Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.
In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed May 7, 2026), Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. reported 475 stock positions worth $955.9 million. Its top holding was Cameco (CCJ) at 2.1% of the portfolio, followed by Simplify MBS ETF (MTBA, 2.1%) and Exxon Mobil (XOM, 2.0%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 69 new positions, sold out of 46, added to 135 and reduced 222. The biggest buy was SM Energy (SM, shares +18%) and the biggest sale an exit from Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001020317
- Portfolio Value
- $955.9M (Q1 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001020317-26-000002 ↗ filed May 7, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 475 stocks · $955.9M
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | 2.15% | 189,199 | $20.5M | Reduce -6.0% |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | 2.12% | 410,028 | $20.3M | Add +14.3% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.03% | 114,268 | $19.4M | Add +1.0% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.90% | 37,955 | $18.2M | Reduce -6.3% |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 1.60% | 398,900 | $15.3M | Add +1.8% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.57% | 58,983 | $15.0M | Add +4.9% |
| SM SM Energy Co. | 1.53% | 469,785 | $14.6M | Add +18.3% |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | 1.48% | 153,857 | $14.1M | Reduce -29.1% |
| EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | 1.38% | 106,915 | $13.2M | Add +3.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.37% | 45,601 | $13.1M | Reduce -2.0% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 1.26% | 267,716 | $12.1M | Reduce -18.4% |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 1.23% | 146,268 | $11.8M | Add +8.9% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.22% | 40,523 | $11.6M | Reduce -2.2% |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | 1.17% | 443,797 | $11.1M | Add +16.3% |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | 1.06% | 202,198 | $10.2M | Reduce -18.0% |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 1.00% | 47,129 | $9.6M | Reduce -42.7% |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | 0.97% | 209,439 | $9.3M | Reduce -24.9% |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | 0.97% | 104,816 | $9.2M | Reduce -1.6% |
| AER Aercap Holdings NV | 0.96% | 66,936 | $9.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | 0.95% | 373,409 | $9.1M | Reduce -59.5% |
| PPLT Abrdn Physical Platinum SHRS | 0.95% | 50,851 | $9.1M | Reduce -20.1% |
| CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | 0.93% | 68,473 | $8.9M | Reduce -19.9% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.92% | 453,339 | $8.7M | Reduce -1.4% |
| ITRN Ituran Location and Control | 0.90% | 175,915 | $8.6M | Reduce -3.7% |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | 0.89% | 71,928 | $8.5M | Reduce -10.5% |
| SLB SLB Ltd. filed as SLB LIMITED | 0.89% | 165,639 | $8.5M | Reduce -9.7% |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | 0.88% | 197,159 | $8.4M | Reduce -5.5% |
| WY Weyerhaeuser Co. | 0.86% | 334,836 | $8.2M | Add +48.6% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 0.85% | 89,176 | $8.2M | Add +180.6% |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | 0.83% | 166,987 | $8.0M | Reduce -62.7% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.81% | 62,108 | $7.7M | Reduce -1.2% |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. | 0.80% | 44,978 | $7.7M | Add +21.1% |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 0.79% | 27,024 | $7.5M | Reduce -0.7% |
| SFM Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. | 0.79% | 97,555 | $7.5M | Add +2628.8% |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 0.77% | 97,325 | $7.3M | Add +1.8% |
| DEA Easterly Government Properti | 0.74% | 331,726 | $7.1M | Add +12.2% |
| GXO Gxo Logistics Inc. | 0.73% | 133,871 | $6.9M | Reduce -1.3% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 0.70% | 18,005 | $6.7M | Reduce -5.6% |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.70% | 173,210 | $6.7M | Reduce -17.1% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.67% | 169,243 | $6.4M | Reduce -0.1% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.67% | 29,302 | $6.4M | Reduce -3.7% |
| PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. | 0.66% | 225,647 | $6.3M | Reduce -0.9% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.62% | 28,556 | $5.9M | Reduce -2.0% |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | 0.61% | 95,213 | $5.8M | Reduce -1.8% |
| BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C | 0.60% | 134,515 | $5.7M | New |
| TASEKO MINES LTD | 0.60% | 882,543 | $5.7M | Add +2106.4% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.59% | 27,376 | $5.7M | Add +4.4% |
| CC The Chemours Co. | 0.57% | 248,380 | $5.5M | Reduce -0.3% |
| DVYE iShares Emerging Markets Div | 0.56% | 155,309 | $5.3M | Add +25.3% |
| JD Jd.com Inc.-ADR | 0.55% | 179,321 | $5.3M | Add +17.9% |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | 0.55% | 309,549 | $5.3M | Add +3.1% |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | 0.54% | 46,939 | $5.2M | Add +26.1% |
| TWO Two Harbors Investment Corp. | 0.54% | 452,791 | $5.2M | Reduce -15.1% |
| PM Philip Morris International | 0.54% | 31,034 | $5.1M | Add +2.0% |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | 0.53% | 197,571 | $5.0M | Add +6.1% |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | 0.53% | 190,134 | $5.0M | Reduce -37.5% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.50% | 30,756 | $4.8M | Reduce -1.8% |
| BTI British American Tob-SP ADR | 0.47% | 77,545 | $4.5M | Reduce -0.1% |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.46% | 55,997 | $4.4M | Reduce -47.7% |
| VYM Vanguard High DVD Yield ETF | 0.44% | 28,650 | $4.2M | Add +3.4% |
| NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR | 0.44% | 27,486 | $4.2M | Reduce -10.5% |
| HLF Herbalife Ltd. | 0.44% | 284,980 | $4.2M | Reduce -1.3% |
| EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 0.44% | 58,895 | $4.2M | Add +23.6% |
| DSX Diana Shipping Inc. | 0.44% | 1,669,885 | $4.2M | Reduce -27.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.42% | 23,230 | $4.1M | Add +0.9% |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | 0.41% | 72,660 | $3.9M | Add +6.6% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.40% | 84,965 | $3.8M | Reduce -0.1% |
| GDXJ Vaneck Junior Gold Miners | 0.39% | 31,374 | $3.8M | Reduce -5.3% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.39% | 55,965 | $3.7M | Add +3.0% |
| IVOL Quadratic Int Rte Vol Infl H | 0.38% | 192,472 | $3.6M | Reduce -5.5% |
| BORR Borr Drilling Ltd. | 0.37% | 620,331 | $3.6M | Add +81.0% |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | 0.37% | 226,227 | $3.6M | Add +20.9% |
| HL Hecla Mining Co. | 0.37% | 190,418 | $3.5M | Reduce -14.1% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.37% | 9,764 | $3.5M | Reduce -2.0% |
| SKE Skeena Resources Ltd. | 0.36% | 116,108 | $3.4M | Reduce -48.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.35% | 11,490 | $3.4M | Reduce -0.1% |
| EXC Exelon Corp. | 0.35% | 67,980 | $3.3M | Reduce -1.7% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.34% | 13,425 | $3.3M | Reduce -12.0% |
| SWK Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | 0.34% | 45,439 | $3.2M | Reduce -9.3% |
| NRP Natural Resource Partners LP | 0.33% | 25,800 | $3.1M | Add +21.6% |
| FNV Franco-Nevada Corp. | 0.32% | 12,341 | $3.0M | Reduce -0.4% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 0.32% | 10,235 | $3.0M | Reduce -1.3% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.32% | 73,150 | $3.0M | No change |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.31% | 56,924 | $3.0M | Reduce -2.6% |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc. | 0.31% | 10,596 | $3.0M | Reduce -2.5% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.31% | 24,705 | $3.0M | Reduce -4.4% |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | 0.31% | 27,350 | $3.0M | Reduce -24.7% |
| KDEF Plus Korea Defns Ind Id ETF | 0.30% | 55,074 | $2.9M | Add +358.9% |
| XME SS SPDR S&P Metals Mining | 0.30% | 26,863 | $2.9M | Reduce -5.6% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.30% | 13,461 | $2.9M | Reduce -0.3% |
| SAN Banco Santander SA-Spon ADR | 0.30% | 255,195 | $2.9M | Add +0.0% |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | 0.30% | 35,931 | $2.8M | Add +179.5% |
| LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc. | 0.30% | 18,510 | $2.8M | Reduce -20.3% |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | 0.29% | 96,465 | $2.7M | Reduce -11.1% |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | 0.28% | 45,892 | $2.7M | Add +16.4% |
| EWS iShares MSCI Singapore ETF | 0.28% | 93,850 | $2.6M | Add +38.3% |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding-SP ADR | 0.28% | 21,071 | $2.6M | Reduce -5.7% |
| CNI Canadian Natl Railway Co. | 0.28% | 25,617 | $2.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| VNM Vaneck Vietnam ETF | 0.27% | 151,085 | $2.6M | Reduce -19.2% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.27% | 49,301 | $2.6M | Reduce -6.8% |
Other holdings (3): 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 | $663K | No change |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY (WFC 7.5 PERP L) | PERP PFD CNV A | 429 | $495K | No change |
| GABELLI EQUITY TRUST-RT | RIGHT 04/14/2026 | 27,880 | $195 | No change |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $957.0M.
Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust | Sold out | 0.00% | −13.20 |
| PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust | Reduce -59.5% | 0.95% | −1.07 |
| CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Sil | Reduce -62.7% | 0.83% | −1.06 |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.91 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Reduce -77.2% | 0.11% | −0.53 |
| AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. | Reduce -68.0% | 0.23% | −0.46 |
| ALEX Alexander & Baldwin Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.30 |
| AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Reduce -42.7% | 1.00% | −0.29 |
| VFC VF Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.27 |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | Reduce -17.1% | 0.70% | −0.26 |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | Reduce -47.7% | 0.46% | −0.26 |
| GDX Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | Reduce -29.1% | 1.48% | −0.25 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -58.1% | 0.12% | −0.19 |
| SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF | Reduce -55.7% | 0.19% | −0.17 |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | Reduce -64.0% | 0.25% | −0.16 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -5.6% | 0.70% | −0.16 |
| LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc. | Reduce -20.3% | 0.30% | −0.15 |
| PPLT Abrdn Physical Platinum SHRS | Reduce -20.1% | 0.95% | −0.15 |
| SKE Skeena Resources Ltd. | Reduce -48.2% | 0.36% | −0.13 |
| CZR Caesars Entertainment Inc. | Reduce -37.5% | 0.53% | −0.13 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -43.4% | 0.24% | −0.11 |
| WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| VAL Valaris Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| BCH Banco DE Chile-ADR | Reduce -62.1% | 0.08% | −0.11 |
| EIDO iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF | Reduce -71.1% | 0.04% | −0.10 |
| CEG Constellation Energy | Reduce -0.7% | 0.79% | −0.10 |
| IA Innovative Solutions & Supp | Reduce -49.9% | 0.15% | −0.09 |
| DG Dollar General Corp. | Reduce -10.5% | 0.89% | −0.09 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | Reduce -37.9% | 0.16% | −0.09 |
| RELY Remitly Global Inc. | Reduce -66.5% | 0.07% | −0.09 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Reduce -16.6% | 0.17% | −0.09 |
| SILJ Amplify Junior Silver Miners | Reduce -52.9% | 0.11% | −0.08 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Reduce -33.0% | 0.10% | −0.08 |
| JAPN Horizon Kinetics Japan Owner | Reduce -36.9% | 0.13% | −0.08 |
| SSNC Ss&c Technologies Holdings | Reduce -12.1% | 0.20% | −0.06 |
| DOUG Douglas Elliman Inc. | Reduce -77.0% | 0.01% | −0.06 |
| VNM Vaneck Vietnam ETF | Reduce -19.2% | 0.27% | −0.06 |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | Reduce -2.6% | 0.31% | −0.06 |
| URTH iShares MSCI World ETF | Reduce -42.0% | 0.10% | −0.06 |
| KWEB Kranesh Csi China Internet | Reduce -11.1% | 0.29% | −0.06 |
| CRL Charles River Laboratories | Reduce -31.3% | 0.11% | −0.05 |
| AXP American Express Co. | Reduce -43.9% | 0.05% | −0.05 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Reduce -6.0% | 0.20% | −0.05 |
| BUD Anheuser-Busch Inbev-SPN ADR | Reduce -73.1% | 0.02% | −0.05 |
| FEIM Frequency Electronics Inc. | Reduce -40.6% | 0.06% | −0.05 |
| TH Target Hospitality Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| TPB Turning Point Brands Inc. | Reduce -6.4% | 0.26% | −0.05 |
| AA Alcoa Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| CNR Core Natural Resources Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| CCNE CNB Financial Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| SM SM Energy Co. | Add +18.3% | 1.53% | +0.85 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Add +1.0% | 2.03% | +0.77 |
| SFM Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. | Add +2628.8% | 0.79% | +0.76 |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | Add +8.9% | 1.23% | +0.69 |
| BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C | New | 0.60% | +0.60 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Add +180.6% | 0.85% | +0.59 |
| TASEKO MINES LTD | Add +2106.4% | 0.60% | +0.57 |
| EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | Add +3.9% | 1.38% | +0.45 |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | Add +1.8% | 1.60% | +0.45 |
| MTBA Simplify MBS ETF | Add +14.3% | 2.12% | +0.45 |
| WY Weyerhaeuser Co. | Add +48.6% | 0.86% | +0.36 |
| WLFC Willis Lease Finance Corp. | Add +21.1% | 0.80% | +0.33 |
| FNDE Schwab Fndmntl Em MRK Eq ETF | New | 0.26% | +0.26 |
| KDEF Plus Korea Defns Ind Id ETF | Add +358.9% | 0.30% | +0.26 |
| EMLC Vaneck JPM Em Local Curr BND | Add +16.3% | 1.17% | +0.25 |
| BORR Borr Drilling Ltd. | Add +81.0% | 0.37% | +0.25 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Add +4.4% | 0.59% | +0.22 |
| ASHR Xtrackers Harvest Csi 300 CH | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| SSL Sasol Ltd.-Sponsored ADR | Add +490.7% | 0.23% | +0.21 |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | Add +168.6% | 0.27% | +0.21 |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Add +179.5% | 0.30% | +0.20 |
| EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | New | 0.20% | +0.20 |
| DVYE iShares Emerging Markets Div | Add +25.3% | 0.56% | +0.20 |
| DEA Easterly Government Properti | Add +12.2% | 0.74% | +0.16 |
| TROX Tronox Holdings PLC | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| GVAL Cambria Global Value ETF | Add +227.3% | 0.22% | +0.16 |
| EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | Add +23.6% | 0.44% | +0.16 |
| LXU LSB Industries Inc. | Add +151.8% | 0.19% | +0.15 |
| EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | Add +1.8% | 0.77% | +0.15 |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | Add +26.1% | 0.54% | +0.15 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +4.9% | 1.57% | +0.15 |
| AUNA Auna SA Class A | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| JD Jd.com Inc.-ADR | Add +17.9% | 0.55% | +0.15 |
| CLPT Clearpoint Neuro Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Add +66.8% | 0.27% | +0.13 |
| PFIX Simplify Interest Rate Hedge | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| FOXY Simplify Currency Strtgy ETF | Add +91.1% | 0.23% | +0.13 |
| QURE Uniqure NV | Add +284.2% | 0.19% | +0.13 |
| FNDF Schwab Fndmn Intl LRG Co. ETF | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| NRP Natural Resource Partners LP | Add +21.6% | 0.33% | +0.12 |
| TWST Twist Bioscience Corp. | Add +119.9% | 0.16% | +0.12 |
| FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF | Add +93.3% | 0.23% | +0.12 |
| EUAD Select Stoxx Eur Aer DE ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| MOS The Mosaic Co. | Add +6.1% | 0.53% | +0.11 |
| MUFG Mitsubishi Ufj Finl-Spon ADR | Add +3.1% | 0.55% | +0.11 |
| EWS iShares MSCI Singapore ETF | Add +38.3% | 0.28% | +0.10 |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | Add +6.6% | 0.41% | +0.10 |
| GAEM Simplify Gamma Emrg MRK BND | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp. | Add +64.8% | 0.15% | +0.10 |
| FCX Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Add +16.4% | 0.28% | +0.10 |
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 |