Financial & Tax Architects, LLC
Financial & Tax Architects, LLC reported 109 US-listed holdings worth $486.4 million in its 13F for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026. Its largest: Abrdn Etfs (5.2%), iShares Trust (4.8%) and SPDR S&P 500 (4.7%). Against the quarter before, it opened 21 positions, added to 55, trimmed 29 and sold out of 22.
The 14 largest of its 109 positions, each sized by its share of the reported holdings, coloured by the change in shares against Q2 2026.
What the fund reported holding at each quarter's end; hover a bar for the number of positions
What its reported holdings returned
Held through each quarter, the holdings it reported returned +11.0% over the 8 quarters to 30 September 2026, against +32.9% for the S&P 500.
Not the fund's own return: each 13F's holdings are kept unchanged until the next one, so trades inside a quarter, dividends, cash and fees are left out. A rough guide to how its picks have done over time.
What it did on the quarter
Its positions against its 13F for the quarter to 30 June 2026; a change under 0.1% of a position counts as held
Opened 21
- Vanguard Mid Cap Index ETF VO$5.8 million
- iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF IEFA$5.7 million
- iShares S&P 500 Value ETF IVE$5.6 million
- iShares SHV$4.2 million
- Invesco Actively Managed Exc GSY$2.3 million
- Micron Technology Inc. MU$2.2 million
- Vanguard Scottsdale FDS VGIT$2.1 million
- Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF XLF$1.4 million
and 13 more in the table below
Added to 55
- Goldman Sachs ETF Trust GBIL+45,961 shares · +32%
- Vanguard Scottsdale FDS VTWO+27,896 shares · +35%
- SPDR Ser Trust SPAB+111,434 shares · +216%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD+3,078 shares · +272%
- SPDR Ser Trust BIL+18,663 shares · +8%
- Vanguard Shrt-Term Infl-Prot Se VTIP+33,877 shares · +16%
- SPDR S&P 500 SPY+1,976 shares · +7%
- Abrdn Etfs BCI+52,579 shares · +6%
and 47 more in the table below
Trimmed 29
- Vanguard S&P 500 VOO-8,003 shares · -96%
- Fidelity Merrimack STR Trust FBND-49,111 shares · -9%
- Costco Wholesale Corp. COST-2,197 shares · -86%
- Netflix Inc. NFLX-24,294 shares · -88%
- iShares Trust VLUE-5,385 shares · -47%
- Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP-4,007 shares · -12%
- Apple Inc. AAPL-2,039 shares · -13%
- ASML Holding N.V. ASML-328 shares · -20%
and 21 more in the table below
Sold out of 22
- iShares Trust EEM$6.5 million last quarter
- iShares S&P Growth Index FD IVW$5.7 million last quarter
- iShares Gold Trust IAU$4.2 million last quarter
- iShares Inc. EWO$2.3 million last quarter
- SPDR Ser Trust TIPX$2.2 million last quarter
- iShares Trust STIP$1.9 million last quarter
- iShares Inc. EWT$1.8 million last quarter
- Select Sector SPDR Trust XLU$1.4 million last quarter
What it holds
| Company | Shares | Value | Of its book | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrdn Etfs BCI | 970.2K | $25.1 million | 5.16% | +52.6K |
| iShares Trust EFA | 226.9K | $23.6 million | 4.85% | +11.5K |
| SPDR S&P 500 SPY | 29.8K | $22.8 million | 4.68% | +2.0K |
| iShares Trust USRT | 358.1K | $22.1 million | 4.53% | +19.3K |
| SPDR Ser Trust BIL | 239.0K | $21.9 million | 4.50% | +18.7K |
| Fidelity Merrimack STR Trust FBND | 479.8K | $20.8 million | 4.27% | -49.1K |
| Goldman Sachs ETF Trust GBIL | 189.3K | $19.0 million | 3.90% | +46.0K |
| Vanguard Shrt-Term Infl-Prot Se VTIP | 245.1K | $12.1 million | 2.48% | +33.9K |
| Vanguard Scottsdale FDS VTWO | 106.7K | $12.0 million | 2.46% | +27.9K |
| SPDR Blmbg Barclays Convert Secs ETF CWB | 117.4K | $11.9 million | 2.44% | +10.1K |
| AbbVie Inc. ABBV | 33.9K | $8.9 million | 1.82% | -620 |
| Chevron Corp. CVX | 42.7K | $8.7 million | 1.79% | +952 |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ | 32.7K | $8.7 million | 1.78% | -585 |
| Emerson Electric Co. EMR | 55.4K | $8.6 million | 1.77% | +1.3K |
| iShares Trust AGG | 89.6K | $8.5 million | 1.74% | +99 |
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. XOM | 51.9K | $8.4 million | 1.74% | +896 |
| Coca-Cola Co. KO | 96.1K | $8.3 million | 1.70% | -2.8K |
| Walmart Inc. WMT | 76.8K | $8.0 million | 1.64% | +6.3K |
| Medtronic plc MDT | 91.3K | $7.9 million | 1.62% | -163 |
| Abbott Laboratories ABT | 77.7K | $7.7 million | 1.58% | -2.6K |
| Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP | 29.2K | $7.5 million | 1.55% | -4.0K |
| Caterpillar Inc. CAT | 9.2K | $7.4 million | 1.53% | +91 |
| NVIDIA Corp. NVDA | 32.4K | $7.4 million | 1.52% | -1.8K |
| International Business Machines Corp. IBM | 33.5K | $7.4 million | 1.52% | +4.2K |
| Sherwin Williams Co. SHW | 22.7K | $7.3 million | 1.51% | +494 |
| ProShares Trust NOBL | 135.4K | $7.3 million | 1.51% | +10.9K |
| Procter & Gamble Co. PG | 50.3K | $7.3 million | 1.50% | +2.0K |
| General Dynamics Corp. GD | 21.6K | $7.2 million | 1.47% | +85 |
| S&P Global Inc. SPGI | 17.7K | $7.0 million | 1.44% | +1.0K |
| NextEra Energy Inc. NEE | 89.7K | $6.8 million | 1.40% | +4.3K |
| PepsiCo Inc. PEP | 52.1K | $6.6 million | 1.36% | +3.6K |
| Lowe's Companies Inc. LOW | 35.4K | $6.5 million | 1.34% | +3.2K |
| McDonald's Corp. MCD | 27.7K | $6.4 million | 1.31% | +2.9K |
| Vanguard Mid Cap Index ETF VO | 74.0K | $5.8 million | 1.19% | new |
| iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF IEFA | 59.1K | $5.7 million | 1.18% | new |
| iShares S&P 500 Value ETF IVE | 24.6K | $5.6 million | 1.15% | new |
| SPDR Ser Trust JNK | 58.8K | $5.5 million | 1.12% | +6.5K |
| Vanguard Real Estate ETF VNQ | 51.9K | $4.7 million | 0.96% | +203 |
| Apple Inc. AAPL | 13.9K | $4.6 million | 0.95% | -2.0K |
| iShares SHV | 38.1K | $4.2 million | 0.86% | new |
| iShares Broad Usd High Yld Corp. USHY | 117.1K | $4.2 million | 0.86% | +1.6K |
| Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF BND | 58.1K | $4.1 million | 0.84% | +1.8K |
| Microsoft Corp. MSFT | 7.9K | $4.1 million | 0.84% | -1.1K |
| PIMCO ETF Trust HYS | 44.6K | $4.0 million | 0.83% | +791 |
| iShares Trust HYG | 52.0K | $4.0 million | 0.83% | +910 |
| SPDR Ser Trust SPAB | 163.1K | $4.0 million | 0.82% | +111.4K |
| iShares Barclays Tips Bond TIP | 33.8K | $3.5 million | 0.72% | +650 |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD | 4.2K | $2.6 million | 0.53% | +3.1K |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. META | 3.5K | $2.5 million | 0.52% | -373 |
| Amazon.com Inc. AMZN | 9.6K | $2.4 million | 0.49% | -1.3K |
| ASML Holding N.V. ASML | 1.3K | $2.3 million | 0.48% | -328 |
| Invesco Actively Managed Exc GSY | 46.3K | $2.3 million | 0.48% | new |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOG | 6.5K | $2.2 million | 0.46% | -844 |
| Micron Technology Inc. MU | 2.0K | $2.2 million | 0.44% | new |
| Vanguard Scottsdale FDS VGIT | 36.8K | $2.1 million | 0.43% | new |
| Broadcom Inc. AVGO | 5.6K | $2.0 million | 0.41% | -553 |
| Invesco Exch Traded FD Trust II QQQM | 5.6K | $1.7 million | 0.35% | -612 |
| Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF XLK | 8.0K | $1.6 million | 0.32% | +474 |
| Select Sector SPDR Trust XLV | 9.2K | $1.6 million | 0.32% | +906 |
| Select Sector SPDR Trust XLE | 24.0K | $1.5 million | 0.30% | +1.0K |
| Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF XLF | 26.0K | $1.4 million | 0.29% | new |
| Select Sector SPDR Trust XLB | 28.4K | $1.4 million | 0.28% | +1.9K |
| Select Sector SPDR Trust XLI | 8.2K | $1.4 million | 0.28% | +614 |
| Select Sector SPDR Trust XLP | 16.2K | $1.3 million | 0.27% | +1.3K |
| iShares Trust IYR | 13.1K | $1.2 million | 0.26% | +985 |
| iShares Trust VLUE | 6.2K | $1.2 million | 0.25% | -5.4K |
| Global X FDS NORW | 32.3K | $1.1 million | 0.24% | new |
| Invesco Exchange Traded FD T PKW | 7.7K | $1.1 million | 0.23% | +5.6K |
| Wisdomtree Trust USFR | 17.1K | $860,595 | 0.18% | +5.7K |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank TD | 6.2K | $733,152 | 0.15% | +703 |
| Vaneck Oil Refiners ETF CRAK | 11.2K | $709,535 | 0.15% | new |
| Manulife Financial Corporation MFC | 16.4K | $697,028 | 0.14% | +2.1K |
| Royal Bank of Canada RY | 3.5K | $679,218 | 0.14% | +428 |
| TotalEnergies SE TTE | 7.8K | $664,677 | 0.14% | +1.9K |
| Imperial Oil Ltd IMO | 5.2K | $638,260 | 0.13% | +1.2K |
| Restaurant Brands International Inc. QSR | 8.9K | $636,024 | 0.13% | +1.9K |
| Enbridge Inc. ENB | 13.6K | $632,822 | 0.13% | +2.5K |
| Vanguard World FD VFH | 4.9K | $631,330 | 0.13% | +2.6K |
| Autozone Inc. AZO | 222 | $628,264 | 0.13% | +2 |
| Novartis AG NVS | 4.4K | $626,167 | 0.13% | new |
| Bank of Montreal BMO | 3.6K | $594,239 | 0.12% | new |
| Global X FDS COLO | 12.3K | $580,870 | 0.12% | new |
| BlackRock Fund Advisors EWS | 17.4K | $578,657 | 0.12% | new |
| Tfi Intl Inc. TFII | 4.7K | $560,585 | 0.12% | +1.1K |
| Vaneck ETF Trust AFK | 19.6K | $540,359 | 0.11% | new |
| iShares Trust IGF | 7.5K | $464,101 | 0.10% | new |
| VG Totl STK Vprs VTI | 1.2K | $459,941 | 0.09% | -59 |
| Vanguard Intl Equity Index F VT | 2.9K | $450,646 | 0.09% | -2.6K |
| SPDR Index SHS FDS RWX | 16.6K | $421,726 | 0.09% | new |
| Vanguard World FD VDE | 2.2K | $383,766 | 0.08% | -325 |
| Bank of America Corp. BAC | 6.9K | $375,317 | 0.08% | -286 |
| CVS Health Corp. CVS | 4.3K | $372,240 | 0.08% | +1.7K |
| iShares Trust IEF | 3.9K | $349,291 | 0.07% | -260 |
| InterDigital, Inc. IDCC | 1.1K | $347,591 | 0.07% | no change |
| Applied Materials Inc. AMAT | 647 | $330,685 | 0.07% | +16 |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH | 868 | $318,625 | 0.07% | no change |
| Shell plc SHEL | 3.3K | $315,376 | 0.06% | no change |
| Costco Wholesale Corp. COST | 344 | $313,163 | 0.06% | -2.2K |
| SPDR Gold Trust GLD | 801 | $305,053 | 0.06% | -129 |
| Schwab Strategic Trust SCCR | 12.5K | $302,833 | 0.06% | new |
| ONEOK Inc. OKE | 3.2K | $274,740 | 0.06% | new |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV | 357 | $273,408 | 0.06% | -1 |
| Capital Group Core Bond ETF CGCB | 10.8K | $270,409 | 0.06% | new |
| SPDR Gold MiniShares GLDM | 2.9K | $237,747 | 0.05% | new |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc STX | 255 | $235,199 | 0.05% | no change |
| Netflix Inc. NFLX | 3.4K | $233,093 | 0.05% | -24.3K |
| Vanguard S&P 500 VOO | 305 | $213,905 | 0.04% | -8.0K |
| Tesla, Inc. TSLA | 594 | $210,757 | 0.04% | -118 |
| SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF MDY | 320 | $210,147 | 0.04% | -14 |