Brouwer & Janachowski 13F annual report

Brouwer & Janachowski is an investment fund managing more than $574 million ran by Liza Esselsagoe. There are currently 44 companies in Mrs. Esselsagoe’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Ishares Tr, together worth $311 million.

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$574 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 12th October 2021, Brouwer & Janachowski’s top holding is 526,011 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $207 million and making up 36.2% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 484,679 shares of Ishares Tr worth $104 million. The third-largest holding is Schwab Strategic Tr worth $80.6 million and the next is Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc worth $47.7 million, with 237,947 shares owned.

Currently, Brouwer & Janachowski's portfolio is worth at least $574 million. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Brouwer & Janachowski

The Brouwer & Janachowski office and employees reside in Mill Valley, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Liza Esselsagoe serves as the Compliance Manager at Brouwer & Janachowski.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Brouwer & Janachowski revealed that it had opened a new position in First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi and bought 695,669 shares worth $14.2 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Index Fds by buying 8,558 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Index Fds total 526,011 shares worth $207 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Brouwer & Janachowski is getting rid of from its portfolio. Brouwer & Janachowski closed its position in Ishares Inc on 19th October 2021. It sold the previously owned 61,622 shares for $3.25 million. Liza Esselsagoe also disclosed a decreased stake in Ishares Tr by 0.6%. This leaves the value of the investment at $104 million and 484,679 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Brouwer & Janachowski are Basso Capital Management, L.P. and Aigen Investment Management, L.P.. They manage $574 million and $574 million respectively.


Liza Esselsagoe investment strategy

Brouwer & Janachowski’s portfolio is diversified across 7 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 1.0% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 40.9% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 32% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $536 billion.

The complete list of Brouwer & Janachowski trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on October 19th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Vanguard Index Fds
1.65%
526,011
$207,459,000 36.17%
Ishares Tr
55.81%
484,679
$103,820,000 18.10%
Schwab Strategic Tr
5.84%
1,103,118
$80,610,000 14.05%
Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc
0.41%
237,947
$47,722,000 8.32%
Proshares Tr
32.25%
354,909
$31,420,000 5.48%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
14.20%
294,340
$25,151,000 4.38%
Ishares Inc
303.31%
327,486
$15,759,000 2.75%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
Opened
695,669
$14,171,000 2.47%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
20.14%
180,800
$8,736,000 1.52%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
8.91%
13,686
$5,873,000 1.02%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
80.95%
20,318
$5,546,000 0.97%
Vanguard World Fd
73.75%
67,934
$6,025,000 1.05%
Ishares Inc
Closed
61,622
$3,254,000
Spdr Ser Tr
Closed
72,225
$2,217,000
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
4.07%
49,018
$5,385,000 0.94%
Apple Inc
7.57%
13,789
$1,951,000 0.34%
Etf Ser Solutions
Closed
39,869
$1,729,000
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Opened
33,144
$1,718,000 0.30%
Microsoft Corporation
11.81%
5,017
$1,415,000 0.25%
Vanguard World Fd
Opened
16,339
$1,009,000 0.18%
Vanguard World Fds
No change
1,767
$709,000 0.12%
Facebook Inc
Opened
1,870
$635,000 0.11%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
No change
10,287
$574,000 0.10%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
1.66%
21,902
$548,000 0.10%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
105.74%
932
$532,000 0.09%
Johnson Johnson
23.99%
2,961
$478,000 0.08%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Closed
3,421
$399,000
Amazon.com Inc.
8.26%
118
$388,000 0.07%
Ishares Tr
Opened
11,323
$572,000 0.10%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
2.55%
2,182
$357,000 0.06%
L3Harris Technologies Inc
Opened
1,554
$342,000 0.06%
Becton Dickinson Co
Opened
1,387
$341,000 0.06%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
Closed
3,310
$332,000
Procter And Gamble Co
0.79%
2,256
$315,000 0.05%
Alphabet Inc
Opened
221
$590,000 0.10%
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Opened
500
$288,000 0.05%
Sensient Technologies Corp.
Opened
3,144
$286,000 0.05%
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.
Opened
205
$282,000 0.05%
Trimble Inc
Opened
3,303
$272,000 0.05%
Church Dwight Inc
Opened
3,164
$261,000 0.05%
General Dynamics Corp.
Opened
1,312
$257,000 0.04%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
Opened
1,197
$247,000 0.04%
Mccormick Co Inc
Opened
2,974
$241,000 0.04%
Aptargroup Inc.
Opened
2,009
$240,000 0.04%
Middleby Corp.
Opened
1,328
$226,000 0.04%
Snap-on, Inc.
Opened
1,071
$224,000 0.04%
Ishares Tr
Closed
1,816
$214,000
WD-40 Co.
Opened
915
$212,000 0.04%
Square Inc
Opened
861
$207,000 0.04%
MSCI Inc
Opened
339
$206,000 0.04%
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