Carter Financial Group, INC.

BARRINGTON, IL · CIK 1919749 · 13F filing filed 2026-07-30

No investment adviser registration (Form ADV) found for this filer. It may be a parent company whose subsidiaries are the registered advisers, a bank or insurer, or a manager based outside the US.

Others nearbyLake Forest, IL

$192.9m reported value +19.3% vs Q1 2026

134positions

47.2%in top 10

20 new 61 added 49 reduced 12 sold out vs Q1 2026

Holdings, Q2 2026

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	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL B NEW BRK.B	BRK.B	41,693	$20.9m10.81%	10.81%	Reduced -17	-17 -0.0%
2	INVESCO EXCH TRADED FD TR II NASDAQ 100 ETF QQQM	QQQM	44,132	$13.4m6.93%	6.93%	Reduced -2.4k	-2,408 -5.2%
3	DBX ETF TR XTRACK MSCI EAFE DBEF	DBEF	159,889	$8.7m4.53%	4.53%	Added +21.5k	+21,515 15.6%
4	AMPLIFY ETF TR CWP ENHANCED DIV DIVO	DIVO	181,372	$8.3m4.30%	4.30%	Added +1.4k	+1,391 0.8%
5	INNOVATOR ETFS TRUST DEFINED WLT SHLD BALT	BALT	241,453	$8.3m4.29%	4.29%	New
6	AMPLIFY ETF TR BLOCKCHAIN LDR BLOK	BLOK	120,017	$7.5m3.90%	3.90%	Reduced -8.8k	-8,787 -6.8%
7	TIDAL TRUST III VIST ARTI IN ETF AIS	AIS	78,482	$6.7m3.47%	3.47%	Added +46.9k	+46,902 148.5%
8	APPLE INC COM AAPL	AAPL	22,405	$6.5m3.36%	3.36%	Reduced -3.1k	-3,107 -12.2%
9	NVIDIA CORPORATION COM NVDA	NVDA	28,527	$5.7m2.96%	2.96%	Added +201	+201 0.7%
10	AMERICAN CENTY ETF TR US SML CP VALU AVUV	AVUV	40,465	$5.0m2.62%	2.62%	Added +38.1k	+38,075 1593.1%
11	NEOS ETF TRUST NEOS ENHCD INME BNDI	BNDI	101,455	$4.8m2.47%	2.47%	Added +1.5k	+1,538 1.5%
12	BITWISE BITCOIN ETF TR SHS BEN INT BITB	BITB	140,837	$4.5m2.33%	2.33%	Added +4.6k	+4,567 3.4%
13	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C GOOG	GOOG	11,156	$3.9m2.04%	2.04%	Added +5	+5 0.0%
14	ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A GOOGL	GOOGL	8,494	$3.0m1.57%	1.57%	Added +82	+82 1.0%
15	VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F FTSE EMR MKT ETF VWO	VWO	49,782	$3.0m1.54%	1.54%	Added +492	+492 1.0%
16	INVESCO QQQ TR UNIT SER 1 QQQ	QQQ	3,960	$2.9m1.51%	1.51%	Reduced -17	-17 -0.4%
17	VANECK ETF TRUST SEMICONDUCTR ETF SMH	SMH	4,318	$2.8m1.47%	1.47%	Reduced -23	-23 -0.5%
18	MICROSOFT CORP COM MSFT	MSFT	6,918	$2.6m1.34%	1.34%	Added +360	+360 5.5%
19	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR INTL SCEQT ETF SCHC	SCHC	51,810	$2.5m1.29%	1.29%	Added +2.5k	+2,517 5.1%
20	TESLA INC COM TSLA	TSLA	5,415	$2.3m1.18%	1.18%	Reduced -639	-639 -10.6%
21	JANUS DETROIT STR TR HENDERSON MTG JMBS	JMBS	42,365	$1.9m0.99%	0.99%	Added +1.0k	+1,022 2.5%
22	AMAZON COM INC COM AMZN	AMZN	7,729	$1.8m0.95%	0.95%	Added +53	+53 0.7%
23	J P MORGAN EXCHANGE TRADED F ULTRA SHRT ETF JPST	JPST	36,222	$1.8m0.95%	0.95%	Added +1.2k	+1,233 3.5%
24	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US REIT ETF SCHH	SCHH	76,887	$1.8m0.94%	0.94%	Added +2.0k	+2,024 2.7%
25	INVESCO EXCHANGE TRADED FD T AEROSPACE DEFN PPA	PPA	9,887	$1.7m0.91%	0.91%	Reduced -256	-256 -2.5%
26	GLOBAL X FDS DEFENSE TECH ETF SHLD	SHLD	27,386	$1.6m0.85%	0.85%	Reduced -182	-182 -0.7%
27	INTEL CORP COM INTC	INTC	11,562	$1.6m0.84%	0.84%	Reduced -182	-182 -1.6%
28	PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC CL A PLTR	PLTR	13,180	$1.5m0.80%	0.80%	Reduced -621	-621 -4.5%
29	EXXON MOBIL CORP COM XOM	XOM	10,929	$1.5m0.77%	0.77%	Added +736	+736 7.2%
30	SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT SPY	SPY	1,966	$1.5m0.76%	0.76%	Reduced -1	-1 -0.1%
31	GABELLI ETFS TRUST FINL SVCS OPPTYS GABF	GABF	31,728	$1.4m0.72%	0.72%	Reduced -32.7k	-32,702 -50.8%
32	ZACKS TRUST EARNGS CONSTANT ZECP	ZECP	36,973	$1.4m0.72%	0.72%	Added +631	+631 1.7%
33	ARISTA NETWORKS INC COM SHS ANET	ANET	8,088	$1.4m0.71%	0.71%	Added +9	+9 0.1%
34	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN CORP CLASS A COM STK SPCX	SPCX	7,809	$1.3m0.69%	0.69%	New
35	ISHARES TR RUSSELL 3000 ETF IWV	IWV	3,115	$1.3m0.69%	0.69%	Unchanged
36	VANGUARD INDEX FDS S&P 500 ETF SHS VOO	VOO	1,920	$1.3m0.68%	0.68%	Reduced -8	-8 -0.4%
37	VANGUARD CHARLOTTE FDS TOTAL INT BD ETF BNDX	BNDX	26,821	$1.3m0.67%	0.67%	Added +2.6k	+2,631 10.9%
38	ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC COM ITW	ITW	4,481	$1.2m0.63%	0.63%	Added +26	+26 0.6%
39	VANGUARD MUN BD FDS TAX EXEMPT BD VTEB	VTEB	22,799	$1.2m0.60%	0.60%	Added +2.5k	+2,483 12.2%
40	NGL ENERGY PARTNERS LP COM UNIT REPST NGL	NGL	66,889	$1.1m0.55%	0.55%	Added +2.0k	+2,000 3.1%
41	SPDR SER TR S&P 600 SMCP VAL SLYV	SLYV	8,964	$978.0k0.51%	0.51%	Added +26	+26 0.3%
42	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM MU	MU	837	$966.1k0.50%	0.50%	Reduced -108	-108 -11.4%
43	RTX CORPORATION COM RTX	RTX	4,951	$939.3k0.49%	0.49%	Reduced -140	-140 -2.8%
44	ISHARES TR MBS ETF MBB	MBB	9,885	$934.3k0.48%	0.48%	Added +1.0k	+1,038 11.7%
45	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC COM AMD	AMD	1,519	$882.5k0.46%	0.46%	Added +179	+179 13.4%
46	ETF SER SOLUTIONS DEFIANCE QUANTUM QTUM	QTUM	5,036	$832.9k0.43%	0.43%	Added +61	+61 1.2%
47	ISHARES TR JPMORGAN USD EMG EMB	EMB	8,436	$813.6k0.42%	0.42%	Added +854	+854 11.3%
48	WALMART INC COM WMT	WMT	7,171	$812.2k0.42%	0.42%	Reduced -1.0k	-1,048 -12.8%
49	AMGEN INC COM AMGN	AMGN	2,236	$809.6k0.42%	0.42%	Reduced -36	-36 -1.6%
50	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS INT-TERM CORP VCIT	VCIT	9,490	$784.3k0.41%	0.41%	Added +1.1k	+1,138 13.6%
51	META PLATFORMS INC CL A META	META	1,384	$779.4k0.40%	0.40%	Added +243	+243 21.3%
52	ORACLE CORP COM ORCL	ORCL	5,113	$749.2k0.39%	0.39%	Reduced -40	-40 -0.8%
53	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS INTER TERM TREAS VGIT	VGIT	12,418	$732.4k0.38%	0.38%	Added +1.2k	+1,175 10.4%
54	PACER FDS TR PACER US SMALL CALF	CALF	14,423	$729.9k0.38%	0.38%	Reduced -91.6k	-91,585 -86.4%
55	ASML HOLDING N V N Y REGISTRY SHS ASML	ASML	357	$710.2k0.37%	0.37%	Added +46	+46 14.8%
56	SNAP ON INC COM SNA	SNA	1,755	$706.0k0.37%	0.37%	Added +8	+8 0.5%
57	BROADCOM INC COM AVGO	AVGO	1,836	$693.5k0.36%	0.36%	Reduced -317	-317 -14.7%
58	JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM JNJ	JNJ	2,640	$670.4k0.35%	0.35%	Added +523	+523 24.7%
59	ISHARES TR RUS 1000 ETF IWB	IWB	1,547	$633.4k0.33%	0.33%	Reduced -40	-40 -2.5%
60	ENTREPRENEURSHARES SERIES TR ERSH PRI PUB ETF XOVR	XOVR	29,514	$621.3k0.32%	0.32%	Reduced -3.7k	-3,707 -11.2%
61	LAM RESEARCH CORP COM NEW LRCX	LRCX	1,431	$620.5k0.32%	0.32%	Added +62	+62 4.5%
62	CAMBRIA ETF TR GBL REAL EST ETF BLDG	BLDG	22,933	$619.2k0.32%	0.32%	Reduced -104.2k	-104,201 -82.0%
63	ZACKS TRUST QUALITY INTERNAT QUIZ	QUIZ	20,026	$585.1k0.30%	0.30%	Added +1.5k	+1,528 8.3%
64	ZACKS TRUST SMALL/MID CAP SMIZ	SMIZ	13,103	$584.7k0.30%	0.30%	Added +11	+11 0.1%
65	APPLIED MATLS INC COM AMAT	AMAT	752	$543.7k0.28%	0.28%	New
66	NEOS ETF TRUST NEOS ENH INC 1-3 CSHI	CSHI	10,620	$529.0k0.27%	0.27%	Added +461	+461 4.5%
67	CATERPILLAR INC COM CAT	CAT	480	$511.1k0.26%	0.26%	Reduced -3	-3 -0.6%
68	ROYAL BK CDA COM RY	RY	2,407	$498.2k0.26%	0.26%	Added +150	+150 6.7%
69	TORONTO DOMINION BK ONT COM NEW TD	TD	3,993	$484.9k0.25%	0.25%	Added +219	+219 5.8%
70	CITIGROUP INC COM NEW C	C	3,454	$483.5k0.25%	0.25%	Reduced -505	-505 -12.8%
71	ISHARES TR ISHARES BIOTECH IBB	IBB	2,423	$460.8k0.24%	0.24%	Added +53	+53 2.2%
72	HSBC HLDGS PLC SPON ADR NEW HSBC	HSBC	4,746	$451.3k0.23%	0.23%	Added +184	+184 4.0%
73	ISHARES INC CORE MSCI EMKT IEMG	IEMG	5,418	$448.8k0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -224	-224 -4.0%
74	CISCO SYS INC COM CSCO	CSCO	3,762	$441.9k0.23%	0.23%	Added +961	+961 34.3%
75	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM GS	GS	436	$441.0k0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -63	-63 -12.6%
76	AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM AXP	AXP	1,296	$438.5k0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -76	-76 -5.5%
77	GE AEROSPACE COM NEW GE	GE	1,162	$434.4k0.23%	0.23%	Reduced -314	-314 -21.3%
78	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS SHRT TRM CORP BD VCSH	VCSH	5,237	$413.9k0.21%	0.21%	Added +534	+534 11.3%
79	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM IBM	IBM	1,468	$413.0k0.21%	0.21%	Reduced -110	-110 -7.0%
80	ABBVIE INC COM ABBV	ABBV	1,596	$401.6k0.21%	0.21%	Added +255	+255 19.0%
81	ISHARES TR CORE S&P TTL STK ITOT	ITOT	2,402	$394.6k0.20%	0.20%	Reduced -81	-81 -3.3%
82	ISHARES TR RUSSELL 2000 ETF IWM	IWM	1,312	$394.1k0.20%	0.20%	Unchanged
83	GE VERNOVA INC COM GEV	GEV	333	$391.4k0.20%	0.20%	Reduced -7	-7 -2.1%
84	ISHARES TR BROAD USD HIGH USHY	USHY	10,506	$388.9k0.20%	0.20%	Added +1.1k	+1,133 12.1%
85	SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HLDNGS PL ORD SHS STX	STX	391	$377.8k0.20%	0.20%	New
86	ISHARES TR CORE INTL AGGR IAGG	IAGG	7,376	$373.2k0.19%	0.19%	Added +117	+117 1.6%
87	ISHARES TR US AER DEF ETF ITA	ITA	1,516	$367.4k0.19%	0.19%	Added +1	+1 0.1%
88	ISHARES TR CORE US AGGBD ET AGG	AGG	3,712	$367.4k0.19%	0.19%	Added +185	+185 5.2%
89	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FDS SHORT TERM TREAS VGSH	VGSH	6,297	$366.5k0.19%	0.19%	Added +414	+414 7.0%
90	SPDR SER TR PORTFOLIO INTRMD SPIB	SPIB	10,353	$346.4k0.18%	0.18%	Reduced -9	-9 -0.1%
91	VANGUARD INDEX FDS SMALL CP ETF VB	VB	1,120	$339.6k0.18%	0.18%	Reduced -38	-38 -3.3%
92	BANK AMERICA CORP COM BAC	BAC	5,874	$334.7k0.17%	0.17%	Reduced -239	-239 -3.9%
93	BHP GROUP LTD SPONSORED ADS BHP	BHP	3,897	$324.7k0.17%	0.17%	New
94	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM JPM	JPM	970	$317.5k0.16%	0.16%	Reduced -1.5k	-1,527 -61.1%
95	LENNOX INTL INC COM LII	LII	545	$312.9k0.16%	0.16%	Unchanged
96	AMPLIFY ETF TR ONLIN RETL ETF IBUY	IBUY	4,518	$312.3k0.16%	0.16%	Unchanged
97	VISA INC COM CL A V	V	897	$307.7k0.16%	0.16%	Reduced -90	-90 -9.1%
98	GLOBAL X FDS AUTONMOUS EV ETF DRIV	DRIV	7,853	$303.4k0.16%	0.16%	Reduced -4	-4 -0.1%
99	SCHWAB STRATEGIC TR US TIPS ETF SCHP	SCHP	11,102	$294.2k0.15%	0.15%	Added +1.2k	+1,171 11.8%
100	MCDONALDS CORP COM MCD	MCD	1,058	$286.0k0.15%	0.15%	Added +81	+81 8.3%

Sold out since Q1 2026

Security	Ticker	Shares held before	Value then
SPDR SER TR XBI	XBI	1,917	$244.9k1.9k shares
NETFLIX INC NFLX	NFLX	2,498	$240.2k2.5k shares
ASTRAZENECA PLC		1,104	$217.7k1.1k shares
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC VZ	VZ	4,254	$213.6k4.3k shares
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD AEM	AEM	1,039	$210.9k1.0k shares
ATMOS ENERGY CORP ATO	ATO	1,106	$204.4k1.1k shares
BANCO BBVA ARGENTINA S A BBAR	BBAR	9,324	$202.0k9.3k shares
NORTHWEST BANCSHARES INC MD NWBI	NWBI	15,528	$197.0k15.5k shares
FORD MTR CO F	F	10,690	$123.4k10.7k shares
CIM REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST INC CMRF	CMRF	12,867	$66.1k12.9k shares
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III INC KBSR	KBSR	23,162	$62.5k23.2k shares
LABOR SMART INC LTNC	LTNC	8,000,000	$1.6k8.0m shares