Kaizen Financial Strategies
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0001842013
13F-HR · 76 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Reported long-US-equity value
$0.15B
Top-10 concentration
69.6%
Kaizen Financial Strategies — $149M AUM allocation strategy
Kaizen Financial Strategies files SEC Form 13F and reports $149M of long US equity value across 76 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Financials 26.9%, followed by Information Technology 20.2% and Communication Services 8.9%.
The top 10 holdings account for 70% of reported value — a conviction-weighted book concentrated in its best ideas. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
Kaizen Financial Strategies — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$149M
total across 76 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
70% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$SCHW +31.1K sh · +$912K+$AES +7.49K sh · +$111K+$MS +5.74K sh · +$83.2K
Biggest trims (shares)
−$BLK −7.8K sh · −$403K−$XLRE −2.98K sh · −$54.9K−$BX −2.43K sh · −$1.02M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$LULU ($247K last qtr)$ISRG ($233K last qtr)$FIS ($208K last qtr)
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Investment Banking & Brokerage23.8%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals10.2%—
- Interactive Media & Services8.9%—
- Semiconductors8.0%—
- Broadline Retail3.4%—
- Asset Management & Custody Banks3.1%—
- Systems Software2.0%—
- Automobile Manufacturers1.6%—
- Other holdings39.0%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
8 of 8 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $SCHW | Charles Schwab Corporation | 1.17M | $34.3M | +31.1K | 23.1% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 57.6K | $15.2M | -1.67K | 10.2% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 52K | $10.3M | -2K | 6.9% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 23.4K | $7.78M | -319 | 5.2% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 20.1K | $5.03M | -2.1K | 3.4% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 11.5K | $3.85M | +50 | 2.6% |
| $BX | Blackstone Inc | 24.7K | $3.16M | -2.43K | 2.1% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 7K | $2.94M | -524 | 2.0% |
…and 68 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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