Ares Financial Consulting, LLC
In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed April 2, 2026), Ares Financial Consulting, LLC reported 1,064 stock positions worth $127.3 million. Its top holding was VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US (VTI) at 11.2% of the portfolio, followed by Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre (USFR, 6.2%) and Dimensional US Target Value (DFAT, 3.5%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 197 new positions, sold out of 25, added to 312 and reduced 32. The biggest buy was Alphabet Class C (GOOG, shares +461%) and the biggest sale iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E (STIP, shares −10%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CALABASAS, CA
- CIK
- 0002106717
- Portfolio Value
- $127.3M (Q1 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0002106717-26-000002 ↗ filed Apr 2, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 1,064 stocks · $127.3M
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 11.22% | 44,192 | $14.3M | Add +8.4% |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | 6.21% | 156,923 | $7.9M | Add +9.9% |
| DFAT Dimensional US Target Value | 3.48% | 70,723 | $4.4M | Add +6.7% |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | 3.43% | 104,508 | $4.4M | Add +5.3% |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | 3.34% | 107,482 | $4.2M | Reduce -7.7% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 3.10% | 22,479 | $4.0M | Add +133.5% |
| AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | 3.01% | 34,247 | $3.8M | Add +0.4% |
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | 2.85% | 35,126 | $3.6M | Reduce -9.8% |
| LTPZ PIMCO 15+ YR US Tips Indx | 2.30% | 57,193 | $2.9M | Reduce -4.6% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 2.23% | 9,615 | $2.8M | Add +460.6% |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | 2.20% | 71,636 | $2.8M | Reduce -9.1% |
| CEFS Saba Opport Hedg Cef ETF-Usd | 1.99% | 110,502 | $2.5M | Add +200.8% |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | 1.95% | 31,749 | $2.5M | Add +7.2% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.89% | 9,394 | $2.4M | Add +42.8% |
| DFIC Dimensional International Co. | 1.67% | 59,041 | $2.1M | Add +23.4% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.51% | 5,200 | $1.9M | Add +43.2% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.40% | 5,992 | $1.8M | Add +157.8% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.30% | 11,556 | $1.7M | Add +43.9% |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | 1.24% | 26,631 | $1.6M | Reduce -13.5% |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | 1.21% | 30,975 | $1.5M | Add +40.2% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 1.13% | 7,410 | $1.4M | Add +6.3% |
| FRDM Freedom 100 Emeging MRKT ETF | 1.10% | 25,047 | $1.4M | Add +43.0% |
| DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity M | 1.07% | 29,971 | $1.4M | Add +0.0% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.94% | 2,051 | $1.2M | Add +3.8% |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | 0.88% | 1,600 | $1.1M | Add +7.7% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.87% | 5,256 | $1.1M | Add +77.9% |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | 0.79% | 23,791 | $1.0M | Reduce -0.4% |
| DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. | 0.74% | 31,129 | $940K | Reduce -10.2% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.69% | 3,669 | $883K | Add +0.1% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.69% | 2,300 | $877K | Add +68.8% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.64% | 6,534 | $815K | Add +4.1% |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | 0.58% | 12,687 | $740K | Reduce -6.5% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.56% | 7,590 | $716K | Add +23.6% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.56% | 1,175 | $708K | Add +0.2% |
| DFGR Dim Global Real Estate ETF | 0.54% | 25,866 | $692K | Add +38.0% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.50% | 22,385 | $639K | Add +6.5% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.50% | 3,206 | $633K | Add +14.3% |
| DFIV Dimensional International Va | 0.48% | 11,513 | $614K | Reduce -0.5% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.48% | 1,045 | $605K | Add +64.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.47% | 1,897 | $595K | Add +65.7% |
| DFAX Dimensional World Ex US Core | 0.44% | 16,398 | $564K | Add +0.2% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.44% | 8,540 | $556K | Add +0.0% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.43% | 3,422 | $550K | No change |
| SCHP Schwab U.S. Tips ETF | 0.43% | 20,443 | $543K | Add +320.4% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.42% | 811 | $534K | Add +2.8% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.41% | 1,086 | $519K | Add +21.8% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.39% | 1,693 | $500K | Add +28.6% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.38% | 489 | $488K | Add +30.4% |
| AVDE Avantis International Equity | 0.38% | 5,642 | $486K | Add +0.1% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.33% | 1,385 | $426K | Add +19.9% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.33% | 1,720 | $420K | Add +26.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.33% | 2,884 | $416K | Add +12.0% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 0.31% | 3,624 | $400K | Add +17.8% |
| PSA Public Storage | 0.28% | 1,311 | $362K | No change |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.28% | 5,491 | $360K | Add +5.7% |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | 0.28% | 3,583 | $351K | Add +5.9% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.27% | 363 | $347K | Add +89.1% |
| VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.27% | 1,125 | $339K | No change |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.25% | 11,202 | $317K | Add +57.3% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.25% | 1,500 | $315K | Add +94.8% |
| VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF | 0.24% | 1,631 | $301K | Add +0.1% |
| GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF | 0.23% | 12,945 | $296K | Add +372.4% |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS filed as ASML HLDG NV | 0.22% | 204 | $277K | Add +20300.0% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.21% | 915 | $273K | Add +108.0% |
| VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U | 0.21% | 1,237 | $270K | Add +0.1% |
| AVRE Avantis Real Estate ETF | 0.21% | 6,022 | $267K | Reduce -5.7% |
| AVIG Avantis Core Fixed Income | 0.20% | 6,206 | $258K | Reduce -55.3% |
| EDV Vanguard Extended Dur Treas | 0.19% | 3,751 | $241K | Add +7.3% |
| TRGP Targa Resources Corp. | 0.19% | 966 | $236K | Add +191.0% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.18% | 538 | $231K | Add +0.2% |
| DFEV Dimensional Emrg MRKT Val | 0.17% | 6,082 | $219K | Add +0.1% |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | 0.17% | 3,014 | $216K | Add +0.2% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.17% | 995 | $215K | Add +0.3% |
| SCHF Schwab Intl Equity ETF | 0.17% | 8,456 | $213K | No change |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.17% | 3,416 | $211K | Add +10.2% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 0.17% | 321 | $210K | Add +1.6% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.16% | 3,500 | $206K | Add +0.4% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.16% | 1,409 | $205K | Add +107.8% |
| VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U | 0.16% | 2,665 | $203K | Add +0.1% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.16% | 608 | $201K | Add +100.0% |
| CARR Carrier Global Corp. | 0.16% | 3,490 | $199K | Add +4.8% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.16% | 922 | $198K | Add +49.9% |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | 0.15% | 1,441 | $194K | Add +3.5% |
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 0.14% | 2,300 | $180K | No change |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.14% | 2,228 | $174K | Add +44.0% |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 0.13% | 2,336 | $171K | Add +0.6% |
| SCHB Schwab US Broad Market ETF | 0.13% | 155,951 | $170K | No change |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 0.13% | 365 | $170K | Add +153.5% |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.13% | 630 | $166K | No change |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 0.12% | 1,626 | $159K | Add +11.6% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.12% | 649 | $158K | Add +14.9% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.12% | 1,560 | $149K | Add +56.0% |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 0.12% | 1,605 | $148K | Add +34.6% |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | 0.12% | 847 | $147K | Add +1702.1% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.12% | 681 | $146K | Add +0.3% |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | 0.11% | 1,570 | $143K | No change |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | 0.11% | 1,755 | $143K | Add +0.1% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.11% | 472 | $142K | Add +239.6% |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | 0.11% | 1,390 | $140K | No change |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.11% | 189 | $139K | New |
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $524 (not counted above)
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $127.3M.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | Reduce -9.8% | 2.85% | −0.95 |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | Reduce -7.7% | 3.34% | −0.89 |
| HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. | Reduce -100.0% | 0.00% | −0.86 |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | Reduce -9.1% | 2.20% | −0.77 |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | Reduce -98.0% | 0.01% | −0.67 |
| LTPZ PIMCO 15+ YR US Tips Indx | Reduce -4.6% | 2.30% | −0.66 |
| HYT BlackRock Corp. Hi YLD | Reduce -100.0% | 0.00% | −0.53 |
| VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T | Reduce -13.5% | 1.24% | −0.52 |
| AVIG Avantis Core Fixed Income | Reduce -55.3% | 0.20% | −0.35 |
| DBMF Imgp Dbi MFT STR ETF-Usd Inc. | Reduce -10.2% | 0.74% | −0.19 |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.79% | −0.18 |
| VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury | Reduce -6.5% | 0.58% | −0.18 |
| IVR Invesco Mortgage Capital | Reduce -100.0% | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| HCC Warrior Met Coal Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| DFIV Dimensional International Va | Reduce -0.5% | 0.48% | −0.07 |
| IGSB iShares 1-5Y Inv Grade Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| AVRE Avantis Real Estate ETF | Reduce -5.7% | 0.21% | −0.06 |
| JETS US Global Jets ETF | Reduce -83.2% | 0.01% | −0.04 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -14.9% | 0.02% | −0.02 |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | Reduce -36.4% | 0.01% | −0.02 |
| CMA Comerica Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Reduce -33.3% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| FIGS Figs Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc. | Reduce -36.1% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| AVSF Avantis Short-Term Fixed Inc. | Reduce -20.0% | 0.02% | −0.01 |
| CCI Crown Castle Inc. | Reduce -61.5% | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| WRB WR Berkley Corp. | Reduce -22.2% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| BF.B Brown-Forman Corp. Class B | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| CPB The Campbell's Company | Reduce -94.4% | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Reduce -22.3% | 0.01% | −0.01 |
| CPRT Copart Inc. | Reduce -41.9% | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | Reduce -50.0% | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS | Reduce -69.4% | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| VMRK Vivmark Residential | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| DASH DoorDash Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. | Reduce -20.1% | 0.01% | −0.00 |
| ERIE Erie Indemnity Company Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| LW Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. | Reduce -60.4% | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equit | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| TGNA Tegna Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| SNV Synovus Financial Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| PCH Potlatchdeltic Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| GOF Guggenheim Strategic Opport | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| SF Stifel Financial Corp. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| HPP Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| AMCR Amcor PLC | Reduce -80.0% | 0.00% | −0.00 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +460.6% | 2.23% | +1.72 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +133.5% | 3.10% | +1.39 |
| CEFS Saba Opport Hedg Cef ETF-Usd | Add +200.8% | 1.99% | +1.18 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +157.8% | 1.40% | +0.71 |
| SCHP Schwab U.S. Tips ETF | Add +320.4% | 0.43% | +0.30 |
| FRDM Freedom 100 Emeging MRKT ETF | Add +43.0% | 1.10% | +0.24 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +77.9% | 0.87% | +0.22 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | Add +20300.0% | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +42.8% | 1.89% | +0.18 |
| VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips | Add +40.2% | 1.21% | +0.17 |
| GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF | Add +372.4% | 0.23% | +0.17 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Add +43.9% | 1.30% | +0.17 |
| TRGP Targa Resources Corp. | Add +191.0% | 0.19% | +0.13 |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +68.8% | 0.69% | +0.11 |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | Add +1702.1% | 0.12% | +0.10 |
| DFIC Dimensional International Co. | Add +23.4% | 1.67% | +0.10 |
| SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui-Spons ADR | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Add +94.8% | 0.25% | +0.09 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +14.3% | 0.50% | +0.09 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +65.7% | 0.47% | +0.09 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | Add +482.2% | 0.11% | +0.09 |
| WWD Woodward Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Add +57.3% | 0.25% | +0.08 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +64.3% | 0.48% | +0.08 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +89.1% | 0.27% | +0.08 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Add +30.4% | 0.38% | +0.07 |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| DDS Dillards Inc. Class A | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| DFGR Dim Global Real Estate ETF | Add +38.0% | 0.54% | +0.07 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Add +7.7% | 0.88% | +0.07 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +298.7% | 0.11% | +0.07 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Add +108.0% | 0.21% | +0.07 |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| DCOR Dimensional US Core Eq 1 ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CW Curtiss-Wright Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| WELL Welltower Inc. | Add +339.5% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| GLNG Golar LNG Ltd. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Add +23.6% | 0.56% | +0.06 |
| AXP American Express Co. | Add +239.6% | 0.11% | +0.06 |
| MSI Motorola Solutions Inc. | Add +620.0% | 0.07% | +0.06 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +26.6% | 0.33% | +0.06 |
| AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +100.0% | 0.16% | +0.06 |
| SONY Sony Group Corp. - SP ADR | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Add +250.7% | 0.08% | +0.06 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +226.8% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Add +153.5% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| BCS Barclays PLC-Spons ADR | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | 7-10 YR TRSY BD | Sold out | 0 | $20before exit |
| BBEU JPMorgan Betabuilders Europe | BETA EURO ET NE | Sold out | 0 | $9before exit |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.