Creative Financial Designs Inc.

In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 12, 2025), Creative Financial Designs Inc. reported 2,040 stock positions worth $1.5 billion. Its top holding was SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF (SPYV) at 3.1% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui (VTV, 2.9%) and Vanguard Intermediate-Term T (VGIT, 2.5%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 128 new positions, sold out of 91, added to 594 and reduced 509. The biggest buy was BNY Mellon Intl Eqty ETF (BKIE, shares +96%) and the biggest sale iShares Core S&P U.S. Value (IUSV, shares −55%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
KOKOMO, IN
CIK
0000819864
Portfolio Value
$1.5B (Q3 2025)
SEC Filing
0000819864-25-000009 ↗ filed Nov 12, 2025

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B$2.5B Q1 2024: $1.1B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.1B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.2B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.2B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.3B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.4B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.5B $1.5B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $1.6B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $1.6B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.1B Q2 2026

Holdings 2,040 stocks · $1.5B

SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF 3.07% 825,846 $45.7M Add +4.7%
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui 2.92% 232,863 $43.4M Add +2.9%
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T 2.52% 625,419 $37.5M Add +57.6%
BKIE BNY Mellon Intl Eqty ETF 2.35% 390,947 $35.0M Add +95.5%
VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth 2.31% 285,797 $34.4M Add +1.9%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.17% 126,907 $32.3M Reduce -0.1%
SPTS SS SPDR P St Term TSY ETF 1.86% 944,178 $27.7M Add +5.3%
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui 1.80% 55,770 $26.7M Add +2.3%
CGDV Cap Group Dividend Value filed as CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE 1.79% 635,453 $26.7M Add +0.9%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.71% 116,163 $25.5M Reduce -0.3%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 1.69% 428,041 $25.2M Add +10.2%
SLQD iShares 0-5 YR Inv GRD Corp. 1.58% 463,558 $23.6M Add +4.7%
IBD Inspire Corporate Bond ETF 1.52% 937,889 $22.7M Add +4.3%
FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF 1.45% 465,743 $21.5M Add +2.8%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.39% 27,175 $20.7M Add +0.4%
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui 1.39% 51,491 $20.7M Add +3.3%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 1.34% 250,261 $20.0M Reduce -35.4%
VPU Vanguard Utilities ETF 1.27% 99,625 $18.9M Add +5.5%
SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF 1.18% 240,514 $17.6M Add +4.3%
WWJD Inspire International ETF 1.10% 464,667 $16.4M Add +5.6%
UITB Victoryshares Core Intermedi 1.07% 335,873 $16.0M Add +6.4%
PIZ Invesco Dorsey Wright Develo 1.00% 313,396 $14.9M Add +6.5%
ELCV Eventide High Dividend ETF filed as STRATEGY SHS 0.97% 538,856 $14.4M Add +5.5%
PTNQ Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF 0.96% 183,837 $14.3M Add +1.6%
PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv 0.95% 527,282 $14.2M Add +6.1%
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap 0.94% 168,275 $14.0M Add +9.9%
COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF 0.92% 239,551 $13.8M Add +1.7%
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap 0.83% 148,784 $12.3M Add +1.3%
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke 0.82% 226,451 $12.3M Add +3.8%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.81% 20,164 $12.1M Add +2.4%
GLRY Inspire Growth ETF 0.79% 314,874 $11.7M Add +2.0%
TPSC Timothy Plan US Small Cap Co. 0.77% 274,094 $11.4M Add +33.0%
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value 0.76% 112,580 $11.3M Reduce -55.2%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.70% 56,195 $10.5M Reduce -1.6%
BIBL Inspire 100 ETF 0.70% 233,510 $10.4M Add +3.2%
SPSB SS SPDR P St C Corp. ETF 0.66% 323,206 $9.8M Add +0.2%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 0.64% 15,436 $9.5M Add +1.5%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 0.60% 11,974 $8.9M Add +6.1%
USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon 0.60% 175,282 $8.9M Add +6.5%
ZROZ PIMCO 25+ YR Zero CPN US Tif 0.56% 123,342 $8.4M Add +2.3%
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF 0.56% 122,126 $8.3M Add +5.4%
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF 0.51% 53,933 $7.6M Add +10.8%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.50% 26,588 $7.5M Reduce -33.0%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.50% 124,103 $7.4M Add +4.1%
SCHZ Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF 0.47% 298,407 $7.0M Add +12.4%
CGMS Cap Group US Multi-Sect Bond 0.47% 250,983 $7.0M Add +5.0%
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF 0.46% 104,860 $6.8M Add +1.8%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.46% 10,188 $6.8M Reduce -27.6%
SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth 0.45% 211,635 $6.8M Reduce -1.5%
JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income 0.44% 129,864 $6.6M Add +34.4%
SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF 0.44% 139,492 $6.5M Add +4.8%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.44% 121,007 $6.5M Reduce -4.3%
AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value 0.43% 64,689 $6.4M Add +4.3%
JPIB JPMorgan Intl BND ETF 0.43% 130,924 $6.4M Add +7.7%
FDG American Century Focused DYN 0.43% 53,289 $6.4M Reduce -2.9%
EDIV State Street SPDR S&P Emergi 0.42% 161,985 $6.3M Add +9.1%
ISMD Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF 0.42% 161,712 $6.3M Add +6.2%
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF 0.42% 31,905 $6.2M Reduce -1.0%
CGUS Cap Group Core Equity filed as CAPITAL GROUP CORE EQUITY ET 0.41% 153,389 $6.1M Add +5.6%
STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E 0.38% 55,337 $5.7M Add +5.3%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.38% 10,983 $5.7M Reduce -3.0%
JMEE JPM Sma & Mid Cap En Eq Et-U filed as J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F 0.38% 89,633 $5.7M Add +10.4%
FDLS Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor 0.37% 157,468 $5.5M Add +4.2%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.36% 62,135 $5.4M Reduce -1.1%
XLC SS Comm Select Sector SPDR 0.35% 44,366 $5.3M Add +124.7%
PTBD Pacer Trendpilot US Bond ETF 0.35% 264,787 $5.3M Add +3.8%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.34% 10,539 $5.0M Reduce -3.7%
DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. 0.33% 84,036 $5.0M Add +3.7%
MGV Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP VL ETF-Ui 0.33% 35,927 $4.9M Add +2.6%
VBK Van Morst SML-Cap Gro-Usd Inc. 0.33% 16,457 $4.9M Reduce -7.9%
PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense 0.32% 30,830 $4.8M Add +2.2%
IQLT iShares MSCI International Q 0.32% 107,961 $4.8M Add +4.3%
VABS Virtus Nwflt Secr Inc. ETF-Ui 0.32% 195,830 $4.8M Add +0.2%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.32% 52,718 $4.7M Add +0.4%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.32% 19,289 $4.7M Reduce -4.2%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.31% 10,483 $4.7M Reduce -5.1%
BUFR FT Vest Lad Buffervetf-Usd I 0.29% 130,858 $4.4M Add +0.7%
FLRT Pacer Aristotle Pacific Floa 0.29% 91,566 $4.3M Add +7.6%
CVX Chevron Corp. 0.28% 27,166 $4.2M Add +19.0%
SDVY First Trust Smid Cap Rising 0.27% 106,433 $4.0M Add +1.5%
IWL iShares Russell Top 200 ETF 0.27% 24,013 $4.0M Reduce -1.8%
FLV American Century Focused Lar 0.27% 53,961 $4.0M Reduce -0.8%
IHI iShares U.S. Medical Devices 0.26% 65,206 $3.9M Add +5.1%
RISN Inspire Capital Appreciation 0.26% 129,203 $3.9M Add +1.2%
ILTB iShares Core 10+ Year Usd Bo 0.26% 76,086 $3.8M Add +0.1%
VTES Vanguard SH Term Tax-Ex Bond 0.26% 37,615 $3.8M Reduce -2.1%
VSS Vanguard Ftse All Wo X-US SC 0.26% 26,824 $3.8M Add +2.5%
SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF 0.26% 147,058 $3.8M Add +42.5%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.25% 12,735 $3.7M Add +4.2%
RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend 0.24% 53,780 $3.6M Add +1.2%
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth 0.24% 52,670 $3.6M Add +9.0%
TPHD Timothy Plan High DVD STCK 0.24% 90,919 $3.6M Add +2.4%
BTAL Agf US Market Neutral Anti-B 0.24% 224,292 $3.6M Add +2.5%
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum 0.23% 25,525 $3.5M Add +30.9%
SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF 0.23% 10,535 $3.4M Reduce -1.5%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 0.23% 169,972 $3.4M Add +10.6%
VBR Vngrd Mrngst SL-CP Val ETF-U 0.23% 16,209 $3.4M Add +2.6%
HPK Highpeak Energy Inc. 0.23% 478,462 $3.4M Add +3.6%
MUB iShares National Muni Bond E 0.23% 31,705 $3.4M Reduce -16.4%
VFMV Vanguard US Minimum Volatili 0.22% 25,497 $3.3M Add +10.9%

Show all 2,040 holdings

Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $21K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 2,000$16KNo change
CORZZ Core Scientific Inc. - 29 *W EXP 01/23/202 105$2KNo change
CORZW Core Scientific Inc. - 27 *W EXP 01/23/202 126$1KNo change
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 56$1KNo change
GENVR Gen Digital Inc. - CVR RIGHT 99/99/9999 5$37New
Lines left out (2) · $9 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
IPAR Interparfums Inc. COM0$6
EXP Eagle Materials Inc. COM0$3

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: $1.5B.

Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value Reduce -55.2% 0.76% −0.96
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Reduce -35.4% 1.34% −0.87
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. Reduce -80.4% 0.08% −0.30
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Reduce -33.0% 0.50% −0.22
IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Softwa Reduce -98.7% 0.00% −0.18
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -27.6% 0.46% −0.17
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD Reduce -43.9% 0.16% −0.14
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -0.3% 1.71% −0.13
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Reduce -46.8% 0.12% −0.11
GD General Dynamics Corp. Reduce -93.2% 0.01% −0.10
VIOG Vanguard S&P SM Cap 600 GRW Reduce -49.6% 0.09% −0.09
INTC Intel Corp. Reduce -83.9% 0.02% −0.08
UNP Union Pacific Corp. Reduce -62.2% 0.04% −0.08
FDL First Trust Morn DVD Lead Inc. Reduce -78.6% 0.02% −0.08
LKQ LKQ Corp. Reduce -93.8% 0.00% −0.07
SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF Reduce -24.4% 0.22% −0.07
HON Honeywell International Inc. Reduce -83.0% 0.01% −0.07
MUB iShares National Muni Bond E Reduce -16.4% 0.23% −0.06
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui Reduce -26.9% 0.13% −0.06
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac Reduce -24.2% 0.17% −0.05
PH Parker Hannifin Corp. Reduce -60.7% 0.03% −0.05
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF Reduce -26.0% 0.11% −0.05
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Reduce -37.8% 0.09% −0.04
GWW WW Grainger Inc. Reduce -68.5% 0.02% −0.04
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp. Reduce -67.3% 0.02% −0.04
DOV Dover Corp. Reduce -67.6% 0.02% −0.04
MZTI The Marzetti Company Reduce -77.2% 0.01% −0.04
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF Reduce -98.0% 0.00% −0.04
AWR American States Water Co. Reduce -83.4% 0.01% −0.04
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -69.5% 0.02% −0.04
VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF Reduce -31.1% 0.08% −0.04
ABM Abm Industries Inc. Reduce -70.3% 0.01% −0.04
FTS Fortis Inc. Reduce -69.9% 0.02% −0.04
ITW Illinois Tool Works Reduce -75.5% 0.01% −0.04
SMDV Proshrs RSL 2000 DVD GRW ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.04
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Reduce -4.3% 0.44% −0.04
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -11.0% 0.13% −0.04
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. Reduce -63.4% 0.02% −0.04
MGEE Mge Energy Inc. Reduce -81.8% 0.01% −0.04
GPC Genuine Parts Co. Reduce -67.4% 0.02% −0.04
NDSN Nordson Corp. Reduce -72.2% 0.01% −0.04
PFF iShares Preferred & Income S Reduce -86.9% 0.01% −0.04
BKH Black Hills Corp. Reduce -60.6% 0.02% −0.04
USB US Bancorp Reduce -15.5% 0.19% −0.04
CWT California Water Service Grp Reduce -81.9% 0.01% −0.04
FRT Federal Realty Invs Trust Reduce -79.9% 0.01% −0.04
NUE Nucor Corp. Reduce -61.9% 0.02% −0.03
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -10.9% 0.14% −0.03
PNR Pentair PLC Reduce -60.1% 0.02% −0.03
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Reduce -23.3% 0.08% −0.03

Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

BKIE BNY Mellon Intl Eqty ETF Add +95.5% 2.35% +1.11
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term T Add +57.6% 2.52% +0.81
XLC SS Comm Select Sector SPDR Add +124.7% 0.35% +0.20
XME SS SPDR S&P Metals Mining Add +992.3% 0.21% +0.19
TPSC Timothy Plan US Small Cap Co. Add +33.0% 0.77% +0.19
PSC Principal US Small-Cap ETF New 0.15% +0.15
VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Add +1.9% 2.31% +0.11
SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF Add +4.7% 3.07% +0.10
PEP Pepsico Inc. Add +451.0% 0.12% +0.10
JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income Add +34.4% 0.44% +0.09
MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui Add +3.3% 1.39% +0.08
WY Weyerhaeuser Co. New 0.08% +0.08
OKE Oneok Inc. Add +351.0% 0.11% +0.08
VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui Add +2.3% 1.80% +0.08
GEV GE Vernova Inc. Add +264.8% 0.09% +0.07
VPU Vanguard Utilities ETF Add +5.5% 1.27% +0.07
FDRR Fidelity Div ETF Rise Rates Add +227.6% 0.09% +0.07
SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF Add +42.5% 0.26% +0.07
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF Add +6.1% 0.60% +0.06
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Add +9.9% 0.94% +0.06
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. Add +1310.1% 0.06% +0.06
ETN Eaton Corp. PLC Add +2494.6% 0.06% +0.06
GLRY Inspire Growth ETF Add +2.0% 0.79% +0.05
XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum Add +30.9% 0.23% +0.05
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. Add +91.0% 0.12% +0.05
ES Eversource Energy Add +2586.5% 0.05% +0.05
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Add +10.2% 1.69% +0.05
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +19.0% 0.28% +0.05
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke Add +3.8% 0.82% +0.05
ATO Atmos Energy Corp. Add +308.7% 0.06% +0.05
ESS Essex Property Trust Inc. Add +23100.0% 0.05% +0.05
O Realty Income Corp. Add +608.6% 0.05% +0.05
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Add +7.2% 0.18% +0.04
FJUL FT Vest US Equity Buffer ETF Add +479.3% 0.05% +0.04
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. Add +17034.6% 0.04% +0.04
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Add +320.3% 0.06% +0.04
VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF Add +10.8% 0.51% +0.04
ILDR First Trust Innovation Leade Add +36.1% 0.15% +0.04
MKC McCormick & Co.-Non VTG SHRS Add +1875.4% 0.05% +0.04
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Add +60.7% 0.13% +0.04
KORP American Century Diversified Add +2502.9% 0.04% +0.04
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +3.2% 0.17% +0.04
FMDE Fidelity Enhanced Mid Cap Co. Add +68.9% 0.10% +0.04
MCD McDonald's Corp. Add +321.7% 0.05% +0.04
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +50.2% 0.13% +0.04
WTAI Wisdomtree AI and Innovation Add +77.2% 0.08% +0.04
AMCR Amcor PLC Add +70.3% 0.13% +0.04
VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui Add +2.9% 2.92% +0.04
FLOT iShares Floating Rate Bond E Add +56.8% 0.12% +0.04
JMEE JPM Sma & Mid Cap En Eq Et-U Add +10.4% 0.38% +0.04

Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

GENVR Gen Digital Inc. - CVR RIGHT 99/99/9999 New 5 $37

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

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 2,249$2.1BVTV, BKIE, VGIT, ELCV, AAPL
Q1 2026 2,148$1.6BVTV, VGIT, BKIE, PTL, AAPL
Q4 2025 2,051$1.6BSPYV, VTV, VGIT, BKIE, VONG
Q3 2025 2,040$1.5BSPYV, VTV, VGIT, BKIE, VONG
Q2 2025 2,002$1.4BSPYV, VTV, VCSH, VONG, SPTS
Q1 2025 2,046$1.3BSPYV, IOO, VONG, FBND, VTV
Q4 2024 1,784$1.2BVONG, SPYV, IOO, FBND, AAPL
Q3 2024 1,676$1.2BSPYV, VONG, FBND, VCSH, VTV
Q2 2024 1,638$1.1BVONG, SPYV, FBND, SPTS, VCSH
Q1 2024 1,656$1.1BSPYV, VONG, FBND, SPTS, VTV