2.37%
6,176
$485,000 0.25%
Cousins Pptys Inc
Opened
12,181
$473,000 0.25%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
No change
2,887
$473,000 0.25%
Tier Reit Inc
Closed
16,354
$468,000
Eversource Energy
52.31%
6,171
$468,000 0.24%
Dominion Energy, Inc.
3.11%
5,950
$460,000 0.24%
Marriott Intl Inc New
No change
3,215
$451,000 0.24%
Chevron Corp.
0.47%
3,621
$451,000 0.24%
Abbott Labs
79.00%
5,352
$450,000 0.23%
Ppg Inds Inc
No change
3,814
$445,000 0.23%
Proshares Tr
No change
6,037
$419,000 0.22%
NextEra Energy, Inc.
2.60%
1,874
$384,000 0.20%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Avrg Etf
4.00%
1,440
$383,000 0.20%
General Electric Co.
0.60%
36,425
$382,000 0.20%
Schwab Strategic Tr
0.27%
5,291
$378,000 0.20%
Vanguard Group
5.21%
3,271
$377,000 0.20%
American Express Co.
No change
3,006
$371,000 0.19%
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Opened
23,442
$369,000 0.19%
Lilly Eli Co
1.70%
3,222
$357,000 0.19%
Disney Walt Co
2.87%
2,474
$345,000 0.18%
Bryn Mawr Bk Corp
No change
9,182
$343,000 0.18%
The Boeing Co.
11.64%
934
$340,000 0.18%
Altria Group, Inc.
No change
7,035
$333,000 0.17%
VEREIT, Inc.
25.51%
35,802
$323,000 0.17%
Jp Morgan Exchange Traded Fd
32.41%
6,067
$306,000 0.16%
Honeywell International, Inc.
35.80%
1,745
$305,000 0.16%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
No change
2,491
$287,000 0.15%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
2,468
$283,000 0.15%
Pnm Res Inc
No change
5,546
$282,000 0.15%
Royal Bk Cda Montreal Que
No change
3,543
$281,000 0.15%
Liberty Ppty Tr
3.54%
5,443
$272,000 0.14%
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
No change
16,735
$265,000 0.14%
AbbVie, Inc.
6.54%
3,571
$260,000 0.14%
Caterpillar, Inc.
37.01%
1,874
$255,000 0.13%
Comcast Corp New
1.27%
6,008
$254,000 0.13%
Phillips 66
Closed
2,656
$253,000
Raytheon Co
6.58%
1,441
$251,000 0.13%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
182
$248,000 0.13%
The Home Depot, Inc.
1.33%
1,185
$246,000 0.13%
BP Plc
14.61%
5,869
$245,000 0.13%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Opened
652
$237,000 0.12%
Under Armour, Inc.
2.09%
9,349
$237,000 0.12%
Travelers Companies Inc
34.51%
1,562
$234,000 0.12%
United Technologies Corp
No change
1,762
$229,000 0.12%
Medtronic Plc
No change
2,349
$229,000 0.12%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
No change
2,289
$228,000 0.12%
Mccormick Co Inc
No change
1,471
$228,000 0.12%
Spdr Series Trust
Opened
5,853
$227,000 0.12%
Adobe, Inc.
No change
772
$227,000 0.12%
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
No change
1,238
$227,000 0.12%
Mondelez International, Inc.
No change
4,132
$223,000 0.12%
The Allstate Corp.
Opened
2,115
$215,000 0.11%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Opened
704
$207,000 0.11%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
No change
7,021
$203,000 0.11%
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Opened
2,684
$201,000 0.10%
Pimco Dynmic Credit And Mrt
Opened
8,352
$200,000 0.10%
Annaly Cap Mgmt Inc
6.40%
18,306
$167,000 0.09%
Alps Etf Tr
Opened
11,811
$116,000 0.06%
Blackrock Corpor Hi Yld Fd I
Closed
10,679
$110,000
Fortress Biotech, Inc.
No change
46,000
$69,000 0.04%
Novavax, Inc.
Closed
14,000
$8,000
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