Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed July 27, 2026), Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC reported 330 stock positions worth $311.0 million. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.3% of the portfolio, followed by SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY, 2.2%) and Vaneck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ, 2.2%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 30 new positions, sold out of 16, added to 150 and reduced 147. The biggest buy was Schwab US DVD Equity ETF (SCHD, shares +74%) and the biggest sale SPDR Gold Shares (GLD, shares −29%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHAPPAQUA, NY
- CIK
- 0001544366
- Portfolio Value
- $311.0M (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0002085853-26-000877 ↗ filed Jul 27, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 330 stocks · $311.0M
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.28% | 35,281 | $10.2M | Add +4.0% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.23% | 9,286 | $6.9M | Add +2.1% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 2.19% | 176,333 | $6.8M | Reduce -0.3% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 1.74% | 18,598 | $5.4M | Reduce -0.1% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 1.65% | 67,588 | $5.1M | Add +0.4% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 1.61% | 23,557 | $5.0M | Add +20.9% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.55% | 24,141 | $4.8M | Add +30.9% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.47% | 12,262 | $4.6M | Add +9.1% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.47% | 9,127 | $4.6M | Add +2.9% |
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx | 1.37% | 14,953 | $4.3M | Add +10.5% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.34% | 25,349 | $4.2M | Reduce -0.7% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 1.32% | 72,309 | $4.1M | Add +0.1% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 1.30% | 36,785 | $4.1M | Reduce -0.5% |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | 1.28% | 82,364 | $4.0M | Add +38.1% |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | 1.24% | 86,924 | $3.9M | Add +0.1% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 1.23% | 73,890 | $3.8M | Add +14.8% |
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | 1.15% | 112,607 | $3.6M | Add +73.8% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 1.14% | 23,808 | $3.5M | Reduce -0.6% |
| EFAV iShares MSCI Eafe Min Vol Fa | 1.13% | 40,162 | $3.5M | Add +0.6% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.13% | 4,760 | $3.5M | Add +3.1% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 1.12% | 31,790 | $3.5M | Add +17.5% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 1.09% | 41,406 | $3.4M | Add +21.2% |
| HQH Abrdn Healthcare Investors | 1.09% | 154,616 | $3.4M | Add +22.9% |
| MPLX MPLX LP | 1.08% | 59,733 | $3.4M | Add +2.6% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.98% | 7,182 | $3.1M | Add +0.2% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.98% | 5,425 | $3.1M | Add +27.4% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.95% | 7,991 | $2.9M | Reduce -29.0% |
| USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon | 0.89% | 54,969 | $2.8M | Reduce -4.3% |
| CHI Calamos Convert Opport & Inc. | 0.89% | 206,445 | $2.8M | Add +41.1% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.89% | 75,058 | $2.8M | Reduce -4.3% |
| BIZD Vaneck BDC Income ETF | 0.88% | 216,774 | $2.7M | Add +11.7% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.88% | 8,381 | $2.7M | Reduce -2.6% |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | 0.88% | 147,347 | $2.7M | Add +30.7% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.81% | 5,988 | $2.5M | Add +3.6% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.75% | 5,629 | $2.3M | Add +4.6% |
| DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Va | 0.75% | 42,158 | $2.3M | Reduce -0.4% |
| UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund | 0.65% | 49,883 | $2.0M | Add +39.0% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.63% | 5,459 | $2.0M | Add +0.3% |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 0.61% | 19,828 | $1.9M | Add +3.1% |
| DFUS Dimensional US Eq MKT ETF | 0.61% | 23,194 | $1.9M | Add +0.8% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.58% | 9,453 | $1.8M | Reduce -5.0% |
| XEVTX Eaton Vance Tax-Adv DVD Inc. | 0.58% | 64,791 | $1.8M | Add +76.6% |
| NML Neuberger Energy Infrastruct | 0.57% | 174,324 | $1.8M | Add +84.9% |
| PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK | 0.56% | 84,571 | $1.7M | Reduce -10.0% |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | 0.55% | 20,861 | $1.7M | Reduce -0.2% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.54% | 38,560 | $1.7M | Add +2.1% |
| ADX Adams Diversified Equity | 0.53% | 65,105 | $1.7M | Add +80.6% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.53% | 6,549 | $1.7M | Add +0.5% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.53% | 21,470 | $1.7M | Add +82.0% |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | 0.53% | 24,197 | $1.7M | Reduce -1.6% |
| GAM General American Investors | 0.52% | 25,234 | $1.6M | Add +87.0% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.51% | 6,668 | $1.6M | Reduce -0.2% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.49% | 11,932 | $1.5M | Add +4.5% |
| OPRA Opera Ltd.-ADR | 0.49% | 76,622 | $1.5M | Reduce -4.8% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.48% | 3,921 | $1.5M | Add +0.1% |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | 0.46% | 31,814 | $1.4M | Reduce -2.4% |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | 0.46% | 117,084 | $1.4M | Reduce -14.9% |
| OHI Omega Healthcare Investors | 0.46% | 30,037 | $1.4M | Add +5.2% |
| DUHP Dimensional US High Profi Et | 0.46% | 34,029 | $1.4M | Add +1.7% |
| DFSB Dim GLB Sustain Fix Inc. ETF | 0.46% | 27,209 | $1.4M | Add +0.4% |
| DFSD Dimensional Short Duration | 0.45% | 29,351 | $1.4M | Add +0.9% |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | 0.43% | 32,012 | $1.4M | Add +1.0% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.43% | 11,292 | $1.3M | Reduce -4.1% |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | 0.43% | 12,860 | $1.3M | New |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | 0.41% | 68,479 | $1.3M | Reduce -8.8% |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | 0.40% | 30,470 | $1.3M | Add +2.9% |
| WPC WP Carey Inc. | 0.40% | 17,225 | $1.2M | Add +2.1% |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | 0.39% | 29,435 | $1.2M | Reduce -0.2% |
| DFLV Dim US Large Cap Value ETF | 0.39% | 30,694 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.9% |
| HTD John Hancock Tax Adv DVD Inc. filed as HANCOCK JOHN TAX-ADVANTAGED | 0.38% | 46,519 | $1.2M | Reduce -3.1% |
| FVR Frontview REIT Inc. | 0.38% | 58,040 | $1.2M | Add +0.1% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.37% | 4,866 | $1.2M | Add +5.3% |
| CGBD Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. | 0.36% | 107,636 | $1.1M | Add +0.5% |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | 0.36% | 1,608 | $1.1M | Add +9.7% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.34% | 7,167 | $1.1M | Reduce -34.6% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.33% | 53,841 | $1.0M | Add +1.4% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.33% | 2,907 | $1.0M | Reduce -2.5% |
| ERO Ero Copper Corp. | 0.33% | 37,803 | $1.0M | Add +1.6% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.32% | 13,810 | $994K | Reduce -1.6% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.31% | 967 | $978K | Add +2.8% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.31% | 814 | $976K | Reduce -3.1% |
| LXP LXP Industrial Trust | 0.31% | 17,748 | $956K | Add +2.0% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.30% | 2,182 | $946K | Add +1.3% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.30% | 2,748 | $943K | Reduce -0.9% |
| WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners L | 0.30% | 42,248 | $940K | Add +0.8% |
| CHCT Community Healthcare Trust I | 0.30% | 51,422 | $940K | Add +1.6% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.30% | 5,555 | $921K | Add +3.3% |
| GSL Global Ship Lease Inc. Class A | 0.29% | 24,394 | $917K | Add +3.1% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.29% | 2,560 | $905K | Reduce -1.9% |
| RFI Cohen & Steers Tot Ret RLTY | 0.28% | 77,105 | $873K | Add +2.0% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.27% | 13,725 | $850K | Reduce -18.5% |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | 0.27% | 17,321 | $830K | Add +73.1% |
| PCF High Income Securities Fund | 0.26% | 150,363 | $822K | Add +19.6% |
| C Citigroup Inc. | 0.26% | 5,779 | $809K | Reduce -6.1% |
| AWP Abrdn Global Premier Propert | 0.25% | 66,499 | $787K | Reduce -36.7% |
| XCHYX Calamos Convert & High Inc. | 0.25% | 57,743 | $786K | Add +2.0% |
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | 0.25% | 4,722 | $765K | Reduce -60.5% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.25% | 1,018 | $762K | Reduce -9.2% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.24% | 3,023 | $761K | Reduce -12.5% |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | 0.24% | 7,235 | $752K | Reduce -5.9% |
Options reported separately and not counted above: QQQ puts ($7.4M), AAPL puts ($58K).
Other holdings (4): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.5M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | 6,414 | $742K | Reduce -46.5% |
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | 8,746 | $671K | Reduce -28.5% |
| ENERGY TRANSFER LP (ET 9.25 PERP I) | 9.250% FXD PFD I | 10,684 | $122K | Reduce -3.8% |
| COHEN & STEERS QUALITY-R | RIGHT 07/15/2026 | 116,224 | $2K | Reduce -15.6% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $312.5M.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -29.0% | 0.95% | −0.78 |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | Reduce -0.3% | 2.19% | −0.65 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -34.6% | 0.34% | −0.23 |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.21 |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | Reduce -4.3% | 0.89% | −0.17 |
| AWP Abrdn Global Premier Propert | Reduce -36.7% | 0.25% | −0.16 |
| OXLC Oxford Lane Capital Corp. | Reduce -42.6% | 0.13% | −0.15 |
| USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon | Reduce -4.3% | 0.89% | −0.14 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| PTY PIMCO Corporate & Income Opp | Reduce -31.3% | 0.22% | −0.14 |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | Reduce -14.9% | 0.46% | −0.13 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -13.8% | 0.24% | −0.13 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Reduce -78.7% | 0.24% | −0.12 |
| PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK | Reduce -10.0% | 0.56% | −0.12 |
| PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| ECC Eagle Point Credit Co. | Reduce -49.1% | 0.09% | −0.11 |
| OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. | Reduce -22.4% | 0.23% | −0.10 |
| SLRC SLR Investment Corp. | Reduce -45.0% | 0.08% | −0.10 |
| XRNPX Cohen & Steers REIT and Pref | Reduce -27.1% | 0.20% | −0.10 |
| XIFR XPLR Infrastructure LP | Reduce -39.5% | 0.15% | −0.09 |
| JPC Nuveen Prefered & Income Opp | Reduce -29.1% | 0.19% | −0.09 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Reduce -18.5% | 0.27% | −0.09 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| PDO PIMCO Dynamic Income Opport | Reduce -24.5% | 0.21% | −0.09 |
| PDI PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | Reduce -24.9% | 0.18% | −0.09 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.22% | −0.09 |
| BCX BlackRock Resources & Commod | Reduce -24.5% | 0.16% | −0.09 |
| DFP Flaherty & Crumrine DYN Pref | Reduce -27.1% | 0.18% | −0.09 |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -3.1% | 0.06% | −0.08 |
| XRMMX Rvrnrth MGD Dur Muni Inc. | Reduce -29.6% | 0.18% | −0.08 |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| DOW Dow Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | Reduce -29.0% | 0.19% | −0.08 |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| TPVG Triplepoint Venture Growth B | Reduce -38.0% | 0.10% | −0.08 |
| CSR Centerspace | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| KRP Kimbell Royalty Partners LP | Reduce -31.1% | 0.13% | −0.08 |
| AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities | Reduce -25.4% | 0.13% | −0.08 |
| ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat | Reduce -20.5% | 0.20% | −0.07 |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | Reduce -8.8% | 0.41% | −0.07 |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | Reduce -28.8% | 0.20% | −0.07 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate | Reduce -26.1% | 0.12% | −0.07 |
| THQ Abrdn Healthcare Opport | Reduce -25.9% | 0.20% | −0.07 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -4.2% | 0.20% | −0.07 |
| PBDC Putnam BDC Income ETF | Reduce -44.1% | 0.07% | −0.07 |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | Reduce -2.4% | 0.46% | −0.07 |
| NNN NNN REIT Inc. | Reduce -34.9% | 0.13% | −0.07 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF | Add +73.8% | 1.15% | +0.44 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | New | 0.43% | +0.43 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +30.9% | 1.55% | +0.41 |
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx | Add +10.5% | 1.37% | +0.37 |
| CHI Calamos Convert Opport & Inc. | Add +41.1% | 0.89% | +0.33 |
| HQH Abrdn Healthcare Investors | Add +22.9% | 1.09% | +0.29 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +20.9% | 1.61% | +0.28 |
| XEVTX Eaton Vance Tax-Adv DVD Inc. | Add +76.6% | 0.58% | +0.26 |
| ADX Adams Diversified Equity | Add +80.6% | 0.53% | +0.25 |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | Add +82.0% | 0.53% | +0.25 |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | Add +38.1% | 1.28% | +0.25 |
| GAM General American Investors | Add +87.0% | 0.52% | +0.24 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +4.6% | 0.75% | +0.23 |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| NML Neuberger Energy Infrastruct | Add +84.9% | 0.57% | +0.22 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +4.0% | 3.28% | +0.21 |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | Add +30.7% | 0.88% | +0.21 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +3.1% | 1.13% | +0.18 |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund | Add +39.0% | 0.65% | +0.15 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Add +1.3% | 0.30% | +0.14 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Add +73.1% | 0.27% | +0.14 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +2.1% | 2.23% | +0.12 |
| GLW Corning Inc. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +27.4% | 0.98% | +0.11 |
| UAN CVR Partners LP | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| PINS Pinterest Inc. Class A | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | Add +21.2% | 1.09% | +0.09 |
| HIW Highwoods Properties Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| GE General Electric | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| VBK Van Morst SML-Cap Gro-Usd Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| FRT Federal Realty Invs Trust | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| MELI MercadoLibre Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | Add +0.2% | 0.98% | +0.07 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Add +0.1% | 1.32% | +0.07 |
| IYH iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +0.3% | 0.63% | +0.07 |
| LNT Alliant Energy Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| PFF iShares Preferred & Income S | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| TGT Target Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CALM Cal-Maine Foods Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
Options Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | Reduce -46.5% | 6,414 | $742K |
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | Reduce -28.5% | 8,746 | $671K |
| ENERGY TRANSFER LP (ET 9.25 PERP I) | 9.250% FXD PFD I | Reduce -3.8% | 10,684 | $122K |
| COHEN & STEERS QUALITY-R | RIGHT 07/15/2026 | Reduce -15.6% | 116,224 | $2K |
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 | 330 | $311.0M | AAPL, SPY, OUNZ, IWY, DGRO |
| Q1 2026 | 316 | $280.4M | AAPL, OUNZ, SPY, GLD, DGRO |
| Q4 2025 | 310 | $280.5M | AAPL, OUNZ, MSFT, SPY, ITOT |
| Q3 2025 | 324 | $288.5M | AAPL, OUNZ, NVDA, SPY, MSFT |
| Q2 2025 | 292 | $259.1M | AAPL, MSFT, SPY, OUNZ, NVDA |
| Q1 2025 | 315 | $245.6M | AAPL, OUNZ, SPY, BRK.B, MSFT |
| Q4 2024 | 292 | $232.5M | AAPL, SPY, OUNZ, MSFT, NVDA |
| Q3 2024 | 283 | $229.3M | AAPL, SPY, OUNZ, DFAC, MSFT |
| Q2 2024 | 274 | $214.0M | AAPL, SPY, MSFT, DFAC, NVDA |
| Q1 2024 | 277 | $209.8M | AAPL, SPY, DFAC, MSFT, OUNZ |