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Gradient Capital Advisors, LLC

Reported holdings as of Q3 2026, from 32 quarterly filings.

CIK
1727917
Reported value
$433.0M
Positions
179
Top 10 weight
36.4%
Filed
2026-10-21
Days after quarter end
21

Holdings

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SecurityTickerValue SharesWeightWeight change Held Change
ISHARES TRIVV$39.8M51,9509.19%+0.10pp32q-0.8%-$321.7K
APPLE INCAAPL$23.0M68,9185.30%+0.54pp32q-3.0%-$717.7K
SPDR INDEX SHS FDSSPDW$15.3M304,8613.53%-0.08pp30q-1.5%-$231.0K
VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDSVCSH$14.3M185,5133.31%+0.01pp32q+3.0%+$420.5K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFSD$13.1M281,1343.02%+0.17pp20q+9.3%+$1.1M
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFGP$12.5M240,3342.88%-0.08pp8q+2.3%+$285.6K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHF$11.4M416,6632.64%-0.08pp32q-1.9%-$217.7K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHM$10.1M296,4582.33%-0.24pp32q-1.3%-$136.7K
ALPHABET INCGOOGL$9.2M26,6722.12%-0.05pp32q+1.8%+$166.2K
VANGUARD MALVERN FDSVTIP$8.9M181,7362.07%+0.09pp32q+7.0%+$588.4K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFEM$8.9M225,0372.06%-0.03pp18q+1.3%+$114.4K
DFA U.S. Targeted Value ETFDFAT$8.8M132,4852.03%-newNEW
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVV$8.4M23,7731.93%-0.05pp32q-4.2%-$370.5K
VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FDSVEA$8.2M115,8591.89%flat32q+1.4%+$111.4K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHX$7.7M256,6061.78%+0.01pp32q-1.2%-$96.4K
DFA INVT DIMENSIONS GROUP INDFSV$7.7M205,2251.78%-newNEW
JPMORGAN CHASE & COJPM$7.4M22,4271.71%-0.01pp32q-1.2%-$87.3K
NVIDIA CORPORATIONNVDA$7.3M32,0091.69%+0.19pp22q-0.9%-$68.1K
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$6.9M13,4621.59%+0.41pp32q-1.7%-$119.5K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFUV$6.7M121,5871.54%-0.05pp18q-2.6%-$177.2K
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRKB$6.7M13,4241.54%+0.26pp32q+21.5%+$1.2M
J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED FJPST$5.6M111,1301.29%+0.02pp32q+2.2%+$120.5K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFAX$5.5M148,3271.27%+0.01pp21q+0.9%+$48.1K
DFA INVT DIMENSIONS GROUP INDFAR$5.4M223,0341.24%-newNEW
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFLV$5.3M132,5981.23%flat14q-0.9%-$50.7K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHD$4.9M149,1701.12%+0.04pp32q+1.0%+$46.3K
ISHARES TRIGSB$4.8M93,4381.11%+0.04pp32q+6.2%+$278.9K
VANGUARD STAR FDSVXUS$4.7M55,8211.10%-0.02pp32q-0.7%-$33.4K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVOO$4.6M6,5711.06%-0.05pp32q-6.4%-$314.0K
TESLA INCTSLA$4.5M12,5631.03%-0.25pp27q-4.6%-$216.1K
META PLATFORMS INCMETA$4.3M5,8890.99%+0.18pp32q-4.9%-$221.9K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVO$4.3M54,4120.99%-0.04pp32q-1.1%-$49.3K
ISHARES INCEMXC$4.1M41,5700.95%-0.01pp3q+2.6%+$105.5K
SPDR GOLD TRGLD$3.9M10,2860.90%+0.06pp32q+4.5%+$167.6K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDISV$3.9M89,9980.90%+0.05pp17q-1.9%-$75.4K
LAM RESEARCH CORPLRCX$3.9M11,8520.90%-0.67pp9q-24.1%-$1.2M
VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX FVNQI$3.7M88,1240.87%-0.03pp32q+2.2%+$79.9K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVUG$3.7M40,8220.85%+0.04pp32qHELD
BROADCOM INCAVGO$3.7M10,4600.85%-0.10pp26q-3.2%-$119.8K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVB$3.6M12,5570.82%-0.07pp32q-1.8%-$66.3K
AMERIPRISE FINL INCAMP$2.9M5,8760.67%-newNEW
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTSM$2.7M5,9090.62%-0.04pp14q-1.1%-$29.7K
CISCO SYS INCCSCO$2.6M24,2890.60%-0.06pp13qHELD
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVTV$2.4M11,1780.56%-0.02pp32q-2.7%-$66.6K
AMAZON COM INCAMZN$2.4M9,6800.56%+0.01pp32q-1.7%-$41.1K
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INCAMD$2.4M3,8950.55%-0.09pp14q-18.3%-$532.8K
AMERICAN CENTY ETF TRAVDV$2.3M20,8440.53%+0.03pp24qHELD
SPDR SERIES TRUSTBILS$2.3M22,7570.52%-0.08pp10q-13.6%-$355.4K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFAE$2.2M56,0290.51%-0.02pp23q-1.2%-$26.5K
AMERICAN CENTY ETF TRAVMC$2.2M28,4160.50%flat8q+5.2%+$107.4K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVBR$2.1M9,2870.50%-0.04pp32q-2.2%-$48.1K
WORLD GOLD TRGLDM$2.1M26,0480.49%+0.02pp19q+2.0%+$41.2K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHB$2.0M68,5360.46%-0.01pp32q-2.0%-$41.1K
CHEVRON CORPORATIONCVX$1.9M9,4000.44%+0.09pp23q+1.3%+$24.1K
BANK OF NY MELLON CORPBNY$1.9M13,1600.44%-0.01pp5q-1.4%-$27.0K
WP CAREY INCWPC$1.8M27,2670.41%-0.05pp32q-1.9%-$33.8K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVNQ$1.7M19,1520.40%-0.03pp32qHELD
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCMU$1.7M1,5830.39%+0.11pp3q+50.3%+$564.6K
VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX FVEU$1.7M19,9810.38%-0.01pp32q-1.7%-$29.1K
VANGUARD INDEX FDSVTI$1.6M4,1560.36%+0.01pp27q+1.0%+$16.1K
ISHARES TRIWM$1.6M5,5840.36%-0.03pp26qHELD
ISHARES TRSGOV$1.5M14,7940.34%-0.01pp4q-2.4%-$36.2K
JOHNSON & JOHNSONJNJ$1.4M5,4520.33%+0.02pp32q+2.4%+$33.6K
AMERICAN CENTY ETF TRAVUV$1.4M11,9130.32%-0.04pp23q-6.0%-$88.8K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHA$1.3M40,1450.30%-0.03pp32q+0.9%+$11.7K
AMGEN INCAMGN$1.3M3,1040.30%+0.04pp26qHELD
ISHARES SILVER TRSLV$1.2M22,7850.29%-0.01pp7q-3.4%-$43.3K
DFA INVT DIMENSIONS GRP US CORE EQUITY 2 CL SH ETFDFAC$1.2M27,3370.28%-newNEW
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHV$1.2M36,1370.28%-0.03pp32q-4.0%-$50.2K
VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDSVIG$1.1M4,7020.25%flat32qHELD
BANK OF AMER CORPBAC$1.1M19,5140.25%-0.01pp32qHELD
INVESCO QQQ TRQQQ$1.0M1,3560.23%flat26qHELD
SPDR INDEX SHS FDSFEZ$960.2K14,2650.22%-0.02pp7q-6.2%-$64.0K
ALPHABET INCGOOG$945.5K2,7750.22%-0.01pp32qHELD
INTEL CORPINTC$931.2K7,7450.22%-0.04pp32q-2.4%-$23.2K
QUALCOMM INCQCOM$914.4K4,9680.21%flat32qHELD
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRXLP$897.6K11,1370.21%-0.01pp32q-2.1%-$19.3K
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPLMT$894.9K1,7570.21%flat30q+1.9%+$16.3K
VISA INCV$892.0K2,4820.21%flat17q-2.1%-$19.0K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHH$879.4K39,8990.20%-0.02pp32qHELD
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATIONCOST$876.6K9630.20%-0.01pp22qHELD
VANGUARD WORLD FDVHT$867.3K2,7440.20%flat32q-3.9%-$35.4K
CATERPILLAR INCCAT$843.1K1,0400.19%-0.06pp24qHELD
ISHARES TRIJR$834.6K6,1350.19%-0.02pp32qHELD
ISHARES TRIBDX$826.3K34,3290.19%-0.01pp15qHELD
VANGUARD WHITEHALL FDSVYM$824.6K5,3130.19%flat21qHELD
ISHARES TRIBDW$818.5K40,8010.19%-0.01pp12qHELD
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFIC$806.2K21,4350.19%flat17qHELD
ISHARES TRIVW$761.4K5,3520.18%+0.01pp24qHELD
VANGUARD BD INDEX FDSBSV$695.0K9,0970.16%-0.04pp32q-17.2%-$144.0K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHZ$692.7K31,3450.16%-0.01pp32qHELD
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFAI$670.3K16,1790.15%+0.01pp19q+3.7%+$24.0K
ISHARES TRIBDV$634.2K29,9990.15%-0.01pp12qHELD
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPXOM$614.5K3,7760.14%+0.02pp2q+2.1%+$12.7K
ISHARES TRIEFA$607.6K6,2720.14%flat26qHELD
ISHARES TREWJV$582.7K12,0120.13%+0.01pp3qHELD
ISHARES TRIVE$576.0K2,5230.13%flat32qHELD
STATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF TSPY$573.5K7520.13%flat29qHELD
VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX FVWO$570.5K9,6190.13%-0.02pp32q-12.7%-$82.7K
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPSB$570.1K19,2670.13%flat32qHELD
HOME DEPOT INCHD$566.1K1,9900.13%-0.05pp32q-10.0%-$63.2K
J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED FJMST$549.0K10,8590.13%flat24qHELD
VANGUARD BD INDEX FDSVUSB$547.6K11,0510.13%flat22q-0.7%-$4.0K
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRXLE$540.2K8,7840.12%+0.02pp18q+2.7%+$14.2K
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INCPANW$538.4K1,3550.12%+0.02pp10q+1.1%+$6.0K
NETFLIX INC.NFLX$521.4K7,4930.12%flat16q-1.1%-$5.8K
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHE$514.8K14,1230.12%flat32q-1.2%-$6.5K
ISHARES TREFA$507.5K4,8850.12%flat32qHELD
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHP$503.9K20,0530.12%-0.01pp32q-3.3%-$16.9K
ISHARES TRLQD$498.4K4,8780.12%-0.01pp32qHELD
BLACKSTONE INCBX$492.1K4,3900.11%-0.01pp17qHELD
ISHARES TRAGG$482.8K5,1070.11%-0.01pp32qHELD
AMERICAN CENTY ETF TRAVLV$481.7K5,3270.11%+0.03pp19q+34.4%+$123.4K
ISHARES TRIBDZ$480.7K19,5180.11%-0.01pp9qHELD
ISHARES TRIBDU$478.4K21,0860.11%flat11qHELD
BLACKROCK INCBLK$472.7K4470.11%+0.01pp9q+1.6%+$7.4K
RBB FUND TRUSTFEOE$471.8K8,7740.11%-0.02pp3q-18.7%-$108.7K
ISHARES TRIYW$466.2K1,7600.11%flat12qHELD
WISDOMTREE TRDTD$446.0K4,7740.10%flat32qHELD
WELLS FARGO & COWFC$428.6K5,3540.10%flat12qHELD
INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR IISPLV$424.0K6,0140.10%-0.01pp32qHELD
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFUS$421.0K5,0700.10%flat17q-5.3%-$23.5K
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSPTM$419.8K4,5600.10%flat26qHELD
ISHARES TRIBDY$414.1K16,9150.10%-0.01pp9qHELD
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDGCB$413.2K7,9600.10%+0.03pp4q+60.5%+$155.7K
APPLIED MATLS INCAMAT$410.1K8020.09%-0.04pp4qHELD
ISHARES TRIJH$392.8K5,4600.09%-0.01pp26qHELD
BOEING COBA$392.6K2,1100.09%flat17q+19.3%+$63.6K
INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FDBSMV$391.9K19,7040.09%-0.01pp16qHELD
STARBUCKS CORPSBUX$385.5K4,1030.09%flat26q+3.4%+$12.5K
ABBVIE INCABBV$382.5K1,4620.09%+0.01pp12q+3.6%+$13.3K
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSIBM$380.6K1,7310.09%-0.03pp27q-0.7%-$2.9K
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRXLK$365.7K1,8680.08%flat5qHELD
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRXLF$344.4K6,4490.08%-0.01pp11q-6.5%-$23.9K
CROWDSTRIKE HLDGS INCCRWD$343.6K1,2980.08%+0.02pp2q-10.4%-$39.7K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INCPLTR$341.2K1,8240.08%-newNEW
FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VIBUFR$325.4K8,6840.08%+0.02pp4q+36.1%+$86.3K
INTUITINTU$321.9K1,1680.07%flat17q-0.7%-$2.2K
RBB FUND TRUSTFEGE$314.9K6,2740.07%flat2q-8.1%-$27.9K
ISHARES TRIBDS$314.0K13,0200.07%flat10qDEBT
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCGS$302.6K3360.07%-0.01pp6q-6.9%-$22.5K
DISNEY WALT CODIS$301.2K2,8710.07%flat32q-3.1%-$9.8K
ISHARES TRIBDR$298.4K12,3120.07%flat12qDEBT
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALSREGN$291.2K3840.07%+0.01pp17qHELD
WALMART INCWMT$291.2K2,8020.07%flat9q+2.4%+$6.8K
CITIZENS FINL GROUP INCCFG$289.7K4,5430.07%-0.01pp4q-0.7%-$2.0K
ORACLE CORPORCL$289.2K2,1060.07%flat6q+0.7%+$1.9K
PGIM GLOBAL HIGH YIELD FD FOGHY$283.9K25,7640.07%-0.01pp32qHELD
SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRSCHO$283.0K11,8600.07%flat9q-0.8%-$2.2K
ISHARES TRIWC$279.0K1,5100.06%-0.01pp5qHELD
FEDEX CORPFDX$274.0K9610.06%-0.01pp15qHELD
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFCA$269.6K5,6560.06%-0.01pp6q-9.6%-$28.5K
ISHARES TRICF$259.1K4,1200.06%flat32qHELD
PROCTER & GAMBLE COPG$258.8K1,7810.06%flat26qHELD
VANGUARD WHITEHALL FDSVYMI$257.2K2,5430.06%flat7q-0.6%-$1.5K
SPDR SERIES TRUSTSJNK$253.7K10,4600.06%flat22qHELD
SPDR SERIES TRUSTKRE$252.0K3,6290.06%-0.01pp5q-1.4%-$3.5K
GE VERNOVA INCGEV$249.0K2620.06%flat2q+35.8%+$65.6K
ISHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETFIBIT$248.9K5,2580.06%-newNEW
NEWMONT CORPNEM$247.2K2,1440.06%-0.01pp4q-30.6%-$108.9K
RTX CORPORATIONRTX$246.2K1,3260.06%flat5q+5.6%+$13.0K
DIMENSIONAL ETF TRUSTDFAU$244.8K4,6760.06%flat4qHELD
STATE STR SPDR DOW JONES INDDIA$241.8K4750.06%flat6qHELD
ISHARES TRIBDT$237.9K9,5320.05%flat7qHELD
DEERE CODE$235.0K3500.05%flat2qHELD
MARRIOTT INTL INC NEWMAR$226.9K6380.05%flat4qHELD
AMERICAN EXPRESS COAXP$226.3K7440.05%flat6q+6.7%+$14.3K
MERCK & CO INCMRK$225.7K1,5530.05%-newNEW
PFIZER INCPFE$225.7K7,9120.05%-newNEW
ACCENTURE PLC IRELANDACN$215.8K1,1770.05%-newNEW
ISHARES TRTIP$215.4K2,0700.05%flat32qHELD
ISHARES TRIBCA$210.2K8,7330.05%flat2qHELD
ISHARES TRIGIB$208.5K4,1410.05%flat9qHELD
YUM! BRANDS INCYUM$207.9K1,5250.05%-0.01pp17qHELD
J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED FJSCP$205.9K4,4780.05%flat8qHELD
ISHARES TRSTIP$205.5K2,0610.05%flat2qHELD
INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FDBSCT$190.2K10,4480.04%flat2qHELD
MINDWALK HOLDINGS CORPHYFT$35.2K26,5510.01%flat5qHELD
UR-ENERGY INCURG$10.8K10,0000.00%flat6qHELD

By sector

Industry comes from the SIC code on each company's own SEC filings, which is self-reported and sometimes out of date. Derivative exposure is counted with the shares. Securities the SEC assigns no industry - funds, trusts, foreign issues - are shown as not classified rather than dropped.

Computer Hardware 6.1%Software & IT Services 5.2%Semiconductors & Electronics 4.7%Capital Markets 2.7%Banks & Lending 2.6%Insurance 1.5%Other sectors 6.5%Not classified 70.7%
 
SectorValueShare
Computer Hardware$26.5M6.1%
Software & IT Services$22.6M5.2%
Semiconductors & Electronics$20.3M4.7%
Capital Markets$11.7M2.7%
Banks & Lending$11.3M2.6%
Insurance$6.7M1.5%
Other sectors$28.0M6.5%
Not classified$306.0M70.7%

What the disclosed book did

This is not the fund's return. A 13F shows long US equity positions only, so shorts, bonds, foreign listings, private holdings and cash are all invisible here. What this measures is the quarter's change in value of the positions this manager disclosed, had they been left untouched - the return a reader following the filing would have earned.

QuarterBookMarket DifferencePriced
Q3 2026-0.0%+2.1%-2.2%99%
Q2 2026+11.6%+14.8%-3.2%100%
Q1 2026-1.3%-4.6%+3.4%100%
Q4 2025+2.6%+2.4%+0.3%100%
Q3 2025+7.9%+7.8%+0.0%100%
Q2 2025+7.7%+10.5%-2.7%100%
Q1 2025-2.8%-4.6%+1.8%100%
Q4 2024+0.2%+2.1%-2.0%100%

Market is SPY over the same two quarter ends, priced the same way as everything else here - the median across every filer reporting it. It is a large-cap US proxy, so a manager holding small caps or biotech will beat or trail it for reasons that are not skill. Prices are quarter-end to quarter-end and say nothing about the path in between, or about trades opened and closed inside a quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterValuePositions NewAddedTrimmed ExitedTop 10 Days to file
Q3 2026$433.0M1791039631036.4%21
Q2 2026$431.8M17994659736.2%13
Q1 2026$385.8M17762970336.6%16
Q4 2025$388.0M174104177336.0%37
Q3 2025$373.1M167105456536.5%27
Q2 2025$338.5M162115851437.2%16
Q1 2025$306.4M15545848139.1%35
Q4 2024$310.2M15265156240.0%29
Q3 2024$302.0M148104744239.2%16
Q2 2024$279.8M14034552239.7%22
Q1 2024$272.4M13923955539.8%17
Q4 2023$262.6M14293855340.7%32
Q3 2023$239.2M13624246542.0%25
Q2 2023$249.4M13943940342.7%19
Q1 2023$235.2M13863346142.5%18
Q4 2022$220.1M13384139442.5%37
Q3 2022$209.4M129185137144.0%38
Q2 2022$208.4M112552291644.9%18
Q1 2022$236.1M12374230546.0%29
Q4 2021$240.2M12155133247.1%31
Q3 2021$218.1M11844935446.8%33
Q2 2021$213.4M118135027146.8%33
Q1 2021$188.9M10663835048.3%21
Q4 2020$175.4M10072946148.9%20
Q3 2020$160.2M9414235147.5%21
Q2 2020$147.9M94114222346.6%28
Q1 2020$123.9M86432361048.8%22
Q4 2019$143.7M9262737147.4%16
Q3 2019$133.9M8712831247.5%22
Q2 2019$130.2M8832828248.4%16
Q1 2019$125.4M8723128149.5%16
Q4 2018$115.8M86000051.6%30

Rows marked UNVERIFIED ID, PLACEHOLDER ID, TICKER AS ID or NON-CUSIP ID carry an identifier that is not a valid CUSIP. They are shown because the filer reported that money, but treat the security named with caution - hover the chip for what is wrong with it, and see the methodology.

Held counts consecutive filings in which this manager reported the position, and can reach further back than the quarters listed above: the tabs begin at Q4 2018 because earlier coverage is too sparse to describe a market, but tenure is counted over every filing we hold, some reaching to 2007. A position sold and later rebought starts again from one.

Weight change is the shift in this position's share of the whole book, in percentage points. It is the more useful column: when money flows into or out of a broad fund, almost every holding is bought or sold at once, so added and trimmed largely track flows. A weight that rose while the book shrank is a decision. Both compare with the previous quarter this filer reported, not the previous calendar quarter.