Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.
In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed November 12, 2024), Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. reported 334 stock positions worth $780.2 million. Its top holding was Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) at 10.6% of the portfolio, followed by Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 2.8%) and Cameco (CCJ, 2.3%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 42 new positions, sold out of 28, added to 119 and reduced 117. The biggest buy was Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS, shares +2%) and the biggest sale Dollar General (DG, shares −38%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001020317
- Portfolio Value
- $780.2M (Q3 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001085146-24-005560 ↗ filed Nov 12, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 334 stocks · $780.2M
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | 10.58% | 4,051,964 | $82.6M | Add +1.8% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 2.78% | 47,106 | $21.7M | Reduce 0.0% |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | 2.28% | 371,840 | $17.8M | Add +4.2% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.90% | 126,554 | $14.8M | Add +0.2% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.85% | 61,788 | $14.4M | Reduce -2.5% |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | 1.46% | 67,775 | $11.4M | Reduce -5.1% |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | 1.42% | 451,167 | $11.0M | Reduce -2.4% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. filed as CF INDS HLDGS INC | 1.34% | 121,612 | $10.4M | Reduce -6.4% |
| HUM Humana Inc. | 1.29% | 31,849 | $10.1M | Add +3.3% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.29% | 23,355 | $10.0M | Reduce -4.4% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 1.26% | 387,890 | $9.8M | Reduce -4.6% |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | 1.24% | 243,661 | $9.7M | Add +0.3% |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | 1.24% | 927,517 | $9.7M | Add +4.8% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 1.15% | 229,692 | $9.0M | Reduce -0.5% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.11% | 52,120 | $8.6M | Reduce -1.3% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.09% | 50,823 | $8.5M | Reduce -1.1% |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | 1.09% | 316,445 | $8.5M | Reduce -8.1% |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | 1.07% | 87,755 | $8.3M | Reduce -0.4% |
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Class A filed as LAUDER ESTEE COS INC | 1.03% | 80,371 | $8.0M | Add +35.3% |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 0.99% | 29,594 | $7.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.94% | 458,451 | $7.4M | Add +6.0% |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | 0.93% | 141,161 | $7.3M | Add +9.4% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.93% | 691,210 | $7.2M | Add +18.1% |
| SM SM Energy Co. | 0.92% | 178,750 | $7.1M | Add +7.3% |
| SONY Sony Group Corp. - SP ADR | 0.88% | 70,796 | $6.8M | Reduce -3.9% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.88% | 34,591 | $6.8M | Reduce -1.0% |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 0.86% | 83,410 | $6.7M | Add +0.6% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.86% | 58,773 | $6.7M | Reduce -1.7% |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | 0.85% | 180,460 | $6.7M | Reduce -7.4% |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | 0.82% | 241,121 | $6.4M | Reduce -5.1% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.80% | 69,564 | $6.3M | Reduce -4.9% |
| ALEX Alexander & Baldwin Inc. | 0.79% | 321,486 | $6.2M | Reduce -4.1% |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 0.77% | 202,460 | $6.0M | Add +1.1% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.72% | 69,973 | $5.7M | Add +1.8% |
| VFC VF Corp. | 0.72% | 282,195 | $5.6M | Add +24.3% |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | 0.72% | 40,104 | $5.6M | Add +19.4% |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | 0.69% | 72,521 | $5.4M | Reduce -8.8% |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | 0.69% | 157,435 | $5.4M | Reduce -3.0% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.68% | 31,310 | $5.3M | Add +2.7% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.68% | 35,861 | $5.3M | Add +12.8% |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | 0.67% | 47,664 | $5.2M | Reduce -8.0% |
| DLTR Dollar Tree Inc. | 0.67% | 74,441 | $5.2M | New |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | 0.66% | 203,353 | $5.2M | Add +8.7% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.64% | 57,265 | $5.0M | Reduce -1.8% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.64% | 171,818 | $5.0M | Add +1.1% |
| CCNE CNB Financial Corp. | 0.64% | 207,248 | $5.0M | Reduce -18.6% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.64% | 26,599 | $5.0M | Add +0.2% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.63% | 98,143 | $4.9M | Add +0.5% |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | 0.60% | 112,584 | $4.7M | Add +37.3% |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | 0.59% | 239,176 | $4.6M | Reduce -3.4% |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | 0.58% | 255,495 | $4.5M | Add +0.5% |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | 0.57% | 224,841 | $4.5M | Add +4.6% |
| TECK Teck Resources Ltd.-CLS B | 0.57% | 85,615 | $4.5M | Add +0.0% |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.57% | 72,692 | $4.4M | Add +5.3% |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | 0.57% | 38,493 | $4.4M | Reduce -0.8% |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | 0.56% | 106,993 | $4.4M | Add +13.8% |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | 0.56% | 51,305 | $4.3M | Reduce -38.1% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.55% | 26,253 | $4.3M | Reduce -2.0% |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. | 0.53% | 29,791 | $4.1M | New |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.53% | 113,581 | $4.1M | Add +6.9% |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | 0.51% | 67,672 | $4.0M | Add +1.5% |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | 0.50% | 31,652 | $3.9M | Reduce -0.9% |
| ARDX Ardelyx Inc. | 0.48% | 546,410 | $3.8M | Add +2.8% |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | 0.46% | 67,855 | $3.6M | Add +5.9% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd. | 0.46% | 496,360 | $3.6M | Add +45.5% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.46% | 29,281 | $3.6M | Add +1.3% |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | 0.44% | 69,365 | $3.5M | No change |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.44% | 68,282 | $3.4M | Reduce -5.0% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.42% | 9,995 | $3.3M | Add +4.7% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.42% | 15,426 | $3.3M | Add +4.4% |
| CNI Canadian Natl Railway Co. | 0.41% | 27,300 | $3.2M | No change |
| DSX Diana Shipping Inc. | 0.41% | 1,256,166 | $3.2M | New |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.40% | 24,514 | $3.1M | Add +1.3% |
| TUA Sim St Treas Fut Strat ETF filed as SIMPLIFY EXCHANGE TRADED FUN | 0.39% | 133,608 | $3.1M | Reduce -21.1% |
| GRVY Gravity Co. Ltd.-Sponsored ADR | 0.38% | 50,226 | $3.0M | New |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | 0.37% | 60,114 | $2.9M | Add +1.5% |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | 0.36% | 70,182 | $2.8M | Reduce -0.0% |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | 0.35% | 265,775 | $2.7M | Add +19.2% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.34% | 56,997 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.5% |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 0.34% | 49,830 | $2.7M | Add +1.7% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.33% | 16,949 | $2.6M | Reduce -2.9% |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.32% | 26,257 | $2.5M | Add +5.2% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.32% | 49,182 | $2.5M | Reduce -0.9% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.31% | 12,393 | $2.5M | Add +0.6% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 0.31% | 10,966 | $2.4M | Reduce -11.0% |
| CHX Championx Corp. | 0.31% | 79,403 | $2.4M | Reduce -6.0% |
| INFL Horizon Kinetics Infl Benef | 0.29% | 60,298 | $2.3M | Reduce -0.0% |
| BTI British American Tob-SP ADR | 0.29% | 61,229 | $2.2M | Add +30.5% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.28% | 7,301 | $2.2M | No change |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.27% | 55,815 | $2.1M | Add +22.4% |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 0.27% | 10,406 | $2.1M | Reduce -0.9% |
| HIGH Simplify Enhanced Income ETF | 0.27% | 90,420 | $2.1M | Add +9.4% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.27% | 83,152 | $2.1M | No change |
| CNC Centene Corp. | 0.27% | 27,688 | $2.1M | No change |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.26% | 7,191 | $2.0M | No change |
| WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. | 0.26% | 241,552 | $2.0M | Reduce -8.8% |
| OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 0.24% | 36,985 | $1.9M | Add +24.8% |
| XME SS SPDR S&P Metals Mining | 0.24% | 29,280 | $1.9M | No change |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.24% | 16,351 | $1.9M | Reduce -3.3% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.24% | 38,933 | $1.9M | Add +0.3% |
Options reported separately and not counted above: MSOS calls ($359K), ET calls ($161K).
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $3.6M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC (LITE 0.5 12/15/26) | NOTE 0.500%12/1 · principal | 2,000,000 | $2.0M | No change |
| BLOCK INC (XYZ 0.25 11/01/27) | NOTE 0.250%11/0 · principal | 825,000 | $711K | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 439 | $563K | No change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC 7.25 PERP L) | 7.25%CNV PFD L | 268 | $341K | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $783.8M.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| DG Dollar General Corp. | Reduce -38.1% | 0.56% | −0.95 |
| MRC MRC Global Inc. | Reduce -97.4% | 0.02% | −0.80 |
| SNV Synovus Financial Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.69 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Reduce -0.5% | 1.15% | −0.36 |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Reduce -91.8% | 0.03% | −0.36 |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | Reduce -8.1% | 1.09% | −0.29 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Reduce -69.3% | 0.10% | −0.24 |
| VGR Vector Group Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -1.3% | 1.11% | −0.22 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -4.4% | 1.29% | −0.22 |
| NTR Nutrien Ltd. | Reduce -85.4% | 0.03% | −0.21 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Reduce -1.1% | 1.09% | −0.21 |
| BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | Reduce -7.4% | 0.85% | −0.17 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -1.7% | 0.86% | −0.16 |
| TUA Sim St Treas Fut Strat ETF | Reduce -21.1% | 0.39% | −0.10 |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | Reduce -5.1% | 1.46% | −0.10 |
| IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. / US | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -1.8% | 0.64% | −0.09 |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | Reduce -5.0% | 0.44% | −0.09 |
| CHX Championx Corp. | Reduce -6.0% | 0.31% | −0.08 |
| CCNE CNB Financial Corp. | Reduce -18.6% | 0.64% | −0.08 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Reduce -41.9% | 0.06% | −0.08 |
| HSBC HSBC Holdings PLC-Spons ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| VTS Vitesse Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | Reduce -0.4% | 1.07% | −0.07 |
| EOG EOG Resources Inc. | Reduce -0.9% | 0.50% | −0.06 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| VLO Valero Energy Corp. | Reduce -17.2% | 0.10% | −0.05 |
| METCB Ramaco Resources Inc. Class B | Reduce -63.4% | 0.02% | −0.05 |
| APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | Reduce -5.1% | 0.82% | −0.04 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Reduce -14.6% | 0.09% | −0.04 |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | Reduce -3.4% | 0.59% | −0.04 |
| ALIT Alight Inc. Class A | Reduce -69.1% | 0.02% | −0.04 |
| CONSOL ENERGY INC | Reduce -39.1% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Reduce -46.1% | 0.03% | −0.04 |
| NPWR Net Power Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| CERE Cerevel Therapeutics Holding | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| CTRA Coterra Energy Inc. | Reduce -3.9% | 0.15% | −0.04 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| EIDO iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF | Reduce -47.4% | 0.05% | −0.04 |
| BCS Barclays PLC-Spons ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| NE Noble Corp. PLC | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| DAVA Endava PLC- Spon ADR | Reduce -23.1% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Reduce -0.5% | 0.34% | −0.03 |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.15% | −0.03 |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
| CDLX Cardlytics Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.03 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Add +1.8% | 10.58% | +0.68 |
| DLTR Dollar Tree Inc. | New | 0.67% | +0.67 |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. | New | 0.53% | +0.53 |
| DSX Diana Shipping Inc. | New | 0.41% | +0.41 |
| GRVY Gravity Co. Ltd.-Sponsored ADR | New | 0.38% | +0.38 |
| VFC VF Corp. | Add +24.3% | 0.72% | +0.30 |
| TPB Turning Point Brands Inc. | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| EL Estee Lauder Companies Class A | Add +35.3% | 1.03% | +0.16 |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | Add +37.3% | 0.60% | +0.15 |
| MPLX MPLX LP | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| DEO Diageo PLC-Sponsored ADR | Add +19.4% | 0.72% | +0.14 |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | Add +0.5% | 0.58% | +0.13 |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | Add +18.1% | 0.93% | +0.12 |
| FXY Invesco Currencyshares Japan | Add +174.8% | 0.18% | +0.12 |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Add +0.6% | 0.86% | +0.11 |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | Add +4.6% | 0.57% | +0.11 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Add +210.0% | 0.17% | +0.11 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Add +0.3% | 1.24% | +0.11 |
| GNK Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| CLMT Calumet Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Add +5.9% | 0.46% | +0.10 |
| HNRG Hallador Energy Co. | Add +87.7% | 0.17% | +0.09 |
| URTH iShares MSCI World ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| BTI British American Tob-SP ADR | Add +30.5% | 0.29% | +0.09 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| SOC Sable Offshore Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF | Add +65.5% | 0.18% | +0.08 |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +1.8% | 0.72% | +0.08 |
| PBI Pitney Bowes Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| LION Lionsgate Studios Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | Add +4.8% | 1.24% | +0.08 |
| YUMC Yum China Holdings Inc. | Add +142.5% | 0.11% | +0.08 |
| UNFI United Natural Foods Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| WOW Wideopenwest Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| VST Vistra Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CLPT Clearpoint Neuro Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| Z Zillow Group Inc. Class C | Add +38.6% | 0.16% | +0.07 |
| LXU LSB Industries Inc. | Add +112.6% | 0.13% | +0.06 |
| PKST Peakstone Realty Trust | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| IA Innovative Solutions & Supp | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| PDD PDD Holdings Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| HHH Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Add +1.3% | 0.46% | +0.05 |
| INBX Inhibrx Biosciences Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| EME Emcor Group Inc. | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| GTX Garrett Motion Inc. | Add +63.9% | 0.16% | +0.05 |
| ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | Add +8.7% | 0.66% | +0.05 |
| NGD New Gold Inc. | Add +43.8% | 0.10% | +0.05 |
Options Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| MSOS Advisorshares Pure US Cann | call | New | 50,000 | $359K |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| BLOCK INC (XYZ 0.25 11/01/27) | NOTE 0.250%11/0 · principal | New | 825,000 | $711K |
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 |