Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed October 30, 2025), Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC reported 324 stock positions worth $288.5 million. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.2% of the portfolio, followed by Vaneck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ, 2.5%) and Nvidia (NVDA, 2.2%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 41 new positions, sold out of 9, added to 180 and reduced 100. The biggest buy was Bank of America (BAC, shares +157%) and the biggest sale Melco Resorts & Entert-ADR (MLCO, shares −95%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHAPPAQUA, NY
- CIK
- 0001544366
- Portfolio Value
- $288.5M (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0002085853-25-000190 ↗ filed Oct 30, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 324 stocks · $288.5M
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.25% | 36,799 | $9.4M | Reduce -0.8% |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | 2.47% | 191,532 | $7.1M | Add +13.0% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.22% | 34,310 | $6.4M | Add +10.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.12% | 9,188 | $6.1M | Add +0.1% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.09% | 11,626 | $6.0M | Add +0.9% |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | 1.68% | 17,715 | $4.8M | Reduce -4.0% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 1.65% | 32,594 | $4.7M | Add +0.1% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.58% | 9,095 | $4.6M | Add +0.3% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 1.55% | 65,651 | $4.5M | Add +4.0% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 1.54% | 45,962 | $4.4M | Add +5.3% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.30% | 10,536 | $3.7M | Add +0.6% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 1.28% | 71,633 | $3.7M | Add +156.9% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.11% | 5,346 | $3.2M | Add +18.9% |
| EFAV iShares MSCI Eafe Min Vol Fa | 1.09% | 36,991 | $3.1M | Add +2.9% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 1.08% | 28,099 | $3.1M | Add +10.6% |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | 1.06% | 79,538 | $3.1M | Reduce -1.4% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 1.01% | 35,105 | $2.9M | Add +7.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.01% | 9,211 | $2.9M | Add +0.2% |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | 1.00% | 59,061 | $2.9M | Add +6.9% |
| USTB Victoryshares Short-Term Bon | 1.00% | 56,439 | $2.9M | Add +11.1% |
| MPLX MPLX LP | 0.98% | 56,892 | $2.8M | Add +9.0% |
| ETN Eaton Corp. PLC | 0.98% | 7,573 | $2.8M | Add +1.2% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.95% | 3,743 | $2.7M | Add +16.4% |
| FTEC Fidelity MSCI Info Tech Indx | 0.95% | 12,341 | $2.7M | Reduce -3.7% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.91% | 5,916 | $2.6M | Add +0.4% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.80% | 73,697 | $2.3M | Add +9.5% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.76% | 18,556 | $2.2M | Add +7.0% |
| BIZD Vaneck BDC Income ETF | 0.76% | 146,045 | $2.2M | Add +5.4% |
| PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK | 0.73% | 96,913 | $2.1M | Add +3.0% |
| AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | 0.70% | 43,073 | $2.0M | Add +4.4% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.67% | 5,618 | $1.9M | Add +37.6% |
| RQI Cohen & Steers Qual Inc. RLTY | 0.65% | 150,687 | $1.9M | Add +2.7% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.61% | 2,614 | $1.7M | Add +0.0% |
| HQH Abrdn Healthcare Investors | 0.59% | 92,286 | $1.7M | Add +5.0% |
| DFUV Dimensional US Marketwide Va | 0.58% | 37,604 | $1.7M | Add +2.8% |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 0.58% | 18,346 | $1.7M | Add +33.1% |
| OPRA Opera Ltd.-ADR | 0.57% | 79,921 | $1.6M | Add +0.7% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.56% | 7,368 | $1.6M | Reduce -0.0% |
| APO Apollo Global Management Inc. | 0.55% | 11,972 | $1.6M | Add +0.2% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.53% | 9,884 | $1.5M | Add +1.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.52% | 6,168 | $1.5M | Add +2.5% |
| ARCC Ares Capital Corp. | 0.52% | 73,372 | $1.5M | Add +2.8% |
| DFSB Dim GLB Sustain Fix Inc. ETF | 0.50% | 27,341 | $1.5M | Add +4.2% |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | 0.50% | 16,698 | $1.5M | Add +0.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.50% | 4,394 | $1.4M | Reduce -2.5% |
| DFUS Dimensional US Eq MKT ETF | 0.50% | 19,925 | $1.4M | Reduce -1.9% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.50% | 7,605 | $1.4M | Add +0.1% |
| DFSD Dimensional Short Duration | 0.49% | 29,521 | $1.4M | Add +6.1% |
| WES Western Midstream Partners L | 0.49% | 36,007 | $1.4M | Add +16.1% |
| EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Market | 0.48% | 25,726 | $1.4M | Reduce -2.3% |
| DFCF Dimensional Core Fixed Inc. | 0.45% | 30,571 | $1.3M | Add +5.2% |
| PTY PIMCO Corporate & Income Opp | 0.45% | 89,753 | $1.3M | Add +3.3% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.44% | 4,524 | $1.3M | Add +2.3% |
| DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protec | 0.44% | 30,174 | $1.3M | Add +3.2% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.44% | 3,118 | $1.3M | Add +0.3% |
| OCSL Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. | 0.43% | 95,946 | $1.3M | Add +9.6% |
| DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF | 0.43% | 18,167 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.5% |
| HTD John Hancock Tax Adv DVD Inc. filed as HANCOCK JOHN TAX-ADVANTAGED | 0.42% | 49,112 | $1.2M | Reduce -1.3% |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | 0.42% | 75,082 | $1.2M | Reduce -0.8% |
| XAWPX Abrdn Global Premier Propert | 0.41% | 294,718 | $1.2M | Add +15.6% |
| RDDT Reddit Inc. Class A | 0.40% | 5,033 | $1.2M | Add +95.7% |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | 0.39% | 89,632 | $1.1M | Add +5.5% |
| JBLU Jetblue Airways Corp. | 0.39% | 229,381 | $1.1M | New |
| OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. | 0.38% | 86,893 | $1.1M | Add +5.3% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.38% | 2,386 | $1.1M | Add +91.0% |
| DUHP Dimensional US High Profi Et | 0.38% | 29,029 | $1.1M | Add +1.6% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 0.37% | 17,720 | $1.1M | Add +4.4% |
| PDO PIMCO Dynamic Income Opport | 0.37% | 76,228 | $1.1M | Add +4.3% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.37% | 5,743 | $1.1M | Reduce -9.4% |
| WPC WP Carey Inc. | 0.37% | 15,696 | $1.1M | Add +9.2% |
| XRNPX Cohen & Steers REIT and Pref | 0.36% | 45,609 | $1.0M | Add +1.0% |
| THQ Abrdn Healthcare Opport | 0.35% | 58,917 | $1.0M | Add +20.6% |
| BGR BlackRock Enrgy & Res TR | 0.35% | 74,947 | $1.0M | Add +1.9% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.35% | 5,480 | $1000K | Reduce -2.9% |
| PDI PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 0.35% | 50,469 | $999K | Add +4.2% |
| OHI Omega Healthcare Investors | 0.34% | 23,481 | $991K | Reduce -0.8% |
| DFP Flaherty & Crumrine DYN Pref | 0.34% | 45,675 | $988K | Add +1.3% |
| DFAI Dimensional International Co. | 0.34% | 27,171 | $988K | Add +2.2% |
| JPC Nuveen Prefered & Income Opp | 0.34% | 120,369 | $987K | Add +4.8% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.34% | 2,887 | $986K | Reduce -1.1% |
| METCB Ramaco Resources Inc. Class B | 0.34% | 57,663 | $972K | New |
| LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A | 0.34% | 19,793 | $971K | Add +47.3% |
| RFI Cohen & Steers Tot Ret RLTY | 0.33% | 79,714 | $965K | Add +1.9% |
| FBTC Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin | 0.33% | 9,511 | $949K | Reduce -17.4% |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.33% | 54,984 | $944K | Add +1.6% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.32% | 3,317 | $933K | Add +4.7% |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | 0.32% | 25,735 | $926K | Reduce -5.7% |
| DFLV Dim US Large Cap Value ETF | 0.32% | 27,896 | $918K | Add +2.5% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.32% | 5,461 | $914K | Reduce -4.0% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.31% | 5,841 | $907K | Add +2.2% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.31% | 13,796 | $900K | Reduce -2.4% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.31% | 2,937 | $892K | Add +0.1% |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.31% | 13,500 | $892K | Reduce -4.0% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.30% | 5,150 | $880K | Add +0.9% |
| DOC Healthpeak Properties Inc. | 0.30% | 44,810 | $858K | Add +9.3% |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | 0.29% | 1,427 | $851K | Add +0.8% |
| OXLC Oxford Lane Capital Corp. | 0.29% | 49,785 | $843K | Add +27.2% |
| CCD Calamos DYN Convert & Inc. | 0.29% | 39,861 | $839K | Add +12.5% |
| MPT Medical Properties Trust Inc. | 0.29% | 164,136 | $832K | Add +27.8% |
| XRMMX Rvrnrth MGD Dur Muni Inc. filed as RIVERNORTH MANAGED DUR MUN I | 0.29% | 58,744 | $831K | New |
Options reported separately and not counted above: NVDA puts ($672K).
Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.4M (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | 11,995 | $708K | Add +5.8% |
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | 10,389 | $705K | Add +13.6% |
| COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU | RIGHT 10/16/2025 | 23,763 | $2K | Add +2.9% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $289.9M.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| MLCO Melco Resorts & Entert-ADR | Reduce -94.8% | 0.04% | −0.69 |
| SNREY Sunrise Communicat Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.25 |
| NICE Nice Ltd. - Spon ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| TIDAL TR II | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| CHRD Chord Energy Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| CPNQ Cal Nasdaq 100 St Alt PR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| CPSD CLMS S&P STR Alt Dec | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| FBTC Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin | Reduce -17.4% | 0.33% | −0.09 |
| AES AES Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| IVVW iShares S&P 500 Buywrite ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | Reduce -4.0% | 1.68% | −0.07 |
| IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | Reduce -42.4% | 0.09% | −0.07 |
| JEPQ JPM Nasdaq Equity Premium | Reduce -35.6% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Reduce -3.2% | 0.23% | −0.06 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Reduce -0.0% | 0.56% | −0.06 |
| CLS Celestica Inc. | Reduce -42.7% | 0.26% | −0.06 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Reduce -1.1% | 0.34% | −0.06 |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | Reduce -25.5% | 0.12% | −0.06 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Reduce -13.9% | 0.23% | −0.05 |
| HODL Vaneck Bitcoin ETF | Reduce -12.5% | 0.27% | −0.05 |
| DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 | Reduce -1.4% | 1.06% | −0.05 |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | Reduce -5.7% | 0.32% | −0.05 |
| CI The Cigna Group | Reduce -3.0% | 0.16% | −0.05 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Reduce -5.9% | 0.17% | −0.05 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -0.8% | 0.13% | −0.05 |
| GSL Global Ship Lease Inc. Class A | Reduce -20.1% | 0.24% | −0.05 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -21.8% | 0.14% | −0.05 |
| EPR Epr Properties | Reduce -6.2% | 0.24% | −0.05 |
| ONL Orion Properties Inc. | Reduce -28.3% | 0.20% | −0.04 |
| MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A | Reduce -6.7% | 0.15% | −0.04 |
| ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate | Reduce -1.5% | 0.22% | −0.04 |
| BXMT Blackstone Mortgage Tru Class A | Reduce -14.5% | 0.12% | −0.04 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Reduce -2.3% | 0.19% | −0.04 |
| ELV Elevance Health Inc. | Reduce -7.6% | 0.09% | −0.04 |
| HAFN Hafnia Ltd. | Reduce -46.0% | 0.06% | −0.04 |
| KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | Reduce -2.3% | 0.23% | −0.04 |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | Reduce -31.0% | 0.07% | −0.04 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | Reduce -1.9% | 0.19% | −0.04 |
| IIF Morgan Stanley India Invest | Reduce -7.1% | 0.12% | −0.03 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -6.3% | 0.09% | −0.03 |
| PMT Pennymac Mortgage Investment | Reduce -8.5% | 0.11% | −0.03 |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | Reduce -8.6% | 0.13% | −0.03 |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Reduce -7.4% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. | Reduce -3.7% | 0.11% | −0.03 |
| UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund | Reduce -8.5% | 0.25% | −0.03 |
| BCX BlackRock Resources & Commod | Reduce -7.3% | 0.24% | −0.03 |
| HTD John Hancock Tax Adv DVD Inc. | Reduce -1.3% | 0.42% | −0.03 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -0.9% | 0.19% | −0.03 |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | Reduce -2.4% | 0.31% | −0.03 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Add +156.9% | 1.28% | +0.77 |
| JBLU Jetblue Airways Corp. | New | 0.39% | +0.39 |
| OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF | Add +13.0% | 2.47% | +0.38 |
| METCB Ramaco Resources Inc. Class B | New | 0.34% | +0.34 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +10.3% | 2.22% | +0.32 |
| XRMMX Rvrnrth MGD Dur Muni Inc. | New | 0.29% | +0.29 |
| RDDT Reddit Inc. Class A | Add +95.7% | 0.40% | +0.25 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +0.4% | 0.91% | +0.19 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Add +37.6% | 0.67% | +0.18 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Add +91.0% | 0.38% | +0.17 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +18.9% | 1.11% | +0.16 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +2.5% | 0.52% | +0.11 |
| VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | Add +33.1% | 0.58% | +0.11 |
| ETH Grayscale Ethereum Staking M | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| XRN Chiron Real Estate Inc. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| HL Hecla Mining Co. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| APH Amphenol Corp. Class A | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| WELL Welltower Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| CSR Centerspace | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| MPT Medical Properties Trust Inc. | Add +27.8% | 0.29% | +0.07 |
| NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| EXPE Expedia Group Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| WU Western Union Co. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| CAG Conagra Brands Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| INN Summit Hotel Properties Inc. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Add +0.6% | 1.30% | +0.07 |
| TASEKO MINES LTD | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| HQH Abrdn Healthcare Investors | Add +5.0% | 0.59% | +0.07 |
| JFR Nuveen Floating Rate Income | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| PBR Petroleo Brasileiro-Spon ADR | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| SAN Banco Santander SA-Spon ADR | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| BLW BlackRock Ltd. Durat Inc. TR | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| BBD Banco Bradesco-ADR | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| CTO Cto Realty Growth Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| ABR Arbor Realty Trust Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| GGN Gamco GLBL Gold NTRL Res Inc. | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| LADR Ladder Capital Corp.-REIT | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Add +4.7% | 0.32% | +0.06 |
| THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund | Add +5.5% | 0.39% | +0.06 |
| KRP Kimbell Royalty Partners LP | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| HFRO Highland Opport & Income | Add +15.3% | 0.23% | +0.05 |
| YYY Amplify Cef High Income ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| GSBD Goldman Sachs BDC Inc. | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Add +16.4% | 0.95% | +0.04 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC (MCHP 7.5 03/15/28) | DEP SHS REPSTG | Add +5.8% | 11,995 | $708K |
| HP ENTERPRISE CO (HPE 7.625 09/01/27) | 7.625 MAND CONV | Add +13.6% | 10,389 | $705K |
| COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRU | RIGHT 10/16/2025 | Add +2.9% | 23,763 | $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 |