Brightwater Advisory 13F annual report

Brightwater Advisory is an investment fund managing more than $129 billion ran by David Maddux. There are currently 36 companies in Mr. Maddux’s portfolio. The largest investments include Schwab Strategic Tr and Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr, together worth $50.7 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$129 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 3rd September 2024, Brightwater Advisory’s top holding is 946,790 shares of Schwab Strategic Tr currently worth over $42.9 billion and making up 33.1% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 14,358 shares of Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr worth $7.81 billion. The third-largest holding is Vanguard Specialized Funds worth $6.45 billion and the next is Ishares Tr worth $33.3 billion, with 331,131 shares owned.

Currently, Brightwater Advisory's portfolio is worth at least $129 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 Brightwater Advisory

The Brightwater Advisory office and employees reside in Tampa, Florida. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, David Maddux serves as the CCO at Brightwater Advisory.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Brightwater Advisory revealed that it had opened a new position in Schwab Strategic Tr and bought 946,790 shares worth $42.9 billion.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Brightwater Advisory are Ff Advisors and Sanctuary Wealth Management, L.L.C. They manage $129 billion and $129 billion respectively.


David Maddux investment strategy

Brightwater Advisory’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 2.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 36.1% 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 39% 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 $535 billion.

The complete list of Brightwater Advisory trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on September 10th 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
Schwab Strategic Tr
Opened
946,790
$42,901,719,000 33.14%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
Opened
14,358
$7,813,911,000 6.04%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
Opened
35,320
$6,447,744,000 4.98%
Ishares Tr
Opened
331,131
$33,264,411,000 25.69%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
31,344
$6,910,622,000 5.34%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
Opened
28,133
$3,671,994,000 2.84%
Tidal Tr Ii
Opened
123,249
$3,136,687,000 2.42%
Aflac Inc.
Opened
33,759
$3,015,016,000 2.33%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
82,190
$4,268,602,000 3.30%
Wisdomtree Tr
Opened
45,461
$2,442,139,000 1.89%
Apple Inc
Opened
11,203
$2,359,542,000 1.82%
Microsoft Corporation
Opened
31,856
$1,423,930,000 1.10%
Two Rds Shared Tr
Opened
93,374
$1,191,434,000 0.92%
NVIDIA Corp
Opened
6,975
$861,632,000 0.67%
Cambria Etf Tr
Opened
29,318
$836,042,000 0.65%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Opened
13,152
$704,930,000 0.54%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Opened
16,492
$678,001,000 0.52%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Opened
5,627
$647,780,000 0.50%
Amazon.com Inc.
Opened
2,952
$570,474,000 0.44%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
Opened
4,681
$555,167,000 0.43%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
Opened
6,867
$525,806,000 0.41%
Johnson Johnson
Opened
3,591
$524,861,000 0.41%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
1,467
$505,000,000 0.39%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
Opened
2,399
$485,222,000 0.37%
Alphabet Inc
Opened
4,755
$869,195,000 0.67%
Spdr Sp Midcap 400 Etf Tr
Opened
785
$420,038,000 0.32%
Coca-Cola Co
Opened
5,762
$366,751,000 0.28%
Tesla Inc
Opened
1,680
$332,438,000 0.26%
Caterpillar Inc.
Opened
837
$278,781,000 0.22%
Cisco Sys Inc
Opened
5,160
$245,152,000 0.19%
Brown Brown Inc
Opened
2,662
$238,009,000 0.18%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Opened
2,913
$218,157,000 0.17%
Ameren Corp.
Opened
3,000
$213,330,000 0.16%
Intel Corp.
Opened
6,704
$207,609,000 0.16%
Medtronic Plc
Opened
2,557
$201,231,000 0.16%
Cushman Wakefield Plc
Opened
12,500
$130,000,000 0.10%
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