Connections 13F annual report

Connections is an investment fund managing more than $193 million ran by Cindi Hill. There are currently 266 companies in Mrs. Hill’s portfolio. The largest investments include Dimensional Etf Trust and J P Morgan Exchange Traded F, together worth $68.1 million.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$193 million Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 19th July 2024, Connections’s top holding is 1,436,215 shares of Dimensional Etf Trust currently worth over $49.8 million and making up 25.9% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 394,813 shares of J P Morgan Exchange Traded F worth $18.3 million. The third-largest holding is Vanguard World Fd worth $18.8 million and the next is Ishares Tr worth $17.2 million, with 261,578 shares owned.

Currently, Connections's portfolio is worth at least $193 million. 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 Connections

The Connections office and employees reside in Corte Madera, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Cindi Hill serves as the Filing Agent at Connections.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Connections revealed that it had opened a new position in J P Morgan Exchange Traded F and bought 394,813 shares worth $18.3 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Dimensional Etf Trust by buying 29,846 additional shares. This makes their stake in Dimensional Etf Trust total 1,436,215 shares worth $49.8 million.

On the other hand, there are companies that Connections is getting rid of from its portfolio. Connections closed its position in Ishares Tr on 26th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 12,421 shares for $568 thousand. Cindi Hill also disclosed a decreased stake in Ishares Tr by 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $15.9 million and 322,557 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Connections are Oneascent Wealth Management and Planning Solutions. They manage $192 million and $192 million respectively.


Cindi Hill investment strategy

Connections’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 3.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 43.2% 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 39% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.5% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $131 billion.

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

These positions were updated on July 26th 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
Dimensional Etf Trust
2.12%
1,436,215
$49,804,000 25.85%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
Opened
394,813
$18,293,000 9.50%
Vanguard World Fd
Opened
225,043
$18,827,000 9.77%
Ishares Tr
Opened
261,578
$17,224,000 8.94%
Vanguard Index Fds
Opened
63,939
$20,899,000 10.85%
Ishares Tr
11.97%
322,557
$15,927,000 8.27%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
Opened
95,940
$7,817,000 4.06%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
109.84%
217,901
$11,106,000 5.77%
Apple Inc
4.00%
24,734
$5,209,000 2.70%
Ishares Inc
Opened
48,198
$5,022,000 2.61%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fds
Opened
52,934
$2,652,000 1.38%
T Rowe Price Etf Inc
27.20%
74,081
$2,888,000 1.50%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0.74%
4,883
$1,986,000 1.03%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
5.76%
54,317
$1,905,000 0.99%
2023 Etf Series Trust Ii
5,632.30%
57,323
$1,778,000 0.92%
Microsoft Corporation
Opened
1,596
$713,000 0.37%
Pimco Etf Tr
4.50%
27,111
$695,000 0.36%
Pgim Etf Tr
10.85%
17,761
$612,000 0.32%
Nushares Etf Tr
15.14%
13,209
$519,000 0.27%
Ishares Tr
Closed
12,421
$568,000
Tesla Inc
1.23%
2,478
$490,000 0.25%
Alphabet Inc
19.45%
3,144
$572,000 0.30%
Union Pac Corp
Opened
1,833
$414,000 0.21%
Oracle Corp.
No change
2,906
$410,000 0.21%
Amazon.com Inc.
12.67%
2,019
$390,000 0.20%
Vanguard Star Fds
Opened
5,993
$361,000 0.19%
Johnson Johnson
Opened
1,624
$237,000 0.12%
Vanguard Specialized Funds
Opened
1,197
$218,000 0.11%
Abbvie Inc
9.69%
1,200
$205,000 0.11%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
No change
357
$194,000 0.10%
Visa Inc
No change
662
$173,000 0.09%
Meta Platforms Inc
23.30%
344
$173,000 0.09%
Robinhood Mkts Inc
Opened
7,026
$159,000 0.08%
Novo-nordisk A S
Opened
1,039
$148,000 0.08%
Bank America Corp
0.03%
3,253
$129,000 0.07%
Schwab Strategic Tr
Opened
2,516
$131,000 0.07%
Abbott Labs
4.87%
1,185
$123,000 0.06%
Home Depot, Inc.
Opened
346
$119,000 0.06%
Spdr Ser Tr
0.04%
2,310
$129,000 0.07%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
4.19%
224
$114,000 0.06%
Salesforce Inc
No change
416
$106,000 0.06%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Opened
315
$106,000 0.06%
NVIDIA Corp
1,325.42%
841
$103,000 0.05%
Applied Matls Inc
No change
406
$95,000 0.05%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
110.21%
1,009
$80,000 0.04%
Disney Walt Co
Opened
811
$80,000 0.04%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
Opened
484
$79,000 0.04%
American Express Co.
No change
334
$77,000 0.04%
Netflix Inc.
No change
109
$73,000 0.04%
Rapid7 Inc
Opened
1,670
$72,000 0.04%
ServiceNow Inc
No change
87
$68,000 0.04%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Opened
706
$68,000 0.04%
Wisdomtree Tr
No change
1,350
$63,000 0.03%
First Tr Exchng Traded Fd Vi
Opened
2,148
$62,000 0.03%
Adobe Inc
No change
113
$62,000 0.03%
NextEra Energy Inc
45.20%
873
$61,000 0.03%
Merck Co Inc
No change
488
$60,000 0.03%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Opened
110
$60,000 0.03%
Automatic Data Processing In
No change
223
$53,000 0.03%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
33.50%
263
$53,000 0.03%
Danaher Corp.
Opened
207
$51,000 0.03%
Coca-Cola Co
Opened
736
$46,000 0.02%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
0.14%
728
$47,000 0.02%
Pepsico Inc
Opened
264
$43,000 0.02%
Ishares Inc
No change
725
$42,000 0.02%
Idexx Labs Inc
No change
84
$40,000 0.02%
Broadcom Inc
733.33%
25
$40,000 0.02%
Costco Whsl Corp New
557.14%
46
$39,000 0.02%
Honeywell International Inc
Opened
180
$38,000 0.02%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
Opened
529
$38,000 0.02%
Resmed Inc.
Opened
196
$37,000 0.02%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
No change
81
$36,000 0.02%
MercadoLibre Inc
Opened
22
$36,000 0.02%
Ingersoll Rand Inc.
No change
401
$36,000 0.02%
Manager Directed Portfolios
2.03%
1,560
$35,000 0.02%
Sempra
Opened
458
$34,000 0.02%
Pfizer Inc.
Opened
1,221
$34,000 0.02%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
No change
33
$34,000 0.02%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Opened
504
$34,000 0.02%
GE Aerospace
Opened
204
$32,000 0.02%
Qualcomm, Inc.
Opened
165
$32,000 0.02%
Intel Corp.
Opened
1,055
$32,000 0.02%
Starbucks Corp.
Opened
400
$31,000 0.02%
Booking Holdings Inc
Opened
8
$31,000 0.02%
Norfolk Southn Corp
Opened
146
$31,000 0.02%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
Opened
127
$30,000 0.02%
Accenture Plc Ireland
No change
93
$28,000 0.01%
Caterpillar Inc.
Opened
87
$28,000 0.01%
Ppg Inds Inc
Opened
201
$25,000 0.01%
Energy Transfer L P
20.88%
1,569
$25,000 0.01%
Spdr Gold Tr
Closed
116
$24,000
Mastercard Incorporated
350.00%
54
$23,000 0.01%
Arbor Realty Trust Inc.
3.03%
1,666
$23,000 0.01%
First Solar Inc
Opened
105
$23,000 0.01%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
Opened
387
$37,000 0.02%
GSK Plc
No change
593
$22,000 0.01%
American Centy Etf Tr
No change
365
$22,000 0.01%
Stryker Corp.
Opened
66
$22,000 0.01%
Capital Group Dividend Value
No change
690
$22,000 0.01%
Boston Scientific Corp.
Opened
290
$22,000 0.01%
Eli Lilly Co
Opened
24
$21,000 0.01%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Opened
49
$21,000 0.01%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
59.29%
180
$20,000 0.01%
Chevron Corp.
Opened
125
$19,000 0.01%
Schwab Charles Corp
Opened
271
$19,000 0.01%
Rbb Fd Inc
Opened
774
$24,000 0.01%
Air Prods Chems Inc
No change
75
$19,000 0.01%
Palantir Technologies Inc.
No change
715
$18,000 0.01%
Corteva Inc
Closed
311
$18,000
American Intl Group Inc
108.33%
250
$18,000 0.01%
Duke Energy Corp.
0.53%
187
$18,000 0.01%
American Wtr Wks Co Inc New
No change
141
$18,000 0.01%
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
0.59%
169
$18,000 0.01%
Equinix Inc
Opened
25
$18,000 0.01%
Uwm Holdings Corporation
1.54%
2,501
$17,000 0.01%
Public Svc Enterprise Grp In
Opened
235
$17,000 0.01%
Lowes Cos Inc
Opened
76
$16,000 0.01%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
No change
205
$25,000 0.01%
Spdr Sp Midcap 400 Etf Tr
No change
31
$16,000 0.01%
Vanguard Index Fds
No change
200
$16,000 0.01%
Comcast Corp New
No change
396
$15,000 0.01%
Annaly Capital Management In
No change
822
$15,000 0.01%
Wells Fargo Co New
Opened
241
$14,000 0.01%
Schlumberger Ltd.
130.77%
300
$14,000 0.01%
Xylem Inc
0.91%
109
$14,000 0.01%
ON Semiconductor Corp.
Opened
200
$13,000 0.01%
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc
Opened
87
$13,000 0.01%
Cisco Sys Inc
0.35%
286
$13,000 0.01%
HubSpot Inc
91.67%
23
$13,000 0.01%
Agnc Invt Corp
3.74%
1,414
$13,000 0.01%
CME Group Inc
91.18%
65
$12,000 0.01%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Opened
422
$32,000 0.02%
Enterprise Prods Partners L
Opened
381
$11,000 0.01%
First Tr Exchange Traded Fd
Opened
259
$21,000 0.01%
Essential Utils Inc
No change
300
$11,000 0.01%
Nike, Inc.
Opened
159
$11,000 0.01%
First Tr Nasdaq 100 Tech Ind
Opened
60
$11,000 0.01%
PayPal Holdings Inc
Opened
195
$11,000 0.01%
Vale S.A.
No change
1,000
$11,000 0.01%
Las Vegas Sands Corp
Opened
260
$11,000 0.01%
Blue Owl Capital Corporation
2.13%
672
$10,000 0.01%
Pge Corp
No change
600
$10,000 0.01%
Moodys Corp
Opened
25
$10,000 0.01%
Vanguard Calif Tax Free Fds
Opened
103
$10,000 0.01%
Enbridge Inc
No change
264
$9,000 0.00%
Block Inc
Opened
140
$9,000 0.00%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
Opened
190
$9,000 0.00%
Aflac Inc.
Opened
100
$9,000 0.00%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
460.00%
56
$9,000 0.00%
Shopify Inc
275.00%
150
$9,000 0.00%
Ameriprise Finl Inc
No change
21
$8,000 0.00%
Amphenol Corp.
100.00%
120
$8,000 0.00%
Lam Research Corp.
Opened
8
$8,000 0.00%
VanEck ETF Trust
No change
100
$7,000 0.00%
Sumitomo Mitsui Finl Group I
0.18%
561
$7,000 0.00%
Boeing Co.
Closed
34
$7,000
Align Technology, Inc.
73.68%
33
$7,000 0.00%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Opened
7
$7,000 0.00%
Lululemon Athletica inc.
Opened
25
$7,000 0.00%
KLA Corp.
Opened
9
$7,000 0.00%
Costar Group, Inc.
150.00%
100
$7,000 0.00%
IPG Photonics Corp
Opened
80
$6,000 0.00%
Crown Castle Inc
Opened
71
$6,000 0.00%
Haleon Plc
Opened
741
$6,000 0.00%
Becton Dickinson Co
No change
29
$6,000 0.00%
Assurant Inc
No change
37
$6,000 0.00%
Sp Global Inc
No change
14
$6,000 0.00%
Corning, Inc.
Opened
180
$6,000 0.00%
Hsbc Hldgs Plc
Opened
143
$6,000 0.00%
International Game Technolog
70.00%
340
$6,000 0.00%
Conocophillips
No change
60
$6,000 0.00%
Barclays plc
Opened
484
$5,000 0.00%
Vista Energy S.a.b. De C.v.
Opened
125
$5,000 0.00%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Opened
28
$5,000 0.00%
Ypf Sociedad Anonima
Opened
255
$5,000 0.00%
Illumina Inc
Opened
48
$5,000 0.00%
Att Inc
No change
275
$5,000 0.00%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
No change
120
$5,000 0.00%
Southwest Airls Co
Opened
200
$5,000 0.00%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
Opened
24
$5,000 0.00%
RELX Plc
Opened
119
$5,000 0.00%
Occidental Pete Corp
Opened
80
$5,000 0.00%
Northern Lts Fd Tr Iv
Opened
102
$5,000 0.00%
Mitsubishi Ufj Finl Group In
Opened
503
$5,000 0.00%
VanEck ETF Trust
Opened
22
$5,000 0.00%
Constellation Energy Corp
No change
29
$5,000 0.00%
Procter And Gamble Co
Opened
32
$5,000 0.00%
Global X Fds
Opened
91
$5,000 0.00%
Asml Holding N V
Opened
5
$5,000 0.00%
Uber Technologies Inc
No change
80
$5,000 0.00%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
Opened
59
$5,000 0.00%
Warrior Met Coal Inc
Opened
67
$4,000 0.00%
Tcw Etf Trust
1.53%
129
$8,000 0.00%
Phillips 66
Opened
30
$4,000 0.00%
EQT Corp
No change
130
$4,000 0.00%
Elevance Health Inc
No change
9
$4,000 0.00%
Chewy Inc
No change
170
$4,000 0.00%
Ultrapar Participacoes Sa
Opened
1,224
$4,000 0.00%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Opened
31
$4,000 0.00%
Alps Etf Tr
Opened
313
$11,000 0.01%
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Opened
45
$4,000 0.00%
Voya Financial Inc
Opened
70
$4,000 0.00%
Martin Marietta Matls Inc
Opened
8
$4,000 0.00%
Walmart Inc
Opened
63
$4,000 0.00%
Drdgold Limited
0.19%
537
$4,000 0.00%
Baker Hughes Company
No change
90
$3,000 0.00%
Ares Management Corp
No change
30
$3,000 0.00%
Blackrock Inc.
Opened
4
$3,000 0.00%
Exelon Corp.
No change
93
$3,000 0.00%
Medtronic Plc
Opened
40
$3,000 0.00%
Ares Capital Corp
Opened
180
$3,000 0.00%
Retail Opportunity Invts Cor
Opened
315
$3,000 0.00%
Everest Group Ltd
No change
9
$3,000 0.00%
Blackstone Secd Lending Fd
Opened
122
$3,000 0.00%
Cognizant Technology Solutio
Opened
49
$3,000 0.00%
Suro Capital Corp
Closed
500
$3,000
Lauder Estee Cos Inc
Opened
23
$2,000 0.00%
Regions Financial Corp.
No change
135
$2,000 0.00%
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd
No change
500
$2,000 0.00%
Lumentum Holdings Inc
No change
50
$2,000 0.00%
Kontoor Brands Inc
No change
32
$2,000 0.00%
CSX Corp.
No change
70
$2,000 0.00%
Synchrony Financial
No change
50
$2,000 0.00%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
Opened
30
$2,000 0.00%
Baidu Inc
Opened
25
$2,000 0.00%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
No change
200
$2,000 0.00%
Solaredge Technologies Inc
Opened
85
$2,000 0.00%
Cnx Res Corp
Opened
85
$2,000 0.00%
Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc.
Opened
10
$2,000 0.00%
Kinross Gold Corp.
Opened
278
$2,000 0.00%
Novartis AG
Opened
22
$2,000 0.00%
Spdr Ser Tr
Opened
35
$2,000 0.00%
Bank Montreal Medium
Opened
11
$2,000 0.00%
Pan Amern Silver Corp
Opened
104
$2,000 0.00%
Mcdonalds Corp
Opened
11
$2,000 0.00%
Ge Vernova Inc
Opened
6
$1,000 0.00%
Deere Co
Opened
4
$1,000 0.00%
Huntington Ingalls Inds Inc
Opened
8
$1,000 0.00%
Zim Integrated Shipping Serv
No change
50
$1,000 0.00%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
No change
33
$1,000 0.00%
Spdr Index Shs Fds
Opened
50
$1,000 0.00%
Rivian Automotive, Inc.
No change
100
$1,000 0.00%
Twilio Inc
No change
30
$1,000 0.00%
SM Energy Co
Opened
46
$1,000 0.00%
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
0.91%
109
$1,000 0.00%
Genuine Parts Co.
Opened
12
$1,000 0.00%
Ameresco Inc.
Opened
61
$1,000 0.00%
Viavi Solutions Inc
Opened
250
$1,000 0.00%
Repligen Corp.
Opened
15
$1,000 0.00%
Transocean Ltd
No change
100
$0 0.00%
Snap Inc
No change
20
$0 0.00%
Flexshares Tr
Opened
5
$0 0.00%
Organon Co
No change
14
$0 0.00%
Proshares Tr Ii
No change
5
$0 0.00%
Hasbro, Inc.
Opened
2
$0 0.00%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
Opened
7
$0 0.00%
Harvard Bioscience Inc.
Opened
300
$0 0.00%
Citigroup Inc
Opened
14
$0 0.00%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
Opened
3
$0 0.00%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
No change
8
$0 0.00%
Hain Celestial Group Inc
Opened
66
$0 0.00%
Veralto Corp
86.76%
9
$0 0.00%
Gamestop Corp New
No change
8
$0 0.00%
Corsair Gaming, Inc.
No change
60
$0 0.00%
Opendoor Technologies Inc.
Opened
300
$0 0.00%
Cerence Inc
Opened
21
$0 0.00%
Lucid Group, Inc.
Opened
155
$0 0.00%
Verizon Communications Inc
No change
0
$0 0.00%
Wabtec
No change
5
$0 0.00%
V2X Inc
No change
6
$0 0.00%
Alcon Ag
No change
4
$0 0.00%
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