Black Swift 13F annual report

Black Swift is an investment fund managing more than $432 billion ran by Linda Casals. There are currently 85 companies in Mrs. Casals’s portfolio. The largest investments include Spdr Ser Tr and Ishares Tr, together worth $165 billion.

$432 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 30th July 2024, Black Swift’s top holding is 1,446,943 shares of Spdr Ser Tr currently worth over $115 billion and making up 26.7% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 477,045 shares of Ishares Tr worth $49.4 billion. The third-largest holding is Select Sector Spdr Tr worth $49.4 billion and the next is Series Portfolios Tr worth $15 billion, with 558,555 shares owned.

Currently, Black Swift's portfolio is worth at least $432 billion. 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 Black Swift

The Black Swift office and employees reside in Boulder, Colorado. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Linda Casals serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Black Swift.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Black Swift revealed that it had opened a new position in Banc of California Inc and bought 400,000 shares worth $5.11 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Banc of California Inc makes up 56.5% of the fund's Finance sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Spdr Ser Tr by buying 104,451 additional shares. This makes their stake in Spdr Ser Tr total 1,446,943 shares worth $115 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Black Swift is getting rid of from its portfolio. Black Swift closed its position in Vertiv Co on 6th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 86,000 shares for $7.02 billion. Linda Casals also disclosed a decreased stake in Global X Fds by 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $17.6 billion and 475,659 shares.

One of the average hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Black Swift are Herold Advisors and Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors. They manage $432 billion and $431 billion respectively.


Linda Casals investment strategy

Black Swift’s portfolio is diversified across 11 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 5.6% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 36.5% 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 31% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.2% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $250 billion.

The complete list of Black Swift trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 6th 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
Spdr Ser Tr
7.78%
1,446,943
$115,286,124,000 26.72%
Ishares Tr
38.18%
477,045
$49,366,228,000 11.44%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
8.67%
348,335
$49,397,784,000 11.45%
Series Portfolios Tr
6.06%
558,555
$14,966,650,000 3.47%
Global X Fds
11.33%
475,659
$17,570,677,000 4.07%
Wisdomtree Tr
0.25%
289,249
$18,173,080,000 4.21%
Novo-nordisk A S
11.88%
52,000
$7,422,480,000 1.72%
TransMedics Group, Inc.
854.00%
47,700
$7,184,574,000 1.66%
Vertiv Holdings Co
Closed
86,000
$7,023,620,000
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
32.72%
18,315
$7,018,125,000 1.63%
VanEck ETF Trust
183.54%
363,092
$13,867,113,000 3.21%
Eli Lilly Co
7.56%
7,368
$6,670,840,000 1.55%
Etfis Ser Tr I
5.36%
301,615
$6,342,963,000 1.47%
Accenture Plc Ireland
Closed
16,995
$5,890,637,000
Nu Hldgs Ltd
27.30%
415,000
$5,349,350,000 1.24%
Banc of California Inc
Opened
400,000
$5,112,000,000 1.18%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
88.30%
42,676
$4,932,518,000 1.14%
Ishares Tr
Opened
21,650
$4,392,569,000 1.02%
Microsoft Corporation
27.68%
9,359
$4,183,005,000 0.97%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
8.78%
7,448
$4,053,351,000 0.94%
Micron Technology Inc.
Opened
30,050
$3,952,477,000 0.92%
Vanguard World Fd
Closed
35,933
$3,679,141,000
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
Opened
20,010
$3,477,938,000 0.81%
Arm Holdings Plc
Opened
21,100
$3,452,382,000 0.80%
Ishares Inc
4.32%
60,734
$3,438,179,000 0.80%
Direxion Shs Etf Tr
Opened
114,741
$3,317,610,000 0.77%
Qualcomm, Inc.
3.57%
15,950
$3,176,921,000 0.74%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
27.92%
64,150
$3,117,690,000 0.72%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
9,000
$3,098,160,000 0.72%
Vanguard Index Fds
2.76%
9,172
$4,108,312,000 0.95%
Valaris Ltd
55.77%
40,500
$3,017,250,000 0.70%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
17.14%
7,251
$3,561,541,000 0.83%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.11%
15,207
$2,938,753,000 0.68%
MercadoLibre Inc
5.74%
1,750
$2,875,950,000 0.67%
Vici Pptys Inc
1.45%
87,563
$2,507,804,000 0.58%
Occidental Pete Corp
Closed
37,500
$2,437,125,000
Tidewater Inc.
10.87%
25,500
$2,427,855,000 0.56%
Coherent Corp
Opened
31,500
$2,282,490,000 0.53%
Visa Inc
Closed
8,000
$2,232,640,000
Expedia Group Inc
Opened
17,650
$2,223,724,000 0.52%
Dell Technologies Inc
68.63%
16,000
$2,206,560,000 0.51%
Apple Inc
5.98%
10,303
$2,170,018,000 0.50%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New
24.14%
13,525
$2,053,095,000 0.48%
e.l.f. Beauty Inc
Closed
10,000
$1,960,300,000
Aspen Aerogels Inc.
Opened
79,400
$1,893,690,000 0.44%
Boeing Co.
65.55%
10,250
$1,865,603,000 0.43%
Oaktree Specialty Lending Co
Closed
94,475
$1,857,379,000
Nutanix Inc
Closed
30,000
$1,851,600,000
Cameco Corp.
Opened
37,000
$1,820,400,000 0.42%
Nike, Inc.
Opened
23,750
$1,790,038,000 0.41%
Snowflake Inc.
Closed
10,290
$1,662,864,000
Kyndryl Hldgs Inc
Closed
75,000
$1,632,000,000
Tko Group Holdings Inc
Opened
14,350
$1,549,657,000 0.36%
Coty Inc
Closed
125,000
$1,495,000,000
Salesforce Inc
Opened
5,030
$1,293,213,000 0.30%
Datadog Inc
Closed
10,000
$1,236,000,000
Schwab Charles Corp
Opened
16,500
$1,215,885,000 0.28%
Texas Roadhouse Inc
No change
7,000
$1,201,970,000 0.28%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc
Closed
10,000
$1,103,100,000
Shift4 Pmts Inc
Opened
15,000
$1,100,250,000 0.25%
Coupang, Inc.
16.13%
52,000
$1,089,400,000 0.25%
Synchrony Financial
Closed
25,000
$1,078,000,000
Ishares Tr
Closed
21,450
$1,250,837,000
Asml Holding N V
66.67%
1,000
$1,022,730,000 0.24%
Teck Resources Ltd
Closed
21,000
$961,380,000
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
77.98%
45,205
$951,113,000 0.22%
R1 RCM Inc.
Closed
70,000
$901,600,000
American Centy Etf Tr
Opened
9,675
$868,041,000 0.20%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
74.08%
4,050
$819,153,000 0.19%
Marex Group Plc
Opened
40,000
$800,000,000 0.19%
Kinsale Cap Group Inc
Closed
1,500
$787,110,000
ATI Inc
Closed
15,000
$767,550,000
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
10,975
$732,801,000 0.17%
Alphabet Inc
No change
3,880
$711,670,000 0.16%
Altria Group Inc.
Closed
15,400
$671,748,000
Janus Detroit Str Tr
78.55%
13,650
$671,307,000 0.16%
Realty Income Corp.
10.07%
11,390
$601,620,000 0.14%
BondBloxx ETF Trust
Opened
13,280
$520,457,000 0.12%
Chevron Corp.
23.84%
3,195
$499,762,000 0.12%
Vanguard Index Fds
Closed
5,775
$499,422,000
Jefferies Finl Group Inc
Opened
10,000
$497,600,000 0.12%
Sound Point Meridian Cap Inc
Opened
22,500
$450,900,000 0.10%
Makemytrip Limited Mauritius
Opened
5,000
$420,500,000 0.10%
Franklin Templeton Etf Tr
46.50%
18,055
$412,322,000 0.10%
Intercontinental Exchange In
Closed
3,000
$412,290,000
NVIDIA Corp
939.47%
3,160
$390,386,000 0.09%
Astronics Corp.
Closed
20,000
$380,800,000
Citigroup Inc
Opened
5,915
$375,366,000 0.09%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
300
$356,691,000 0.08%
Ishares Bitcoin Tr
No change
10,000
$341,400,000 0.08%
Exchange Traded Concepts Tru
Opened
10,035
$331,900,000 0.08%
Eagle Point Credit Company I
60.78%
32,750
$329,138,000 0.08%
Energy Transfer L P
Opened
18,964
$307,596,000 0.07%
Take-two Interactive Softwar
Closed
2,000
$296,980,000
Sprott Fds Tr
Opened
6,000
$295,440,000 0.07%
Global X Fds
Opened
9,675
$291,024,000 0.07%
Live Nation Entertainment In
Closed
2,750
$290,868,000
Cloudflare Inc
Opened
3,500
$289,905,000 0.07%
Encore Wire Corp.
No change
1,000
$289,830,000 0.07%
United Airls Hldgs Inc
Opened
5,800
$282,228,000 0.07%
Hartford Finl Svcs Group Inc
Opened
2,750
$276,485,000 0.06%
Verra Mobility Corporation
Opened
10,000
$272,000,000 0.06%
Enbridge Inc
No change
7,500
$266,792,000 0.06%
Bank America Corp
Opened
6,500
$258,505,000 0.06%
Alphabet Inc
Opened
1,365
$248,635,000 0.06%
Eagle Point Income Company I
Closed
14,000
$233,100,000
Adobe Inc
0.99%
409
$227,216,000 0.05%
Aspen Technology Inc
Closed
1,000
$213,280,000
Verizon Communications Inc
Opened
5,000
$206,200,000 0.05%
Levi Strauss Co New
Closed
10,000
$199,900,000
The Real Brokerage Inc
No change
40,000
$162,400,000 0.04%
V F Corp
Opened
10,000
$135,000,000 0.03%
Oklo Inc
Opened
10,000
$84,700,000 0.02%
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