Kaizen Strategies 13F annual report
Kaizen Strategies is an investment fund managing more than $130 billion ran by John Stachnick. There are currently 88 companies in Mr. Stachnick’s portfolio. The largest investments include Apple Inc and Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr, together worth $23.6 billion.
$130 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 11th January 2024, Kaizen Strategies’s top holding is 66,309 shares of Apple Inc currently worth over $12.8 billion and making up 9.8% of the portfolio value.
Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Apple Inc, Kaizen Strategies owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company.
In addition, the fund holds 22,785 shares of Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr worth $10.8 billion.
The third-largest holding is Schwab Strategic Tr worth $33.7 billion and the next is Vanguard Specialized Funds worth $7.55 billion, with 44,295 shares owned.
Currently, Kaizen Strategies's portfolio is worth at least $130 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 Kaizen Strategies
The Kaizen Strategies office and employees reside in Campbell, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, John Stachnick serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Kaizen Strategies.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Kaizen Strategies revealed that it had opened a new position in
Boeing Co and bought 2,000 shares worth $521 million.
This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company.
Boeing Co makes up
23.4%
of the fund's Industrials sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 3.0% in the past year.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Apple Inc by buying
351 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Apple Inc total 66,309 shares worth $12.8 billion.
Apple Inc soared 35.8% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Kaizen Strategies is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Kaizen Strategies closed its position in Grupo Aeroportuario Del Cent on 18th January 2024.
It sold the previously owned 5,095 shares for $443 million.
John Stachnick also disclosed a decreased stake in Schwab Strategic Tr by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $33.7 billion and 689,480 shares.
One of the smallest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Kaizen Strategies are Newgen Asset Management Ltd and R.p. Boggs & Co. They manage $130 billion and $130 billion respectively.
John Stachnick investment strategy
Kaizen Strategies’s portfolio is diversified across 12 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 15.9% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
46.6% 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
42% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.3% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $243 billion.
The complete list of Kaizen Strategies trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on January 18th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc |
0.53%
66,309
|
$12,766,522,000 | 9.84% |
| Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr |
1.26%
22,785
|
$10,829,852,000 | 8.35% |
| Schwab Strategic Tr |
1.46%
689,480
|
$33,660,691,000 | 25.95% |
| Vanguard Specialized Funds |
2.27%
44,295
|
$7,547,853,000 | 5.82% |
| Blackstone Inc |
2.76%
29,692
|
$3,887,275,000 | 3.00% |
| Tesla Inc |
6.36%
14,857
|
$3,691,667,000 | 2.85% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
6.68%
6,331
|
$3,135,063,000 | 2.42% |
| Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average |
4.15%
8,186
|
$3,084,921,000 | 2.38% |
| Alphabet Inc |
0.66%
36,879
|
$5,178,608,000 | 3.99% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
0.40%
7,807
|
$2,935,599,000 | 2.26% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
2.11%
16,763
|
$2,546,970,000 | 1.96% |
| VanEck ETF Trust |
5.40%
20,671
|
$2,655,630,000 | 2.05% |
| Salesforce Inc |
6.15%
6,726
|
$1,769,880,000 | 1.36% |
| Select Sector Spdr Tr |
8.63%
31,387
|
$2,797,273,000 | 2.16% |
| Vanguard Index Fds |
6.01%
5,978
|
$1,803,091,000 | 1.39% |
| Ishares Tr |
6.48%
15,191
|
$1,964,947,000 | 1.51% |
| Nuveen Mun Income Fd Inc |
8.28%
98,320
|
$904,544,000 | 0.70% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
6.23%
5,969
|
$879,890,000 | 0.68% |
| Pimco Dynamic Income Fd |
4.71%
48,575
|
$871,920,000 | 0.67% |
| Adobe Inc |
28.94%
1,451
|
$865,667,000 | 0.67% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
16.33%
2,850
|
$842,776,000 | 0.65% |
| Visa Inc |
0.10%
2,876
|
$748,739,000 | 0.58% |
| Amplify Etf Tr |
No change
24,330
|
$726,251,000 | 0.56% |
| Stag Indl Inc |
11.15%
18,101
|
$710,645,000 | 0.55% |
| KLA Corp. |
No change
1,155
|
$671,402,000 | 0.52% |
| Global X Fds |
94.71%
48,201
|
$1,189,585,000 | 0.92% |
| Best Buy Co. Inc. |
22.95%
7,811
|
$611,418,000 | 0.47% |
| Applied Matls Inc |
1.97%
3,733
|
$605,056,000 | 0.47% |
| Spdr Ser Tr |
33.52%
22,410
|
$1,724,934,000 | 1.33% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
57.85%
1,599
|
$565,982,000 | 0.44% |
| Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T |
No change
16,600
|
$541,824,000 | 0.42% |
| Boeing Co. |
Opened
2,000
|
$521,320,000 | 0.40% |
| Vanguard Intl Equity Index F |
138.48%
12,308
|
$505,850,000 | 0.39% |
| Wp Carey Inc |
2.00%
7,496
|
$485,839,000 | 0.37% |
| Abbvie Inc |
14.21%
2,997
|
$464,459,000 | 0.36% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
18.62%
870
|
$461,582,000 | 0.36% |
| First Tr Exchange Traded Fd |
Opened
8,304
|
$447,092,000 | 0.34% |
| Oneok Inc. |
0.55%
6,362
|
$446,718,000 | 0.34% |
| Grupo Aeroportuario Del Cent |
Closed
5,095
|
$442,806,000 | |
| Lennar Corp. |
42.98%
2,960
|
$441,120,000 | 0.34% |
| ServiceNow Inc |
2.22%
616
|
$435,198,000 | 0.34% |
| Vanguard Index Fds |
Opened
1,937
|
$413,324,000 | 0.32% |
| Qualcomm, Inc. |
19.12%
2,801
|
$405,115,000 | 0.31% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Co |
0.23%
2,142
|
$364,364,000 | 0.28% |
| Summit Matls Inc |
No change
9,339
|
$359,178,000 | 0.28% |
| Netflix Inc. |
0.14%
723
|
$352,014,000 | 0.27% |
| Simon Ppty Group Inc New |
1.81%
2,420
|
$345,142,000 | 0.27% |
| AMGEN Inc. |
0.52%
1,165
|
$335,633,000 | 0.26% |
| MercadoLibre Inc |
No change
213
|
$334,738,000 | 0.26% |
| Schwab Charles Corp |
30.43%
4,823
|
$331,827,000 | 0.26% |
| International Business Machs |
Opened
2,000
|
$327,100,000 | 0.25% |
| Rex American Res Corp |
No change
6,900
|
$326,370,000 | 0.25% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
0.28%
707
|
$320,241,000 | 0.25% |
| Spdr Gold Tr |
No change
1,675
|
$320,210,000 | 0.25% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
0.50%
606
|
$319,268,000 | 0.25% |
| Lam Research Corp. |
0.25%
405
|
$317,041,000 | 0.24% |
| Progressive Corp. |
Opened
1,975
|
$314,578,000 | 0.24% |
| Church Dwight Co Inc |
Closed
3,410
|
$312,477,000 | |
| Listed Fd Tr |
2.49%
6,507
|
$295,808,000 | 0.23% |
| Dell Technologies Inc |
No change
3,800
|
$290,700,000 | 0.22% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
6.68%
796
|
$283,901,000 | 0.22% |
| Fiserv, Inc. |
0.05%
2,131
|
$283,082,000 | 0.22% |
| Snap-on, Inc. |
No change
980
|
$283,063,000 | 0.22% |
| CVS Health Corp |
0.79%
3,554
|
$280,645,000 | 0.22% |
| Devon Energy Corp. |
Opened
6,000
|
$271,800,000 | 0.21% |
| Hess Midstream LP |
Opened
8,525
|
$269,653,000 | 0.21% |
| Berry Global Group Inc |
Closed
4,350
|
$269,309,000 | |
| Comfort Sys Usa Inc |
Closed
1,550
|
$264,136,000 | |
| Vanguard Malvern Fds |
15.50%
5,450
|
$258,821,000 | 0.20% |
| Honeywell International Inc |
1.77%
1,221
|
$256,082,000 | 0.20% |
| NextEra Energy Partners LP |
Opened
8,290
|
$252,097,000 | 0.19% |
| Zillow Group Inc |
Closed
5,300
|
$244,648,000 | |
| Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii |
No change
3,750
|
$234,975,000 | 0.18% |
| CubeSmart |
Opened
5,048
|
$233,954,000 | 0.18% |
| Direxion Shs Etf Tr |
9.82%
2,754
|
$233,073,000 | 0.18% |
| Inter Parfums, Inc. |
0.31%
1,605
|
$231,207,000 | 0.18% |
| Abbott Labs |
Opened
2,071
|
$227,928,000 | 0.18% |
| Morgan Stanley |
43.63%
2,438
|
$227,384,000 | 0.18% |
| Gallagher Arthur J Co |
Opened
1,000
|
$224,880,000 | 0.17% |
| Brunswick Corp. |
14.70%
2,321
|
$224,562,000 | 0.17% |
| Axsome Therapeutics Inc |
Closed
3,200
|
$223,648,000 | |
| Tidal Etf Tr |
6.58%
7,100
|
$222,230,000 | 0.17% |
| Oracle Corp. |
48.84%
2,094
|
$220,775,000 | 0.17% |
| Ishares Tr |
Opened
2,220
|
$220,335,000 | 0.17% |
| Kenvue Inc |
Closed
10,900
|
$218,872,000 | |
| Federal Rlty Invt Tr New |
19.22%
2,084
|
$214,731,000 | 0.17% |
| Costco Whsl Corp New |
Opened
323
|
$213,171,000 | 0.16% |
| Bank America Corp |
Closed
7,673
|
$210,083,000 | |
| Fidelity National Financial Inc |
Opened
4,114
|
$209,891,000 | 0.16% |
| Genworth Finl Inc |
3.11%
31,200
|
$208,416,000 | 0.16% |
| Bank America Corp |
13.20%
171
|
$206,597,000 | 0.16% |
| Kratos Defense Sec Solutio |
Opened
10,000
|
$202,900,000 | 0.16% |
| New York Cmnty Bancorp Inc |
Opened
17,173
|
$175,676,000 | 0.14% |
| Gladstone Ld Corp |
4.36%
12,033
|
$173,872,000 | 0.13% |
| Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii |
Closed
13,986
|
$153,147,000 | |
| Ishares Tr |
Closed
10,000
|
$146,200,000 | |
| Alliancebernstein Global Hig |
7.42%
11,389
|
$115,258,000 | 0.09% |
| Intuitive Machines Inc |
1.37%
22,200
|
$56,721,000 | 0.04% |
| Allbirds Inc |
Closed
20,500
|
$22,755,000 | |
| No transactions found | |||
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