Steve Erken Portfolio
Invests via Maxele Advisors LLC | Managed by Stephen M. (Steve) Erken
Invests via Maxele Advisors LLC
Managed by Stephen M. (Steve) Erken
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Veteran private-market operator and investor, Steve Erken brings operational leadership and portfolio-management experience spanning growth-stage technology and services businesses. Known for scaling revenue and improving unit economics, he has held senior operating roles, led strategic M&A and managed investor relations for PE-backed firms. Active in board and advisory roles, he focuses on go-to-market execution, margin expansion and capital-efficient growth. Engages with venture and growth equity investors on deal sourcing and diligence.
Veteran private-market operator and investor, Steve Erken brings operational leadership and portfolio-management experience spanning growth-stage technology and services businesses. Known for scaling revenue and improving unit economics, he has held senior operating roles, led strategic M&A and managed investor relations for PE-backed firms. Active in board and advisory roles, he focuses on go-to-market execution, margin expansion and capital-efficient growth. Engages with venture and growth equity investors on deal sourcing and diligence.
Investment Philosophy & Strategy
Operates with a growth-to-value bias, prioritizing capital-efficient scaling of technology and services businesses where go-to-market and unit-economics improvements drive value. Prefers growth-stage equity and control or structured minority positions with 3–7 year horizons, underwriting opportunities by revenue traction, margin expansion potential and M&A optionality. Applies operator-led diligence, active portfolio governance, and disciplined capital allocation to de-risk execution while cultivating strategic investor syndicates to amplify exits and follow-on funding.
Operates with a growth-to-value bias, prioritizing capital-efficient scaling of technology and services businesses where go-to-market and unit-economics improvements drive value. Prefers growth-stage equity and control or structured minority positions with 3–7 year horizons, underwriting opportunities by revenue traction, margin expansion potential and M&A optionality. Applies operator-led diligence, active portfolio governance, and disciplined capital allocation to de-risk execution while cultivating strategic investor syndicates to amplify exits and follow-on funding.
Disclaimer: This Portfolio is derived from and computed based on publicly available data from SEC filings.
Gain and growth charts are calculated per selected timeframe:
73.43%
Gain +0.23%
Monthly
0.8%
Yearly
9.99%
Drawdown
19.45%
$140.97M
Equity
Holdings
$140.97M
Investment
$95.99M
$45.8M
Profit +$283,968.83
Realized
$826,017.85
Unrealized
$44.97M
Dividends
$6.08M
Goals
Avg. 46.5% completed goals
Yearly
Gain > 5% 2026
Yearly
Gain < 20% 2026
Today
Compared To Yesterday
Gain
0.23%
Profit
$283,968.83
Win %
77%
This Week
Compared To Last Week
Gain
-1.43%
Profit
-$2.04M
Win %
77%
This Month
Compared to last month
Gain
0.05%
Profit
$64,272.56
Win %
77%
This Year
Compared to last year
Gain
-1.38%
Profit
-$1.98M
Win %
75%
LLY Eli Lilly and Company
+4.62%
+$95,550.73 
ITB iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF
+4.09%
+$16,674.9 
HD The Home Depot, Inc.
+3.74%
+$19,540.78 
LOW Lowe's Companies Inc.
+3.73%
+$10,059.51 
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
+3.55%
+$15,724.8 
NFLX Netflix, Inc.
+3.27%
+$13,806.95 
BNY BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust
+3.24%
+$10,814.23 
ORCL Oracle Corporation
+3.04%
+$6,899.86 
XHB SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF
+2.98%
+$7,935.55 
SLV iShares Silver Trust
+2.77%
+$11,851.14 
MA Mastercard Incorporated
+2.52%
+$5,996.1 
IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF
+2.39%
+$23,109.3 
IYH iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF
+2.23%
+$7,323.59 
XLV Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
+2.21%
+$84,986.66 
FHLC Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF
+2.07%
+$37,310.91 
CBSH Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
+1.93%
+$4,328.1 
FDIS Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF
+1.82%
+$41,710.48 
VCR Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF
+1.8%
+$19,591.03 
WMT Walmart Inc.
+1.76%
+$17,180.04 
XLB Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund
+1.7%
+$6,857.18 
ABT Abbott Laboratories
+1.61%
+$17,738.76 
FNCL Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF
+1.51%
+$36,497.08 
FMAT Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF
+1.42%
+$14,444 
KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF
+1.38%
+$3,451.14 
GLD SPDR Gold Shares
+1.38%
+$42,724.72 
IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
+1.36%
+$6,489.95 
XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
+1.35%
+$48,317.43 
MSFT Microsoft Corp.
+1.29%
+$12,110.72 
VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
+1.25%
+$7,944.25 
FCOM Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF
+1.21%
+$16,822.75 
RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
+1.15%
+$4,634.02 
IWN iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
+1.11%
+$12,552.54 
IAI iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF
+1.09%
+$5,884.71 
MO Altria Group, Inc.
+1.05%
+$3,331.79 
FREL Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF
+0.99%
+$2,184.57 
DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
+0.98%
+$10,993.12 
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
+0.97%
+$16,773.24 
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF
+0.94%
+$19,053.6 
VDC VANGUARD CONSUMER STAPLES ETF
+0.93%
+$4,086.11 
FSTA Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF
+0.92%
+$6,930 
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
+0.91%
+$2,843.56 
LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
+0.85%
+$1,797.25 
ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+0.76%
+$20,630.5 
BAC Bank of America Corporation
+0.72%
+$2,920.04 
UNP Union Pacific Corporation
+0.7%
+$2,642.17 
IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
+0.7%
+$13,299.77 
VTV Vanguard Value ETF
+0.7%
+$38,053.15 
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
+0.69%
+$11,045 
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (likely mapping for ticker 0V1L)
+0.66%
+$5,644.91 
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
+0.63%
+$20,404.2 
MDY SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust
+0.63%
+$3,134.31 
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
+0.44%
+$1,713.5 
META Meta Platforms Inc Class A
+0.43%
+$6,010.36 
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
+0.42%
+$1,394.94 
AOM iShares Core 40/60 Moderate Allocation ETF
+0.4%
+$1,533.87 
PG Procter & Gamble Co
+0.4%
+$1,647.96 
VEA VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED MARKETS ETF
+0.36%
+$2,029.25 
DE Deere & Company
+0.31%
+$1,419.23 
PEP PepsiCo, Inc.
+0.3%
+$692.25 
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation
+0.28%
+$3,665.28 
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
+0.23%
+$4,848.6 
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
+0.22%
+$612 
VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Investor Shares
+0.2%
+$878.05 
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
+0.2%
+$11,805.27 
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
+0.18%
+$8,404.2 
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
+0.17%
+$1,220.49 
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
+0.15%
+$2,187.72 
FIDU Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF
+0.15%
+$2,410.98 
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund
+0.14%
+$345.57 
OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF
+0.03%
+$453.73 
XLI Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund
+0.02%
+$837.2 
TSMWF Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
0%
$0 
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.
-4.06%
-$77,342.58 
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
-3.73%
-$20,207.84 
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A
-2.95%
-$87,272.13 
GEV GE Vernova Inc.
-2.74%
-$5,342.68 
PM Philip Morris International Inc.
-2.5%
-$9,630.5 
CAT Caterpillar Inc.
-2.39%
-$18,618.86 
SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF
-1.82%
-$103,930.88 
FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF
-1.78%
-$61,609.02 
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation
-1.6%
-$121,326.42 
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation
-1.41%
-$7,193.07 
CVX Chevron Corporation
-1.4%
-$4,680.99 
XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
-1.08%
-$4,717.03 
FTEC Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
-0.81%
-$46,745.88 
AEE Ameren Corporation
-0.72%
-$6,896.25 
DXJ WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund
-0.52%
-$3,836.25 
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
-0.47%
-$2,016 
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.
-0.4%
-$3,136.24 
QTEC First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund
-0.39%
-$35,773.32 
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.
-0.36%
-$5,619.6 
MS Morgan Stanley
-0.29%
-$1,380.57 
MU Micron Technology, Inc.
-0.27%
-$2,206.91 
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF
-0.26%
-$1,994.08 
FUTY Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF
-0.24%
-$2,893.15 
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
-0.2%
-$2,788.5 
IVW ISHARES S&P 500 GROWTH ETF (3IS8)
-0.19%
-$463.05 
AAPL Apple Inc.
-0.13%
-$5,163.19 Events
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| Trades 824 | Longs Won 455/824 55% | Profit Factor 8.49 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $346,179.68 |
| Average Win $114,096.54 | Best Trade (Oct 14) $6.45M | Sharpe Ratio -10.58 |
| Average Loss -$16,570.46 | Worst Trade (Oct 14) -$490,886.46 | Z-Score 2.25 (97.58%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 2y | Expectancy $55,581.83 |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 8,475 | 7,627 | 6,780 | 5,932 | 5,085 | 4,237 | 3,390 | 2,542 | 1,695 | 847 |
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Returns
Overall, Monthly| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 11,474 | $2.19M | $3.93M | - | $1.74M | 79.81% | -0.131% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 10,686 | $1.22M | $1.12M | - | -$99,143.25 | -8.15% | +1.612% |
| AEE Ameren Corporation | 9,195 | $819,116.09 | $954,716.85 | - | $135,600.76 | 16.55% | -0.717% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 34,007 | $3.75M | $3.24M | - | -$506,430.43 | -13.5% | +0.633% |
| AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. | 4,266 | $671,297.92 | $1.83M | - | $1.16M | 172.31% | -4.059% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 8,218 | $1.49M | $2.09M | - | $606,018.9 | 40.76% | +0.232% |
| AOM iShares Core 40/60 Moderate Allocation ETF | 7,866 | $346,834.25 | $383,978.79 | - | $37,144.54 | 10.71% | +0.401% |
| BAC Bank of America Corporation | 7,892 | $351,114.73 | $408,489.92 | - | $57,375.19 | 16.34% | +0.72% |
| BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (likely mapping for ticker 0V1L) | 11,639 | $903,180.7 | $856,106.64 | - | -$47,074.06 | -5.21% | +0.664% |
| BNY BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust | 2,422 | $203,133 | $344,190.42 | - | $141,057.42 | 69.44% | +3.244% |
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 3,600 | $290,988 | $275,688 | - | -$15,300 | -5.26% | +0.222% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 1,039 | $375,305.41 | $759,571.34 | - | $384,265.93 | 102.39% | -2.393% |
| CBSH Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 4,122 | $244,611.85 | $228,647.34 | - | -$15,964.51 | -6.53% | +1.929% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1,328 | $768,235.33 | $1.31M | - | $539,525.95 | 70.23% | +0.281% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. | 4,766 | $287,802.85 | $521,400.4 | - | $233,597.55 | 81.17% | -3.731% |
| CVX Chevron Corporation | 1,510 | $234,208.61 | $330,599.4 | - | $96,390.79 | 41.16% | -1.396% |
| DE Deere & Company | 694 | $235,101.28 | $452,782.95 | - | $217,681.67 | 92.59% | +0.314% |
| DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | 2,164 | $786,224.54 | $1.13M | - | $340,591.9 | 43.32% | +0.985% |
| DXJ WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | 12,375 | $457,281.67 | $739,777.5 | - | $282,495.83 | 61.78% | -0.516% |
| FCOM Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF | 19,226 | $1.05M | $1.4M | - | $349,319.89 | 33.15% | +1.214% |
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FAQ
Which stocks have generated the highest profits for Steve Erken?
The largest contributions to the portfolio's profits come from the following stocks: Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 - $2.03M, Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF - $470,131.66, Meta Platforms Inc Class A - $410,516.14, Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund - $331,861.64, and iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF - $258,790.71. These positions have been the main drivers of growth and have significantly impacted the investor's overall performance.
Which stocks have generated the largest losses for this investor?
The largest losses in the portfolio are associated with the following stocks: Adobe Inc - $260,840.3, Pfizer Inc - $232,517.45, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Index Fund - $127,592.36, iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF - $120,590.71, and SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF - $84,630.56. These positions have had the most negative impact on overall performance and highlight the weaker areas of the portfolio.
What dividends does Steve Erken's portfolio generate?
The portfolio generates substantial dividend income, with a total of $6.08M earned over time. The largest contributors to dividend income include iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF - $470,506.75, Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF - $351,484.03, iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF - $286,903.23, Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund - $264,736.62, and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund - $262,346.97. This indicates that dividends play a meaningful role in the investor's overall strategy.
How stable are Steve Erken's monthly returns?
Steve Erken's monthly returns appear quite volatile. The gap between stronger and weaker months is meaningful, which suggests that the strategy can experience noticeable swings over relatively short periods. For users assessing this profile, that usually means returns may be attractive over time, but the path can be uneven and harder to tolerate during weaker periods.
Can Steve Erken's strategy be considered aggressive or moderate?
Steve Erken's strategy can be described as moderate. It balances growth potential with risk management, showing a willingness to accept some volatility while still maintaining a relatively structured and diversified approach.
Should beginners follow Steve Erken's strategy?
Steve Erken's strategy is probably not ideal for beginners. The combination of risk, volatility, or portfolio complexity may make it harder to follow and understand without prior experience. Users who are new to investing may find it challenging to replicate or tolerate the performance swings.
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