Financial & Tax Architects, LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed May 6, 2025), Financial & Tax Architects, LLC reported 101 stock positions worth $398.4 million. Its top holding was SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY) at 5.2% of the portfolio, followed by Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit (BCI, 5.0%) and iShares MSCI Eafe ETF (EFA, 4.7%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 10 new positions, sold out of 12, added to 55 and reduced 35. The biggest buy was Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit (BCI, shares +5121%) and the biggest sale SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF (BIL, shares −94%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
ST LOUIS, MO
CIK
0001758543
Portfolio Value
$398.4M (Q1 2025)
SEC Filing
0001214659-25-007031 ↗ filed May 6, 2025

Holdings Value

0$100.0M$200.0M$300.0M$400.0M$500.0M Q1 2024: $363.4M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $373.0M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $389.0M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $392.6M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $398.4M $398.4M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $411.7M Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $453.1M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $445.0M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $448.4M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $474.3M Q2 2026

Holdings 101 stocks · $398.4M

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 5.22% 37,197 $20.8M Reduce -2.5%
BCI Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit filed as ABRDN ETFS 5.01% 930,875 $20.0M Add +5120.8%
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF 4.66% 227,216 $18.6M Add +3931.5%
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B 4.63% 193,214 $18.4M Reduce -2.0%
USRT iShares Core US REIT ETF 4.46% 308,737 $17.8M Add +1.3%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 3.81% 153,620 $15.2M Reduce -6.5%
FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF 3.35% 292,033 $13.3M Add +2.7%
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A 3.29% 128,292 $13.1M Reduce -0.2%
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 2.56% 129,065 $10.2M Add +1.9%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 2.48% 18,520 $9.9M New
CWB SS SPDR BB Conv Sec ETF 2.32% 120,671 $9.2M Add +2.8%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.93% 36,790 $7.7M Reduce -0.8%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 1.90% 30,479 $7.6M Reduce -9.7%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 1.89% 56,814 $7.5M Reduce -3.8%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 1.85% 102,666 $7.4M Add +2.0%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 1.83% 23,286 $7.3M Add +1.3%
CVX Chevron Corp. 1.81% 43,036 $7.2M Add +2.7%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 1.78% 13,991 $7.1M Add +0.0%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 1.78% 23,174 $7.1M Reduce -1.1%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 1.77% 42,621 $7.1M Add +2.6%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.77% 59,322 $7.1M Add +6.4%
WMT Walmart Inc. 1.77% 80,310 $7.1M Reduce -4.5%
MDT Medtronic PLC 1.73% 76,506 $6.9M Add +1.7%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 1.69% 39,484 $6.7M Add +2.6%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. 1.65% 18,878 $6.6M Add +3.1%
TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF 1.63% 58,487 $6.5M Reduce -7.0%
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. 1.61% 27,558 $6.4M Add +3.0%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 1.61% 90,407 $6.4M Add +6.2%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 1.58% 41,990 $6.3M Add +9.3%
CTAS Cintas Corp. 1.56% 30,248 $6.2M New
ITW Illinois Tool Works 1.55% 24,885 $6.2M New
ECL Ecolab Inc. 1.41% 22,229 $5.6M New
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 1.22% 51,043 $4.9M Add +1.7%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.97% 35,699 $3.9M Add +2.0%
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui 0.93% 46,758 $3.7M Add +4.5%
USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield 0.88% 95,645 $3.5M Add +4.4%
HYS PIMCO 0-5 Year H/Y Corp. Bond 0.86% 36,728 $3.4M Add +5.0%
SPTI SS SPDR P Int Term TSY ETF 0.86% 119,647 $3.4M New
GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur 0.79% 31,430 $3.1M Add +21.6%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 0.78% 53,028 $3.1M Reduce -1.7%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.74% 13,286 $3.0M Add +8.2%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF 0.66% 28,918 $2.6M Add +5.2%
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF 0.62% 26,728 $2.5M Reduce -93.7%
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term US 0.60% 95,655 $2.4M Reduce -5.4%
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury 0.59% 22,496 $2.3M Reduce -6.3%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 0.57% 8,201 $2.3M Add +6.2%
FTSD Franklin Short Duration U.S. 0.53% 23,407 $2.1M Add +9.7%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.52% 5,487 $2.1M Add +2.6%
VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Facto 0.50% 18,795 $2.0M Reduce -9.0%
SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares 0.39% 51,711 $1.5M Add +5.4%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.38% 8,032 $1.5M Reduce -9.2%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.38% 1,599 $1.5M Reduce -8.4%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.38% 1,607 $1.5M Reduce -7.1%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.37% 2,577 $1.5M Reduce -12.9%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.34% 8,597 $1.3M Reduce -6.8%
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS 0.32% 1,947 $1.3M Reduce -7.9%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.30% 7,179 $1.2M Reduce -22.6%
SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili 0.27% 14,153 $1.1M Reduce -23.7%
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd 0.24% 12,257 $966K Add +17.6%
SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF 0.22% 34,718 $887K New
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.22% 17,351 $864K Add +13.7%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.21% 9,166 $857K Add +24.8%
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect 0.21% 10,455 $854K Add +18.0%
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF 0.21% 8,664 $830K Add +19.3%
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector 0.21% 6,318 $828K Add +17.4%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.20% 2,786 $803K New
VOX Vanguard Communication Servi 0.20% 5,384 $799K Add +10.4%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.20% 5,463 $798K Add +18.7%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.20% 3,776 $780K Add +21.8%
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect 0.19% 3,932 $776K Add +15.7%
EWS iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 0.19% 32,123 $763K Add +23.6%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.19% 1,341 $753K Add +32.1%
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR 0.18% 17,250 $714K Add +6.5%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.18% 2,339 $706K Add +8.1%
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.17% 12,550 $696K Add +6.1%
SAP Sap SE-Sponsored ADR 0.17% 2,550 $685K Reduce -3.1%
LIN Linde PLC 0.17% 1,461 $680K Add +10.2%
UL Unilever PLC 0.17% 11,343 $675K Add +9.8%
NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR 0.17% 6,030 $672K Add +9.2%
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 0.17% 8,286 $668K Reduce -83.5%
AMCR Amcor PLC 0.15% 63,610 $617K Add +12.4%
PNR Pentair PLC 0.15% 6,742 $590K Add +10.7%
INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR 0.14% 31,212 $570K Add +10.6%
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF 0.13% 10,411 $529K New
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.13% 6,931 $524K New
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 0.12% 1,465 $483K Reduce -91.8%
EWM iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF 0.12% 19,942 $460K Add +75.3%
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration 0.11% 9,125 $457K Add +2.0%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.11% 869 $455K Reduce -0.2%
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd 0.11% 1,992 $442K Reduce -3.2%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. 0.09% 3,819 $358K Add +1.7%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.09% 4,555 $357K No change
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.09% 742 $348K Reduce -18.9%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.09% 8,222 $343K New
OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF 0.09% 11,379 $343K Reduce -0.3%
VDE Vanguard Energy ETF 0.08% 2,310 $300K Reduce -1.1%
KXI iShares Global Consumer Stap 0.06% 3,827 $245K Reduce -48.9%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.06% 436 $239K Reduce -20.9%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.06% 920 $238K Reduce -71.4%
T AT&T Inc. 0.05% 7,232 $205K Reduce -97.3%
JFR Nuveen Floating Rate Income 0.04% 18,757 $159K Add +6.8%

Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -93.7% 0.62% −9.27
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Sold out 0.00% −3.00
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Reduce -91.8% 0.12% −1.53
T AT&T Inc. Reduce -97.3% 0.05% −1.51
RTX RTX Corp. Sold out 0.00% −1.47
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Reduce -83.5% 0.17% −0.97
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -2.5% 5.22% −0.47
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -22.6% 0.30% −0.25
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -6.5% 3.81% −0.24
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.22
FM iShares Frontier and Select Sold out 0.00% −0.17
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -4.5% 1.77% −0.16
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Sold out 0.00% −0.16
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd Reduce -71.4% 0.06% −0.16
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.15
HD Home Depot Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.12
IGF iShares Global Infrastructur Sold out 0.00% −0.11
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -9.2% 0.38% −0.11
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Reduce -6.8% 0.34% −0.11
GD General Dynamics Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.10
SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.09
TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF Reduce -7.0% 1.63% −0.08
ARGT Global X MSCI Argentina ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.07
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -12.9% 0.37% −0.07
SPLV Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatili Reduce -23.7% 0.27% −0.07
KXI iShares Global Consumer Stap Reduce -48.9% 0.06% −0.05
QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac Sold out 0.00% −0.05
VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Facto Reduce -9.0% 0.50% −0.05
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS Reduce -7.9% 0.32% −0.05
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Reduce -18.9% 0.09% −0.03
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term US Reduce -5.4% 0.60% −0.03
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -8.4% 0.38% −0.03
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Reduce -6.3% 0.59% −0.02
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B Reduce -2.0% 4.63% −0.02
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -7.1% 0.38% −0.02
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd Reduce -3.2% 0.11% −0.02
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A Reduce -20.9% 0.06% −0.01
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. Reduce -0.2% 0.11% +0.00
VDE Vanguard Energy ETF Reduce -1.1% 0.08% +0.00
SAP Sap SE-Sponsored ADR Reduce -3.1% 0.17% +0.01
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. Reduce -9.7% 1.90% +0.01
OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF Reduce -0.3% 0.09% +0.01
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -1.1% 1.78% +0.03
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A Reduce -0.2% 3.29% +0.03
IAU iShares Gold Trust Reduce -1.7% 0.78% +0.10
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -3.8% 1.89% +0.19
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -0.8% 1.93% +0.26

Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

BCI Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit Add +5120.8% 5.01% +4.92
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF Add +3931.5% 4.66% +4.55
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap New 2.48% +2.48
CTAS Cintas Corp. New 1.56% +1.56
ITW Illinois Tool Works New 1.55% +1.55
ECL Ecolab Inc. New 1.41% +1.41
SPTI SS SPDR P Int Term TSY ETF New 0.86% +0.86
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +2.7% 1.81% +0.26
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Add +2.0% 1.85% +0.25
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Add +2.6% 1.77% +0.24
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +6.4% 1.77% +0.24
SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF New 0.22% +0.22
GLD SPDR Gold Shares New 0.20% +0.20
MDT Medtronic PLC Add +1.7% 1.73% +0.20
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF New 0.13% +0.13
GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur Add +21.6% 0.79% +0.13
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF New 0.13% +0.13
MCD McDonald's Corp. Add +1.3% 1.83% +0.13
FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF Add +2.7% 3.35% +0.10
PEP Pepsico Inc. Add +9.3% 1.58% +0.09
BAC Bank of America Corp. New 0.09% +0.09
SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares Add +5.4% 0.39% +0.07
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. Add +3.1% 1.65% +0.07
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Add +24.8% 0.21% +0.05
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. Add +6.2% 1.61% +0.05
EWS iShares MSCI Singapore ETF Add +23.6% 0.19% +0.05
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Add +2.6% 1.69% +0.05
EWM iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Add +75.3% 0.12% +0.04
FTSD Franklin Short Duration U.S. Add +9.7% 0.53% +0.04
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Add +17.6% 0.24% +0.04
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Add +1.9% 2.56% +0.04
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector Add +18.7% 0.20% +0.04
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Add +32.1% 0.19% +0.04
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Add +18.0% 0.21% +0.04
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF Add +19.3% 0.21% +0.04
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF Add +5.2% 0.66% +0.03
NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR Add +9.2% 0.17% +0.03
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +6.1% 0.17% +0.03
LIN Linde PLC Add +10.2% 0.17% +0.03
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR Add +6.5% 0.18% +0.03
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui Add +4.5% 0.93% +0.03
HYS PIMCO 0-5 Year H/Y Corp. Bond Add +5.0% 0.86% +0.03
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Add +13.7% 0.22% +0.03
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector Add +17.4% 0.21% +0.03
CB Chubb Ltd. Add +8.1% 0.18% +0.03
USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield Add +4.4% 0.88% +0.03
UL Unilever PLC Add +9.8% 0.17% +0.02
AMCR Amcor PLC Add +12.4% 0.15% +0.02
USRT iShares Core US REIT ETF Add +1.3% 4.46% +0.02
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Add +21.8% 0.20% +0.01

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 110$474.3MFBND, USRT, EFA, SPY, BCI
Q1 2026 108$448.4MVTI, BCI, EFA, USRT, SPY
Q4 2025 103$445.0MVTI, EFA, SPY, IEF, USRT
Q3 2025 104$453.1MEFA, FBND, SPY, BCI, USRT
Q2 2025 93$411.7MBIL, EFA, SPY, IEF, VTI
Q1 2025 101$398.4MSPY, BCI, EFA, IEF, USRT
Q4 2024 103$392.6MBIL, SPY, IEF, USRT, AGG
Q3 2024 95$389.0MSPY, BIL, EFA, IEF, USRT
Q2 2024 82$373.0MBIL, SPY, BCI, EFA, IEF
Q1 2024 85$363.4MSPY, EFA, USRT, BCI, IEF