Financial Sense Advisors, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed April 19, 2024), Financial Sense Advisors, Inc. reported 108 stock positions worth $281.3 million. Its top holding was Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) at 14.2% of the portfolio, followed by Strategy (MSTR, 5.3%) and Barrick Gold (B, 4.9%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 20 new positions, sold out of 21, added to 39 and reduced 41. The biggest buy was Alphabet Class C (GOOG, shares +935%) and the biggest sale an exit from Western Digital Corp. (wdc 1.5 02/01/24).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- CIK
- 0001358828
- Portfolio Value
- $281.3M (Q1 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-24-001909 ↗ filed Apr 19, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 108 stocks · $281.3M
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 14.16% | 82,842 | $39.8M | Reduce -1.7% |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. filed as MICROSTRATEGY INC | 5.26% | 8,675 | $14.8M | Reduce -62.9% |
| B Barrick Gold Corp. | 4.89% | 826,507 | $13.8M | Add +142.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 4.14% | 76,436 | $11.6M | Add +935.0% |
| PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. | 3.82% | 712,169 | $10.7M | Add +17.0% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 3.51% | 24,797 | $9.9M | Reduce -2.0% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 3.36% | 96,538 | $9.5M | Add +24.5% |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 3.21% | 396,911 | $9.0M | Reduce -2.6% |
| GIS General Mills Inc. | 2.49% | 100,096 | $7.0M | Reduce -15.7% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 2.35% | 81,907 | $6.6M | New |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 2.19% | 52,305 | $6.2M | Add +0.9% |
| XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 2.18% | 64,641 | $6.1M | New |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.10% | 50,892 | $5.9M | Add +36.0% |
| IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. | 1.90% | 21,158 | $5.4M | New |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | 1.70% | 133,096 | $4.8M | Add +219.7% |
| BLOCK INC (XYZ 0 05/01/26) | 1.67% | 5,250,000 | $4.7M | New |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.55% | 10,388 | $4.4M | Reduce -0.4% |
| COP Conocophillips | 1.54% | 34,101 | $4.3M | Reduce -1.0% |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | 1.34% | 267,310 | $3.8M | Add +6.9% |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 1.32% | 62,330 | $3.7M | Add +372.3% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 1.22% | 36,416 | $3.4M | Reduce -5.0% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 1.18% | 11,640 | $3.3M | Reduce -0.8% |
| FCG First Trust Natural Gas ETF | 1.12% | 115,066 | $3.2M | Reduce -1.5% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 1.12% | 19,929 | $3.1M | Reduce -6.8% |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | 1.11% | 45,625 | $3.1M | Reduce -1.7% |
| WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | 1.04% | 135,224 | $2.9M | Add +83.7% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 1.00% | 159,560 | $2.8M | Reduce -1.8% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.98% | 65,609 | $2.8M | Add +0.3% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.97% | 14,327 | $2.7M | Reduce -6.7% |
| WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | 0.95% | 56,836 | $2.7M | Add +54.0% |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 0.95% | 154,527 | $2.7M | Reduce -20.2% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.90% | 3,244 | $2.5M | Add +0.9% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.81% | 12,525 | $2.3M | Reduce -6.5% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.79% | 50,620 | $2.2M | New |
| TGT Target Corp. | 0.75% | 11,879 | $2.1M | Add +9.9% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.74% | 47,990 | $2.1M | Reduce -2.7% |
| BHP BHP Group Ltd.-Spon ADR | 0.73% | 35,371 | $2.0M | Reduce -10.5% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.72% | 12,778 | $2.0M | Reduce -3.3% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.67% | 35,039 | $1.9M | Add +10.4% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.67% | 14,659 | $1.9M | Reduce -3.6% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.66% | 8,880 | $1.8M | Add +11.7% |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | 0.65% | 90,437 | $1.8M | Add +3.8% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.62% | 28,649 | $1.8M | Add +50.3% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.58% | 12,351 | $1.6M | Reduce -3.9% |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | 0.57% | 9,899 | $1.6M | Add +0.6% |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 0.56% | 21,975 | $1.6M | New |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | 0.51% | 8,399 | $1.4M | Add +2.6% |
| XLI SS Industrial Select Sector | 0.48% | 10,670 | $1.3M | Add +31.4% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.47% | 3,945 | $1.3M | Add +21.5% |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.45% | 31,585 | $1.3M | New |
| APUE Activepassive US Equity ETF | 0.45% | 39,571 | $1.3M | Add +180.6% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 0.45% | 7,383 | $1.3M | Add +0.3% |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | 0.44% | 24,657 | $1.2M | Reduce -20.8% |
| EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi | 0.42% | 13,321 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.0% |
| BHC Bausch Health Cos Inc. | 0.41% | 109,500 | $1.2M | Reduce -3.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.39% | 6,800 | $1.1M | Reduce -4.3% |
| PSX Phillips 66 | 0.39% | 6,700 | $1.1M | Add +1.3% |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | 0.38% | 6,476 | $1.1M | Reduce -7.8% |
| XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv | 0.35% | 10,610 | $988K | Add +0.1% |
| EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | 0.35% | 10,200 | $975K | New |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | 0.31% | 15,057 | $875K | Add +0.6% |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | 0.31% | 3,420 | $872K | No change |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.31% | 19,589 | $865K | Add +0.7% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.30% | 102,256 | $848K | Reduce -6.0% |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | 0.30% | 10,076 | $842K | Reduce -12.1% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.29% | 1,831 | $813K | Reduce -0.5% |
| OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 0.26% | 11,253 | $731K | Reduce -85.8% |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | 0.25% | 6,608 | $711K | Add +4.3% |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | 0.24% | 7,432 | $689K | Add +58.0% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.23% | 22,855 | $634K | New |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.22% | 8,425 | $625K | Add +64.2% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.22% | 467 | $619K | No change |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 0.21% | 1,154 | $604K | Add +99.0% |
| APIE Activepassive Intl Eqty ETF | 0.21% | 20,470 | $579K | New |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.19% | 2,605 | $536K | Add +1.4% |
| SCCO Southern Copper Corp. | 0.19% | 5,000 | $533K | No change |
| BP BP PLC-Spons ADR | 0.18% | 13,588 | $512K | Reduce -85.0% |
| FXY Invesco Currencyshares Japan | 0.17% | 7,800 | $478K | Reduce -91.6% |
| APCB Activepassive Core Bond ETF | 0.17% | 16,113 | $475K | New |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | 0.16% | 1,823 | $455K | No change |
| EQT Eqt Corp. | 0.15% | 11,594 | $430K | Reduce -7.4% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.15% | 9,759 | $409K | Reduce -10.4% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.14% | 17,400 | $400K | Add +6.1% |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | 0.14% | 1,775 | $399K | Add +7.1% |
| SPG Simon Property Group Inc. | 0.14% | 2,500 | $391K | No change |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.13% | 672 | $353K | Reduce -57.4% |
| SPGP Invesco S&P 500 Garp ETF | 0.11% | 2,966 | $316K | New |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.10% | 5,115 | $294K | Add +0.7% |
| PAVE Global X US Infrastructure | 0.10% | 7,373 | $294K | New |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | 0.10% | 3,500 | $279K | No change |
| APMU Activepassive Interm Muni BD | 0.09% | 10,741 | $267K | New |
| HOOD Robinhood Markets Inc. Class A | 0.09% | 13,175 | $265K | Reduce -24.4% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.09% | 4,322 | $260K | No change |
| XYZ Block Inc. | 0.09% | 2,978 | $252K | New |
| SYM Symbotic Inc. | 0.09% | 5,490 | $247K | New |
| IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow | 0.09% | 2,152 | $246K | New |
| FISR SS Fi Sector Rotation | 0.09% | 9,585 | $246K | Add +21.3% |
| PAA Plains All Amer Pipeline LP | 0.09% | 13,884 | $244K | Add +29.9% |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | 0.08% | 2,513 | $238K | Reduce -73.8% |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | 0.08% | 2,130 | $232K | New |
| HAL Halliburton Co. | 0.08% | 5,682 | $224K | Add +0.4% |
| GSLC Goldman Activebeta US LC ETF | 0.08% | 2,035 | $211K | New |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | 0.07% | 3,470 | $209K | Reduce -2.1% |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | 0.07% | 4,731 | $205K | Reduce -27.3% |
| F Ford Motor Co. filed as FORD MTR CO DEL | 0.07% | 15,129 | $201K | Reduce -3.9% |
| AG First Majestic Silver Corp. | 0.03% | 13,330 | $78K | Reduce -60.0% |
| TRX TRX Gold Corp. | 0.02% | 115,492 | $45K | No change |
| GROY Gold Royalty Corp. | 0.01% | 10,000 | $19K | New |
Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($9.4M), MSFT puts ($3.2M), XLK puts ($2.5M), FCG puts ($1.6M), PAAS calls ($1.2M), IWF puts ($1.1M), SPY calls ($1.0M), QQQ puts ($1.0M), DHR puts ($549K).
Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORP (WDC 1.5 02/01/24) | Sold out | 0.00% | −5.41 |
| XME SS SPDR S&P Metals Mining | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.80 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.29 |
| FXY Invesco Currencyshares Japan | Reduce -91.6% | 0.17% | −2.14 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.76 |
| OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. | Reduce -85.8% | 0.26% | −1.52 |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.35 |
| BP BP PLC-Spons ADR | Reduce -85.0% | 0.18% | −1.02 |
| SLB SLB Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.98 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.62 |
| RIO Rio Tinto PLC-Spon ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.62 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.54 |
| PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.46 |
| GIS General Mills Inc. | Reduce -15.7% | 2.49% | −0.42 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Reduce -62.9% | 5.26% | −0.31 |
| FNV Franco-Nevada Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.30 |
| BHP BHP Group Ltd.-Spon ADR | Reduce -10.5% | 0.73% | −0.29 |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | Reduce -73.8% | 0.08% | −0.27 |
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Reduce -20.2% | 0.95% | −0.21 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -57.4% | 0.13% | −0.16 |
| GLW Corning Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | Reduce -20.8% | 0.44% | −0.15 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -2.6% | 3.21% | −0.13 |
| NTR Nutrien Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -0.8% | 1.18% | −0.10 |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Reduce -2.0% | 3.51% | −0.09 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -6.8% | 1.12% | −0.08 |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| NEAR iShares SH Dba ETF Usd Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -3.3% | 0.72% | −0.06 |
| AG First Majestic Silver Corp. | Reduce -60.0% | 0.03% | −0.05 |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | Reduce -12.1% | 0.30% | −0.04 |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | Reduce -27.3% | 0.07% | −0.03 |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | Reduce -6.0% | 0.30% | −0.03 |
| EQT Eqt Corp. | Reduce -7.4% | 0.15% | −0.03 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Reduce -1.8% | 1.00% | −0.03 |
| EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi | Reduce -1.0% | 0.42% | −0.03 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Reduce -3.6% | 0.67% | −0.03 |
| UROY Uranium Royalty Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | Reduce -7.8% | 0.38% | −0.01 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -10.4% | 0.15% | −0.01 |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | Reduce -2.7% | 0.74% | −0.01 |
| GLDG Goldmining Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.00 |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | Reduce -2.1% | 0.07% | −0.00 |
| F Ford Motor Co. | Reduce -3.9% | 0.07% | −0.00 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -4.3% | 0.39% | +0.00 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +935.0% | 4.14% | +3.75 |
| B Barrick Gold Corp. | Add +142.1% | 4.89% | +2.56 |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | New | 2.35% | +2.35 |
| XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | New | 2.18% | +2.18 |
| IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. | New | 1.90% | +1.90 |
| BLOCK INC (XYZ 0 05/01/26) | New | 1.67% | +1.67 |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Add +372.3% | 1.32% | +1.05 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Add +219.7% | 1.70% | +1.05 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | New | 0.79% | +0.79 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +36.0% | 2.10% | +0.69 |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | New | 0.56% | +0.56 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Add +0.9% | 2.19% | +0.53 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Add +24.5% | 3.36% | +0.46 |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | New | 0.45% | +0.45 |
| TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical-SP ADR | Add +6.9% | 1.34% | +0.36 |
| EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | New | 0.35% | +0.35 |
| WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | Add +83.7% | 1.04% | +0.32 |
| APUE Activepassive US Equity ETF | Add +180.6% | 0.45% | +0.30 |
| WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Add +54.0% | 0.95% | +0.27 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | New | 0.23% | +0.23 |
| APIE Activepassive Intl Eqty ETF | New | 0.21% | +0.21 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Add +50.3% | 0.62% | +0.20 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +0.9% | 0.90% | +0.19 |
| APCB Activepassive Core Bond ETF | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| TGT Target Corp. | Add +9.9% | 0.75% | +0.17 |
| XLI SS Industrial Select Sector | Add +31.4% | 0.48% | +0.13 |
| SPGP Invesco S&P 500 Garp ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +99.0% | 0.21% | +0.11 |
| PAVE Global X US Infrastructure | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | Add +21.5% | 0.47% | +0.10 |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | Add +58.0% | 0.24% | +0.10 |
| APMU Activepassive Interm Muni BD | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| XYZ Block Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| SYM Symbotic Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | Add +64.2% | 0.22% | +0.09 |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Add +11.7% | 0.66% | +0.08 |
| GSLC Goldman Activebeta US LC ETF | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. | Add +17.0% | 3.82% | +0.07 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Add +2.6% | 0.51% | +0.06 |
| PSX Phillips 66 | Add +1.3% | 0.39% | +0.06 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +6.1% | 0.14% | +0.04 |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | Add +7.1% | 0.14% | +0.03 |
| PAA Plains All Amer Pipeline LP | Add +29.9% | 0.09% | +0.03 |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | Add +3.8% | 0.65% | +0.03 |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | Add +0.3% | 0.98% | +0.02 |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | Add +0.6% | 0.31% | +0.02 |
| XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv | Add +0.1% | 0.35% | +0.01 |
| FISR SS Fi Sector Rotation | Add +21.3% | 0.09% | +0.01 |
Options Activity Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | put | New | 18,000 | $9.4M |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | put | New | 7,700 | $3.2M |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | put | New | 12,100 | $2.5M |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | put | Sold out | 10,000 | $2.0Mbefore exit |
| FCG First Trust Natural Gas ETF | put | New | 58,100 | $1.6M |
| PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. | call | Add +33.3% | 80,000 | $1.2M |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | put | New | 3,200 | $1.1M |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | call | New | 2,000 | $1.0M |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | put | Reduce -8.0% | 2,300 | $1.0M |
| DHR Danaher Corp. | put | New | 2,200 | $549K |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 134 | $460.0M | VOO, EMB, FCX, NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC (NOG 3.625 04/15/29), TSLA |
| Q1 2026 | 139 | $431.3M | VOO, EMB, FCX, NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC (NOG 3.625 04/15/29), TSLA |
| Q4 2025 | 143 | $472.0M | VOO, FLOT, TSLA, IBIT, TEVA |
| Q3 2025 | 149 | $486.3M | VOO, FLOT, IBIT, PAAS, TSLA |
| Q2 2025 | 134 | $405.2M | IBIT, VOO, PAAS, TSLA, BLOCK INC (XYZ 0 05/01/26) |
| Q1 2025 | 112 | $349.8M | VOO, IBIT, PAAS, TSLA, BLOCK INC (XYZ 0 05/01/26) |
| Q4 2024 | 104 | $297.7M | VOO, IBIT, TSLA, BLOCK INC (XYZ 0 05/01/26), PAAS |
| Q3 2024 | 119 | $362.4M | VOO, EMB, IBIT, TSLA, B |
| Q2 2024 | 111 | $315.7M | VOO, IBIT, GOOG, B, PAAS |
| Q1 2024 | 108 | $281.3M | VOO, MSTR, B, GOOG, PAAS |