Armstrong Advisory Group, Inc.

In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed October 11, 2024), Armstrong Advisory Group, Inc. reported 781 stock positions worth $1.2 billion. Its top holding was Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) at 13.2% of the portfolio, followed by iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV, 11.9%) and Vanguard Info Tech ETF (VGT, 8.0%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 55 new positions, sold out of 61, added to 156 and reduced 175. The biggest buy was Vanguard Short-Term Treasury (VGSH, shares +2126%) and the biggest sale iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B (IEF, shares −35%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
NEEDHAM, MA
CIK
0001932952
Portfolio Value
$1.2B (Q3 2024)
SEC Filing
0001932952-24-000004 ↗ filed Oct 11, 2024

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B Q1 2024: $1.0B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.1B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.2B $1.2B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.3B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.3B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.3B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.4B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $1.5B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $1.5B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $1.6B Q2 2026

Holdings 781 stocks · $1.2B

BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 13.16% 2,115,726 $158.9M Add +12.1%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 11.86% 248,210 $143.2M Add +30.6%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 8.00% 164,604 $96.5M Reduce -13.4%
SCHK Schwab 1000 Index ETF 5.82% 1,270,066 $70.2M Add +0.1%
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF 5.40% 966,319 $65.2M Reduce -0.9%
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B 5.16% 635,420 $62.3M Reduce -34.8%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 3.77% 771,192 $45.5M Add +2126.2%
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bo 3.69% 372,871 $44.6M Add +12.4%
VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF 3.02% 129,381 $36.5M Reduce -20.9%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 2.97% 791,413 $35.9M Reduce -21.4%
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect 2.43% 146,336 $29.3M Reduce -19.7%
VOX Vanguard Communication Servi 2.23% 185,070 $26.9M Reduce -16.4%
SPGP Invesco S&P 500 Garp ETF 2.10% 242,332 $25.4M Add +7.3%
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector 1.84% 164,453 $22.3M Reduce -24.9%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.63% 84,639 $19.7M Reduce -5.6%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 1.60% 33,695 $19.3M Add +1.0%
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B 1.54% 184,848 $18.6M Add +1201.8%
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect 1.43% 208,124 $17.3M Reduce -19.9%
BILS SS Spdrb B 3-12M T-Bill ETF 1.24% 150,678 $15.0M New
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.00% 22,869 $12.1M Reduce -1.7%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.96% 26,868 $11.6M Add +0.6%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.92% 126,002 $11.1M Reduce -24.1%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.85% 75,146 $10.2M Reduce -4.8%
XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod 0.81% 74,747 $9.8M Add +4240.7%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.80% 21,057 $9.7M Add +13.8%
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd 0.66% 99,071 $8.0M Reduce -13.5%
CPRT Copart Inc. 0.62% 142,734 $7.5M Reduce -1.6%
GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF 0.57% 295,581 $6.9M Reduce -0.5%
XLRE SS Real Estate Select Sector 0.55% 147,644 $6.6M Reduce -20.8%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.52% 33,429 $6.2M Add +0.6%
XLB SS Materials Select Sector 0.48% 60,204 $5.8M Reduce -22.4%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.44% 6,030 $5.3M Reduce -3.1%
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF 0.41% 27,061 $4.9M Reduce -83.1%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.35% 8,663 $4.2M Add +4.5%
DE Deere & Co. 0.34% 9,775 $4.1M Add +0.0%
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF 0.31% 29,601 $3.8M Add +11.3%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.31% 31,808 $3.7M Add +1.0%
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF 0.24% 14,670 $2.9M No change
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 0.19% 31,185 $2.2M Reduce -1.6%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.18% 18,680 $2.2M Reduce -4.7%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.18% 17,591 $2.1M Add +2.0%
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco 0.17% 33,632 $2.0M Add +4.6%
HDV iShares Core High Dividend E 0.16% 16,760 $2.0M Add +10.3%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.16% 9,784 $1.9M Reduce -0.5%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.16% 6,817 $1.9M Add +0.7%
ORCL Oracle Corp. 0.15% 10,853 $1.8M Add +8.4%
WM Waste Management Inc. 0.15% 8,728 $1.8M No change
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF 0.15% 28,438 $1.8M Add +0.8%
PFF iShares Preferred & Income S 0.14% 52,278 $1.7M Add +15.4%
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF 0.14% 71,337 $1.7M Add +8.4%
XYLD Global X S&P 500 Cove Call E 0.12% 36,204 $1.5M Add +6.5%
GSLC Goldman Activebeta US LC ETF 0.12% 13,278 $1.5M Reduce -1.9%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 0.12% 33,249 $1.5M Reduce -0.8%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.12% 3,631 $1.5M Reduce -4.0%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.10% 2,013 $1.2M Reduce -0.3%
SDY SS SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 0.09% 7,815 $1.1M Reduce -1.9%
VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF 0.09% 21,643 $1.1M Add +14.4%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.09% 27,705 $1.1M Reduce -9.2%
USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac 0.09% 11,962 $1.1M Add +1.3%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.09% 13,229 $1.1M Reduce -4.0%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.09% 3,416 $1.0M Reduce -4.5%
ED Consolidated Edison Inc. 0.09% 9,860 $1.0M Reduce -2.3%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.08% 5,896 $956K Reduce -0.5%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.08% 2,436 $953K Reduce -3.7%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.08% 5,416 $938K Reduce -0.8%
AEP American Electric Power 0.07% 8,803 $903K Reduce -1.6%
LONZ PIMCO Senior Loan Active ETF 0.07% 17,582 $899K Add +26.5%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.07% 1,004 $890K Add +14.2%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.07% 4,284 $885K Reduce -2.7%
PEG Public Service Enterprise GP 0.07% 9,820 $876K No change
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.07% 4,095 $863K Reduce -0.6%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.07% 5,056 $860K Add +0.3%
T AT&T Inc. 0.07% 38,832 $854K Reduce -4.0%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 0.07% 10,730 $852K Add +20.8%
MUB iShares National Muni Bond E 0.07% 7,812 $849K Add +0.0%
ES Eversource Energy 0.07% 12,415 $845K Reduce -1.9%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.07% 4,836 $802K Add +11.8%
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 0.07% 13,900 $801K No change
DUK Duke Energy Corp. 0.06% 6,616 $763K Reduce -9.3%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.06% 5,175 $762K Reduce -3.4%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.06% 7,326 $760K Add +2.4%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 0.06% 7,410 $750K Add +4.7%
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow 0.06% 8,057 $741K No change
SCHM Schwab US Mid Cap ETF 0.06% 8,814 $732K Reduce -1.9%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 0.06% 6,058 $709K Reduce -3.1%
RTX RTX Corp. 0.06% 5,761 $698K Reduce -1.0%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.06% 4,118 $688K Add +2.8%
GE General Electric filed as GE AEROSPACE 0.06% 3,641 $687K Add +62.9%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.05% 2,686 $653K Add +12.9%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.05% 1,038 $642K Reduce -0.9%
XSVN Bondbloxx BBG 7 YR US Treas 0.05% 12,950 $635K Reduce -72.1%
MTUM iShares MSCI USA Momentum Fa 0.05% 3,057 $620K Add +7.8%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. 0.05% 4,119 $617K Reduce -1.0%
HACK Amplify Cybersecurity ETF 0.05% 8,778 $599K No change
ADI Analog Devices Inc. 0.05% 2,550 $587K Reduce -4.7%
D Dominion Energy Inc. 0.05% 9,912 $573K Add +0.0%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.05% 4,233 $572K Add +3.9%
HUBS HubSpot Inc. 0.05% 1,041 $553K Reduce -28.4%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 0.05% 2,495 $552K Reduce -17.6%
BX Blackstone Inc. 0.04% 3,445 $528K Reduce -2.8%

Show all 781 holdings

Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $3K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 86$3KNo change
Lines left out (2) · $60 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
WH Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. COM0$38
TNL Travel + Leisure Co. COM0$22

Filed with a value but no share or principal amount (a cash line, a holding rounded to 0 shares), so they are kept out of the holdings, totals and percentages.

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.2B.

Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B Reduce -34.8% 5.16% −2.92
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF Reduce -83.1% 0.41% −1.99
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Reduce -13.4% 8.00% −1.70
VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF Reduce -20.9% 3.02% −0.83
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Reduce -21.4% 2.97% −0.69
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector Reduce -24.9% 1.84% −0.52
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect Reduce -19.7% 2.43% −0.51
VOX Vanguard Communication Servi Reduce -16.4% 2.23% −0.48
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Reduce -24.1% 0.92% −0.42
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Reduce -19.9% 1.43% −0.33
XSVN Bondbloxx BBG 7 YR US Treas Reduce -72.1% 0.05% −0.14
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Reduce -22.4% 0.48% −0.13
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF Reduce -0.9% 5.40% −0.12
UPS United Parcel Service Class B Reduce -4.8% 0.85% −0.11
XLRE SS Real Estate Select Sector Reduce -20.8% 0.55% −0.09
CPRT Copart Inc. Reduce -1.6% 0.62% −0.08
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. Reduce -3.1% 0.44% −0.06
AAPL Apple Inc. Reduce -5.6% 1.63% −0.04
HUBS HubSpot Inc. Reduce -28.4% 0.05% −0.03
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Reduce -1.7% 1.00% −0.03
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Reduce -13.5% 0.66% −0.03
ALB Albemarle Corp. Reduce -92.3% 0.00% −0.02
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Reduce -40.5% 0.03% −0.02
GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF Reduce -0.5% 0.57% −0.02
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Reduce -4.7% 0.18% −0.02
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -9.2% 0.09% −0.02
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Tips Reduce -61.2% 0.01% −0.01
BSCQ Invesco Bulletshares 2026 CB Reduce -77.7% 0.00% −0.01
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -3.4% 0.06% −0.01
SCHP Schwab U.S. Tips ETF Reduce -28.0% 0.02% −0.01
HON Honeywell International Inc. Reduce -2.7% 0.07% −0.01
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Reduce -4.9% 0.03% −0.01
NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR Reduce -57.1% 0.00% −0.01
DVN Devon Energy Corp. Reduce -11.4% 0.02% −0.01
BSCO Invesco Bulletshares 2024 CB Sold out 0.00% −0.01
APA Apa Corp. Reduce -74.5% 0.00% −0.01
SRLN SS Blackstone Sr Loan ETF Reduce -10.0% 0.04% −0.01
ADBE Adobe Inc. Reduce -3.9% 0.03% −0.01
NUE Nucor Corp. Reduce -22.4% 0.01% −0.01
SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF Reduce -17.0% 0.02% −0.01
F Ford Motor Co. Reduce -9.3% 0.01% −0.01
ADI Analog Devices Inc. Reduce -4.7% 0.05% −0.01
MGM MGM Resorts International Reduce -9.0% 0.02% −0.01
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -3.5% 0.01% −0.01
FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. Reduce -5.5% 0.02% −0.00
CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. Reduce -16.1% 0.01% −0.00
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Reduce -1.3% 0.02% −0.00
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR Reduce -13.1% 0.01% −0.00
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A Reduce -19.6% 0.01% −0.00
WPC WP Carey Inc. Reduce -40.8% 0.01% −0.00

Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Add +2126.2% 3.77% +3.59
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +30.6% 11.86% +2.66
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B Add +1201.8% 1.54% +1.42
BILS SS Spdrb B 3-12M T-Bill ETF New 1.24% +1.24
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Add +12.1% 13.16% +1.13
XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod Add +4240.7% 0.81% +0.79
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bo Add +12.4% 3.69% +0.31
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +13.8% 0.80% +0.14
SPGP Invesco S&P 500 Garp ETF Add +7.3% 2.10% +0.05
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF Add +11.3% 0.31% +0.04
ORCL Oracle Corp. Add +8.4% 0.15% +0.03
GE General Electric Add +62.9% 0.06% +0.03
SCHX Schwab US Large-Cap ETF Add +78.1% 0.04% +0.02
PFF iShares Preferred & Income S Add +15.4% 0.14% +0.02
HDV iShares Core High Dividend E Add +10.3% 0.16% +0.02
DE Deere & Co. Add +0.0% 0.34% +0.01
BSCR Invesco Bulletshares 2027 CB New 0.01% +0.01
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Add +118.4% 0.02% +0.01
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term US Add +5268.3% 0.01% +0.01
LONZ PIMCO Senior Loan Active ETF Add +26.5% 0.07% +0.01
FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF New 0.01% +0.01
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Add +20.8% 0.07% +0.01
GEV GE Vernova Inc. Add +68.3% 0.02% +0.01
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Add +12.9% 0.05% +0.01
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF New 0.01% +0.01
VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Add +14.4% 0.09% +0.01
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Add +14.2% 0.07% +0.01
JEPQ JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium Add +338.1% 0.01% +0.01
SPHY SS SPDR P High Yield ETF Add +8.4% 0.14% +0.01
FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. Add +68.7% 0.02% +0.01
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Grow ETF New 0.01% +0.01
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Add +198.9% 0.01% +0.01
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +1.9% 0.03% +0.01
BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. Add +1.6% 0.04% +0.01
MELI MercadoLibre Inc. Add +600.0% 0.01% +0.01
PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense Add +14.6% 0.03% +0.01
SO The Southern Co. Add +4.2% 0.04% +0.01
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +10.6% 0.03% +0.00
DTCR Global X Data Center & Digit Add +491.4% 0.01% +0.00
D Dominion Energy Inc. Add +0.0% 0.05% +0.00
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco Add +4.6% 0.17% +0.00
OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF New 0.00% +0.00
PM Philip Morris International Add +0.5% 0.03% +0.00
VMBS Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Sec New 0.00% +0.00
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC New 0.00% +0.00
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Add +55.9% 0.01% +0.00
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B Add +504.0% 0.00% +0.00
GEHC GE Healthcare Technology Add +32.0% 0.01% +0.00
MSEX Middlesex Water Co. Add +0.1% 0.02% +0.00

Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

DSX.WS Diana Shipping Inc.-28 *W EXP 12/14/202 Sold out 522 $298before exit
WH Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $38
TNL Travel + Leisure Co. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $22

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 979$1.6BSCHK, IVV, VGT, SCHP, IEI
Q1 2026 952$1.5BIVV, IEI, VBIL, SCHP, VGT
Q4 2025 948$1.5BIVV, IEI, VGT, BND, SCHK
Q3 2025 935$1.4BIVV, IEI, VGT, VBIL, BND
Q2 2025 922$1.3BIVV, IEI, VGT, VBIL, BND
Q1 2025 839$1.3BIVV, BND, IEF, VGT, SCHK
Q4 2024 839$1.3BIVV, BND, IEF, VGT, SCHK
Q3 2024 781$1.2BBND, IVV, VGT, SCHK, SPYM
Q2 2024 788$1.1BBND, VGT, IVV, IEF, SCHK
Q1 2024 767$1.0BIEF, VGT, SPYM, SCHK, BND