FORTRESS PRIVATE LEDGER, LLC

RALEIGH, NC · CIK 1718251 · 13F filing filed 2025-05-15

SEC-registered investment adviser since 2020 · limited liability company

Assets managed$584.0m
Staff22 · 13 in investment roles
Main clients (by assets)High net worth individuals 45%, Individuals 36%, Pension plans 17%
Websitemyept.com
Form ADV · 2026-03-31SEC adviser record

$179.3m reported value +9.5% vs Q4 2024

175positions

43.2%in top 10

42 new 85 added 37 reduced 14 sold out vs Q4 2024

Holdings, Q1 2025

The small lines show how much was held over the last 4 quarters (adjusted for stock splits).

#	Security	Ticker	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change	Shares change
1	PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC CL A PLTR	PLTR	270,813	$22.9m12.75%	12.75%	Added +177	+177 0.1%
2	CAPITAL GROUP DIVIDEND VALUE SHS CREATION UNI CGDV	CGDV	386,185	$13.8m7.68%	7.68%	Added +23.5k	+23,505 6.5%
3	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	50,699	$11.3m6.28%	6.28%	Added +832	+832 1.7%
4	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	78,229	$8.5m4.73%	4.73%	Added +751	+751 1.0%
5	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	12,407	$4.7m2.60%	2.60%	Added +799	+799 6.9%
6	COCA COLA CONS INC COM COKE	COKE	3,083	$4.2m2.32%	2.32%	Added +57	+57 1.9%
7	SPDR GOLD TR GOLD SHS GLD	GLD	11,794	$3.4m1.90%	1.90%	Added +4.0k	+4,019 51.7%
8	VANGUARD INDEX FDS S&P 500 ETF SHS VOO	VOO	6,353	$3.3m1.82%	1.82%	Added +1.5k	+1,543 32.1%
9	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	8,089	$2.8m1.58%	1.58%	Added +175	+175 2.2%
10	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	14,588	$2.8m1.55%	1.55%	Added +860	+860 6.3%
11	DNP SELECT INCOME FD INC COM DNP	DNP	246,903	$2.4m1.36%	1.36%	Reduced -3.3k	-3,343 -1.3%
12	SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT SPY	SPY	4,175	$2.3m1.30%	1.30%	Added +555	+555 15.3%
13	ELI LILLY & CO COM LLY	LLY	2,825	$2.3m1.30%	1.30%	Added +96	+96 3.5%
14	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL B NEW BRK.B	BRK.B	4,220	$2.2m1.25%	1.25%	Added +56	+56 1.3%
15	EZCORP INC CL A NON VTG EZPW	EZPW	136,809	$2.0m1.12%	1.12%	Reduced -3.5k	-3,476 -2.5%
16	EASTMAN CHEM CO COM EMN	EMN	21,895	$1.9m1.08%	1.08%	Added +871	+871 4.1%
17	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US LCAP GR ETF SCHG	SCHG	74,096	$1.9m1.04%	1.04%	Added +2.6k	+2,635 3.7%
18	CHEVRON CORP NEW COM CVX	CVX	10,131	$1.7m0.95%	0.95%	Reduced -499	-499 -4.7%
19	RIGETTI COMPUTING INC COMMON STOCK RGTI	RGTI	206,133	$1.6m0.91%	0.91%	New
20	EA SERIES TRUST ALPHA ARCH 1-3 BOXX	BOXX	14,499	$1.6m0.90%	0.90%	Reduced -7.6k	-7,600 -34.4%
21	MCDONALDS CORP COM MCD	MCD	5,088	$1.6m0.89%	0.89%	Added +210	+210 4.3%
22	IONQ INC COM IONQ	IONQ	71,407	$1.6m0.88%	0.88%	New
23	ISHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETF SHS BEN INT IBIT	IBIT	32,886	$1.5m0.86%	0.86%	Reduced -1.9k	-1,945 -5.6%
24	EXXON MOBIL CORP COM XOM	XOM	12,267	$1.5m0.81%	0.81%	Reduced -628	-628 -4.9%
25	PROSHARES TR S&P 500 DV ARIST NOBL	NOBL	14,190	$1.4m0.81%	0.81%	Unchanged
26	TYSON FOODS INC CL A TSN	TSN	22,477	$1.4m0.80%	0.80%	Added +284	+284 1.3%
27	AMERIPRISE FINL INC COM AMP	AMP	2,926	$1.4m0.79%	0.79%	Added +5	+5 0.2%
28	ENERGY TRANSFER L P COM UT LTD PTN ET	ET	76,099	$1.4m0.79%	0.79%	Added +3.2k	+3,165 4.3%
29	INVESCO QQQ TR UNIT SER 1 QQQ	QQQ	2,828	$1.3m0.74%	0.74%	Added +10	+10 0.3%
30	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	5,126	$1.3m0.70%	0.70%	Added +460	+460 9.9%
31	OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE IN COM ODFL	ODFL	7,373	$1.2m0.68%	0.68%	Added +4	+4 0.1%
32	ADOBE INC COM ADBE	ADBE	3,109	$1.2m0.67%	0.67%	Added +7	+7 0.2%
33	ISHARES TR MSCI USA QLT FCT QUAL	QUAL	6,915	$1.2m0.66%	0.66%	Reduced -176	-176 -2.5%
34	BROADCOM INC COM AVGO	AVGO	6,998	$1.2m0.65%	0.65%	Reduced -458	-458 -6.1%
35	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	2,032	$1.2m0.65%	0.65%	Added +1.1k	+1,146 129.3%
36	DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW COM NEW DUK	DUK	9,560	$1.2m0.65%	0.65%	Reduced -459	-459 -4.6%
37	WALMART INC COM WMT	WMT	13,266	$1.2m0.65%	0.65%	Added +1.4k	+1,357 11.4%
38	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	7,113	$1.1m0.61%	0.61%	Added +135	+135 1.9%
39	CITIGROUP INC COM NEW C	C	15,252	$1.1m0.60%	0.60%	Added +3.4k	+3,426 29.0%
40	PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM PM	PM	6,795	$1.1m0.60%	0.60%	Added +2.4k	+2,364 53.4%
41	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST UQ EQT FDEC	FDEC	24,453	$1.1m0.59%	0.59%	Reduced -431	-431 -1.7%
42	JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM JNJ	JNJ	6,144	$1.0m0.57%	0.57%	Added +983	+983 19.1%
43	SPDR SER TR BLOOMBERG 1-3 MO BIL	BIL	10,902	$1.0m0.56%	0.56%	Added +3.5k	+3,468 46.6%
44	MSA SAFETY INC COM MSA	MSA	6,807	$998.5k0.56%	0.56%	Added +17	+17 0.2%
45	FIRST TR EXCHANGE-TRADED FD DORSEY WRT 5 ETF FV	FV	17,717	$972.0k0.54%	0.54%	Reduced -500	-500 -2.7%
46	CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC CL A STZ	STZ	5,183	$951.2k0.53%	0.53%	Added +26	+26 0.5%
47	AAR CORP COM AIR	AIR	16,830	$942.3k0.53%	0.53%	Added +43	+43 0.3%
48	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM IBM	IBM	3,496	$869.3k0.48%	0.48%	Added +235	+235 7.2%
49	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST NAS QMAR	QMAR	30,427	$860.8k0.48%	0.48%	Reduced -3.0k	-2,988 -8.9%
50	BOEING CO COM BA	BA	4,966	$847.0k0.47%	0.47%	Added +2.3k	+2,266 83.9%
51	AMERICAN TOWER CORP NEW COM AMT	AMT	3,752	$816.4k0.46%	0.46%	Reduced -4	-4 -0.1%
52	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST US EQT FAUG	FAUG	17,219	$783.2k0.44%	0.44%	Reduced -2.7k	-2,731 -13.7%
53	EATON CORP PLC SHS ETN	ETN	2,817	$765.7k0.43%	0.43%	Added +62	+62 2.2%
54	HOME DEPOT INC COM HD	HD	2,080	$762.2k0.43%	0.43%	Added +214	+214 11.5%
55	BLACKSTONE INC COM BX	BX	5,354	$748.4k0.42%	0.42%	Added +770	+770 16.8%
56	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C GOOG	GOOG	4,667	$729.2k0.41%	0.41%	Added +1.7k	+1,725 58.6%
57	SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF TR UTSER1 S&PDCRP MDY	MDY	1,364	$727.5k0.41%	0.41%	Reduced -201	-201 -12.8%
58	LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC COM LULU	LULU	2,477	$701.1k0.39%	0.39%	Added +11	+11 0.5%
59	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM GS	GS	1,226	$670.0k0.37%	0.37%	Added +392	+392 47.0%
60	ISHARES TR CORE S&P SCP ETF IJR	IJR	6,070	$634.7k0.35%	0.35%	Added +635	+635 11.7%
61	ORACLE CORP COM ORCL	ORCL	4,540	$634.7k0.35%	0.35%	Added +867	+867 23.6%
62	WELLS FARGO CO NEW COM WFC	WFC	8,782	$630.5k0.35%	0.35%	Added +586	+586 7.2%
63	AT&T INC COM T	T	21,499	$608.0k0.34%	0.34%	Added +434	+434 2.1%
64	PACER FDS TR US CASH COWS 100 COWZ	COWZ	11,102	$607.9k0.34%	0.34%	Added +1.3k	+1,253 12.7%
65	PIMCO DYNAMIC INCOME FD SHS PDI	PDI	30,304	$600.0k0.33%	0.33%	Added +1.7k	+1,672 5.8%
66	TIDAL TRUST I FUNDSTRAT GRANNY GRNY	GRNY	32,537	$591.4k0.33%	0.33%	Added +7.0k	+6,952 27.2%
67	GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP COM GD	GD	2,169	$591.1k0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -306	-306 -12.4%
68	INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II NASDAQ 100 ETF QQQM	QQQM	3,038	$586.4k0.33%	0.33%	New
69	RBB FUND TRUST FIRST EAGLE GBL FEGE	FEGE	15,218	$571.8k0.32%	0.32%	New
70	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST US EQT FAPR	FAPR	13,847	$566.2k0.32%	0.32%	Reduced -24	-24 -0.2%
71	COMCAST CORP NEW CL A CMCSA	CMCSA	14,671	$541.3k0.30%	0.30%	Added +4.0k	+4,043 38.0%
72	SOUTHERN CO COM SO	SO	5,803	$533.6k0.30%	0.30%	Added +97	+97 1.7%
73	TESLA INC COM TSLA	TSLA	2,053	$532.1k0.30%	0.30%	Added +325	+325 18.8%
74	PROCTER AND GAMBLE CO COM PG	PG	3,062	$521.9k0.29%	0.29%	Added +694	+694 29.3%
75	VANGUARD INDEX FDS SMALL CP ETF VB	VB	2,329	$516.5k0.29%	0.29%	Reduced -2.3k	-2,261 -49.3%
76	BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCO COM XFRAX	XFRAX	38,658	$499.5k0.28%	0.28%	Reduced -28.6k	-28,644 -42.6%
77	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST U.S EQT GOCT	GOCT	14,530	$498.8k0.28%	0.28%	Reduced -55	-55 -0.4%
78	ABBVIE INC COM ABBV	ABBV	2,307	$483.4k0.27%	0.27%	Added +197	+197 9.3%
79	HCA HEALTHCARE INC COM HCA	HCA	1,388	$479.7k0.27%	0.27%	Added +522	+522 60.3%
80	BANK NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM BNY	BNY	5,605	$470.1k0.26%	0.26%	Added +2.0k	+2,031 56.8%
81	SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM STK SLB	SLB	11,185	$467.5k0.26%	0.26%	New
82	ISHARES TR MSCI EAFE ETF EFA	EFA	5,661	$462.7k0.26%	0.26%	Added +229	+229 4.2%
83	TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD SPONSORED ADS TSM	TSM	2,751	$456.7k0.25%	0.25%	Added +984	+984 55.7%
84	FIRST TR EXCHNG TRADED FD VI FT VEST US EQT GAPR	GAPR	12,053	$452.8k0.25%	0.25%	Unchanged
85	J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F EQUITY PREMIUM JEPI	JEPI	7,892	$450.9k0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -376	-376 -4.5%
86	GALLAGHER ARTHUR J & CO COM AJG	AJG	1,296	$447.4k0.25%	0.25%	Added +163	+163 14.4%
87	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COM VZ	VZ	9,763	$442.9k0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -3.8k	-3,829 -28.2%
88	HIGHLAND GLOBAL ALLOCATION F COM HGLB	HGLB	51,261	$427.0k0.24%	0.24%	New
89	RTX CORPORATION COM RTX	RTX	3,116	$412.7k0.23%	0.23%	Added +941	+941 43.3%
90	BLACKROCK ETF TRUST II ISHARES FLEXIBLE BINC	BINC	7,798	$408.5k0.23%	0.23%	Added +1.4k	+1,380 21.5%
91	ELEVANCE HEALTH INC COM ELV	ELV	933	$405.9k0.23%	0.23%	New
92	BRITISH AMERN TOB PLC SPONSORED ADR BTI	BTI	9,754	$403.5k0.23%	0.23%	Added +3.6k	+3,592 58.3%
93	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM LMT	LMT	898	$401.0k0.22%	0.22%	Reduced -273	-273 -23.3%
94	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP COM PH	PH	657	$399.2k0.22%	0.22%	Added +118	+118 21.9%
95	CONOCOPHILLIPS COM COP	COP	3,655	$383.8k0.21%	0.21%	Added +777	+777 27.0%
96	CISCO SYS INC COM CSCO	CSCO	6,216	$383.6k0.21%	0.21%	Added +2.1k	+2,099 51.0%
97	PFIZER INC COM PFE	PFE	14,944	$378.7k0.21%	0.21%	Reduced -338	-338 -2.2%
98	3M CO COM MMM	MMM	2,569	$377.2k0.21%	0.21%	Added +180	+180 7.5%
99	WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP COM WPM	WPM	4,844	$376.0k0.21%	0.21%	New
100	WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC LTD SHS WTW	WTW	1,101	$372.1k0.21%	0.21%	New

Sold out since Q4 2024

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
GRAYSCALE BITCOIN TRUST ETF GBTC	GBTC	6,138	$454.3k6.1k shares
SPDR SERIES TRUST SPYG	SPYG	4,679	$411.3k4.7k shares
VANGUARD INDEX FDS VTI	VTI	1,189	$344.6k1.2k shares
GE VERNOVA INC GEV	GEV	801	$263.5k801 shares
LAM RESEARCH CORP LRCX	LRCX	3,628	$262.1k3.6k shares
NOVO-NORDISK A S NVO	NVO	3,027	$260.4k3.0k shares
VISTRA CORP VST	VST	1,789	$246.7k1.8k shares
CROWDSTRIKE HLDGS INC CRWD	CRWD	679	$232.3k679 shares
ISHARES TR DGRO	DGRO	3,611	$221.5k3.6k shares
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC AMD	AMD	1,832	$221.3k1.8k shares
SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR XLV	XLV	1,554	$213.8k1.6k shares
INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II BKLN	BKLN	9,786	$206.2k9.8k shares
VANGUARD WORLD FD VGT	VGT	323	$200.9k323 shares
PROSPECT CAP CORP PSEC 6.375 03.01.25	PSEC 6.375 03.01.25	32,000	$31.8k32.0k shares