Barber 13F annual report

Barber is an investment fund managing more than $495 billion ran by Tom Clough. There are currently 109 companies in Mr. Clough’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Tr and Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr, together worth $208 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$495 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 27th April 2023, Barber’s top holding is 1,606,319 shares of Ishares Tr currently worth over $151 billion and making up 30.5% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 138,628 shares of Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr worth $56.8 billion. The third-largest holding is Ishares Tr worth $65.4 billion and the next is Spdr Ser Tr worth $46.5 billion, with 1,028,000 shares owned.

Currently, Barber's portfolio is worth at least $495 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.

Careers at Barber

The Barber office and employees reside in Lenexa, Kansas. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Tom Clough serves as the President at Barber.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Barber revealed that it had opened a new position in Ishares Tr and bought 990,678 shares worth $65.4 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr by buying 134,047 additional shares. This makes their stake in Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr total 138,628 shares worth $56.8 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Barber is getting rid of from its portfolio. Barber closed its position in Southwest Airls Co on 4th May 2023. It sold the previously owned 13,628 shares for $459 million. Tom Clough also disclosed a decreased stake in Ishares Tr by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $151 billion and 1,606,319 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Barber are Tarbox Family Office and 9258 Wealth Management. They manage $495 billion and $495 billion respectively.


Tom Clough investment strategy

Barber’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 1.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 38.5% 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 32% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 4.6% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $268 billion.

The complete list of Barber trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on May 4th 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
Ishares Tr
6.26%
1,606,319
$151,054,938,000 30.54%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
2,926.15%
138,628
$56,753,015,000 11.47%
Ishares Tr
Opened
990,678
$65,386,510,000 13.22%
Spdr Ser Tr
8.18%
1,028,000
$46,462,655,000 9.39%
Vanguard Index Fds
51.42%
56,588
$18,913,163,000 3.82%
Amplify Etf Tr
84.10%
436,587
$15,485,745,000 3.13%
Pacer Fds Tr
79.67%
502,365
$21,255,804,000 4.30%
American Centy Etf Tr
6.90%
178,944
$13,252,611,000 2.68%
Wisdomtree Tr
2.78%
297,579
$12,953,600,000 2.62%
Apple Inc
0.62%
42,439
$6,998,132,000 1.41%
Fs Kkr Cap Corp
2.08%
368,989
$6,826,300,000 1.38%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
11.71%
89,938
$6,640,145,000 1.34%
Procter And Gamble Co
18.69%
40,383
$6,004,548,000 1.21%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
0.60%
93,253
$4,736,317,000 0.96%
Vaneck Merk Gold Tr
2.49%
239,972
$4,583,468,000 0.93%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
52.85%
9,220
$3,066,903,000 0.62%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
54.31%
6,140
$2,814,494,000 0.57%
Phillips Edison & Co Inc
4.04%
63,782
$2,080,558,000 0.42%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
12.21%
228,878
$5,826,780,000 1.18%
Pimco Etf Tr
0.32%
17,011
$1,688,349,000 0.34%
Janus Detroit Str Tr
2.72%
33,788
$1,613,377,000 0.33%
Microsoft Corporation
2.18%
4,488
$1,293,940,000 0.26%
Caterpillar Inc.
0.25%
5,595
$1,280,296,000 0.26%
Fidelity Covington Trust
No change
26,749
$1,270,043,000 0.26%
First Rep Bk San Francisco C
Opened
80,000
$1,119,200,000 0.23%
Deere & Co.
0.16%
2,458
$1,014,888,000 0.21%
Tesla Inc
4.29%
4,595
$953,175,000 0.19%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
4.27%
8,346
$915,268,000 0.19%
Pepsico Inc
2.32%
5,019
$914,923,000 0.18%
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
4.01%
14,644
$854,477,000 0.17%
Eaton Corp Plc
114.16%
4,915
$842,136,000 0.17%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
No change
12,962
$808,829,000 0.16%
BP plc
52.84%
21,052
$798,696,000 0.16%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
0.54%
913
$775,119,000 0.16%
Knight-swift Transn Hldgs In
No change
13,479
$762,642,000 0.15%
Ishares U S Etf Tr
13.29%
15,152
$756,987,000 0.15%
AT&T Inc.
1.09%
38,068
$732,811,000 0.15%
Proshares Tr
13.88%
10,070
$712,445,000 0.14%
Pacwest Bancorp
Opened
73,073
$711,000,000 0.14%
Spdr Gold Tr
4.85%
3,765
$689,823,000 0.14%
Abbvie Inc
0.14%
4,215
$671,798,000 0.14%
DTE Energy Co.
0.10%
6,019
$659,306,000 0.13%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
0.16%
36,215
$1,112,016,000 0.22%
Home Depot, Inc.
46.87%
2,071
$611,231,000 0.12%
Bank America Corp
0.03%
20,837
$595,946,000 0.12%
Conocophillips
3.30%
5,667
$562,258,000 0.11%
Amazon.com Inc.
1.96%
5,407
$558,489,000 0.11%
Mcdonalds Corp
3.87%
1,962
$548,633,000 0.11%
Alphabet Inc
1.16%
9,379
$974,011,000 0.20%
Realty Income Corp.
4.48%
8,320
$526,836,000 0.11%
Walmart Inc
4.37%
3,327
$490,539,000 0.10%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
13.94%
1,553
$479,634,000 0.10%
Eversource Energy
0.20%
5,924
$463,608,000 0.09%
Southwest Airls Co
Closed
13,628
$458,855,000
Abbott Labs
1.31%
4,518
$457,460,000 0.09%
Disney Walt Co
2.07%
4,540
$454,638,000 0.09%
ONE Gas Inc
1.28%
5,544
$439,251,000 0.09%
NVIDIA Corp
3.42%
1,574
$437,227,000 0.09%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
5.02%
908
$428,963,000 0.09%
Occidental Pete Corp
0.59%
6,414
$400,426,000 0.08%
Republic Svcs Inc
4.69%
2,856
$386,188,000 0.08%
Chubb Limited
0.11%
1,844
$358,068,000 0.07%
Dow Inc
7.40%
6,357
$348,496,000 0.07%
The Necessity Retail Reit In
11.87%
55,250
$346,970,000 0.07%
Abrdn Etfs
Closed
15,675
$345,791,000
Verizon Communications Inc
1.29%
8,865
$344,741,000 0.07%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
0.32%
8,223
$340,927,000 0.07%
First Tr Lrge Cp Core Alpha
0.70%
4,228
$340,342,000 0.07%
Vanguard World Fd
0.48%
1,649
$337,143,000 0.07%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
24.72%
8,144
$329,006,000 0.07%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
32.47%
2,013
$328,529,000 0.07%
Centene Corp.
0.06%
5,034
$318,199,000 0.06%
Visa Inc
1.77%
1,389
$313,166,000 0.06%
Us Bancorp Del
0.54%
8,526
$307,362,000 0.06%
Ford Mtr Co Del
1.82%
24,090
$303,534,000 0.06%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
2.41%
3,910
$298,072,000 0.06%
Union Pac Corp
Opened
1,406
$282,972,000 0.06%
3M Co.
0.19%
2,642
$277,736,000 0.06%
Honeywell International Inc
8.94%
1,401
$267,787,000 0.05%
Johnson & Johnson
1.18%
1,714
$265,629,000 0.05%
MGM Resorts International
Opened
5,958
$264,655,000 0.05%
Meta Platforms Inc
Opened
1,237
$262,170,000 0.05%
CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.
No change
25,000
$262,000,000 0.05%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
54.11%
5,469
$261,547,000 0.05%
T-Mobile US, Inc.
No change
1,764
$255,498,000 0.05%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
No change
6,819
$254,894,000 0.05%
International Business Machs
8.07%
1,915
$251,080,000 0.05%
Graniteshares Etf Tr
Opened
11,765
$250,006,000 0.05%
Nuveen Taxable Municpal Inm
0.81%
15,501
$249,870,000 0.05%
Chevron Corp.
0.73%
1,524
$248,673,000 0.05%
Boeing Co.
1.47%
1,137
$241,533,000 0.05%
Healthcare Rlty Tr
No change
12,475
$241,132,000 0.05%
Schwab Strategic Tr
6.74%
4,463
$239,258,000 0.05%
Comcast Corp New
6.36%
6,286
$238,308,000 0.05%
Vanguard Charlotte Fds
8.22%
4,831
$236,333,000 0.05%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Opened
12,110
$232,270,000 0.05%
Costco Whsl Corp New
0.44%
453
$225,047,000 0.05%
Schwab Strategic Tr
Closed
7,184
$224,572,000
Oneok Inc.
11.03%
3,483
$221,333,000 0.04%
Merck & Co Inc
Closed
1,938
$215,030,000
Duke Energy Corp.
Closed
2,084
$214,594,000
Pfizer Inc.
30.89%
5,244
$213,953,000 0.04%
Coinbase Global Inc
Closed
6,027
$213,296,000
Coca-Cola Co
6.27%
3,364
$208,655,000 0.04%
Cisco Sys Inc
Opened
3,974
$207,750,000 0.04%
Wisdomtree Tr
Opened
3,373
$205,565,000 0.04%
General Electric Co.
Opened
2,141
$204,645,000 0.04%
Southern Copper Corporation
Opened
2,623
$200,004,000 0.04%
Nuveen S&p 500 Buy-write Inc
Opened
12,902
$168,887,000 0.03%
Evgo Inc
Closed
37,000
$165,390,000
Lucid Group, Inc.
Closed
20,059
$137,003,000
Genie Energy Ltd
Closed
10,111
$104,548,000
Fs Credit Opportunities Corp
Opened
15,922
$70,694,000 0.01%
Sirius XM Holdings Inc
33.92%
16,056
$63,741,000 0.01%
PHX Minerals Inc
No change
21,000
$55,020,000 0.01%
Local Bounti Corp
No change
10,150
$8,091,000 0.00%
Energous Corp
Opened
10,347
$5,587,000 0.00%
Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc.
Opened
10,057
$4,298,000 0.00%
No transactions found
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