Kovack Advisors Portfolio holdings
Kovack Advisors is a wealth management firm that supports its client accounts through the Envestnet platform and can also hire outside money managers. Ronald Kovack, its founder and former chairman, started the firm, which has advised clients since 2004 and is wholly owned by Kovack Financial; Brian Kovack is chief executive of Kovack Financial and president of Kovack Advisors. It also provides services to independent advisory firms that serve their own clients, and shares common ownership with the brokerage Kovack Securities.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF
RSPS
|
+$6.62M |
| 2 |
Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF
SPHD
|
+$5.12M |
| 3 |
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF
AGG
|
+$2.44M |
| 4 |
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X ETF
JNUG
|
+$1.78M |
| 5 |
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X ETF
NUGT
|
+$1.29M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Invesco QQQ Trust
QQQ
|
+$1.8M |
| 2 |
State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF
XLY
|
+$1.16M |
| 3 |
Mattel
MAT
|
+$822K |
| 4 |
Amazon
AMZN
|
+$704K |
| 5 |
iShares US Transportation ETF
IYT
|
+$661K |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miscellaneous | 58.88% |
| 2 | Technology | 9.26% |
| 3 | Communication Services | 5.35% |
| 4 | Healthcare | 5.25% |
| 5 | Consumer Staples | 4.76% |
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Kovack Advisors's Q2 2016 Portfolio in Review
As of Q2 2016, Kovack Advisors held 310 positions worth $188M, up 18% from $160M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 31% of the portfolio.
Kovack Advisors deployed $24.5M of net new capital in Q2 2016, opening 61 new positions and adding to 104 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF: 270,070 shares worth $6.97M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Miscellaneous at 59% of assets, up from 55% a quarter earlier, followed by Technology and Communication Services.
On the sell side, the largest reduction was Invesco QQQ Trust, an estimated $1.8M trimmed.
- Kovack Advisors's largest Q2 2016 buy was Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF: 270,070 shares worth $6.97M.
- Kovack Advisors added most to Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF in Q2 2016, an estimated $5.12M increase.
- Kovack Advisors's biggest Q2 2016 reduction was Invesco QQQ Trust, cutting an estimated $1.8M.
- Kovack Advisors fully exited State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF in Q2 2016, selling an estimated $1.16M.
- Kovack Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 31% of its $188M portfolio in Q2 2016.
- Kovack Advisors opened 61 new positions and closed 40 in Q2 2016.
- Kovack Advisors's portfolio value rose 18% quarter-over-quarter to $188M.
Based on Kovack Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2016, filed 1 Oct 2018.