Ares Financial Consulting, LLC
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 9, 2026), Ares Financial Consulting, LLC reported 1,131 stock positions worth $139.4 million. Its top holding was VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US (VTI) at 11.9% of the portfolio, followed by Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre (USFR, 5.4%) and Dimensional US Target Value (DFAT, 3.6%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 104 new positions, sold out of 38, added to 236 and reduced 84. The biggest buy was VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US (VTI, shares +2%) and the biggest sale Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre (USFR, shares −5%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CALABASAS, CA
- CIK
- 0002106717
- Portfolio Value
- $139.4M (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0002106717-26-000003 ↗ filed Jul 9, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 1,131 stocks · $139.4M
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 11.92% | 44,884 | $16.6M | Add +1.6% |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | 5.36% | 148,386 | $7.5M | Reduce -5.4% |
| DFAT Dimensional US Target Value | 3.57% | 71,147 | $5.0M | Add +0.6% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 3.28% | 22,819 | $4.6M | Add +1.5% |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | 3.21% | 108,404 | $4.5M | Add +3.7% |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | 2.98% | 100,765 | $4.2M | Reduce -6.3% |
| AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 2.88% | 31,348 | $4.0M | Reduce -8.5% |
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | 2.79% | 38,081 | $3.9M | Add +8.4% |
| LTPZ PIMCO 15+ YR US Tips Indx | 2.48% | 68,277 | $3.5M | Add +19.4% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 2.43% | 9,576 | $3.4M | Reduce -0.4% |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | 2.12% | 66,568 | $3.0M | Reduce -7.1% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.97% | 9,486 | $2.7M | Add +1.0% |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | 1.96% | 32,037 | $2.7M | Add +0.9% |
| CEFS Saba Opport Hedg Cef ETF-Usd | 1.95% | 105,934 | $2.7M | Reduce -4.1% |
| DFIC Dimensional International Co. | 1.89% | 70,517 | $2.6M | Add +19.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.52% | 5,945 | $2.1M | Reduce -0.8% |
| FRDM Freedom 100 Emeging MRKT ETF | 1.51% | 28,953 | $2.1M | Add +15.6% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.37% | 11,588 | $1.9M | Add +0.3% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.36% | 5,088 | $1.9M | Reduce -2.1% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.14% | 2,158 | $1.6M | Add +5.2% |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | 1.01% | 23,953 | $1.4M | Reduce -10.1% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 1.01% | 7,423 | $1.4M | Add +0.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.90% | 5,281 | $1.3M | Add +0.5% |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | 0.88% | 24,445 | $1.2M | Reduce -21.1% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.80% | 3,673 | $1.1M | Add +0.1% |
| DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity M | 0.78% | 21,124 | $1.1M | Reduce -29.5% |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | 0.72% | 23,791 | $1.0M | No change |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.69% | 2,300 | $967K | No change |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | 0.63% | 15,111 | $879K | Add +19.1% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.63% | 1,501 | $872K | Add +0.1% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.60% | 1,219 | $837K | Add +3.7% |
| DFGR Dim Global Real Estate ETF | 0.58% | 27,805 | $806K | Add +7.5% |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | 0.58% | 1,576 | $803K | Reduce -1.5% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.57% | 10,081 | $801K | Add +32.8% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.53% | 6,535 | $740K | Add +0.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.51% | 1,897 | $717K | No change |
| DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. | 0.50% | 22,547 | $690K | Reduce -27.6% |
| DFIV Dimensional International Va | 0.45% | 11,666 | $630K | Add +1.3% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.44% | 8,635 | $615K | Add +1.1% |
| DFAX Dimensional World Ex US Core | 0.44% | 16,570 | $610K | Add +1.1% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.44% | 813 | $609K | Add +0.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 0.44% | 813 | $607K | Add +153.3% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.43% | 1,070 | $603K | Add +2.4% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.40% | 1,693 | $554K | No change |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.40% | 1,103 | $552K | Add +1.6% |
| SCHP Schwab U.S. Tips ETF | 0.39% | 20,654 | $547K | Add +1.0% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.39% | 22,342 | $538K | Reduce -0.2% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.38% | 3,231 | $536K | Add +0.8% |
| AVDE Avantis International Equity | 0.38% | 5,995 | $535K | Add +6.3% |
| XOM Exxonmobil Holdings Corp. | 0.34% | 3,422 | $468K | No change |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.33% | 489 | $458K | No change |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.33% | 1,799 | $457K | Add +4.6% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.33% | 379 | $455K | Add +4.4% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.31% | 2,943 | $432K | Add +2.0% |
| PSA Public Storage | 0.30% | 1,318 | $420K | Add +0.5% |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS filed as ASML HLDG NV | 0.29% | 204 | $406K | No change |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.28% | 5,506 | $396K | Add +0.3% |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | 0.28% | 3,609 | $388K | Add +0.7% |
| VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.28% | 1,125 | $387K | No change |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.26% | 1,347 | $364K | Reduce -2.7% |
| GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF | 0.26% | 15,722 | $358K | Add +21.4% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 0.24% | 3,003 | $329K | Reduce -17.1% |
| VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF | 0.23% | 1,631 | $322K | No change |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.23% | 275 | $317K | Add +34.1% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.23% | 915 | $314K | No change |
| VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U | 0.22% | 1,237 | $301K | No change |
| AVRE Avantis Real Estate ETF | 0.21% | 6,046 | $286K | Add +0.4% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.19% | 2,152 | $267K | No change |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.19% | 2,252 | $265K | Add +1.1% |
| TRGP Targa Resources Corp. | 0.19% | 966 | $259K | No change |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | 0.18% | 3,490 | $256K | No change |
| EDV Vanguard Extended Dur Treas | 0.18% | 3,835 | $250K | Add +2.2% |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | 0.18% | 3,021 | $249K | Add +0.2% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.18% | 980 | $247K | Add +6.3% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.17% | 1,000 | $237K | Add +0.5% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.17% | 11,335 | $235K | Add +1.2% |
| SCHF Schwab Intl Equity ETF | 0.17% | 8,467 | $235K | Add +0.1% |
| AVIG Avantis Core Fixed Income | 0.17% | 5,636 | $233K | Reduce -9.2% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.16% | 530 | $230K | No change |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.16% | 300 | $217K | No change |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.15% | 609 | $215K | Add +0.2% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.15% | 3,453 | $214K | Add +1.1% |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp. | 0.15% | 93 | $211K | Add +232.1% |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 0.15% | 1,441 | $211K | No change |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.15% | 1,409 | $206K | No change |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 0.14% | 2,709 | $199K | Add +16.0% |
| DFEV Dimensional Emrg MRKT Val | 0.14% | 4,515 | $193K | Reduce -25.8% |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.14% | 630 | $191K | No change |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 0.14% | 631 | $190K | Add +0.2% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.13% | 3,517 | $187K | Add +0.5% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.13% | 657 | $185K | Add +1.2% |
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 0.13% | 2,300 | $179K | No change |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.12% | 419 | $174K | Add +7.2% |
| SCHB Schwab US Broad Market ETF | 0.12% | 155,953 | $172K | Add +0.0% |
| AVEE Avantis Em MKT SM Cap Eq ETF | 0.12% | 2,432 | $169K | Add +807.5% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.12% | 158 | $168K | Add +3.3% |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 0.12% | 1,521 | $167K | Reduce -6.5% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.12% | 684 | $166K | Add +0.4% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 0.12% | 554 | $165K | Add +3.9% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.12% | 475 | $161K | Add +0.6% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $320 (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 | *W EXP 08/03/202 | 12 | $320 | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $139.4M.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | Reduce -5.4% | 5.36% | −0.85 |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | Reduce -6.3% | 2.98% | −0.36 |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | Reduce -21.1% | 0.88% | −0.33 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.58% | −0.30 |
| DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity M | Reduce -29.5% | 0.78% | −0.29 |
| DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. | Reduce -27.6% | 0.50% | −0.24 |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | Reduce -10.1% | 1.01% | −0.23 |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -2.1% | 1.36% | −0.15 |
| AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | Reduce -8.5% | 2.88% | −0.13 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -0.2% | 0.39% | −0.12 |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | Reduce -7.1% | 2.12% | −0.08 |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | Reduce -17.1% | 0.24% | −0.08 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Reduce -98.6% | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Reduce -2.7% | 0.26% | −0.07 |
| TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Ra | Reduce -94.5% | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Reduce -35.6% | 0.05% | −0.06 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Reduce -6.3% | 0.07% | −0.04 |
| CEFS Saba Opport Hedg Cef ETF-Usd | Reduce -4.1% | 1.95% | −0.04 |
| AVIG Avantis Core Fixed Income | Reduce -9.2% | 0.17% | −0.04 |
| DFEV Dimensional Emrg MRKT Val | Reduce -25.8% | 0.14% | −0.03 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.02% | −0.03 |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | Reduce -2.1% | 0.09% | −0.03 |
| IP International Paper Co. | Reduce -47.8% | 0.03% | −0.03 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -23.8% | 0.04% | −0.02 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | Reduce -24.9% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp. | Reduce -3.2% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | Reduce -70.2% | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Reduce -22.2% | 0.02% | −0.02 |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | Reduce -16.4% | 0.05% | −0.02 |
| PKST Peakstone Realty Trust | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.02 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Reduce -6.6% | 0.03% | −0.01 |
| BHP BHP Group Ltd.-Spon ADR | Reduce -46.5% | 0.02% | −0.01 |
| DFEM Dimensional Emrg MRKT Core | Reduce -19.5% | 0.08% | −0.01 |
| CMF iShares California Muni Bond | Reduce -19.9% | 0.04% | −0.01 |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | Reduce -43.8% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Reduce -8.9% | 0.03% | −0.01 |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | Reduce -1.1% | 0.10% | −0.01 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -15.8% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| SOLV Solventum Corp. | Reduce -89.9% | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| DOW Dow Inc. | Reduce -58.5% | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| EXE Expand Energy Corp. | Reduce -9.5% | 0.02% | −0.01 |
| UL Unilever PLC-Sponsored ADR | Reduce -32.4% | 0.02% | −0.01 |
| AMWD American Woodmark Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| CMPR Cimpress PLC | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| PODD Insulet Corp. | Reduce -11.0% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | Reduce -53.6% | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| EFX Equifax Inc. | Reduce -50.6% | 0.00% | −0.01 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Add +1.6% | 11.92% | +0.69 |
| FRDM Freedom 100 Emeging MRKT ETF | Add +15.6% | 1.51% | +0.42 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Add +0.1% | 0.63% | +0.38 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +153.3% | 0.44% | +0.27 |
| DFIC Dimensional International Co. | Add +19.4% | 1.89% | +0.21 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +5.2% | 1.14% | +0.20 |
| LTPZ PIMCO 15+ YR US Tips Indx | Add +19.4% | 2.48% | +0.19 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +1.5% | 3.28% | +0.17 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Add +34.1% | 0.23% | +0.17 |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp. | Add +232.1% | 0.15% | +0.14 |
| AVEE Avantis Em MKT SM Cap Eq ETF | Add +807.5% | 0.12% | +0.11 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +0.1% | 0.80% | +0.10 |
| DFAT Dimensional US Target Value | Add +0.6% | 3.57% | +0.09 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +1.0% | 1.97% | +0.08 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Add +1.1% | 0.11% | +0.07 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| SDCI Uscf Summerhaven Dynamic ETF | Add +538.8% | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Add +0.3% | 1.37% | +0.06 |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | Add +0.2% | 0.14% | +0.06 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +4.4% | 0.33% | +0.05 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Add +1.1% | 0.19% | +0.05 |
| SPCX Space Exploration Techn Class A | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | Add +19.1% | 0.63% | +0.05 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +3.7% | 0.60% | +0.04 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | Add +0.6% | 0.09% | +0.04 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | Add +66.8% | 0.09% | +0.04 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +7.2% | 0.12% | +0.04 |
| GLW Corning Inc. | Add +15.6% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Add +3.9% | 0.12% | +0.04 |
| DFGR Dim Global Real Estate ETF | Add +7.5% | 0.58% | +0.03 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +0.5% | 0.90% | +0.03 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +3.3% | 0.12% | +0.03 |
| DCOR Dimensional US Core Eq 1 ETF | Add +41.1% | 0.10% | +0.03 |
| GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF | Add +21.4% | 0.26% | +0.02 |
| GE General Electric | Add +19.3% | 0.08% | +0.02 |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | Add +45.5% | 0.04% | +0.02 |
| BTC Grayscale Bitcoin Mini ETF | Add +104.3% | 0.06% | +0.02 |
| BBJP JPMorgan Betabuilders Japan | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | Add +10.8% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +6.3% | 0.18% | +0.02 |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | Add +0.9% | 1.96% | +0.02 |
| FTNT Fortinet Inc. | Add +3.0% | 0.04% | +0.02 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +0.3% | 0.44% | +0.02 |
| OFRM Once Upon A Farm PBC | New | 0.02% | +0.02 |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Add +14.8% | 0.03% | +0.02 |
| PSA Public Storage | Add +0.5% | 0.30% | +0.02 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Add +5.0% | 0.06% | +0.01 |
| BBEU JPMorgan Betabuilders Europe | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| BBCA JPMorgan Betabuilders Canada | New | 0.01% | +0.01 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| GME.WS Gamestop Corp. | *W EXP 10/30/202 | Sold out | 15 | $55before exit |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.