Monterey Private Wealth 13F annual report

Monterey Private Wealth is an investment fund managing more than $244 billion ran by Steven Merrell. There are currently 88 companies in Mr. Merrell’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Index Fds and Vanguard Tax-managed Fds, together worth $86.8 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$244 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 2nd April 2024, Monterey Private Wealth’s top holding is 249,858 shares of Vanguard Index Fds currently worth over $61.2 billion and making up 25.1% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 511,532 shares of Vanguard Tax-managed Fds worth $25.7 billion. The third-largest holding is Berkshire Hathaway worth $19.1 billion and the next is Apple Inc worth $13.4 billion, with 78,356 shares owned.

Currently, Monterey Private Wealth's portfolio is worth at least $244 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 Monterey Private Wealth

The Monterey Private Wealth office and employees reside in Monterey, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Steven Merrell serves as the Principal at Monterey Private Wealth.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Monterey Private Wealth revealed that it had opened a new position in Ishares Inc and bought 120,577 shares worth $6.87 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Index Fds by buying 12,675 additional shares. This makes their stake in Vanguard Index Fds total 249,858 shares worth $61.2 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Monterey Private Wealth is getting rid of from its portfolio. Monterey Private Wealth closed its position in Prudential Finl Inc on 9th April 2024. It sold the previously owned 3,330 shares for $345 million. Steven Merrell also disclosed a decreased stake in Berkshire Hathaway by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $19.1 billion and 45,309 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Monterey Private Wealth are Regimen Wealth and Peachtree Investment Partners. They manage $243 billion and $244 billion respectively.


Steven Merrell investment strategy

Monterey Private Wealth’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 8.5% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 37.5% 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 36% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $324 billion.

The complete list of Monterey Private Wealth trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on April 9th 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
5.34%
249,858
$61,181,428,000 25.12%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
8.52%
511,532
$25,663,552,000 10.54%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
3.56%
45,309
$19,053,341,000 7.82%
Apple Inc
0.01%
78,356
$13,436,460,000 5.52%
Ishares Tr
0.68%
388,911
$29,157,188,000 11.97%
Wisdomtree Tr
0.34%
120,026
$9,144,747,000 3.75%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
1.09%
165,050
$11,226,187,000 4.61%
Ishares Inc
Opened
120,577
$6,865,465,000 2.82%
Microsoft Corporation
1.03%
13,310
$5,599,989,000 2.30%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
5.85%
91,525
$5,054,943,000 2.08%
Vanguard World Fd
1.25%
73,980
$5,823,041,000 2.39%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.18%
3,935
$2,883,211,000 1.18%
Alphabet Inc
0.92%
27,394
$4,148,639,000 1.70%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
6.88%
20,805
$2,418,326,000 0.99%
Tesla Inc
0.10%
12,544
$2,205,145,000 0.91%
Amazon.com Inc.
2.05%
11,533
$2,080,323,000 0.85%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
0.74%
8,873
$1,620,289,000 0.67%
NVIDIA Corp
9.71%
1,721
$1,554,626,000 0.64%
Jpmorgan Chase Co
0.57%
7,541
$1,510,483,000 0.62%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
0.31%
2,582
$1,350,314,000 0.55%
Pepsico Inc
0.29%
7,655
$1,339,686,000 0.55%
Visa Inc
0.23%
4,734
$1,321,188,000 0.54%
Bank America Corp
0.38%
31,843
$1,207,469,000 0.50%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
0.59%
17,909
$1,179,685,000 0.48%
Disney Walt Co
1.98%
9,495
$1,161,748,000 0.48%
Eli Lilly Co
0.74%
1,334
$1,037,815,000 0.43%
Merck Co Inc
1.52%
6,626
$874,320,000 0.36%
Sp Global Inc
0.20%
2,048
$871,472,000 0.36%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
7.75%
12,161
$867,538,000 0.36%
Dimensional Etf Trust
3.23%
42,489
$1,497,012,000 0.61%
Chevron Corp.
0.52%
4,419
$697,114,000 0.29%
Meta Platforms Inc
1.77%
1,379
$669,781,000 0.27%
RTX Corp
7.55%
6,697
$653,175,000 0.27%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.77%
1,692
$649,140,000 0.27%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
4.38%
8,789
$638,363,000 0.26%
Conocophillips
0.44%
4,342
$552,644,000 0.23%
Johnson Johnson
12.20%
3,340
$528,357,000 0.22%
Carrier Global Corporation
0.99%
9,059
$526,596,000 0.22%
Procter And Gamble Co
6.04%
3,114
$505,229,000 0.21%
Otis Worldwide Corporation
0.16%
4,943
$490,680,000 0.20%
Macerich Co.
No change
28,440
$490,021,000 0.20%
Cohen Steers Infrastructur
3.95%
19,773
$466,048,000 0.19%
Schwab Strategic Tr
9.18%
7,278
$444,336,000 0.18%
Novo-nordisk A S
0.17%
2,968
$381,091,000 0.16%
General Electric Co
0.57%
2,120
$372,074,000 0.15%
Comcast Corp New
0.53%
8,548
$370,542,000 0.15%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
1.43%
3,036
$367,326,000 0.15%
Spdr Sp Midcap 400 Etf Tr
No change
649
$361,104,000 0.15%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
0.85%
714
$353,050,000 0.14%
Mcdonalds Corp
2.07%
1,234
$347,820,000 0.14%
Prudential Finl Inc
Closed
3,330
$345,354,000
Hershey Company
No change
1,772
$344,654,000 0.14%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.79%
6,896
$344,194,000 0.14%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.21%
934
$342,229,000 0.14%
Block Inc
0.10%
4,044
$342,042,000 0.14%
Direxion Shs Etf Tr
2.58%
3,821
$340,805,000 0.14%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
0.61%
6,710
$340,476,000 0.14%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
0.24%
847
$336,859,000 0.14%
Abbott Labs
0.62%
2,920
$331,856,000 0.14%
Ecolab, Inc.
0.29%
1,371
$316,564,000 0.13%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Closed
2,525
$306,838,000
Ishares Tr
Opened
9,232
$512,256,000 0.21%
Abbvie Inc
2.84%
1,645
$299,568,000 0.12%
Applied Matls Inc
0.57%
1,418
$292,418,000 0.12%
Union Pac Corp
7.47%
1,165
$286,419,000 0.12%
Starbucks Corp.
0.45%
3,095
$282,876,000 0.12%
Fiserv, Inc.
0.40%
1,740
$278,087,000 0.11%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
No change
3,962
$493,957,000 0.20%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
1.97%
3,007
$270,800,000 0.11%
Mondelez International Inc.
0.59%
3,747
$262,292,000 0.11%
Lam Research Corp.
0.39%
259
$252,085,000 0.10%
Progressive Corp.
Opened
1,197
$247,564,000 0.10%
Spdr Ser Tr
14.01%
1,885
$247,383,000 0.10%
Norfolk Southn Corp
0.42%
956
$243,618,000 0.10%
Quanta Svcs Inc
0.22%
930
$241,614,000 0.10%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
Closed
5,073
$239,643,000
International Business Machs
Opened
1,218
$232,587,000 0.10%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Closed
4,527
$232,290,000
Lowes Cos Inc
Opened
901
$229,427,000 0.09%
Intel Corp.
1.24%
5,137
$226,919,000 0.09%
Wp Carey Inc
No change
3,953
$223,107,000 0.09%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
Opened
1,631
$221,898,000 0.09%
Walmart Inc
Opened
3,671
$220,901,000 0.09%
Adobe Inc
Closed
369
$220,145,000
First Tr Exchange-traded Alp
Opened
2,903
$219,496,000 0.09%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
1,294
$219,004,000 0.09%
Verizon Communications Inc
4.78%
5,198
$218,087,000 0.09%
Instructure Hldgs Inc
12.57%
9,914
$211,961,000 0.09%
Ross Stores, Inc.
Opened
1,444
$211,921,000 0.09%
Morgan Stanley
0.55%
2,207
$207,815,000 0.09%
Automatic Data Processing In
Opened
831
$207,652,000 0.09%
EQT Corp
No change
5,459
$202,365,000 0.08%
Corteva Inc
Closed
4,175
$200,077,000
Joby Aviation Inc
2.90%
10,428
$55,894,000 0.02%
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