Shaker Financial Services, LLC
In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed August 2, 2024), Shaker Financial Services, LLC reported 157 stock positions worth $247.3 million. Its top holding was SRH Total Return Fund (STEW) at 3.7% of the portfolio, followed by Sprott Focus Trust (FUND, 3.0%) and Liberty All-Star Growth FD (ASG, 2.8%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 25 new positions, sold out of 25, added to 61 and reduced 60. The biggest buy was a new position in Liberty All Star Equity Fund (USA) and the biggest sale an exit from Nuveen Floating Rate Income (JFR).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
- CIK
- 0001511794
- Portfolio Value
- $247.3M (Q2 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001172661-24-003059 ↗ filed Aug 2, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 157 stocks · $247.3M
| STEW SRH Total Return Fund Inc. | 3.74% | 635,982 | $9.3M | Reduce -6.4% |
| FUND Sprott Focus Trust Inc. | 3.02% | 995,343 | $7.5M | Add +10.2% |
| ASG Liberty All-Star Growth FD | 2.84% | 1,313,319 | $7.0M | Add +0.9% |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | 2.41% | 234,152 | $6.0M | Add +1.9% |
| XBXMX Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-WR Inc. | 2.37% | 426,207 | $5.9M | Reduce -16.4% |
| GAM General American Investors | 2.18% | 108,528 | $5.4M | Add +41.9% |
| RMT Royce Micro-Cap Trust Inc. | 2.13% | 574,290 | $5.3M | Add +17.5% |
| USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund | 2.07% | 751,159 | $5.1M | New |
| ETV Eaton Vance T/M Buy-Writ Opp | 2.04% | 369,575 | $5.1M | Add +3.0% |
| ETG Eaton Vance T/A GL DVD Incm | 1.94% | 257,575 | $4.8M | Reduce -15.1% |
| HGLB Highland Global Allocation | 1.87% | 614,264 | $4.6M | Add +34.7% |
| CII BlackRock Enhan LRG Cap Core | 1.84% | 227,627 | $4.6M | Reduce -25.2% |
| ERC Allspring Multi-Sector Inc. | 1.80% | 492,903 | $4.5M | Reduce -3.8% |
| XEVTX Eaton Vance Tax-Adv DVD Inc. | 1.68% | 178,135 | $4.1M | Reduce -26.9% |
| XEADX Allspring Income Opport | 1.67% | 618,812 | $4.1M | Reduce -2.3% |
| SDHY Pgim SHRT Durat Hi YLD | 1.59% | 256,343 | $3.9M | Add +1.6% |
| XSSPX Nuveen S&P 500 Dynam Overwr | 1.50% | 223,364 | $3.7M | Reduce -19.1% |
| ETB Eaton Vance T/M Buy-WRT Inc. | 1.49% | 261,714 | $3.7M | Add +6.6% |
| BDJ BlackRock Enhanced Eqty DVD | 1.48% | 446,818 | $3.7M | Add +101.1% |
| EEA The European Equity Fund Inc. | 1.36% | 375,603 | $3.4M | Add +4.0% |
| XEXGX Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Glob | 1.36% | 398,922 | $3.4M | Add +1.8% |
| FTF Franklin Ltd. Dur Inc. TR | 1.31% | 510,214 | $3.2M | Reduce -1.6% |
| FFA First Trust Enhan Eqty Inc. | 1.29% | 159,671 | $3.2M | Reduce -24.0% |
| VGI Virtus Global Multi-Sector | 1.27% | 413,933 | $3.1M | Reduce -5.3% |
| DIAX Nuveen Dow 30 Dynamic Overwr | 1.26% | 218,389 | $3.1M | Add +14.2% |
| JCE Nuveen Core Equity Alpha | 1.26% | 202,739 | $3.1M | Reduce -13.4% |
| ETW Eaton Vance T/M GLBL Buy-WR | 1.22% | 364,908 | $3.0M | Add +4.7% |
| TY Tri-Continental Corp. | 1.19% | 94,909 | $2.9M | Add +36.6% |
| CET Central Securities Corp. | 1.13% | 63,707 | $2.8M | Reduce -56.0% |
| XEVVX Eaton Vance Ltd. Durat Inc. | 1.10% | 280,101 | $2.7M | Reduce -16.8% |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | 1.10% | 188,256 | $2.7M | Add +97.9% |
| JHI John Hancock Investors TR | 1.09% | 203,489 | $2.7M | Reduce -7.6% |
| ISD Pgim High Yield Bond Fund | 1.09% | 208,631 | $2.7M | Add +28.6% |
| XETYX Eaton Vance Tax-MGD Div Eqty | 1.08% | 190,304 | $2.7M | Add +125.4% |
| SWZ Total Return Securities Fund | 1.06% | 323,974 | $2.6M | Add +10.8% |
| XMCRX MFS Charter Income Trust | 1.05% | 413,834 | $2.6M | Reduce -13.1% |
| PDT John Hancock Prem DVD FND | 1.01% | 212,585 | $2.5M | Add +81.8% |
| CSQ Calamos Strat TTL RTRN FND | 0.97% | 143,153 | $2.4M | Reduce -7.0% |
| EOD Allspring Global Dividend Op | 0.97% | 481,655 | $2.4M | Reduce -37.4% |
| GHY Pgim Global High Yield Fund | 0.93% | 193,465 | $2.3M | Add +9.0% |
| GF The New Germany Fund Inc. | 0.92% | 280,683 | $2.3M | Reduce -12.8% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 0.91% | 4,125 | $2.3M | Add +237.6% |
| DBL Doubleline Opport Credit | 0.90% | 144,101 | $2.2M | New |
| BWG Brandywineglobal Global Inco | 0.82% | 243,615 | $2.0M | Add +9.5% |
| HEQ John Hancock Divers Inc. Fund | 0.80% | 190,950 | $2.0M | Reduce -4.7% |
| ETJ Eaton Vance RSK-MGD Divers | 0.75% | 209,915 | $1.8M | Reduce -37.5% |
| XAGDX Abrdn GLBL DYNM Divid | 0.74% | 188,767 | $1.8M | Reduce -2.7% |
| XPGPX PIMCO GLBL Stockspl & Inc. | 0.71% | 231,174 | $1.8M | Reduce -34.8% |
| FPF First TR Interm Dur & Inc. | 0.71% | 95,142 | $1.7M | Reduce -23.0% |
| LDP Cohen & Steers Limited Durat | 0.68% | 84,927 | $1.7M | Add +35.7% |
| TEI Templeton Emrg MKTS Inc. | 0.68% | 315,666 | $1.7M | Reduce -29.2% |
| DFP Flaherty & Crumrine DYN Pref | 0.61% | 79,008 | $1.5M | Add +0.8% |
| XSCDX LMP Capital and Income Fund | 0.58% | 92,584 | $1.4M | New |
| GLO Clough Global Opportunities | 0.58% | 265,485 | $1.4M | Add +54.9% |
| EOI Eaton Vance Enhanced Eq Incm | 0.58% | 73,314 | $1.4M | Add +91.1% |
| XEMDX Western Asset Emrg MRKT DBT | 0.56% | 147,021 | $1.4M | Add +14.6% |
| VLT Invesco High Income Trust II | 0.56% | 130,324 | $1.4M | Reduce -11.8% |
| XTEAX Tortoise Sust&social Imp Ter filed as ECOFIN SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIA | 0.55% | 118,883 | $1.4M | Add +17.6% |
| TWN Taiwan Fund Inc./TH/MD-US Inc. | 0.55% | 30,981 | $1.4M | Reduce -6.9% |
| XRSFX Rivernorth Capital & Income | 0.54% | 86,778 | $1.3M | Reduce -1.1% |
| HYI Western Asset High Yield Opp | 0.52% | 109,635 | $1.3M | Add +163.2% |
| MMT Aberdeen Multimarket Income | 0.48% | 252,857 | $1.2M | Add +9.7% |
| XPHTX Pioneer High Income Fund | 0.47% | 155,045 | $1.2M | Add +197.1% |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | 0.46% | 40,840 | $1.1M | Add +92.5% |
| PPT Franklin Premir Inc. Trust-Ui | 0.46% | 317,023 | $1.1M | Reduce -7.4% |
| BGH Barings GLBL SHRT Dur Hi YLD | 0.46% | 78,444 | $1.1M | Add +8.8% |
| XIGDX Voya GLBL Eqty DVD & PRM Opp | 0.46% | 218,985 | $1.1M | Add +2089.8% |
| XIAEX Voya Asia Pac Hi DVD Eq Inc. | 0.44% | 172,356 | $1.1M | Reduce -5.8% |
| BCV Bancroft Fund Ltd. | 0.43% | 67,889 | $1.1M | Reduce -45.9% |
| FINS Angel Oak Financ Strat Inc. | 0.42% | 84,071 | $1.0M | New |
| EOS Eaton Vance Enh Eqt Inc. II | 0.42% | 47,610 | $1.0M | Add +45.3% |
| STK Columbia Slgmn Prem Tech GR | 0.40% | 30,064 | $1.0M | New |
| BST BlackRock Science & Tech TR | 0.40% | 26,332 | $992K | New |
| BRW Saba Capital Income & Opport | 0.38% | 134,511 | $947K | Reduce -19.2% |
| XPHDX Pioneer Floating Rate Fund | 0.38% | 96,815 | $935K | Reduce -9.5% |
| INSIGHT SELECT INCOME FUND | 0.38% | 57,308 | $935K | New |
| GGZ Gabelli Global Small & M | 0.37% | 81,994 | $926K | Add +4.8% |
| ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income | 0.37% | 111,018 | $915K | Add +14.2% |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.37% | 163,838 | $914K | Add +39.5% |
| IGA Voya Global Advan & Prem Opp | 0.36% | 101,617 | $899K | Add +117.6% |
| JGH Nuveen Global High Income | 0.34% | 65,322 | $844K | New |
| RA Brookfield Real Assets Incom | 0.34% | 65,654 | $838K | Add +28.1% |
| BSL Blackstone SNR Fltng RT | 0.34% | 59,606 | $835K | New |
| MXE Mexico Equity and Income FD | 0.33% | 84,204 | $808K | No change |
| PAI Western Asset Investment Gra | 0.33% | 66,426 | $806K | New |
| XHNWX Pioneer Diversified High | 0.33% | 68,962 | $805K | Reduce -33.9% |
| TDF Templeton Dragon Fund Inc. | 0.32% | 99,946 | $802K | Add +38.0% |
| PIM Franklin Master Interm IT-Ui filed as PUTNAM MASTER INTER INCOME T | 0.31% | 237,727 | $772K | Add +412.8% |
| SPE Special Opportunities Fund | 0.31% | 58,923 | $771K | Reduce -42.7% |
| CHINA FUND INC | 0.31% | 75,695 | $766K | Add +45.4% |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | 0.31% | 53,169 | $761K | Add +15.1% |
| PSF Cohen & Steers Select Prefer | 0.30% | 37,426 | $740K | Reduce -3.8% |
| BLW BlackRock Ltd. Durat Inc. TR | 0.30% | 52,574 | $734K | Reduce -26.2% |
| XJQCX Nuveen Credit Strategies Inc. | 0.29% | 128,694 | $721K | Add +235.9% |
| MGF Aberdeen Govrn MKTS Inc. Fund | 0.28% | 224,188 | $688K | New |
| EDD Morgan Stanley Emrg MRK Dom | 0.28% | 145,672 | $684K | Add +109.6% |
| OPP Rivernrth/Doublelne STR Opp | 0.27% | 78,128 | $676K | Reduce -71.6% |
| BTX BlackRock Tech & Priv Eqty | 0.27% | 92,062 | $666K | Add +136.1% |
| GAB Gabelli Equity Trust | 0.27% | 127,151 | $661K | Reduce -71.3% |
| FCT First Trust SNR FL RT Inc. II | 0.27% | 65,165 | $657K | Add +9.8% |
Portfolio Sells Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| JFR Nuveen Floating Rate Income | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.49 |
| CET Central Securities Corp. | Reduce -56.0% | 1.13% | −1.21 |
| ADX Adams Diversified Equity | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.03 |
| XGDVX Gabelli Dividend & Income TR | Reduce -85.5% | 0.16% | −0.90 |
| ACP Abrdn Income Credit Strat | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.84 |
| GAB Gabelli Equity Trust | Reduce -71.3% | 0.27% | −0.68 |
| FSD First Trust High Income Long | Reduce -85.8% | 0.12% | −0.67 |
| CHW Calamos Global Dynamic Incom | Reduce -80.6% | 0.18% | −0.67 |
| OPP Rivernrth/Doublelne STR Opp | Reduce -71.6% | 0.27% | −0.64 |
| XEVTX Eaton Vance Tax-Adv DVD Inc. | Reduce -26.9% | 1.68% | −0.55 |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.50 |
| EOD Allspring Global Dividend Op | Reduce -37.4% | 0.97% | −0.49 |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.46 |
| XSORX Source Capital Inc. | Reduce -86.2% | 0.08% | −0.46 |
| CII BlackRock Enhan LRG Cap Core | Reduce -25.2% | 1.84% | −0.46 |
| JPC Nuveen Prefered & Income Opp | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.44 |
| NPCT Nuveen Core Plus Impact | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.40 |
| NBXG Neuberger Next Generation Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.38 |
| PFL PIMCO Income Strategy Fund | Reduce -65.1% | 0.19% | −0.35 |
| BCV Bancroft Fund Ltd. | Reduce -45.9% | 0.43% | −0.35 |
| XPGPX PIMCO GLBL Stockspl & Inc. | Reduce -34.8% | 0.71% | −0.34 |
| ETJ Eaton Vance RSK-MGD Divers | Reduce -37.5% | 0.75% | −0.34 |
| XNIEX Virtus Equity & Convertible | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.34 |
| XBXMX Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-WR Inc. | Reduce -16.4% | 2.37% | −0.29 |
| NCZ Virtus Convertible & Inc. FD | Reduce -65.8% | 0.15% | −0.28 |
| SABA Saba Capital Income & Opport | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.27 |
| NBB Nuveen Taxable Municipal Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| TEI Templeton Emrg MKTS Inc. | Reduce -29.2% | 0.68% | −0.26 |
| FFA First Trust Enhan Eqty Inc. | Reduce -24.0% | 1.29% | −0.25 |
| HPI John Hancock Prefer Inc. | Reduce -53.2% | 0.21% | −0.22 |
| STEW SRH Total Return Fund Inc. | Reduce -6.4% | 3.74% | −0.22 |
| XSSPX Nuveen S&P 500 Dynam Overwr | Reduce -19.1% | 1.50% | −0.20 |
| ETG Eaton Vance T/A GL DVD Incm | Reduce -15.1% | 1.94% | −0.20 |
| BGX Blackstone Long-Short Credit | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| SPE Special Opportunities Fund | Reduce -42.7% | 0.31% | −0.19 |
| NCV Virtus Convertible & Income | Reduce -41.5% | 0.25% | −0.17 |
| XEVVX Eaton Vance Ltd. Durat Inc. | Reduce -16.8% | 1.10% | −0.17 |
| GF The New Germany Fund Inc. | Reduce -12.8% | 0.92% | −0.16 |
| ECAT BlackRock ESG Cap All TRM TR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| XHNWX Pioneer Diversified High | Reduce -33.9% | 0.33% | −0.15 |
| FPF First TR Interm Dur & Inc. | Reduce -23.0% | 0.71% | −0.15 |
| ABERDEEN ASIA PACIFIC INCOM | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| XEVGX Eaton Vance Short Dur Div Inc. | Reduce -52.3% | 0.15% | −0.14 |
| XBOEX BlackRock Enh GLBL DVD TR | Reduce -61.3% | 0.08% | −0.12 |
| XMCRX MFS Charter Income Trust | Reduce -13.1% | 1.05% | −0.12 |
| PTA Cohen & Steers Tax-Advantage | Reduce -42.3% | 0.18% | −0.11 |
| RIV Rivernorth Opportunities | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| KIO KKR Income Opportunities | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| EHI Western Asset Global High Inc. | Reduce -47.6% | 0.13% | −0.11 |
| VBF Invesco Bond Fund | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| USA Liberty All Star Equity Fund | New | 2.07% | +2.07 |
| DBL Doubleline Opport Credit | New | 0.90% | +0.90 |
| GAM General American Investors | Add +41.9% | 2.18% | +0.81 |
| BDJ BlackRock Enhanced Eqty DVD | Add +101.1% | 1.48% | +0.77 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +237.6% | 0.91% | +0.66 |
| XETYX Eaton Vance Tax-MGD Div Eqty | Add +125.4% | 1.08% | +0.64 |
| XSCDX LMP Capital and Income Fund | New | 0.58% | +0.58 |
| RVT Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. | Add +97.9% | 1.10% | +0.54 |
| HGLB Highland Global Allocation | Add +34.7% | 1.87% | +0.52 |
| PDT John Hancock Prem DVD FND | Add +81.8% | 1.01% | +0.49 |
| XIGDX Voya GLBL Eqty DVD & PRM Opp | Add +2089.8% | 0.46% | +0.43 |
| FINS Angel Oak Financ Strat Inc. | New | 0.42% | +0.42 |
| STK Columbia Slgmn Prem Tech GR | New | 0.40% | +0.40 |
| BST BlackRock Science & Tech TR | New | 0.40% | +0.40 |
| INSIGHT SELECT INCOME FUND | New | 0.38% | +0.38 |
| TY Tri-Continental Corp. | Add +36.6% | 1.19% | +0.36 |
| RMT Royce Micro-Cap Trust Inc. | Add +17.5% | 2.13% | +0.35 |
| JGH Nuveen Global High Income | New | 0.34% | +0.34 |
| BSL Blackstone SNR Fltng RT | New | 0.34% | +0.34 |
| PAI Western Asset Investment Gra | New | 0.33% | +0.33 |
| HYI Western Asset High Yield Opp | Add +163.2% | 0.52% | +0.33 |
| XPHTX Pioneer High Income Fund | Add +197.1% | 0.47% | +0.32 |
| EOI Eaton Vance Enhanced Eq Incm | Add +91.1% | 0.58% | +0.31 |
| MGF Aberdeen Govrn MKTS Inc. Fund | New | 0.28% | +0.28 |
| ISD Pgim High Yield Bond Fund | Add +28.6% | 1.09% | +0.27 |
| PIM Franklin Master Interm IT-Ui | Add +412.8% | 0.31% | +0.25 |
| ETV Eaton Vance T/M Buy-Writ Opp | Add +3.0% | 2.04% | +0.25 |
| GLO Clough Global Opportunities | Add +54.9% | 0.58% | +0.24 |
| WDI Western Asset Divers Inc. | New | 0.23% | +0.23 |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | Add +1.9% | 2.41% | +0.23 |
| BTO John Hancock Financial Opp | Add +92.5% | 0.46% | +0.22 |
| FUND Sprott Focus Trust Inc. | Add +10.2% | 3.02% | +0.21 |
| XJQCX Nuveen Credit Strategies Inc. | Add +235.9% | 0.29% | +0.21 |
| IGA Voya Global Advan & Prem Opp | Add +117.6% | 0.36% | +0.20 |
| LDP Cohen & Steers Limited Durat | Add +35.7% | 0.68% | +0.20 |
| ETB Eaton Vance T/M Buy-WRT Inc. | Add +6.6% | 1.49% | +0.20 |
| ACV Virtus Divers Inc. & Convert | New | 0.18% | +0.18 |
| NMAI Nuveen Multi-Asset Income | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| EOS Eaton Vance Enh Eqt Inc. II | Add +45.3% | 0.42% | +0.16 |
| SWZ Total Return Securities Fund | Add +10.8% | 1.06% | +0.16 |
| DIAX Nuveen Dow 30 Dynamic Overwr | Add +14.2% | 1.26% | +0.16 |
| BTT BlackRock 2030 Muni TRGT TRM | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| XDCFX BNYM Alcentra GLBL CRDT 2024 | Add +157.6% | 0.23% | +0.15 |
| EDD Morgan Stanley Emrg MRK Dom | Add +109.6% | 0.28% | +0.15 |
| BTX BlackRock Tech & Priv Eqty | Add +136.1% | 0.27% | +0.15 |
| GLU Gabelli GLBL Util & Inc. TR | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| XEXGX Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Glob | Add +1.8% | 1.36% | +0.13 |
| DSU BlackRock Debt Strategies | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| EEA The European Equity Fund Inc. | Add +4.0% | 1.36% | +0.12 |
| IFN Aberdeen India Fund Inc. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 148 | $319.2M | GAB, RVT, USA, SPE, JCE |
| Q1 2026 | 145 | $286.9M | CSQ, JCE, ASG, ETG, FFA |
| Q4 2025 | 165 | $315.5M | JCE, RMT, ASG, ETB, USA |
| Q3 2025 | 148 | $291.6M | CSQ, RMT, JCE, USA, ETB |
| Q2 2025 | 147 | $275.8M | CET, RMT, RVT, JCE, ETB |
| Q1 2025 | 153 | $256.9M | CET, GAM, RMT, ETB, ASG |
| Q4 2024 | 176 | $261.0M | STEW, CET, RMT, ASG, CSQ |
| Q3 2024 | 157 | $265.3M | STEW, FUND, QQQX, ASG, CII |
| Q2 2024 | 157 | $247.3M | STEW, FUND, ASG, QQQX, XBXMX |
| Q1 2024 | 157 | $258.4M | STEW, FUND, ASG, XBXMX, CET |