Sound Income Strategies, LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed July 12, 2024), Sound Income Strategies, LLC reported 1,356 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was Hercules Capital (HTGC) at 3.8% of the portfolio, followed by Sixth Street Specialty Lendi (TSLX, 3.2%) and Ares Capital (ARCC, 3.1%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 158 new positions, sold out of 130, added to 374 and reduced 297. The biggest buy was Blackstone Secured Lending F (BXSL, shares +140838%) and the biggest sale Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca (PFLT, shares −23%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
FT LAUDERDALE, FL
CIK
0001730960
Portfolio Value
$1.4B (Q2 2024)
SEC Filing
0001104659-24-079499 ↗ filed Jul 12, 2024

Holdings Value

0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B$2.5B Q1 2024: $1.3B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $1.4B $1.4B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $1.6B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $1.6B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $1.7B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $1.7B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $1.8B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.1B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.1B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.2B Q2 2026

Holdings 1,356 stocks · $1.4B

HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. 3.84% 2,689,673 $55.0M Add +1.3%
TSLX Sixth Street Specialty Lendi 3.18% 2,129,099 $45.5M Add +2.8%
ARCC Ares Capital Corp. 3.11% 2,138,203 $44.6M Add +3.8%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC Inc. 3.01% 2,745,048 $43.1M Add +3.1%
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond 2.93% 993,921 $41.9M Reduce -1.1%
OBDC Blue Owl Capital Corp. 2.91% 2,712,077 $41.7M Add +4.2%
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD 2.65% 1,980,675 $37.9M Reduce -0.1%
EMHY iShares J.P. Morgan Em High 2.48% 958,703 $35.5M Add +0.2%
FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI 2.33% 2,094,182 $33.3M Add +0.8%
FXED Sound Enhanced Fixed Income 2.24% 1,741,187 $32.0M Add +4.7%
PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca 2.14% 2,656,568 $30.7M Reduce -22.9%
BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F 1.63% 759,655 $23.3M Add +140837.9%
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 1.60% 238,748 $22.8M Add +7.7%
DIVY Sound Equity Dividend Income 1.54% 875,121 $22.0M Add +4.0%
T AT&T Inc. 1.50% 1,119,472 $21.4M Add +4.1%
CHEESECAKE FACTORY (THE) (CAKE 0.375 06/15/26) 1.45% 939,579 $20.7M New
OMC Omnicom Group 1.41% 224,208 $20.1M Add +7.8%
ENB Enbridge Inc. 1.37% 552,723 $19.7M Add +7.8%
C Citigroup Inc. 1.35% 305,153 $19.4M Add +7.6%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 1.30% 662,540 $18.5M Add +7.7%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.28% 87,269 $18.4M Add +12.8%
GEF.B Greif Inc. Class B 1.27% 291,189 $18.2M Add +7.6%
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 1.27% 105,123 $18.2M Add +3.8%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.27% 105,962 $18.2M Add +3.6%
OKE Oneok Inc. 1.26% 221,115 $18.0M Add +7.3%
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. 1.26% 355,824 $18.0M Reduce -1.1%
PDCO Patterson Cos Inc. 1.13% 667,873 $16.1M Add +7.8%
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. 1.07% 322,833 $15.3M Reduce -13.7%
PFG Principal Financial Group 1.07% 195,216 $15.3M Add +7.4%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 1.02% 96,610 $14.7M Add +6.4%
CSWC Capital Southwest Corp. 1.01% 555,387 $14.5M Add +1.0%
MTB M & T Bank Corp. filed as M & T BK CORP 0.99% 93,841 $14.2M Add +7.8%
VLO Valero Energy Corp. 0.94% 85,612 $13.4M Reduce -7.8%
GSK GSK PLC-Spon ADR 0.90% 333,795 $12.9M Add +6.5%
EIX Edison International 0.89% 178,033 $12.8M Add +24.0%
O Realty Income Corp. 0.85% 229,017 $12.1M Add +9.2%
VICI Vici Properties Inc. filed as VICI PPTYS INC 0.84% 420,698 $12.0M Add +11.2%
OGN Organon & Co. 0.83% 572,207 $11.8M Add +7.5%
PK Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 0.83% 789,754 $11.8M Add +9.7%
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust 0.80% 734,769 $11.4M Add +12.3%
HRB H&R Block Inc. filed as BLOCK H & R INC 0.79% 208,233 $11.3M Reduce -23.6%
NNN NNN REIT Inc. 0.79% 264,905 $11.3M Add +451.3%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie 0.79% 249,439 $11.3M Add +13.1%
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc. 0.77% 493,899 $11.0M Add +7.2%
WHF Whitehorse Finance Inc. 0.73% 855,223 $10.5M Add +5.3%
DOW Dow Inc. 0.73% 196,848 $10.4M Add +6.5%
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. filed as NATIONAL HEALTH INVS INC 0.72% 153,119 $10.4M Add +21963.3%
CRI Carter's Inc. 0.72% 167,305 $10.4M Add +67.0%
APLE Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. 0.72% 712,608 $10.4M Add +15.3%
UL Unilever PLC 0.71% 184,494 $10.1M Add +7.5%
ETR Entergy Corp. 0.71% 94,350 $10.1M Add +6.7%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.66% 48,859 $9.4M Add +10.4%
XRX Xerox Holdings Corp. 0.66% 807,889 $9.4M Add +7.4%
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. 0.64% 364,231 $9.1M Add +22.3%
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. 0.63% 311,761 $9.1M Add +36.8%
HAS Hasbro Inc. 0.61% 149,418 $8.7M Add +7.8%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Co. Class A 0.61% 109,298 $8.7M Add +7.0%
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call 0.60% 486,530 $8.6M Add +119.5%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. 0.56% 443,721 $8.1M Add +8.3%
JNK SS SPDR BB High Yield Bond 0.54% 81,378 $7.7M Add +8.1%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.49% 15,830 $7.1M Add +12.5%
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF 0.46% 72,465 $6.7M Add +14108.8%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 0.46% 36,154 $6.6M Add +1.0%
BCO The Brink's Co. 0.44% 62,033 $6.4M Add +8.4%
CRBG Corebridge Financial Inc. 0.40% 196,444 $5.7M Add +6.8%
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors 0.40% 166,576 $5.7M Reduce -8.9%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.39% 10,311 $5.6M Add +1.1%
SJNK SS SPDR BB St Hi Yield ETF 0.39% 224,743 $5.6M Add +4.1%
WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 0.39% 463,745 $5.6M Add +6.7%
HYHG Proshares High Yield Interes 0.39% 86,771 $5.6M Add +3.5%
IGBH iShares Interest Rate Hedged 0.38% 225,616 $5.5M Add +5.1%
HYGH iShares Int Rate Hedg HY ETF 0.38% 64,007 $5.4M Add +5.6%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.36% 7,684 $5.2M Reduce -7.7%
PFLD Aam Low Dur Pref & Inc. Sec 0.36% 245,471 $5.2M Add +3.7%
FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF 0.35% 285,750 $5.0M Add +5.4%
PSK SS SPDR Ice Pref Sec ETF 0.34% 144,311 $4.9M Add +8.6%
PGX Invesco Preferred ETF 0.34% 422,794 $4.9M Add +8.2%
PFFD Global X US Preferred ETF 0.34% 246,609 $4.9M Add +7.1%
PFXF Vaneck Pref Sec X-Financials 0.34% 279,449 $4.8M Add +7.3%
PFFA Virtus Infracap US Pref STCK 0.34% 228,443 $4.8M Add +6.5%
SPFF Global X Superincome Prefer 0.33% 513,764 $4.7M Add +8.1%
WDC Western Digital Corp. 0.33% 61,722 $4.7M Reduce -13.4%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.32% 37,405 $4.6M Add +23.6%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.30% 4,761 $4.3M Reduce -0.4%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Co. Class B 0.27% 76,556 $3.9M Add +8.2%
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. 0.26% 117,490 $3.8M Add +7.4%
STLA Stellantis NV 0.26% 190,416 $3.8M Add +6.7%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.25% 19,395 $3.5M Add +43.1%
BERY Berry Global Group Inc. 0.24% 59,118 $3.5M Add +8.1%
GPN Global Payments Inc. 0.23% 34,641 $3.3M Add +9.2%
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. filed as BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.22% 52,580 $3.1M Add +8.6%
CAG Conagra Brands Inc. 0.22% 109,956 $3.1M Add +8.4%
LKQ LKQ Corp. 0.22% 74,601 $3.1M Add +248570.0%
PRU Prudential Financial Inc. 0.21% 26,123 $3.1M Add +7.7%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 0.21% 14,194 $3.1M Add +204.1%
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. 0.21% 118,305 $2.9M Add +14799.9%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 0.20% 87,339 $2.9M Add +8.7%
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.20% 6,022 $2.9M Add +26.8%
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu 0.20% 24,950 $2.8M Add +28.5%
TSLA Tesla Inc. 0.19% 13,642 $2.7M Add +40.3%

Show all 1,356 holdings

Other holdings (5): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $169.4M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
IRS.WS Irsa Inversiones Y Rep -CW26 *W EXP 05/12/202 7,936,083$169.4MNew
DJTWW Trump Media & Technology Gro *W EXP 03/25/202 952$20KNo change
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 180$7KAdd +15.4%
NOBLE CORP PLC-28 *W EXP 02/04/202 158$3KNo change
BIO GREEN MED SOLUTION (BGMS 6 PERP) PFD CONV EX 6% 94$888Reduce -48.4%
Lines left out (15) · $139 — a value with no share or principal amount
SecurityClassSharesValue
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth RUS 2000 GRW ETF0$38
XAR SS SPDR S&P Aerospace Def ST STR SP AERO0$19
LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp FST LOW OPPT EFT0$18
XES SS SPDR S&P Og Eqp & Serv SP O&G EQP SERV0$18
WTBN Wisdomtree Bianco TR Fund BIANCO TOTL RETU0$12
SYLD Cambria Shareholder Yield Et SHSHLD YIELD ETF0$10
PAGP Plains GP Holdings LP LTD PARTNR INT A0$9
FTA First Trust L C Val Alp COM SHS0$4
RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend RISNG DIVD ACHIV0$2
FTXO First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF NASDAQ BK ETF0$2
KEMX Kraneshares MSCI E-MKT Ex-CH MSCI EMG EX CH0$2
ERC Allspring Multi-Sector Inc. COM0$2
FXN First Trust Energy Alphadex ENERGY ALPHADX0$1
NXTG First Trust Indxx Nextg ETF INDXX NEXTG ETF0$1
BNDC NT Core Bond ETF CRE SLCT BD FD0$1

Filed with a value but no share or principal amount (a cash line, a holding rounded to 0 shares), so they are kept out of the holdings, totals and percentages.

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.6B.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

PFLT Pennantpark Floating Rate Ca Reduce -22.9% 2.14% −0.79
XRN Global Medical REIT Inc. Reduce -98.5% 0.01% −0.69
GNL Global Net Lease Inc. Reduce -97.8% 0.01% −0.58
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -13.7% 1.07% −0.32
SHYG iShares 0-5 YR HY Corp. Bond Reduce -1.1% 2.93% −0.26
VLO Valero Energy Corp. Reduce -7.8% 0.94% −0.25
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Va Reduce -89.8% 0.02% −0.22
HRB H&R Block Inc. Reduce -23.6% 0.79% −0.21
HYEM Vaneck Emrg MKTS Hi YLD Reduce -0.1% 2.65% −0.18
LEVI Levi Strauss & Co. Class A Reduce -99.1% 0.00% −0.14
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD Reduce -82.7% 0.02% −0.13
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Reduce -98.6% 0.00% −0.13
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -49.2% 0.11% −0.12
WBD Warner Bros Discovery Inc. Reduce -93.7% 0.00% −0.09
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Reduce -77.9% 0.01% −0.04
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Reduce -46.1% 0.04% −0.04
WDC Western Digital Corp. Reduce -13.4% 0.33% −0.04
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.03
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Reduce -8.9% 0.40% −0.03
ESGU iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Reduce -62.2% 0.02% −0.03
UUP Invesco DB US Dollar Index B Reduce -76.2% 0.01% −0.03
VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF Reduce -67.4% 0.01% −0.03
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E Reduce -26.9% 0.05% −0.03
DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF Reduce -98.0% 0.00% −0.03
PROSHARES SHORT MSCI EAFE Reduce -76.3% 0.01% −0.03
PROSHARES SHORT S&P500 Reduce -76.3% 0.01% −0.03
EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF Reduce -25.8% 0.05% −0.02
PECO Phillips Edison & Company Inc. Reduce -25.3% 0.04% −0.02
OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.02
PLYM Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. Reduce -7.5% 0.08% −0.02
PH Parker Hannifin Corp. Reduce -4.8% 0.07% −0.02
MAIN Main Street Capital Corp. Reduce -1.1% 1.26% −0.02
NFLX Netflix Inc. Reduce -7.7% 0.36% −0.02
SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF Reduce -97.0% 0.00% −0.02
SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF Reduce -97.3% 0.00% −0.01
ITIC Investors Title Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Reduce -1.5% 0.05% −0.01
CAT Caterpillar Inc. Reduce -9.7% 0.04% −0.01
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Reduce -70.0% 0.01% −0.01
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Ra Sold out 0.00% −0.01
CVX Chevron Corp. Reduce -5.6% 0.07% −0.01
USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac Reduce -95.9% 0.00% −0.01
BP BP PLC-Spons ADR Reduce -49.3% 0.01% −0.01
CRM Salesforce Inc. Reduce -34.9% 0.01% −0.01
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -0.3% 0.06% −0.01
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -17.3% 0.02% −0.01
AMGN Amgen Inc. Reduce -35.8% 0.02% −0.01
ORCL Oracle Corp. Reduce -27.0% 0.03% −0.01
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Reduce -0.8% 0.12% −0.01
CVS CVS Health Corp. Reduce -18.4% 0.01% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

BXSL Blackstone Secured Lending F Add +140837.9% 1.63% +1.62
CHEESECAKE FACTORY (THE) (CAKE 0.375 06/15/26) New 1.45% +1.45
NHI Natl Health Investors Inc. Add +21963.3% 0.72% +0.72
NNN NNN REIT Inc. Add +451.3% 0.79% +0.64
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Add +14108.8% 0.46% +0.46
QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call Add +119.5% 0.60% +0.30
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +12.8% 1.28% +0.29
LKQ LKQ Corp. Add +248570.0% 0.22% +0.22
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. Add +14799.9% 0.21% +0.20
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc. Add +1.3% 3.84% +0.19
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF Add +16510.0% 0.17% +0.17
USDU Wisdomtree BBG Usd Bullish New 0.17% +0.17
ACUITYADS HLDGS INC New 0.15% +0.15
GLD SPDR Gold Shares Add +204.1% 0.21% +0.14
EIX Edison International Add +24.0% 0.89% +0.14
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Add +23.6% 0.32% +0.12
CTRE Caretrust REIT Inc. Add +22.3% 0.64% +0.10
CRI Carter's Inc. Add +67.0% 0.72% +0.09
T AT&T Inc. Add +4.1% 1.50% +0.08
OGN Organon & Co. Add +7.5% 0.83% +0.08
IPG Interpublic Group of Cos Inc. Add +36.8% 0.63% +0.08
SRE Sempra Add +2591.3% 0.08% +0.08
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +78.8% 0.18% +0.08
UL Unilever PLC Add +7.5% 0.71% +0.07
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +10.4% 0.66% +0.06
TSLA Tesla Inc. Add +40.3% 0.19% +0.06
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Add +43.1% 0.25% +0.06
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Add +1.0% 0.46% +0.06
PINE Alpine Income Property Trust Add +12.3% 0.80% +0.05
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Add +12.5% 0.49% +0.05
BAC Bank of America Corp. Add +288.1% 0.07% +0.05
BCO The Brink's Co. Add +8.4% 0.44% +0.05
DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. Add +598.8% 0.06% +0.05
MTB M & T Bank Corp. Add +7.8% 0.99% +0.05
WBS Webster Financial Corp. Add +1859.0% 0.05% +0.04
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +26.8% 0.20% +0.04
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +25.2% 0.17% +0.04
IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF Add +4184.1% 0.03% +0.03
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +36.6% 0.15% +0.03
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Propertie Add +13.1% 0.79% +0.03
SILA Sila Realty Trust Inc. New 0.03% +0.03
OKE Oneok Inc. Add +7.3% 1.26% +0.03
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu Add +28.5% 0.20% +0.03
SEE Sealed Air Corp. Add +37.3% 0.16% +0.03
HAS Hasbro Inc. Add +7.8% 0.61% +0.03
CWT California Water Service Grp New 0.02% +0.02
GD General Dynamics Corp. Add +1367.8% 0.03% +0.02
IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui Add +67.4% 0.06% +0.02
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Add +27.7% 0.14% +0.02
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +9.4% 0.11% +0.02

Notes & Other Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024

IRS.WS Irsa Inversiones Y Rep -CW26 *W EXP 05/12/202 New 7,936,083 $169.4M
OXY.WS Occidental Petroleum-CW27 *W EXP 08/03/202 Add +15.4% 180 $7K
BIO GREEN MED SOLUTION (BGMS 6 PERP) PFD CONV EX 6% Reduce -48.4% 94 $888
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth RUS 2000 GRW ETF Reduce -100.0% 0 $38
SCI Service Corp. International COM Sold out 0 $24before exit
IBND SS SPDR BB Intl Corp. BD ETF SST SPDR BLOOMBE Sold out 0 $12before exit
FTA First Trust L C Val Alp COM SHS Reduce -100.0% 0 $4
RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend RISNG DIVD ACHIV Reduce -100.0% 0 $2
FTXO First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF NASDAQ BK ETF Reduce -100.0% 0 $2
FXN First Trust Energy Alphadex ENERGY ALPHADX Reduce -100.0% 0 $1
BNDC NT Core Bond ETF CRE SLCT BD FD Reduce -100.0% 0 $1
DOUG Douglas Elliman Inc. COM Reduce -100.0% 0 $0

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 482$2.2BHTGC, ARCC, GBDC, TSLX, OBDC
Q1 2026 2,576$2.1BHTGC, ARCC, GBDC, TSLX, OBDC
Q4 2025 2,501$2.1BTSLX, ARCC, HTGC, GBDC, OBDC
Q3 2025 1,670$1.8BTSLX, ARCC, HTGC, GBDC, SHYG
Q2 2025 1,585$1.7BTSLX, ARCC, HTGC, GBDC, OBDC
Q1 2025 1,529$1.7BHTGC, TSLX, ARCC, GBDC, OBDC
Q4 2024 1,444$1.6BHTGC, ARCC, TSLX, GBDC, OBDC
Q3 2024 1,385$1.6BHTGC, ARCC, TSLX, GBDC, SHYG
Q2 2024 1,356$1.4BHTGC, TSLX, ARCC, GBDC, SHYG
Q1 2024 1,333$1.3BHTGC, TSLX, GBDC, ARCC, SHYG