Tradewinds, 13F annual report

Tradewinds, is an investment fund managing more than $325 billion ran by Ian Meiksins. There are currently 179 companies in Mr. Meiksins’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Microsoft, together worth $37.3 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$325 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Tradewinds,’s top holding is 161,517 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $20 billion and making up 6.1% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Tradewinds, owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 38,782 shares of Microsoft worth $17.3 billion, whose value grew 1.1% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Apple Inc worth $16.6 billion and the next is Amazon.com worth $10.7 billion, with 55,318 shares owned.

Currently, Tradewinds,'s portfolio is worth at least $325 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 Tradewinds,

The Tradewinds, office and employees reside in Raleigh, North Carolina. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Ian Meiksins serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Tradewinds,.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Tradewinds, revealed that it had opened a new position in Microsoft and bought 38,782 shares worth $17.3 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Microsoft makes up 28.6% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 27.8% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 146,997 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 161,517 shares worth $20 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped 73.5% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Tradewinds, is getting rid of from its portfolio. Tradewinds, closed its position in Air Products Chemicals Inc on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 15,273 shares for $3.7 billion. Ian Meiksins also disclosed a decreased stake in Unitedhealth Inc by 0.5%. This leaves the value of the investment at $7.12 billion and 13,974 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Tradewinds, are Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust Of Nj and New Capital Management L.P.. They manage $325 billion and $326 billion respectively.


Ian Meiksins investment strategy

Tradewinds,’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 18.6% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 48.6% 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 49% 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 $167 billion.

The complete list of Tradewinds, trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th 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
NVIDIA Corp
1,012.38%
161,517
$19,953,767,000 6.13%
Microsoft Corporation
Opened
38,782
$17,333,801,000 5.33%
Apple Inc
43.15%
78,901
$16,618,024,000 5.11%
Amazon.com Inc.
20.82%
55,318
$10,690,204,000 3.29%
Procter And Gamble Co
Opened
52,462
$8,652,083,000 2.66%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
13.57%
39,737
$8,037,110,000 2.47%
Alphabet Inc
44.92%
59,185
$10,832,358,000 3.33%
Walmart Inc
Opened
107,364
$7,269,642,000 2.23%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
18.14%
17,836
$7,255,685,000 2.23%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
46.80%
13,974
$7,116,594,000 2.19%
Pepsico Inc
Opened
37,785
$6,231,833,000 1.92%
Visa Inc
0.02%
23,374
$6,134,951,000 1.89%
General Dynamics Corp.
Opened
19,242
$5,582,891,000 1.72%
Honeywell International Inc
Opened
26,043
$5,561,214,000 1.71%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Opened
55,956
$5,429,961,000 1.67%
Morgan Stanley
Opened
55,152
$5,360,222,000 1.65%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
93,861
$5,752,866,000 1.77%
Republic Svcs Inc
Opened
26,992
$5,245,625,000 1.61%
Deere Co
Opened
14,001
$5,231,130,000 1.61%
Eli Lilly Co
Opened
5,677
$5,139,842,000 1.58%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
Opened
20,354
$4,822,983,000 1.48%
Cigna Group (The)
Opened
14,115
$4,666,131,000 1.43%
Rockwell Automation Inc
Opened
16,799
$4,624,537,000 1.42%
First Ctzns Bancshares Inc N
307.41%
2,473
$4,162,963,000 1.28%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
20.99%
78,610
$3,967,470,000 1.22%
Vanguard World Fd
Opened
13,953
$5,948,572,000 1.83%
Air Products Chemicals Inc
Closed
15,273
$3,700,268,000
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
37,550
$11,186,186,000 3.44%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Opened
32,684
$2,979,147,000 0.92%
Johnson Johnson
Opened
18,669
$2,728,698,000 0.84%
Ishares Tr
Opened
105,524
$13,674,611,000 4.20%
Caterpillar Inc.
Opened
7,949
$2,647,812,000 0.81%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
564.42%
21,886
$2,519,521,000 0.77%
Duke Energy Corp.
79.74%
24,976
$2,503,316,000 0.77%
Micron Technology Inc.
Opened
17,264
$2,270,734,000 0.70%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Opened
13,420
$2,176,858,000 0.67%
Alps Etf Tr
Opened
44,466
$2,133,477,000 0.66%
Clearbridge Mlp And Midstrm
Opened
44,762
$2,122,166,000 0.65%
Chevron Corp.
Opened
12,538
$1,961,143,000 0.60%
Merck Co Inc
53.48%
15,548
$1,924,871,000 0.59%
Abbvie Inc
55.48%
11,005
$1,887,531,000 0.58%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
Opened
36,198
$1,757,051,000 0.54%
Truist Finl Corp
281.72%
44,291
$1,720,720,000 0.53%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
Opened
8,810
$1,608,186,000 0.49%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf
Closed
3,266
$1,552,214,000
MSCI Inc
Closed
2,731
$1,544,825,000
Ulta Beauty Inc
Opened
3,852
$1,486,371,000 0.46%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Opened
20,183
$1,454,196,000 0.45%
Broadcom Inc
243.35%
903
$1,449,794,000 0.45%
VanEck ETF Trust
17.82%
5,316
$1,385,881,000 0.43%
F.N.B. Corp.
Opened
93,855
$1,283,936,000 0.39%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
Opened
3,199
$1,225,825,000 0.38%
Mcdonalds Corp
Opened
4,686
$1,194,240,000 0.37%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
Opened
9,690
$1,149,223,000 0.35%
Dominion Energy Inc
143.25%
23,063
$1,130,100,000 0.35%
International Business Machs
Opened
5,980
$1,034,304,000 0.32%
Bank America Corp
22.95%
24,724
$983,267,000 0.30%
Marathon Pete Corp
Opened
5,657
$981,344,000 0.30%
Global X Fds
Opened
33,839
$1,345,855,000 0.41%
Royal Bk Cda
Opened
8,935
$950,505,000 0.29%
Welltower Inc.
Opened
8,938
$931,759,000 0.29%
Coca-Cola Co
Opened
14,276
$908,652,000 0.28%
The Southern Co.
Opened
11,619
$901,320,000 0.28%
Salesforce Inc
Closed
3,378
$888,761,000
NextEra Energy Inc
2.84%
12,326
$872,833,000 0.27%
Cisco Sys Inc
33.83%
18,009
$855,594,000 0.26%
Phillips 66
Opened
6,026
$850,640,000 0.26%
Verizon Communications Inc
61.79%
20,537
$846,961,000 0.26%
Travelers Companies Inc.
7.92%
4,158
$845,488,000 0.26%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
2.93%
3,875
$826,694,000 0.25%
Marvell Technology Inc
Opened
11,685
$816,794,000 0.25%
Costco Whsl Corp New
74.10%
938
$797,291,000 0.25%
Diamondback Energy Inc
Opened
3,952
$791,151,000 0.24%
AMGEN Inc.
13.29%
2,514
$785,527,000 0.24%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Opened
2,287
$775,316,000 0.24%
Emerson Elec Co
Opened
6,853
$754,926,000 0.23%
Tesla Inc
Closed
3,035
$754,244,000
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
4.22%
8,274
$725,949,000 0.22%
Abbott Labs
25.16%
6,945
$721,652,000 0.22%
Automatic Data Processing In
25.03%
2,952
$704,528,000 0.22%
Att Inc
9.13%
36,426
$696,096,000 0.21%
Comcast Corp New
5.27%
17,234
$674,869,000 0.21%
CSX Corp.
Opened
19,826
$663,164,000 0.20%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
1,847
$635,828,000 0.20%
RTX Corp
104.35%
6,200
$622,415,000 0.19%
Starbucks Corp.
Opened
7,933
$617,620,000 0.19%
Lowes Cos Inc
Opened
2,780
$612,879,000 0.19%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Opened
4,406
$603,006,000 0.19%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Opened
1,265
$590,900,000 0.18%
Philip Morris International Inc
Opened
5,764
$584,085,000 0.18%
Vanguard Star Fds
Opened
9,556
$576,240,000 0.18%
Union Pac Corp
Opened
2,546
$576,058,000 0.18%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Opened
10,161
$575,925,000 0.18%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Opened
4,136
$571,580,000 0.18%
Intuit Inc
Opened
868
$570,517,000 0.18%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
9,077
$539,100,000 0.17%
Intel Corp.
Opened
16,621
$514,747,000 0.16%
Oneok Inc.
Opened
6,310
$514,581,000 0.16%
Vanguard Admiral Fds Inc
Opened
1,528
$509,512,000 0.16%
Blackrock Inc.
5.60%
641
$504,764,000 0.16%
Target Corp
11.07%
3,398
$502,982,000 0.15%
Novo-nordisk A S
Opened
3,350
$478,179,000 0.15%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
2,367
$471,459,000 0.14%
Western Alliance Bancorp
Opened
7,455
$468,323,000 0.14%
Eog Res Inc
3.68%
3,721
$468,313,000 0.14%
Block H R Inc
No change
8,581
$465,348,000 0.14%
Asml Holding N V F Sponsored Adr 1 Adr Reps 1 Ord Shs
Closed
611
$462,478,000
GE Aerospace
Opened
2,893
$459,931,000 0.14%
Spdr Ser Tr
No change
6,824
$706,099,000 0.22%
Ppg Inds Inc
Opened
3,526
$443,888,000 0.14%
Bank New York Mellon Corp
2.43%
7,332
$439,091,000 0.13%
Marsh Mclennan Cos Inc
Opened
2,078
$437,948,000 0.13%
Aflac Inc.
1.79%
4,883
$436,074,000 0.13%
First Tr Nasdaq 100 Tech Ind
Opened
2,085
$411,707,000 0.13%
Starwood Ppty Tr Inc
8.12%
21,715
$411,278,000 0.13%
Fuller H B Co
Opened
5,193
$399,637,000 0.12%
Iron Mtn Inc Del
No change
4,415
$395,672,000 0.12%
Conocophillips
76.76%
3,438
$393,214,000 0.12%
Altria Group Inc.
Opened
8,604
$391,931,000 0.12%
Enbridge Inc
31.29%
10,883
$387,326,000 0.12%
Valero Energy Corp.
Opened
2,411
$377,948,000 0.12%
Meta Platforms Inc
5.65%
748
$377,157,000 0.12%
Dover Corp.
Opened
2,086
$376,506,000 0.12%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Opened
5,465
$374,925,000 0.12%
Spdr Gold Shares Etf
Closed
1,924
$367,811,000
Public Storage Reit
Closed
1,196
$364,703,000
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
Opened
7,348
$363,147,000 0.11%
Pfizer Inc.
Opened
12,940
$362,073,000 0.11%
Dnp Select Income Fd Inc
Opened
43,449
$357,148,000 0.11%
Mastercard Inc Class A
Closed
836
$356,562,000
Hershey Company
Opened
1,925
$353,873,000 0.11%
D.R. Horton Inc.
Closed
2,231
$339,067,000
Blackstone Inc
0.59%
2,723
$337,107,000 0.10%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
7.79%
18,914
$1,002,812,000 0.31%
CIENA Corp.
Opened
6,900
$332,442,000 0.10%
Genuine Parts Co.
Opened
2,368
$327,506,000 0.10%
Entegris Inc
Closed
2,616
$313,449,000
Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Etf
Closed
3,935
$307,009,000
L3Harris Technologies Inc
Opened
1,366
$306,776,000 0.09%
Applied Matls Inc
Opened
1,294
$305,371,000 0.09%
Sp Global Inc
Closed
691
$304,399,000
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
1.57%
3,144
$300,346,000 0.09%
Sysco Corp.
Opened
4,129
$294,769,000 0.09%
Cboe Global Mkts Inc
Closed
1,645
$293,731,000
Leidos Holdings Inc
Opened
2,000
$291,760,000 0.09%
Vanguard World Fd
12.81%
1,233
$290,104,000 0.09%
Accenture Plc Ireland
9.91%
943
$286,116,000 0.09%
Citigroup Inc
Opened
4,507
$286,005,000 0.09%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Opened
272
$285,880,000 0.09%
Norfolk Southn Corp
Opened
1,320
$283,464,000 0.09%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Opened
3,504
$275,870,000 0.08%
American Tower Corp.
18.24%
1,416
$275,227,000 0.08%
Corteva Inc
2.76%
5,035
$271,573,000 0.08%
Analog Devices Inc.
Opened
1,182
$269,803,000 0.08%
Netflix Inc.
Closed
541
$263,445,000
Ameriprise Finl
Closed
690
$262,083,000
Biogen Inc
No change
1,128
$261,493,000 0.08%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
Opened
8,929
$258,762,000 0.08%
Edison Intl
Opened
3,510
$252,053,000 0.08%
General Mtrs Co
Opened
5,410
$251,349,000 0.08%
Technology Select Sector Spdr Etf
Closed
1,304
$250,994,000
Ishares Tr
1.21%
6,968
$488,116,000 0.15%
Ansys Inc.
Closed
680
$246,758,000
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Closed
1,766
$245,527,000
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Opened
945
$243,130,000 0.07%
3M Co.
29.81%
2,359
$241,029,000 0.07%
Sl Green Rlty Corp
Opened
4,250
$240,720,000 0.07%
Dell Technologies Inc
Opened
1,736
$239,412,000 0.07%
Texas Instrs Inc
Opened
1,217
$236,743,000 0.07%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
5,403
$236,439,000 0.07%
Williams Cos Inc
Opened
5,536
$235,280,000 0.07%
Linde Plc.
4.80%
535
$234,763,000 0.07%
Xcel Energy Inc.
4.52%
4,391
$234,547,000 0.07%
Eastman Chem Co
Opened
2,387
$233,854,000 0.07%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Opened
2,605
$232,939,000 0.07%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
Opened
1,334
$231,863,000 0.07%
GSK Plc
Opened
5,973
$229,961,000 0.07%
BP plc
Opened
6,342
$228,946,000 0.07%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Opened
520
$226,694,000 0.07%
Select Sector Industrial Spdr Etf
Closed
1,956
$222,964,000
Corning, Inc.
Opened
5,680
$220,684,000 0.07%
Prudential Finl Inc
Opened
1,868
$218,932,000 0.07%
Fiserv, Inc.
Opened
1,462
$217,896,000 0.07%
Vanguard Short Term Treasury Etf
Closed
3,722
$217,104,000
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
Opened
4,144
$428,416,000 0.13%
Aercap Hldgs Nv
Closed
2,457
$213,538,000
Akamai Technologies Inc
Closed
1,794
$212,320,000
Stryker Corp.
Opened
620
$210,955,000 0.06%
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
61.73%
1,538
$210,476,000 0.06%
Keysight Tech Inc
Closed
1,322
$210,317,000
Amcor Plc
0.01%
21,217
$207,500,000 0.06%
Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity
Opened
10,623
$206,411,000 0.06%
Invesco Value Mun Income Tr
Opened
16,652
$205,490,000 0.06%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Opened
4,948
$205,477,000 0.06%
Oracle Corp.
Opened
1,445
$203,978,000 0.06%
Kenvue Inc
8.66%
11,185
$203,348,000 0.06%
Pgim Etf Tr
Opened
4,073
$202,428,000 0.06%
Under Armour Inc
Opened
25,500
$166,515,000 0.05%
Nuveen Municipal Credit Inc
Opened
12,308
$152,009,000 0.05%
Alliancebernstein Natl Mun I
Opened
13,100
$145,541,000 0.04%
Nuveen Amt Free Qlty Mun Inc
Opened
12,228
$140,130,000 0.04%
Eaton Vance Mun Bd Fd
Opened
11,138
$117,843,000 0.04%
Mfs Multimarket Income Tr
Opened
21,012
$98,336,000 0.03%
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