Essential Planning, is an investment fund managing more than $227 billion ran by Hunter Lord. There are currently 36 companies in Mr. Lord’s portfolio. The largest investments include Vanguard Bd Index Fds and Dimensional Etf Trust, together worth $135 billion.
As of 7th August 2024, Essential Planning,’s top holding is 746,397 shares of Vanguard Bd Index Fds currently worth over $54.1 billion and making up 23.8% of the portfolio value.
In addition, the fund holds 2,311,091 shares of Dimensional Etf Trust worth $80.9 billion.
The third-largest holding is Vanguard Index Fds worth $18.9 billion and the next is Eli Lilly Co worth $11.1 billion, with 12,266 shares owned.
Currently, Essential Planning,'s portfolio is worth at least $227 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.
The Essential Planning, office and employees reside in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Hunter Lord serves as the Manager at Essential Planning,.
In the most recent 13F filing, Essential Planning, revealed that it had opened a new position in
NVIDIA Corp and bought 6,057 shares worth $748 million.
This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company.
NVIDIA Corp makes up
22.3%
of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has decreased its share price by 73.5% in the past year.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Vanguard Bd Index Fds by buying
668,561 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Vanguard Bd Index Fds total 746,397 shares worth $54.1 billion.
On the other hand, there are companies that Essential Planning, is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Essential Planning, closed its position in Graphic Packaging Hldg Co on 14th August 2024.
It sold the previously owned 8,871 shares for $219 million.
Hunter Lord also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Index Fds by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $18.9 billion and 70,719 shares.
The two most similar investment funds to Essential Planning, are Lombard Odier Asset Management (usa) Corp and Watershed Private Wealth. They manage $227 billion and $227 billion respectively.
Essential Planning,’s portfolio is diversified across 7 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 1.5% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
27.8% 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
31% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.8% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $615 billion.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Bd Index Fds |
858.94%
746,397
|
$54,115,003,000 | 23.81% |
| Dimensional Etf Trust |
6.78%
2,311,091
|
$80,860,965,000 | 35.58% |
| Vanguard Index Fds |
1.28%
70,719
|
$18,908,279,000 | 8.32% |
| Eli Lilly Co |
0.25%
12,266
|
$11,105,195,000 | 4.89% |
| Ishares Tr |
32.47%
576,527
|
$27,298,254,000 | 12.01% |
| Vanguard Malvern Fds |
1.65%
105,510
|
$5,121,442,000 | 2.25% |
| Pimco Etf Tr |
86.19%
74,711
|
$5,854,372,000 | 2.58% |
| Fidelity Covington Trust |
4.68%
125,949
|
$3,191,465,000 | 1.40% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
7.66%
4,378
|
$1,956,960,000 | 0.86% |
| Apple Inc |
1.25%
8,405
|
$1,770,178,000 | 0.78% |
| Doubleline Etf Trust |
36.16%
30,438
|
$1,381,875,000 | 0.61% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
3.11%
3,391
|
$1,379,459,000 | 0.61% |
| Vanguard Scottsdale Fds |
0.94%
44,895
|
$2,422,496,000 | 1.07% |
| Vanguard Star Fds |
1.14%
13,481
|
$812,896,000 | 0.36% |
| NVIDIA Corp |
Opened
6,057
|
$748,293,000 | 0.33% |
| Wisdomtree Tr |
11.64%
26,328
|
$1,475,226,000 | 0.65% |
| Alphabet Inc |
1.03%
3,536
|
$644,099,000 | 0.28% |
| Vanguard World Fd |
14.55%
10,087
|
$1,291,400,000 | 0.57% |
| Vanguard Specialized Funds |
11.23%
3,226
|
$588,890,000 | 0.26% |
| Walmart Inc |
200.00%
8,661
|
$586,436,000 | 0.26% |
| Lowes Cos Inc |
5.72%
2,569
|
$566,362,000 | 0.25% |
| Vanguard Charlotte Fds |
13.91%
9,565
|
$465,521,000 | 0.20% |
| Ishares Tr |
Opened
19,542
|
$898,553,000 | 0.40% |
| Vanguard World Fd |
Opened
4,171
|
$403,002,000 | 0.18% |
| Workday Inc |
No change
1,730
|
$386,759,000 | 0.17% |
| Honeywell International Inc |
0.84%
1,768
|
$377,539,000 | 0.17% |
| Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T |
Opened
2,000
|
$328,560,000 | 0.14% |
| Vanguard Index Fds |
Opened
2,035
|
$530,953,000 | 0.23% |
| Vanguard Intl Equity Index F |
1.71%
6,796
|
$297,370,000 | 0.13% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
Opened
1,538
|
$297,272,000 | 0.13% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Co. |
15.12%
1,302
|
$263,343,000 | 0.12% |
| Trane Technologies plc |
Opened
738
|
$242,750,000 | 0.11% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
37.66%
500
|
$226,160,000 | 0.10% |
| Att Inc |
4.07%
11,733
|
$224,213,000 | 0.10% |
| Graphic Packaging Hldg Co |
Closed
8,871
|
$218,670,000 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
Opened
1,783
|
$205,301,000 | 0.09% |
| Verizon Communications Inc |
Closed
5,445
|
$205,275,000 | |
| Coca-Cola Co |
Closed
3,465
|
$204,192,000 | |
| Ishares Tr |
Closed
8,271
|
$202,474,000 | |
| Nuveen Mun Value Fd Inc |
Closed
20,780
|
$178,708,000 | |
| Sharps Technology Inc |
Opened
162,825
|
$39,078,000 | 0.02% |
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