Retirement Solution 13F annual report

Retirement Solution is an investment fund managing more than $367 billion ran by Thomas Black. There are currently 24 companies in Mr. Black’s portfolio. The largest investments include Dimensional Etf Trust and Microsoft, together worth $352 billion.

$367 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 18th July 2024, Retirement Solution’s top holding is 9,787,757 shares of Dimensional Etf Trust currently worth over $339 billion and making up 92.3% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 29,683 shares of Microsoft worth $13.3 billion, whose value grew 8.0% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $2.61 billion and the next is Lowes Cos Inc worth $1.52 billion, with 6,891 shares owned.

Currently, Retirement Solution's portfolio is worth at least $367 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 Retirement Solution

The Retirement Solution office and employees reside in Redmond, Washington. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Thomas Black serves as the President, CCO at Retirement Solution.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Retirement Solution revealed that it had opened a new position in Vanguard Index Fds and bought 1,122 shares worth $245 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Dimensional Etf Trust by buying 184,392 additional shares. This makes their stake in Dimensional Etf Trust total 9,787,757 shares worth $339 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Retirement Solution is getting rid of from its portfolio. Retirement Solution closed its position in Dimensional Etf Trust on 25th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 342,852 shares for $7.8 billion. Thomas Black also disclosed a decreased stake in Apple Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $2.61 billion and 12,378 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Retirement Solution are Cypress Asset Management Inc/tx and First Reserve Gp Xiii Ltd. They manage $367 billion and $367 billion respectively.


Thomas Black investment strategy

Retirement Solution’s portfolio is diversified across 5 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 4.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 58.3% 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 54% 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 $466 billion.

The complete list of Retirement Solution trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 25th 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
Dimensional Etf Trust
1.92%
9,787,757
$338,523,439,000 92.26%
Microsoft Corporation
67.78%
29,683
$13,266,980,000 3.62%
Dimensional Etf Trust
Closed
342,852
$7,796,458,000
Apple Inc
9.56%
12,378
$2,607,105,000 0.71%
Lowes Cos Inc
3.24%
6,891
$1,519,109,000 0.41%
Amazon.com Inc.
13.82%
6,082
$1,175,426,000 0.32%
Cadence Design System Inc
No change
3,581
$1,102,053,000 0.30%
Hormel Foods Corp.
No change
35,356
$1,078,018,000 0.29%
Invesco Exch Trd Slf Idx Fd
0.55%
76,650
$1,668,840,000 0.45%
Starbucks Corp.
5.36%
8,943
$696,192,000 0.19%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
6.03%
1,231
$669,886,000 0.18%
Micron Technology Inc.
32.27%
4,659
$612,818,000 0.17%
Ishares Tr
12.48%
13,006
$560,147,000 0.15%
NVIDIA Corp
677.54%
4,051
$500,486,000 0.14%
Costco Whsl Corp New
19.68%
457
$388,046,000 0.11%
S&P Global Inc
Closed
800
$352,416,000
Expedia Group Inc
No change
2,702
$340,425,000 0.09%
Spdr Ser Tr
0.95%
4,160
$333,341,000 0.09%
Tesla Inc
8.16%
1,643
$325,117,000 0.09%
Motorola Solutions Inc
19.63%
696
$268,691,000 0.07%
Ishares Tr
Closed
4,685
$480,109,000
Vanguard World Fd
Closed
1,456
$246,481,000
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
1,122
$244,726,000 0.07%
Home Depot, Inc.
Closed
678
$234,819,000
Super Micro Computer Inc
Opened
264
$216,308,000 0.06%
Boeing Co.
12.08%
1,150
$209,288,000 0.06%
Vanguard Index Fds
14.31%
557
$208,324,000 0.06%
Intuit Inc
Opened
312
$205,073,000 0.06%
Alphabet Inc
Opened
1,100
$200,356,000 0.05%
Sunoco Lp/sunoco Fin Corp
Closed
3,342
$200,258,000
No transactions found
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