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Boston Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.91B
1-Year Est. Return 6.26%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-12.73%
1 Year Est. Return
+6.26%
3 Year Est. Return
+73.82%
5 Year Est. Return
+112.87%
10 Year Est. Return
–
AUM
$1.73B
AUM Growth
-$577M
Cap. Flow
-$261M
Cap. Flow %
-15.06%
Top 10 Hldgs %
17.82%
Holding
696
New
61
Increased
189
Reduced
327
Closed
69

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BSV icon
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
BSV
+$17.2M
2
SPY icon
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
+$13M
3
NKE icon
Nike
NKE
+$11.6M
4
VGIT icon
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF
VGIT
+$11.3M
5
ICSH icon
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF
ICSH
+$10.5M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
IWF icon
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
IWF
+$11.9M
2
IWM icon
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM
+$8.34M
3
MUB icon
iShares National Muni Bond ETF
MUB
+$8.11M
4
AMZN icon
Amazon
AMZN
+$7.72M
5
SPIB icon
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF
SPIB
+$7.67M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 15.17%
2 Healthcare 14.22%
3 Financials 11.99%
4 Consumer Discretionary 9.26%
5 Industrials 8.66%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
MSFT icon
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.89T
$51M 2.95%
501,975
-38,606
-7% -$4.14M
AAPL icon
2
Apple
AAPL
$4.78T
$45M 2.6%
1,141,284
+7,600
+0.7% +$368K
IWF icon
3
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
IWF
$125B
$31.4M 1.82%
960,252
-337,856
-26% -$11.9M
AMZN icon
4
Amazon
AMZN
$2.62T
$29.9M 1.73%
397,820
-92,820
-19% -$7.72M
GOOGL icon
5
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.24T
$29.5M 1.71%
565,180
+87,440
+18% +$4.73M
JPM icon
6
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$926B
$28.9M 1.67%
295,869
+19,166
+7% +$2.04M
SPY icon
7
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
$788B
$25.1M 1.45%
100,616
+48,209
+92% +$13M
INTC icon
8
Intel
INTC
$530B
$23.6M 1.36%
502,456
+45,349
+10% +$2.12M
VZ icon
9
Verizon
VZ
$186B
$23.3M 1.35%
415,141
+17,616
+4% +$1,000K
BSV icon
10
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
BSV
$44.6B
$20.4M 1.18%
259,528
+221,172
+577% +$17.2M
V icon
11
Visa
V
$677B
$20.4M 1.18%
154,322
+3,785
+3% +$523K
VEA icon
12
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
VEA
$229B
$19.5M 1.13%
525,010
-133,411
-20% -$5.28M
BAC icon
13
Bank of America
BAC
$434B
$19.4M 1.12%
786,111
+3,427
+0.4% +$93K
COP icon
14
ConocoPhillips
COP
$145B
$18.5M 1.07%
296,878
-11,840
-4% -$806K
CVS icon
15
CVS Health
CVS
$140B
$15.5M 0.9%
236,475
+33,696
+17% +$2.52M
VWO icon
16
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
VWO
$121B
$15M 0.87%
393,086
+80,484
+26% +$3.12M
ICSH icon
17
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF
ICSH
$7.97B
$14.9M 0.86%
298,358
+209,735
+237% +$10.5M
MA icon
18
Mastercard
MA
$474B
$14.4M 0.83%
76,221
+4,299
+6% +$854K
COST icon
19
Costco
COST
$409B
$14M 0.81%
68,850
-7,228
-10% -$1.61M
ABBV icon
20
AbbVie
ABBV
$454B
$13.8M 0.8%
149,281
-5,363
-3% -$472K
ZTS icon
21
Zoetis
ZTS
$31.2B
$13.6M 0.79%
159,189
+2,679
+2% +$241K
HD icon
22
Home Depot
HD
$332B
$12.6M 0.73%
73,105
-4,328
-6% -$776K
CVX icon
23
Chevron
CVX
$383B
$12.4M 0.72%
113,906
+4,160
+4% +$482K
VLO icon
24
Valero Energy
VLO
$91.8B
$12M 0.69%
159,715
+2,252
+1% +$198K
NKE icon
25
Nike
NKE
$62.5B
$11.9M 0.69%
160,344
+155,055
+2,932% +$11.6M
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Boston Advisors's Q4 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2018, Boston Advisors held 696 positions worth $1.73B, down 25% from $2.31B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 18% of the portfolio.

Boston Advisors withdrew a net $261M in Q4 2018, closing 69 positions and reducing 327 holdings. Its most notable exit was Diversified Healthcare Trust, an estimated $6.51M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 15% of assets, down from 15% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.

Against the trend, Boston Advisors opened a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF worth $11.5M.

  • Boston Advisors's largest Q4 2018 buy was Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF: 180,897 shares worth $11.5M.
  • Boston Advisors added most to Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in Q4 2018, an estimated $17.2M increase.
  • Boston Advisors's biggest Q4 2018 reduction was iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF, cutting an estimated $11.9M.
  • Boston Advisors fully exited Diversified Healthcare Trust in Q4 2018, selling an estimated $6.51M.
  • Boston Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 18% of its $1.73B portfolio in Q4 2018.
  • Boston Advisors opened 61 new positions and closed 69 in Q4 2018.
  • Boston Advisors's portfolio value fell 25% quarter-over-quarter to $1.73B.

Based on Boston Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2018, filed 16 Jan 2019.