Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 11, 2025), Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC reported 292 stock positions worth $232.5 million. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.6% of the portfolio, followed by SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY, 2.4%) and Vaneck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ, 2.1%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 38 new positions, sold out of 29, added to 146 and reduced 96. The biggest buy was Tesla (TSLA, shares +12%) and the biggest sale Unitedhealth (UNH, shares −45%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHAPPAQUA, NY
- CIK
- 0001544366
- Portfolio Value
- $232.5M (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001172661-25-000656 ↗ filed Feb 11, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 292 stocks · $232.5M
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.64% | 33,820 | $8.5M | Add +0.5% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.43% | 9,644 | $5.7M | Add +10.3% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 2.14% | 196,397 | $5.0M | Add +3.0% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.95% | 10,765 | $4.5M | Add +1.1% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.89% | 32,786 | $4.4M | Add +2.9% |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | 1.75% | 117,537 | $4.1M | Reduce -15.6% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.48% | 7,605 | $3.4M | Add +1.9% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 1.41% | 13,891 | $3.3M | Add +3.0% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.38% | 25,009 | $3.2M | Add +4.0% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 1.27% | 48,049 | $2.9M | Add +6.8% |
| EFAV iShares MSCI Eafe Min Vol Fa | 1.25% | 41,205 | $2.9M | Reduce -7.4% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 1.23% | 32,312 | $2.9M | Add +6.4% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 1.21% | 6,969 | $2.8M | Add +11.8% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.19% | 5,430 | $2.8M | Reduce -10.3% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 1.18% | 25,799 | $2.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon | 1.18% | 54,505 | $2.7M | Add +5.0% |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | 1.16% | 56,324 | $2.7M | Add +3.3% |
| MPLX MPLX LP | 1.15% | 55,821 | $2.7M | Reduce -2.3% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 1.14% | 32,394 | $2.7M | Add +0.9% |
| BIZD Vaneck BDC Income ETF | 1.01% | 141,323 | $2.4M | Add +12.2% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.97% | 6,780 | $2.3M | Reduce -0.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.93% | 9,029 | $2.2M | Add +4.2% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.90% | 43,667 | $2.1M | Add +19.3% |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | 0.90% | 170,477 | $2.1M | Add +40.7% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.86% | 2,597 | $2.0M | Reduce -7.5% |
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx | 0.85% | 10,678 | $2.0M | Add +1.6% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.84% | 62,219 | $2.0M | Reduce -15.0% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.83% | 3,299 | $1.9M | Reduce -0.4% |
| PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK | 0.80% | 84,783 | $1.9M | Add +1.3% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.67% | 9,247 | $1.6M | Add +0.6% |
| DFSB Dim GLB Sustain Fix Inc. ETF | 0.67% | 30,362 | $1.5M | Add +1.4% |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | 0.66% | 69,689 | $1.5M | Add +2.4% |
| DFSD Dimensional Short Duration | 0.66% | 32,518 | $1.5M | Add +1.6% |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | 0.63% | 35,475 | $1.5M | Add +1.1% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.61% | 12,406 | $1.4M | Add +1.3% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.60% | 9,694 | $1.4M | Reduce -1.8% |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | 0.60% | 34,328 | $1.4M | Reduce -4.1% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.58% | 2,293 | $1.4M | Add +110.4% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.58% | 6,130 | $1.3M | Add +7.9% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.56% | 7,411 | $1.3M | Add +1.2% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.56% | 7,840 | $1.3M | Reduce -8.4% |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | 0.54% | 42,786 | $1.2M | Reduce -11.8% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.52% | 27,269 | $1.2M | Add +0.1% |
| HQH Abrdn Healthcare Investors | 0.50% | 72,844 | $1.2M | Add +7.2% |
| PTY PIMCO Corporate & Income Opp | 0.50% | 81,140 | $1.2M | Add +3.7% |
| DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Va | 0.50% | 28,274 | $1.2M | Add +20.7% |
| OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. | 0.50% | 76,516 | $1.2M | Add +4.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.50% | 4,983 | $1.2M | Add +1.0% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.50% | 2,710 | $1.2M | Add +60.1% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.49% | 2,921 | $1.1M | Add +8.5% |
| HTD John Hancock Tax Adv DVD Inc. filed as HANCOCK JOHN TAX-ADVANTAGED | 0.49% | 51,596 | $1.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.47% | 10,206 | $1.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | 0.47% | 26,189 | $1.1M | Reduce -4.1% |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | 0.47% | 68,971 | $1.1M | Add +2.2% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.47% | 28,230 | $1.1M | New |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.47% | 5,719 | $1.1M | Add +6.2% |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.47% | 4,895 | $1.1M | Add +113.1% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.44% | 51,845 | $1.0M | Add +8.6% |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | 0.43% | 10,828 | $1.0M | Add +48.1% |
| OPRA Opera Ltd.-ADR | 0.42% | 51,080 | $967K | Add +55.6% |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | 0.41% | 12,683 | $960K | Reduce -1.1% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.41% | 3,905 | $946K | Add +16.4% |
| PDO PIMCO Dynamic Income Opport | 0.40% | 69,222 | $941K | Add +5.9% |
| RFI Cohen & Steers Tot Ret RLTY | 0.40% | 80,643 | $934K | Add +13.4% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.40% | 14,975 | $933K | Reduce -0.7% |
| OXFORD LANE CAP CORP | 0.40% | 183,518 | $930K | Add +9.7% |
| TCPC BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. | 0.40% | 105,823 | $922K | Add +68.0% |
| FBTC Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin | 0.39% | 11,253 | $918K | Add +4.4% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.39% | 5,253 | $906K | Reduce -4.5% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.39% | 3,872 | $901K | Reduce -28.7% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.39% | 2,846 | $900K | Add +0.0% |
| FVAL Fidelity Value Factor ETF | 0.38% | 14,445 | $889K | Reduce -3.2% |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | 0.38% | 1,982 | $887K | Reduce -3.0% |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | 0.38% | 24,498 | $874K | Reduce -1.5% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.37% | 1,710 | $865K | Reduce -45.0% |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | 0.37% | 13,170 | $857K | Add +13.3% |
| BGR BlackRock Enrgy & Res TR | 0.36% | 67,267 | $848K | Add +6.9% |
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | 0.36% | 22,055 | $847K | Add +20.8% |
| XRNPX Cohen & Steers REIT and Pref | 0.36% | 40,348 | $843K | Add +4.6% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.36% | 2,889 | $838K | Add +0.2% |
| JPC Nuveen Prefered & Income Opp | 0.36% | 106,191 | $835K | Add +4.8% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.36% | 3,169 | $826K | Reduce -24.3% |
| OHI Omega Healthcare Investors | 0.35% | 21,582 | $817K | Add +1.5% |
| DFP Flaherty & Crumrine DYN Pref | 0.35% | 40,789 | $813K | Add +4.5% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.34% | 8,793 | $794K | Reduce -0.0% |
| THQ Abrdn Healthcare Opport | 0.34% | 41,980 | $792K | Add +7.0% |
| PDI PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 0.34% | 43,136 | $791K | Add +5.3% |
| XAWPX Abrdn Global Premier Propert | 0.34% | 204,330 | $789K | Add +10.8% |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | 0.33% | 1,343 | $765K | Add +2.7% |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | 0.33% | 69,116 | $761K | Add +11.0% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.32% | 14,270 | $746K | Add +2.2% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.32% | 13,755 | $735K | Reduce -12.6% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 0.31% | 7,927 | $723K | Reduce -1.2% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.31% | 7,201 | $716K | Reduce -24.6% |
| DOC Healthpeak Properties Inc. | 0.31% | 35,070 | $711K | Reduce -5.9% |
| CLS Celestica Inc. | 0.30% | 7,656 | $707K | Reduce -0.8% |
| CCD Calamos DYN Convert & Inc. | 0.30% | 28,993 | $705K | Reduce -0.0% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.30% | 4,807 | $696K | No change |
| HODL Vaneck Bitcoin ETF | 0.30% | 6,545 | $692K | Add +8.0% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.29% | 30,037 | $684K | Reduce -4.1% |
Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $505K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | 8,055 | $505K | Add +6.8% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $233.0M.
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Reduce -45.0% | 0.37% | −0.42 |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | Reduce -15.6% | 1.75% | −0.33 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.28 |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | Reduce -70.8% | 0.09% | −0.26 |
| EFAV iShares MSCI Eafe Min Vol Fa | Reduce -7.4% | 1.25% | −0.24 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | Reduce -24.3% | 0.36% | −0.23 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -7.5% | 0.86% | −0.22 |
| IIPR Innovative Industrial Proper | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| DVN Devon Energy Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| EDV Vanguard Extended Dur Treas | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| MPT Medical Properties Trust Inc. | Reduce -27.5% | 0.18% | −0.20 |
| ONEQ Fidelity Nasdaq Comp Indx | Reduce -46.4% | 0.25% | −0.19 |
| HUM Humana Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -24.6% | 0.31% | −0.16 |
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | Reduce -61.3% | 0.10% | −0.15 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Reduce -28.7% | 0.39% | −0.15 |
| GEO The Geo Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| PLD Prologis Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | Reduce -11.8% | 0.54% | −0.14 |
| OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. | Reduce -27.8% | 0.27% | −0.13 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Reduce -4.4% | 0.23% | −0.13 |
| NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR | Reduce -6.2% | 0.26% | −0.13 |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| O Realty Income Corp. | Reduce -12.6% | 0.32% | −0.12 |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| ADC Agree Realty Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| IRM Iron Mountain Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -1.8% | 0.60% | −0.09 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Reduce -10.3% | 1.19% | −0.09 |
| HIW Highwoods Properties Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equit | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| HCA HCA Healthcare Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| ED Consolidated Edison Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| DFAX Dimensional World Ex US Core | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | Reduce -15.0% | 0.84% | −0.09 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| EDIV State Street SPDR S&P Emergi | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat | Reduce -21.6% | 0.22% | −0.08 |
| HFRO Highland Opport & Income | Reduce -18.5% | 0.16% | −0.08 |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | Reduce -4.1% | 0.47% | −0.07 |
| ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate | Reduce -19.6% | 0.15% | −0.07 |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | Reduce -1.0% | 1.18% | −0.07 |
| DEA Easterly Govt Pptys Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| WPC WP Carey Inc. | Reduce -6.7% | 0.29% | −0.07 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -5.4% | 0.13% | −0.07 |
| CXW Corecivic Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +11.8% | 1.21% | +0.50 |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | New | 0.47% | +0.47 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +110.4% | 0.58% | +0.31 |
| CHRD Chord Energy Corp. | New | 0.27% | +0.27 |
| BNS Bank of Nova Scotia | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +10.3% | 2.43% | +0.24 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Add +113.1% | 0.47% | +0.24 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +0.5% | 3.64% | +0.22 |
| CHCT Community Healthcare Trust I | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +2.9% | 1.89% | +0.21 |
| OPRA Opera Ltd.-ADR | Add +55.6% | 0.42% | +0.20 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Add +60.1% | 0.50% | +0.18 |
| TCPC BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. | Add +68.0% | 0.40% | +0.17 |
| DFUS Dimensional US Eq MKT ETF | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | Add +19.3% | 0.90% | +0.15 |
| IVOO Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | Add +40.7% | 0.90% | +0.15 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +4.2% | 0.93% | +0.13 |
| FBTC Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin | Add +4.4% | 0.39% | +0.13 |
| APA Apa Corp. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +1.0% | 0.50% | +0.13 |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | Add +48.1% | 0.43% | +0.12 |
| DFLV Dim US Large Cap Value ETF | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +7.9% | 0.58% | +0.12 |
| CPSD CLMS S&P STR Alt Dec | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| CPNQ Cal Nasdaq 100 St Alt PR | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| DUHP Dimensional US High Profi Et | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Add +3.0% | 1.41% | +0.11 |
| HODL Vaneck Bitcoin ETF | Add +8.0% | 0.30% | +0.11 |
| HOMZ Hoya Capital Housing ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | Add +8.6% | 0.44% | +0.10 |
| VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF | Add +93.7% | 0.22% | +0.10 |
| TIDAL TR II | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| BIZD Vaneck BDC Income ETF | Add +12.2% | 1.01% | +0.10 |
| MSDL Morgan Stanley Direct Lendin | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | Add +20.8% | 0.36% | +0.10 |
| DISV Dimensional International SM | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| LXP LXP Industrial Trust | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| NKTX Nkarta Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| RLTY Cohen & Steers RL Est Opprt | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| NFE New Fortress Energy Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| PFFR Infracap REIT Preferred ETF | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| HAFN Hafnia Ltd. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
Options Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| AAPL Apple Inc. | put | Sold out | 100 | $23Kbefore exit |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
Notes & Other Activity Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | Add +6.8% | 8,055 | $505K |
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 |