Vertex Planning Partners, LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 18, 2025), Vertex Planning Partners, LLC reported 200 stock positions worth $521.4 million. Its top holding was Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) at 13.1% of the portfolio, followed by JPMorgan US Quality Factor (JQUA, 7.8%) and Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre (USFR, 5.2%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 16 new positions, sold out of 4, added to 104 and reduced 50. The biggest buy was Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF (XLG, shares +102%) and the biggest sale Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre (USFR, shares −11%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- DOWNERS GROVE, IL
- CIK
- 0001942341
- Portfolio Value
- $521.4M (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0002085853-25-000286 ↗ filed Nov 18, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 200 stocks · $521.4M
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 13.14% | 874,721 | $68.5M | Add +3.1% |
| JQUA JPMorgan US Quality Factor | 7.79% | 645,295 | $40.6M | Add +0.6% |
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | 5.19% | 538,485 | $27.1M | Reduce -11.1% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.41% | 90,392 | $23.0M | Reduce -0.1% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 3.21% | 159,939 | $16.7M | Add +1.8% |
| BIDD iShares International Divide | 2.69% | 502,102 | $14.1M | Add +4.7% |
| JTEK JPMorgan US Tech Leaders | 2.62% | 148,577 | $13.7M | Add +3.7% |
| TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Ra | 2.61% | 269,069 | $13.6M | Reduce -8.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 2.53% | 19,776 | $13.2M | Reduce -2.8% |
| DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. | 2.24% | 197,006 | $11.7M | Add +9.5% |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | 2.04% | 88,005 | $10.6M | Reduce -1.1% |
| HEFA Isha Curr Hedged MSCI Eafe | 1.88% | 248,026 | $9.8M | Add +3.4% |
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | 1.87% | 169,614 | $9.8M | Add +101.8% |
| IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bo | 1.67% | 73,035 | $8.7M | Add +5.0% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 1.65% | 173,108 | $8.6M | Add +3.8% |
| MBB iShares MBS ETF | 1.64% | 90,089 | $8.6M | Add +5.4% |
| IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | 1.64% | 41,412 | $8.6M | Add +3.2% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.56% | 120,146 | $8.1M | Reduce -26.2% |
| DTD Wisdomtree US Total Dividend | 1.54% | 95,648 | $8.0M | Add +2.3% |
| HEEM iShares Crncy Hedgd MSCI Em | 1.19% | 184,150 | $6.2M | Add +3.1% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.13% | 8,832 | $5.9M | Reduce -0.6% |
| SCHZ Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF | 1.03% | 229,453 | $5.4M | Add +0.4% |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | 1.02% | 27,432 | $5.3M | Reduce -2.9% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.95% | 115,973 | $5.0M | Add +2.7% |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | 0.95% | 105,879 | $4.9M | Reduce -23.8% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.93% | 74,670 | $4.9M | Add +5.1% |
| BAI Ishrs AI in and Tech Act ETF | 0.93% | 141,298 | $4.8M | Add +137.2% |
| THRO iShares U.S. Thematic Rotati | 0.89% | 122,893 | $4.7M | Add +3.2% |
| BMO Bank of Montreal filed as BANK MONTREAL QUE | 0.80% | 31,959 | $4.2M | No change |
| SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF | 0.75% | 83,064 | $3.9M | Reduce -15.2% |
| JMST JPM Ultra-Short Muni Income filed as J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F | 0.74% | 75,968 | $3.9M | Add +34.6% |
| XCEM Columbia Em Core Ex-China | 0.72% | 102,624 | $3.7M | Add +2.8% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.71% | 15,902 | $3.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury | 0.69% | 34,702 | $3.6M | Reduce -0.6% |
| SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | 0.67% | 28,855 | $3.5M | Add +1.1% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.65% | 44,138 | $3.4M | Add +88.9% |
| EMXC iShares MSCI Emr MRK Ex Chna | 0.63% | 48,791 | $3.3M | Add +0.6% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.59% | 46,319 | $3.1M | Reduce -8.5% |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.58% | 54,901 | $3.0M | Add +1.2% |
| SPMB SS SPDR P Mort Back Bond ETF | 0.52% | 121,289 | $2.7M | Add +1.2% |
| ICSH iShares Ultra Short Duration | 0.48% | 49,190 | $2.5M | Add +5.5% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.48% | 4,128 | $2.5M | Add +5.3% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 0.47% | 4,762 | $2.5M | Add +5.2% |
| SHLD Global X Defense Tech ETF | 0.47% | 34,904 | $2.5M | New |
| IAGG iShares Intl Aggregate Bond | 0.45% | 45,564 | $2.3M | Add +3.1% |
| IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF | 0.44% | 6,325 | $2.3M | No change |
| IWV iShares Russell 3000 ETF | 0.42% | 5,815 | $2.2M | Add +6.3% |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | 0.40% | 27,712 | $2.1M | New |
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | 0.38% | 37,571 | $2.0M | Add +6.0% |
| CME Cme Group Inc. | 0.36% | 6,964 | $1.9M | Add +0.1% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 0.36% | 9,956 | $1.9M | Add +21.6% |
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | 0.35% | 17,897 | $1.8M | Add +271.9% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.35% | 3,808 | $1.8M | No change |
| XTEN Bondbloxx BBG 10Y US TSY ETF | 0.32% | 35,743 | $1.7M | Add +8.3% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 0.31% | 17,778 | $1.6M | Reduce -17.5% |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | 0.30% | 8,088 | $1.6M | Reduce -39.1% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 0.29% | 6,862 | $1.5M | Add +14.4% |
| DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF | 0.28% | 10,418 | $1.5M | Add +0.2% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.25% | 6,964 | $1.3M | Add +0.2% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.25% | 4,643 | $1.3M | Reduce -62.3% |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | 0.24% | 11,884 | $1.3M | Add +9.8% |
| IDHQ Invesco S&P International DE | 0.24% | 37,390 | $1.3M | Add +0.1% |
| SPTI SS SPDR P Int Term TSY ETF | 0.24% | 43,247 | $1.2M | Add +7.1% |
| SUB iShares Short-Term National | 0.24% | 11,550 | $1.2M | Add +5.5% |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | 0.23% | 14,178 | $1.2M | Add +0.2% |
| RPG Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth | 0.22% | 23,694 | $1.1M | No change |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.21% | 3,066 | $1.1M | Add +13.1% |
| SPUS SP Funds S&P Sharia Indu Exc | 0.21% | 22,048 | $1.1M | Reduce -3.0% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.20% | 9,989 | $1.0M | Add +4.0% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.20% | 5,526 | $1.0M | Add +4.2% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.19% | 4,055 | $986K | Add +5.7% |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | 0.19% | 6,740 | $982K | Reduce -0.5% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.19% | 3,985 | $971K | Add +5.5% |
| IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF | 0.18% | 9,663 | $933K | Add +1.6% |
| MMIN Nylim Mackay Muni Insured Et filed as NEW YORK LIFE INVTS ACTIVE E | 0.18% | 39,154 | $932K | Reduce -1.5% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.17% | 6,669 | $893K | Reduce -8.8% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.17% | 7,395 | $879K | Add +0.9% |
| BILS SS Spdrb B 3-12M T-Bill ETF | 0.17% | 8,751 | $871K | Reduce -23.2% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 0.16% | 3,023 | $850K | Add +3.1% |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.16% | 7,461 | $850K | Reduce -80.5% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 0.16% | 10,501 | $847K | Reduce -9.4% |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | 0.16% | 8,250 | $831K | New |
| ACWV iShares MSCI Global Min Vol | 0.16% | 6,896 | $827K | No change |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.15% | 1,097 | $806K | Add +9.8% |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | 0.15% | 13,589 | $781K | Reduce -1.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.15% | 2,471 | $779K | Add +9.3% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.15% | 2,534 | $770K | Reduce -1.6% |
| XLI SS Industrial Select Sector | 0.15% | 4,980 | $768K | Add +8.6% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.15% | 1,587 | $757K | Add +1.5% |
| DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity M | 0.14% | 16,268 | $744K | Add +3.1% |
| BP BP PLC-Spons ADR | 0.14% | 21,168 | $729K | Reduce -10.0% |
| PAAA Pgim Aaa Clo ETF | 0.14% | 13,745 | $708K | New |
| IGEB iShares Investment Grade SYS | 0.13% | 15,204 | $700K | Add +11.8% |
| MUNI PIMCO Intermediate Municipal | 0.13% | 13,251 | $693K | Add +9.7% |
| USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Fac | 0.13% | 7,059 | $672K | Add +11.7% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.13% | 2,024 | $668K | Add +17.9% |
| EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi | 0.13% | 7,010 | $667K | Reduce -1.8% |
| SCHX Schwab US Large-Cap ETF | 0.13% | 25,051 | $660K | No change |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.12% | 7,312 | $638K | Add +10.1% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.12% | 4,063 | $624K | Add +1.8% |
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| USFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Tre | Reduce -11.1% | 5.19% | −1.17 |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | Reduce -80.5% | 0.16% | −0.73 |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | Reduce -26.2% | 1.56% | −0.60 |
| TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Ra | Reduce -8.3% | 2.61% | −0.49 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Reduce -62.3% | 0.25% | −0.40 |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | Reduce -23.8% | 0.95% | −0.39 |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | Reduce -39.1% | 0.30% | −0.18 |
| SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF | Reduce -15.2% | 0.75% | −0.13 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -17.5% | 0.31% | −0.10 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Reduce -2.8% | 2.53% | −0.10 |
| BILS SS Spdrb B 3-12M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -23.2% | 0.17% | −0.07 |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | Reduce -2.9% | 1.02% | −0.06 |
| TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury | Reduce -0.6% | 0.69% | −0.05 |
| VGK Vanguard Ftse Europe ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | Reduce -8.5% | 0.59% | −0.05 |
| TFI SS SPDR N Ice Muni Bond ETF | Reduce -33.8% | 0.08% | −0.05 |
| CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| PAYX Paychex Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.04 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -8.8% | 0.17% | −0.04 |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Reduce -3.3% | 0.08% | −0.03 |
| JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF | Reduce -14.6% | 0.09% | −0.02 |
| PXF Invesco Rafi Developed Marke | Reduce -27.8% | 0.05% | −0.02 |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | Reduce -9.4% | 0.16% | −0.02 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -0.6% | 1.13% | −0.02 |
| PSN Parsons Corp. | Reduce -19.6% | 0.10% | −0.02 |
| MMIN Nylim Mackay Muni Insured Et | Reduce -1.5% | 0.18% | −0.01 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.05% | −0.01 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.09% | −0.01 |
| DTH Wisdomtree International Hig | Reduce -10.0% | 0.09% | −0.01 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.07% | −0.01 |
| EMB iShares JP Morgan Usd Emergi | Reduce -1.8% | 0.13% | −0.01 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Reduce -1.6% | 0.15% | −0.01 |
| COWZ Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF | Reduce -1.2% | 0.15% | −0.01 |
| BP BP PLC-Spons ADR | Reduce -10.0% | 0.14% | −0.01 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -3.4% | 0.10% | −0.01 |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -1.1% | 2.04% | −0.01 |
| IYK iShares US Consumer Staples | Reduce -2.5% | 0.04% | −0.01 |
| QYLD Global X Nasd 100 Cov Call | Reduce -1.5% | 0.07% | −0.01 |
| HDV iShares Core High Dividend E | Reduce -3.9% | 0.06% | −0.00 |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | Reduce -2.6% | 0.09% | −0.00 |
| MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap | Reduce -1.0% | 0.10% | −0.00 |
| DBEF Xtrackers MSCI Eafe Hedged E | Reduce -2.4% | 0.06% | −0.00 |
| ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. | Reduce -0.5% | 0.19% | −0.00 |
| DEW Wisdomtree Global High Divid | Reduce -0.7% | 0.06% | −0.00 |
| SPUS SP Funds S&P Sharia Indu Exc | Reduce -3.0% | 0.21% | −0.00 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Reduce -2.1% | 0.06% | −0.00 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Reduce -0.3% | 0.11% | −0.00 |
| ESGU iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA | Reduce -0.1% | 0.05% | −0.00 |
| LCTU iShares U.S. Carbon Transiti | Reduce -0.2% | 0.05% | −0.00 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | Add +101.8% | 1.87% | +0.96 |
| BAI Ishrs AI in and Tech Act ETF | Add +137.2% | 0.93% | +0.57 |
| SHLD Global X Defense Tech ETF | New | 0.47% | +0.47 |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | New | 0.40% | +0.40 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Add +88.9% | 0.65% | +0.33 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +3.1% | 13.14% | +0.27 |
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | Add +271.9% | 0.35% | +0.25 |
| DYNF Ishrs US E F R A ETF-Usd Inc. | Add +9.5% | 2.24% | +0.19 |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| JMST JPM Ultra-Short Muni Income | Add +34.6% | 0.74% | +0.14 |
| PAAA Pgim Aaa Clo ETF | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| JTEK JPMorgan US Tech Leaders | Add +3.7% | 2.62% | +0.10 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +21.6% | 0.36% | +0.09 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +1.8% | 3.21% | +0.08 |
| HEEM iShares Crncy Hedgd MSCI Em | Add +3.1% | 1.19% | +0.07 |
| BDYN iShares DYN Act ETF | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| TOUS T Rowe PRC International Eq | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| XLF SS Financial Select Sector | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| SCHG Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +5.7% | 0.19% | +0.05 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +5.5% | 0.19% | +0.05 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | New | 0.05% | +0.05 |
| DFAE Dimensional Emerging Core Eq | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| IGF iShares Global Infrastructur | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| USB US Bancorp | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| DFGR Dim Global Real Estate ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| TCAF T Rowe PRC Cap Appreciation | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| CWB SS SPDR BB Conv Sec ETF | New | 0.04% | +0.04 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Add +13.1% | 0.21% | +0.04 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +37.5% | 0.08% | +0.03 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +17.9% | 0.13% | +0.03 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | Add +3.1% | 0.16% | +0.03 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +4.2% | 0.20% | +0.03 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +5.3% | 0.48% | +0.02 |
| IWV iShares Russell 3000 ETF | Add +6.3% | 0.42% | +0.02 |
| GLTR Abrdn Precious Metals Basket | Add +25.3% | 0.07% | +0.02 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Add +1.5% | 0.15% | +0.02 |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | Add +5.1% | 0.93% | +0.01 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +14.4% | 0.29% | +0.01 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +24.9% | 0.08% | +0.01 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +9.3% | 0.15% | +0.01 |
| SHYM iShares Short Duration High | Add +24.5% | 0.09% | +0.01 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +9.8% | 0.08% | +0.01 |
| MUST Columbia Multi-Sect Muni Inc. | Add +22.6% | 0.06% | +0.01 |
| THRO iShares U.S. Thematic Rotati | Add +3.2% | 0.89% | +0.01 |
| GOVT iShares US Treasury Bond ETF | Add +25.2% | 0.05% | +0.01 |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond E | Add +9.8% | 0.24% | +0.01 |
| MEAR Ishrs Short Mat Muni Act ETF | Add +17.6% | 0.08% | +0.01 |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | Add +10.1% | 0.12% | +0.01 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 158 | $673.5M | SPYM, JQUA, USFR, TFLO, DYNF |
| Q1 2026 | 135 | $514.9M | SPYM, TFLO, USFR, JQUA, AAPL |
| Q4 2025 | 130 | $430.4M | SPYM, JQUA, USFR, AAPL, SPY |
| Q3 2025 | 200 | $521.4M | SPYM, JQUA, USFR, AAPL, SPYG |
| Q2 2025 | 188 | $479.0M | SPYM, JQUA, USFR, AAPL, SPYG |
| Q1 2025 | 180 | $458.1M | SPYM, JQUA, USFR, AAPL, HELO |
| Q4 2024 | 181 | $453.3M | SPYM, JQUA, USFR, AAPL, HELO |
| Q3 2024 | 160 | $418.3M | JQUA, USFR, SPYM, IVV, SPY |
| Q2 2024 | 153 | $385.4M | JQUA, USFR, SPYM, IVV, SPY |
| Q1 2024 | 153 | $361.5M | JQUA, USFR, SPYM, IVV, SPY |