Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 30, 2026), Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. reported 509 stock positions worth $1.1 billion. Its top holding was Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) at 11.9% of the portfolio, followed by iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY, 1.8%) and Cameco (CCJ, 1.7%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 63 new positions, sold out of 30, added to 158 and reduced 189. The biggest buy was a new position in Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) and the biggest sale Exxon Mobil (XOM, shares −6%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001020317
- Portfolio Value
- $1.1B (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001020317-26-000003 ↗ filed Jul 30, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 509 stocks · $1.1B
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 11.87% | 4,460,932 | $134.6M | New |
| EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | 1.84% | 103,510 | $20.9M | Reduce -3.2% |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | 1.68% | 187,464 | $19.1M | Reduce -0.9% |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | 1.66% | 383,511 | $18.8M | Reduce -6.5% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.65% | 37,372 | $18.7M | Reduce -1.5% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.49% | 58,427 | $16.9M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.44% | 45,647 | $16.3M | Add +0.1% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.30% | 107,943 | $14.8M | Reduce -5.5% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.26% | 40,288 | $14.2M | Reduce -0.6% |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 1.25% | 409,503 | $14.1M | Add +2.7% |
| SM SM Energy Co. | 1.12% | 485,033 | $12.7M | Add +3.3% |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | 1.01% | 152,514 | $11.5M | Reduce -0.9% |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | 1.01% | 447,901 | $11.4M | Add +0.9% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 0.91% | 267,079 | $10.3M | Reduce -0.2% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 0.89% | 243,437 | $10.1M | Add +20.4% |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | 0.88% | 87,125 | $10.0M | Add +21.1% |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | 0.88% | 68,441 | $10.0M | Add +2.3% |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. | 0.85% | 42,225 | $9.7M | Reduce -6.1% |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 0.84% | 61,662 | $9.6M | Add +30.8% |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | 0.80% | 148,948 | $9.1M | Reduce -15.3% |
| SFM Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. | 0.78% | 104,340 | $8.8M | Add +7.0% |
| DEA Easterly Government Properti | 0.78% | 353,012 | $8.8M | Add +6.4% |
| WY Weyerhaeuser Co. | 0.76% | 358,651 | $8.6M | Add +7.1% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.75% | 442,282 | $8.5M | Reduce -2.4% |
| PPLT Abrdn Physical Platinum SHRS | 0.74% | 595,825 | $8.4M | Add +17.2% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.70% | 104,830 | $7.9M | Add +0.0% |
| GXO Gxo Logistics Inc. | 0.68% | 151,566 | $7.7M | Add +13.2% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.65% | 31,061 | $7.4M | Add +8.8% |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.65% | 140,531 | $7.4M | Reduce -3.9% |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 0.65% | 98,079 | $7.4M | Add +0.8% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.65% | 390,969 | $7.4M | Add +4.7% |
| TGB Trekor Metals Ltd. | 0.64% | 1,056,058 | $7.3M | Add +19.7% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.64% | 28,681 | $7.2M | Reduce -2.1% |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | 0.62% | 162,217 | $7.0M | Add +500.5% |
| BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C | 0.61% | 133,275 | $6.9M | Reduce -0.9% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | 0.60% | 62,990 | $6.8M | Reduce -8.0% |
| AVAV Aerovironment Inc. | 0.60% | 41,205 | $6.8M | Add +1975.8% |
| EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 0.60% | 62,602 | $6.8M | Add +6.3% |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | 0.60% | 74,692 | $6.8M | Add +59.1% |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | 0.59% | 166,832 | $6.7M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 0.58% | 26,539 | $6.6M | Reduce -1.8% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 0.58% | 17,485 | $6.5M | Reduce -2.9% |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | 0.56% | 319,874 | $6.4M | Add +3.3% |
| ECHO Echostar Corp. Class A | 0.56% | 62,510 | $6.3M | Add +2709.4% |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | 0.56% | 209,241 | $6.3M | Reduce -0.1% |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | 0.56% | 180,394 | $6.3M | Reduce -8.5% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.55% | 55,465 | $6.3M | Reduce -10.7% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.55% | 168,143 | $6.2M | Reduce -0.7% |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.52% | 178,111 | $5.9M | Add +2.8% |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | 0.50% | 79,417 | $5.7M | New |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.48% | 29,938 | $5.4M | Reduce -3.5% |
| COO The Cooper Cos Inc. | 0.46% | 72,295 | $5.2M | New |
| DVYE iShares Emerging Markets Div | 0.45% | 160,011 | $5.2M | Add +3.0% |
| JD Jd.com Inc.-ADR | 0.45% | 201,630 | $5.1M | Add +12.4% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.45% | 95,113 | $5.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | 0.42% | 354,948 | $4.8M | Add +56.9% |
| SLB SLB Ltd. filed as SLB LIMITED | 0.42% | 101,573 | $4.7M | Reduce -38.7% |
| BTI British American Tob-SP ADR | 0.41% | 76,120 | $4.7M | Reduce -1.8% |
| PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. | 0.41% | 224,927 | $4.7M | Reduce -0.3% |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | 0.41% | 19,282 | $4.6M | Add +149.5% |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | 0.40% | 47,904 | $4.5M | Add +5.4% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.40% | 28,363 | $4.5M | Reduce -1.0% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.39% | 26,975 | $4.5M | Reduce -1.5% |
| QURE Uniqure NV | 0.38% | 94,250 | $4.3M | Reduce -16.3% |
| FNDE Schwab Fndmntl Em MRK Eq ETF | 0.38% | 108,353 | $4.3M | Add +69.5% |
| ASHR Xtrackers Harvest Csi 300 CH | 0.37% | 115,310 | $4.2M | Add +82.9% |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.37% | 41,020 | $4.2M | Reduce -26.8% |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | 0.37% | 197,889 | $4.2M | Add +0.2% |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | 0.37% | 52,638 | $4.2M | Add +46.5% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.37% | 9,739 | $4.1M | Reduce -0.3% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd. | 0.36% | 313,994 | $4.1M | Add +10.2% |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | 0.36% | 26,136 | $4.1M | Reduce -4.9% |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | 0.36% | 76,775 | $4.1M | Add +5.7% |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | 0.36% | 94,926 | $4.1M | New |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.35% | 20,075 | $4.0M | Reduce -13.6% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.35% | 55,021 | $4.0M | Reduce -1.7% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.34% | 28,735 | $3.9M | Reduce -6.6% |
| GPC Genuine Parts Co. | 0.33% | 31,835 | $3.8M | New |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.32% | 11,136 | $3.6M | Reduce -3.1% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.31% | 13,995 | $3.6M | Add +4.3% |
| SAN Banco Santander SA-Spon ADR | 0.31% | 256,219 | $3.5M | Add +0.4% |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 0.30% | 36,746 | $3.4M | Add +20.6% |
| CNXT Vaneck Chinext Innovators-Ui | 0.30% | 53,925 | $3.4M | New |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | 0.30% | 70,160 | $3.4M | New |
| JOF Japan Smaller Capitalization | 0.29% | 281,705 | $3.3M | Add +20.1% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.29% | 84,715 | $3.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | 0.28% | 154,041 | $3.2M | Add +83.6% |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 0.28% | 13,210 | $3.2M | Add +24.7% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.28% | 73,156 | $3.2M | Add +0.0% |
| FOXY Simplify Currency Strtgy ETF | 0.28% | 106,956 | $3.2M | Add +43.0% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.28% | 13,403 | $3.2M | Reduce -0.4% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.28% | 24,621 | $3.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| EVC Entravision Communications-A | 0.27% | 238,000 | $3.1M | Add +20.2% |
| GDXJ Vaneck Junior Gold Miners | 0.27% | 31,239 | $3.1M | Reduce -0.4% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 0.27% | 13,878 | $3.1M | Add +35.6% |
| CNI Canadian Natl Railway Co. | 0.27% | 25,617 | $3.1M | No change |
| SKE Skeena Resources Ltd. | 0.27% | 114,320 | $3.0M | Reduce -1.5% |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | 0.27% | 64,825 | $3.0M | Reduce -4.6% |
| SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui-Spons ADR | 0.26% | 126,375 | $3.0M | Add +5.4% |
| HL Hecla Mining Co. | 0.26% | 189,009 | $2.9M | Reduce -0.7% |
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.2M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCK INC (XYZ 0.25 11/01/27) | NOTE 0.250%11/0 · principal | 710,000 | $673K | No change |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 429 | $496K | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.1B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -5.5% | 1.30% | −0.73 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -65.4% | 0.25% | −0.61 |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | Reduce -3.9% | 0.65% | −0.58 |
| TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. | Reduce -95.9% | 0.02% | −0.52 |
| SLB SLB Ltd. | Reduce -38.7% | 0.42% | −0.47 |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | Reduce -0.9% | 1.68% | −0.47 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Reduce -0.9% | 1.01% | −0.46 |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | Reduce -6.5% | 1.66% | −0.46 |
| CC The Chemours Co. | Reduce -67.7% | 0.15% | −0.43 |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | Reduce -0.1% | 0.56% | −0.41 |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | Reduce -0.2% | 0.91% | −0.35 |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | Reduce -62.0% | 0.19% | −0.33 |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Reduce -8.0% | 0.60% | −0.33 |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | Reduce -8.5% | 0.56% | −0.32 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -1.5% | 1.65% | −0.25 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -10.7% | 0.55% | −0.25 |
| PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. | Reduce -0.3% | 0.41% | −0.25 |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | Reduce -0.1% | 0.59% | −0.24 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Reduce -1.8% | 0.58% | −0.21 |
| LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc. | Reduce -51.0% | 0.09% | −0.21 |
| DSX Diana Shipping Inc. | Reduce -24.0% | 0.23% | −0.20 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.39% | −0.20 |
| FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF | Reduce -71.9% | 0.05% | −0.18 |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | Reduce -32.2% | 0.20% | −0.18 |
| EC Ecopetrol SA-Sponsored ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | Reduce -2.4% | 0.75% | −0.17 |
| SSL Sasol Ltd.-Sponsored ADR | Reduce -55.1% | 0.07% | −0.17 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -0.1% | 0.45% | −0.16 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -6.6% | 0.34% | −0.16 |
| LXU LSB Industries Inc. | Reduce -49.0% | 0.06% | −0.13 |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | Reduce -0.7% | 0.55% | −0.12 |
| GDXJ Vaneck Junior Gold Miners | Reduce -0.4% | 0.27% | −0.12 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -2.9% | 0.58% | −0.12 |
| HL Hecla Mining Co. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.26% | −0.11 |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | Reduce -0.3% | 0.29% | −0.11 |
| TROX Tronox Holdings PLC | Reduce -36.3% | 0.06% | −0.11 |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | Reduce -34.5% | 0.10% | −0.10 |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | Reduce -15.3% | 0.80% | −0.10 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Reduce -4.6% | 0.21% | −0.09 |
| SKE Skeena Resources Ltd. | Reduce -1.5% | 0.27% | −0.09 |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | Reduce -6.7% | 0.16% | −0.09 |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | Reduce -26.8% | 0.37% | −0.09 |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | Reduce -5.6% | 0.20% | −0.09 |
| CDX Simplify High Yield ETF | Reduce -19.1% | 0.18% | −0.09 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -1.1% | 0.16% | −0.08 |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | Reduce -2.5% | 0.19% | −0.08 |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | Reduce -4.6% | 0.27% | −0.08 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Reduce -86.1% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | New | 11.87% | +11.87 |
| AVAV Aerovironment Inc. | Add +1975.8% | 0.60% | +0.56 |
| ECHO Echostar Corp. Class A | Add +2709.4% | 0.56% | +0.53 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | New | 0.50% | +0.50 |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | Add +500.5% | 0.62% | +0.49 |
| COO The Cooper Cos Inc. | New | 0.46% | +0.46 |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | New | 0.36% | +0.36 |
| GPC Genuine Parts Co. | New | 0.33% | +0.33 |
| CNXT Vaneck Chinext Innovators-Ui | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| EVC Entravision Communications-A | Add +20.2% | 0.27% | +0.21 |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | Add +149.5% | 0.41% | +0.18 |
| FORM Formfactor Inc. | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | Add +6.3% | 0.60% | +0.16 |
| ASHR Xtrackers Harvest Csi 300 CH | Add +82.9% | 0.37% | +0.16 |
| PRIM Primoris Services Corp. | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| SCOP Sprott Physical Copper Trust | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| FNDE Schwab Fndmntl Em MRK Eq ETF | Add +69.5% | 0.38% | +0.12 |
| FPS Forgent Power Solutions Class A | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| TXG 10X Genomics Inc. Class A | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| CLPT Clearpoint Neuro Inc. | Add +2.1% | 0.23% | +0.09 |
| PDEX Pro-Dex Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | Add +83.6% | 0.28% | +0.08 |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Add +46.5% | 0.37% | +0.07 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +0.1% | 1.44% | +0.07 |
| KSTR Kraneshares China Technology | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| BIDU Baidu Inc. - Spon ADR | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| ALOY Realloys Inc. | Add +144.1% | 0.09% | +0.06 |
| RMBS Rambus Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Add +5.4% | 0.40% | +0.06 |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | Add +59.1% | 0.60% | +0.06 |
| GLAS Glass House Brands Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| FOXY Simplify Currency Strtgy ETF | Add +43.0% | 0.28% | +0.05 |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | Add +56.9% | 0.42% | +0.05 |
| PKE Park Aerospace Corp. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| TGB Trekor Metals Ltd. | Add +19.7% | 0.64% | +0.05 |
| XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | Add +72.1% | 0.10% | +0.04 |
| GE General Electric | Add +13.2% | 0.21% | +0.04 |
| IAUX I-80 Gold Corp. | Add +168.9% | 0.08% | +0.04 |
| WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners L | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| FRO Frontline PLC | Add +97.2% | 0.09% | +0.04 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Add +37.9% | 0.10% | +0.04 |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Add +20.6% | 0.30% | +0.03 |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | Add +194.6% | 0.05% | +0.03 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +41.6% | 0.13% | +0.03 |
| DEA Easterly Government Properti | Add +6.4% | 0.78% | +0.03 |
| STM Stmicroelectronics NV-NY SHS | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| VG Venture Global Inc. Class A | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
| OUST Ouster Inc. | New | 0.03% | +0.03 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| GABELLI EQUITY TRUST-RT | RIGHT 04/14/2026 | Sold out | 27,880 | $195before exit |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 509 | $1.1B | PHYS, EWY, CCJ, MTBA, BRK.B |
| Q1 2026 | 475 | $955.9M | CCJ, MTBA, XOM, BRK.B, EWZ |
| Q4 2025 | 452 | $1.1B | PHYS, PSLV, CEF, BRK.B, GDX |
| Q3 2025 | 403 | $990.6M | PHYS, BRK.B, GDX, CCJ, CEF |
| Q2 2025 | 355 | $873.7M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, CEF, MTBA |
| Q1 2025 | 355 | $821.1M | PHYS, BRK.B, XOM, CCJ, AAPL |
| Q4 2024 | 355 | $784.6M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, AAPL, XOM |
| Q3 2024 | 334 | $780.2M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, XOM, AAPL |
| Q2 2024 | 319 | $725.3M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, XOM, AAPL |
| Q1 2024 | 319 | $728.6M | PHYS, BRK.B, CCJ, WCC, XOM |