DOSSIER · 13F-HR · Q1 2026

True Link Financial Advisors, LLC

$1.6B in tracked AUM across 418 positions as of Q1 2026.

TL
CIK 0001846236 · last filed Mar 31, 2026
Total AUM
$1.6B
as of Q1 2026
Holdings
418
positions
Whale Score
70
70
strong
Activity
no data
changes this Q
AI Analysis · Q1 2026

True Link Financial Advisors' $1.62B Q1 2026 filing records a whaleScore of 69.50 — the highest in this run — but the book's structure makes that score almost uninformative. Roughly 93% of reported assets sit inside ETFs; Vanguard's intermediate-term bond ETF (BIV) alone accounts for $413.5M, or 25.5% of the book. The Q1 shift was a substantial risk-off rotation: the US equity core lost $24.4M from IVV and $9.7M from ITOT, a combined $34M reduction, while fixed-income vehicles absorbed $47M+ in net additions. The most aggressive move was a full liquidation: the 0-1 year treasury ETF SHV, which held $42.1M at year-end, was entirely sold. On the single-name side the sleeve is too small to change the arithmetic — the largest name is Lockheed Martin at 0.18% of assets.

The whaleScore of 69.50 is therefore a measurement artifact. The score is calibrated to dollar-concentration within the reported holding set, and at $413.5M in a single bond ETF, BIV registers as an enormous conviction bet. In reality it is a duration bet deployed through an ETF wrapper, structurally different from a concentrated stock position. Reading this score as evidence of stock-picking skill is a category error. For a reader scanning for active managers, this filer should be filtered out as a false positive: the score is measuring platform scale, not selectivity.

The Q1 shift is the operationally interesting part because it actually tells you where risk is being taken. The book underwent a significant duration-and-credit rotation. US equity wrappers shrank materially: IVV (S&P 500 ETF) was reduced by 22,662 shares worth $24.4M, and ITOT (total US market) was reduced by 33,737 shares worth $9.7M — a combined contraction of roughly $34M from the US equity core. Against that reduction, the fixed-income layer expanded: Dimensional Core Fixed Income (DFCF) was increased by 562,369 shares adding $22.5M — the single largest dollar increase on the filing; and international aggregate bond (IAGG) was increased by $11.9M despite the currency and rate headwinds that weighed on global fixed income in early 2026. Short-term BIV and BSV together absorbed an additional $12.9M. The net bond-side inflow overwhelms the equity-side outflow.

Quarter at a glance — Q1 2026

Position-change comparison pending.

No quarter-over-quarter changes available.

Top 10 holdings

By portfolio weight as of Q1 2026.

#HoldingValueSharesWeight
01
BIV
VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND ETF
$414M5.4M25.5%
02
BSV
VANGUARD SHORT-TERM BOND ETF
$195M2.5M12.0%
03
IVV
ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF
$184M281K11.3%
04
DFCF
DIMENSIONAL CORE FIXED INCOME ETF
$180M4.3M11.1%
05
ITOT
ISHARES CORE S&P TOTAL U.S. STOCK MARKET ETF
$106M743K6.5%
06
IEFA
ISHARES CORE MSCI EAFE ETF
$79M869K4.9%
07
VTIP
VANGUARD SHORT-TERM INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES ETF
$73M1.5M4.5%
08
DFAE
DIMENSIONAL EMERGING CORE EQUITY MARKET ETF
$62M1.8M3.8%
09
QUAL
ISHARES MSCI USA QUALITY FACTOR ETF
$61M321K3.8%
10
DFIV
DIMENSIONAL INTERNATIONAL VALUE ETF
$59M1.1M3.7%

Filing history

2026Q1Mar 31
$1.6B 1.6%
418 positionsView →
2025Q4Dec 31
$1.6B 5.9%
114 positionsView →
2025Q3Sep 30
$1.6B 7.2%
92 positionsView →
2025Q2Jun 30
$1.4B 8.2%
87 positionsLocked
2025Q1Mar 31
$1.3B 12.5%
94 positionsLocked
2024Q4Dec 31
$1.2B 1.2%
73 positionsLocked
2024Q3Sep 30
$1.2B 9.3%
66 positionsLocked
2024Q2Jun 30
$1.1B 3.4%
64 positionsLocked
2024Q1Mar 31
$1.0B 12.9%
63 positionsLocked
2023Q4Dec 31
$924M 10.8%
61 positionsLocked
2023Q3Sep 30
$834M 0.7%
103 positionsLocked
2023Q2Jun 30
$828M 3.6%
113 positionsLocked
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