Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC
In its 13F for Q2 2025 (holdings as of June 30, 2025, filed August 7, 2025), Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC reported 292 stock positions worth $259.1 million. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 2.9% of the portfolio, followed by Microsoft (MSFT, 2.2%) and SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY, 2.2%). Compared with Q1 2025, it opened 12 new positions, sold out of 35, added to 162 and reduced 111. The biggest buy was Nvidia (NVDA, shares +2%) and the biggest sale Vaneck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ, shares −13%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHAPPAQUA, NY
- CIK
- 0001544366
- Portfolio Value
- $259.1M (Q2 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001172661-25-002954 ↗ filed Aug 7, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 292 stocks · $259.1M
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.94% | 37,086 | $7.6M | Add +0.2% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.21% | 11,526 | $5.7M | Add +2.4% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.19% | 9,175 | $5.7M | Reduce -3.4% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 2.09% | 169,439 | $5.4M | Reduce -13.2% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 1.90% | 31,120 | $4.9M | Add +2.3% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 1.75% | 18,448 | $4.5M | Add +18.9% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.70% | 9,069 | $4.4M | Add +6.8% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.70% | 32,574 | $4.4M | Add +16.9% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 1.56% | 63,150 | $4.0M | Add +14.3% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 1.55% | 43,669 | $4.0M | Add +18.8% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.23% | 10,472 | $3.2M | Add +5.7% |
| EFAV iShares MSCI Eafe Min Vol Fa | 1.17% | 35,964 | $3.0M | Reduce -1.2% |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | 1.12% | 80,694 | $2.9M | Add +12.8% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 1.08% | 25,396 | $2.8M | Reduce -2.1% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 1.05% | 32,743 | $2.7M | Add +1.2% |
| MPLX MPLX LP | 1.04% | 52,213 | $2.7M | Reduce -3.0% |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | 1.04% | 55,239 | $2.7M | Add +0.5% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 1.03% | 7,481 | $2.7M | No change |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.03% | 9,191 | $2.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon | 1.00% | 50,818 | $2.6M | Reduce -2.6% |
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx | 0.98% | 12,816 | $2.5M | Add +5.7% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.96% | 4,496 | $2.5M | Reduce -8.7% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.92% | 3,215 | $2.4M | Reduce -25.3% |
| BIZD Vaneck BDC Income ETF | 0.87% | 138,597 | $2.3M | Add +0.8% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.81% | 67,295 | $2.1M | Add +6.9% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.78% | 41,251 | $2.0M | Add +3.4% |
| PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK | 0.76% | 94,062 | $2.0M | Add +5.6% |
| MLCO Melco Resorts & Entert-ADR | 0.74% | 263,773 | $1.9M | Add +0.9% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.73% | 17,342 | $1.9M | Add +18.5% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.72% | 5,890 | $1.9M | Reduce -11.9% |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | 0.70% | 146,668 | $1.8M | Add +1.0% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.65% | 11,947 | $1.7M | Add +72.6% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.63% | 2,613 | $1.6M | Add +7.8% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.62% | 7,369 | $1.6M | Add +15.7% |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | 0.61% | 71,408 | $1.6M | Add +3.4% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.60% | 9,722 | $1.5M | Add +3.4% |
| DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Va | 0.60% | 36,595 | $1.5M | Add +6.3% |
| OPRA Opera Ltd.-ADR | 0.58% | 79,389 | $1.5M | Add +15.7% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.53% | 7,597 | $1.4M | Add +1.6% |
| DFSB Dim GLB Sustain Fix Inc. ETF | 0.53% | 26,248 | $1.4M | Reduce -13.9% |
| DFUS Dimensional US Eq MKT ETF | 0.53% | 20,314 | $1.4M | Add +11.6% |
| HQH Abrdn Healthcare Investors | 0.53% | 87,850 | $1.4M | Add +9.8% |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | 0.52% | 16,648 | $1.4M | Add +0.1% |
| DFSD Dimensional Short Duration | 0.52% | 27,835 | $1.3M | Reduce -15.2% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.51% | 27,883 | $1.3M | Add +2.8% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.49% | 4,083 | $1.3M | Add +124.3% |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | 0.49% | 26,328 | $1.3M | Add +5.9% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.48% | 4,506 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.9% |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 0.47% | 13,788 | $1.2M | Add +26.4% |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | 0.47% | 29,055 | $1.2M | Reduce -17.0% |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | 0.47% | 29,250 | $1.2M | Reduce -15.0% |
| PTY PIMCO Corporate & Income Opp | 0.47% | 86,888 | $1.2M | Add +3.8% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.46% | 31,004 | $1.2M | Add +4.3% |
| OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. | 0.46% | 87,512 | $1.2M | Add +2.6% |
| OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. | 0.46% | 82,519 | $1.2M | Add +6.2% |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | 0.45% | 18,440 | $1.2M | Add +13.4% |
| HTD John Hancock Tax Adv DVD Inc. filed as HANCOCK JOHN TAX-ADVANTAGED | 0.45% | 49,758 | $1.2M | Reduce -4.1% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.44% | 3,109 | $1.1M | Reduce -0.6% |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | 0.44% | 75,679 | $1.1M | Add +2.5% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.43% | 4,422 | $1.1M | Add +5.9% |
| FBTC Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin | 0.42% | 11,516 | $1.1M | Reduce -0.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.41% | 6,016 | $1.1M | Add +3.5% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.40% | 2,920 | $1.0M | Reduce -4.0% |
| XRNPX Cohen & Steers REIT and Pref | 0.40% | 45,167 | $1.0M | Add +4.1% |
| DUHP Dimensional US High Profi Et | 0.39% | 28,580 | $1.0M | Add +4.2% |
| XAWPX Abrdn Global Premier Propert | 0.39% | 254,959 | $1.0M | Add +6.0% |
| PDO PIMCO Dynamic Income Opport | 0.38% | 73,108 | $985K | Add +2.2% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.38% | 54,090 | $981K | Add +0.5% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.38% | 16,966 | $977K | Reduce -5.2% |
| BGR BlackRock Enrgy & Res TR | 0.38% | 73,583 | $976K | Add +4.1% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.37% | 6,337 | $968K | Reduce -12.7% |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | 0.37% | 27,288 | $967K | Add +3.9% |
| RFI Cohen & Steers Tot Ret RLTY | 0.36% | 78,241 | $944K | Add +1.4% |
| DFP Flaherty & Crumrine DYN Pref | 0.36% | 45,071 | $925K | Add +3.7% |
| JPC Nuveen Prefered & Income Opp | 0.36% | 114,822 | $921K | Add +3.8% |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | 0.35% | 26,580 | $919K | Reduce -0.7% |
| PDI PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 0.35% | 48,417 | $918K | Add +4.5% |
| THQ Abrdn Healthcare Opport | 0.35% | 48,870 | $899K | Add +8.7% |
| WPC WP Carey Inc. | 0.35% | 14,371 | $896K | Reduce -1.2% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.34% | 14,135 | $877K | Reduce -8.5% |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | 0.34% | 84,969 | $872K | Add +12.2% |
| OHI Omega Healthcare Investors | 0.33% | 23,664 | $867K | No change |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.33% | 2,933 | $857K | Reduce -2.4% |
| DFLV Dim US Large Cap Value ETF | 0.33% | 27,213 | $844K | Add +2.6% |
| HODL Vaneck Bitcoin ETF | 0.32% | 27,372 | $834K | Reduce -3.2% |
| CLS Celestica Inc. | 0.32% | 5,324 | $831K | Reduce -0.8% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.32% | 14,063 | $825K | Reduce -1.3% |
| OXFORD LANE CAP CORP | 0.32% | 195,696 | $822K | Reduce -1.4% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.32% | 5,716 | $819K | Reduce -5.9% |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | 0.31% | 1,416 | $803K | Add +0.1% |
| USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund | 0.31% | 116,756 | $795K | Add +2.8% |
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | 0.30% | 15,823 | $790K | Reduce -1.6% |
| ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat | 0.30% | 81,068 | $785K | Add +6.0% |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.30% | 13,437 | $777K | Add +20.1% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.30% | 5,641 | $769K | Add +4.1% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.29% | 5,104 | $764K | Add +0.4% |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | 0.29% | 980 | $753K | Reduce -47.3% |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | 0.29% | 561 | $752K | Reduce -10.5% |
| GSL Global Ship Lease Inc. Class A | 0.29% | 28,569 | $752K | Add +3.1% |
| EPR Epr Properties filed as EPR PPTYS | 0.28% | 12,620 | $735K | Add +2.1% |
Options reported separately and not counted above: NVDA puts ($569K).
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.3M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | 11,335 | $755K | Add +74.2% |
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | 9,149 | $539K | Add +0.1% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $260.4M.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | Reduce -13.2% | 2.09% | −0.31 |
| HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.28 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -46.0% | 0.24% | −0.25 |
| SLB SLB Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.25 |
| HR Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -33.6% | 0.28% | −0.21 |
| OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp. | Reduce -60.5% | 0.10% | −0.21 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| MPLX MPLX LP | Reduce -3.0% | 1.04% | −0.14 |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | Reduce -47.3% | 0.29% | −0.13 |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | Reduce -17.0% | 0.47% | −0.13 |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Reduce -40.1% | 0.11% | −0.12 |
| DFSD Dimensional Short Duration | Reduce -15.2% | 0.52% | −0.12 |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | Reduce -15.0% | 0.47% | −0.12 |
| CCI Crown Castle Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -12.7% | 0.37% | −0.12 |
| DFSB Dim GLB Sustain Fix Inc. ETF | Reduce -13.9% | 0.53% | −0.11 |
| IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| ELF Elf Beauty Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Reduce -5.9% | 0.32% | −0.10 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Reduce -53.4% | 0.11% | −0.10 |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | Reduce -2.1% | 1.08% | −0.09 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Reduce -25.3% | 0.92% | −0.09 |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| PBR Petroleo Brasileiro-Spon ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| FLG Flagstar Bank NA | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| TRGP Targa Resources Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| XPMAX Pioneer Municipal High Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon | Reduce -2.6% | 1.00% | −0.08 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -29.3% | 0.23% | −0.08 |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | Reduce -22.5% | 0.27% | −0.08 |
| JFR Nuveen Floating Rate Income | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Reduce -24.5% | 0.21% | −0.07 |
| BLW BlackRock Ltd. Durat Inc. TR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Reduce -14.0% | 0.11% | −0.07 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -7.1% | 0.24% | −0.07 |
| OXFORD LANE CAP CORP | Reduce -1.4% | 0.32% | −0.06 |
| SRLN SS Blackstone Sr Loan ETF | Reduce -18.8% | 0.22% | −0.06 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -45.6% | 0.11% | −0.06 |
| BTX BlackRock Tech & Priv Eqty | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| HTD John Hancock Tax Adv DVD Inc. | Reduce -4.1% | 0.45% | −0.06 |
| GGN Gamco GLBL Gold NTRL Res Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| KYN Kayne Anderson Energy Infra | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| APA Apa Corp. | Reduce -25.4% | 0.08% | −0.05 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Reduce -2.4% | 0.33% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +2.3% | 1.90% | +0.56 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +2.4% | 2.21% | +0.49 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Add +18.9% | 1.75% | +0.42 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Add +16.9% | 1.70% | +0.31 |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | Add +18.8% | 1.55% | +0.28 |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | Add +72.6% | 0.65% | +0.27 |
| FVR Frontview REIT Inc. | New | 0.26% | +0.26 |
| SNREY Sunrise Communicat Class A | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx | Add +5.7% | 0.98% | +0.18 |
| MLCO Melco Resorts & Entert-ADR | Add +0.9% | 0.74% | +0.18 |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | Add +14.3% | 1.56% | +0.17 |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | Add +12.8% | 1.12% | +0.16 |
| RDDT Reddit Inc. Class A | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | Add +143.6% | 0.23% | +0.14 |
| OPRA Opera Ltd.-ADR | Add +15.7% | 0.58% | +0.13 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +15.7% | 0.62% | +0.13 |
| ONL Orion Properties Inc. | Add +122.0% | 0.24% | +0.13 |
| NRG NRG Energy Inc. | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +4.1% | 0.30% | +0.11 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | Add +18.5% | 0.73% | +0.11 |
| PCF High Income Securities Fund | Add +185.6% | 0.18% | +0.11 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +124.3% | 0.49% | +0.10 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Add +42.4% | 0.28% | +0.08 |
| ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equit | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Add +5.9% | 0.43% | +0.08 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +43.2% | 0.22% | +0.08 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| EDIV State Street SPDR S&P Emergi | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| IVVW iShares S&P 500 Buywrite ETF | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| DFUS Dimensional US Eq MKT ETF | Add +11.6% | 0.53% | +0.08 |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | Add +26.4% | 0.47% | +0.07 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +7.8% | 0.63% | +0.07 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Add +0.8% | 0.27% | +0.07 |
| CCJ Cameco Corp. | Add +5.7% | 0.16% | +0.07 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Add +5.7% | 1.23% | +0.07 |
| PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials | Add +70.8% | 0.17% | +0.07 |
| ERO Ero Copper Corp. | Add +5.6% | 0.24% | +0.07 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Add +41.5% | 0.23% | +0.06 |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | Add +13.4% | 0.45% | +0.06 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +28.1% | 0.19% | +0.05 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Add +2.8% | 0.51% | +0.05 |
| JEPQ JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium | Add +41.1% | 0.17% | +0.05 |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | Add +5.9% | 0.49% | +0.05 |
| PMT Pennymac Mortgage Investment | Add +74.8% | 0.14% | +0.05 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +3.5% | 0.41% | +0.04 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | Add +7.7% | 0.27% | +0.04 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | Add +74.2% | 11,335 | $755K |
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | Add +0.1% | 9,149 | $539K |
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 |