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Stone Loft Wealth acquires Vanguard ETF stake

Stone Loft Wealth Management LLC disclosed new long positions across multiple ETFs in Q1: 24,757 shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) valued at about $14.8 million as its 4th-largest holding, 13,338 shares of Schwab Government Money Market ETF (SGVT) around $1.34 million, 11,381 shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) about $2.45 million, and 21,630 shares of Vanguard Extended Market ETF (VXF) near $4.45 million, with each stake representing a notable portion of its portfolio. The moves accompany ongoing activity by other institutional investors in these funds, highlighting broad diversification into large-cap core, government money market, and diversified equity play ETFs.

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Rice Partnership Raises Eli Lilly Stake to 20,667 Shares, 2.6% of Portfolio

Rice Partnership LLC increased its Eli Lilly stake to 20,667 shares (~$19.0 million) and opened a new 7,783-share position in Cheniere Energy, while trimming its iShares MSCI Germany ETF holding to 618,221 shares (~$24.5 million) and adding a 31,967-share position in JPMorgan Municipal ETF (~$1.6 million) in the first quarter.

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NewGen Asset Management Trims Enerflex Stake, Buys Docebo, Invests in Palmer Square BDC

NewGen Asset Management Ltd continued active portfolio reshaping in the first quarter, trimming Enerflex by 6.4% to 736,744 shares even as it opened new positions in Docebo and Palmer Square Capital BDC. The Docebo stake comprised 89,172 shares worth about $1.56 million and the Palmer Square stake was 73,684 shares worth about $720,000, with Docebo and Palmer Square each accounting for small percentages of its portfolio.

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Summit Global Cuts Stakes Across Stocks in Q1

Summit Global Investments reduced its stakes in five companies and funds in the first quarter, cutting positions in COR, LMT, CME Group, the SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SPSM), and NiSource by substantial margins (27.4%, 41.8%, 34.1%, 63.3%, and 37.4%, respectively) as it adjusted its portfolio. The moves affected holdings across diversified sectors, with remaining positions valued in the millions of dollars according to the latest SEC filings.

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Leith Wheeler trims, expands Q1 holdings across sectors

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Ridgepath Capital Expands ProShares ETF Positions Q1

Ridgepath Capital Management LLC expanded and diversified its ETF holdings in Q1, adding to ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO), ProShares UltraPro Short Russell 2000 (SRTY), JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST), and ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) while reducing its stake in ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 (UPRO). JPST emerged as Ridgepath’s largest position at about 23.6% of the portfolio, with notable increases across several funds and SSO and SRTY among meaningful but smaller additions.

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Convergence Expands Stakes Across U.S. Stocks

Convergence Investment Partners LLC expanded its holdings in COR, CATY, LEA, and CI in the first quarter while trimming its position in GM, signaling broad and varied participation across healthcare, banking, auto parts, and consumer-discretionary sectors; the disclosed stake changes come with large associated position values. The firm’s activity is complemented by other institutional moves in these names, including notable insider transactions and ongoing ownership concentration by institutions.

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Bulldog Investors LLP Expands Holdings In Five Stocks

In its first-quarter 13F filings, Bulldog Investors LLP added across multiple holdings: about 1.58 million shares of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO) valued around $9.9 million, 67,060 shares of BTC Development Corp (BDCI) for roughly $670,000, 75,000 shares of Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd (BIXI) about $744,000, and 176,130 shares of Duff & Phelps Utility and Infrastructure Fund (DPG) near $2.54 million.

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CVS Health Bond ETF Holdings Across Five Treasuries in Q1

CVS Health Corp disclosed new positions across five bond ETFs in Q1: IEI with 182,800 shares valued at about $21.68 million (roughly 10.2% of CVS’s portfolio), VCSH with 120,000 shares about $9.51 million (roughly 4.5%), TLT with 20,000 shares about $1.73 million (0.8%), VCIT with 60,000 shares about $4.97 million (2.3%), and IEF with 35,000 shares about $3.34 million (1.6%). These moves illustrate CVS’s diversification across short, intermediate, and long-duration Treasuries and corporate bond exposures.

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DJE Kapital AG Sells 79,600 Iamgold Shares

DJE Kapital AG trimmed its mining stock holdings in Q1, cutting Iamgold by 30.6% to 180,200 shares worth $3.275 million, and reducing Newmont by 37.8% to 963,044 shares worth about $102.476 million, along with a 4.1% decline in Agnico Eagle Mines to 503,088 shares worth roughly $99.548 million. The moves accompany broader adjustments by other institutional investors and several brokerages issuing updated ratings or price targets on these companies.

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Commerzbank Reduces Stakes Across Firms in Q1

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI trimmed its holdings across several U.S. equities in Q1 filings, including reductions of T. Rowe Price by 19.1% to 76,221 shares, Cigna Group by 17.6% to 15,145 shares, VICI Properties by 20.3% to 113,148 shares, and CME Group by 7.6% to 54,411 shares, with these positions collectively contributing to its broader move to lighten sizable portfolios.

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Element Pointe Increases IHF Stake 9.6%

Element Pointe Advisors LLC boosted positions across multiple ETFs in the first quarter, including a 9.6% increase in iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (IHF), a 3.3% rise in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) where it holds its largest stake, and a new 223,948-share investment in SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) valued around $20.8 million, while trimming its stake in iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) by 7.3%. Other institutions also adjusted their holdings in these funds during the period.

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Cassaday Boosts MGK Stake to 3.72M Shares

Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC made notable portfolio moves in Q1: it increased its stake in Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (MGK) and boosted its position in iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK), while sharply increasing holdings in iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and trimming its position in iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD). The changes saw MGK rise to 3,719,368 shares, IJK at 212,240 shares, IBIT at 45,227 shares, and IWD reduced to 417,951 shares as part of ongoing portfolio adjustments across multiple ETFs.

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Invesco plans July dividends across BulletShares and KBWY

Several Invesco ETFs announced July 20 dividend declarations, with payouts planned for July 24 and ex-dividend dates on July 20. The per-share dividends vary across funds, including 0.12 for KBWY, 0.0911 for BSCZ, 0.088 for BSCX, 0.1002 for BSJQ, and 0.1472 for BSJV, reflecting ongoing income distributions among Invesco’s bond and equity-reit products.

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