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American Investment Services, Inc.
American Investment Services, Inc. (CIK: 0001369913) incorporated in Delaware, located at 250 Division Street, Great Barrington, MA. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2016Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 102 holdings with a total value of $240,430,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 ISHARES GOLD TRUST ISHARES ETF 2,478,588 31,453,000 13.08%
2 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 413,683 21,503,000 8.94%
3 CHEVRON CORP NEW 203,794 20,975,000 8.72%
4 CATERPILLAR INC 232,566 20,645,000 8.59%
5 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 159,040 17,859,000 7.43%
6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 67,629 10,743,000 4.47%
7 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 73,396 6,385,000 2.66%
8 EXXON MOBIL CORP 60,720 5,300,000 2.20%
9 VANGUARD WORLD FD 68,888 5,080,000 2.11%
10 VANGUARD WORLD FD 46,803 5,006,000 2.08%
11 APPLE INC 38,585 4,362,000 1.81%
12 MCDONALDS CORP 35,592 4,106,000 1.71%
13 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 36,835 4,076,000 1.70%
14 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 126,823 3,757,000 1.56%
15 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 38,018 3,298,000 1.37%
16 CISCO SYS INC 89,747 2,847,000 1.18%
17 AETNA INC NEW 22,922 2,646,000 1.10%
18 VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F 65,903 2,480,000 1.03%
19 PFIZER INC 70,519 2,388,000 0.99%
20 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 10,451 2,261,000 0.94%
21 MONDELEZ INTL INC 44,874 1,970,000 0.82%
22 POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST 15,959 1,895,000 0.79%
23 AT&T INC 44,995 1,827,000 0.76%
24 ISHARES TR 15,453 1,610,000 0.67%
25 EMPIRE DIST ELEC CO 46,564 1,590,000 0.66%
26 ALPHABET INC 1,926 1,549,000 0.64%
27 ALPHABET INC 1,954 1,519,000 0.63%
28 KRAFT HEINZ CO 15,968 1,429,000 0.59%
29 DISNEY WALT CO 14,458 1,343,000 0.56%
30 ISHARES TR 10,962 1,334,000 0.55%
31 SIMON PROPERTY GROUP 7,762 1,332,000 0.55%
32 SPDR GOLD TR 10,572 1,328,000 0.55%
33 SOUTHERN CO 25,715 1,319,000 0.55%
34 DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW 15,251 1,221,000 0.51%
35 AVISTA CORP COM 28,722 1,200,000 0.50%
36 NORTHWEST NAT GAS CO 19,536 1,174,000 0.49%
37 WESTAR ENERGY 20,139 1,143,000 0.48%
38 CALIFORNIA WTR SVC GROUP 34,829 1,118,000 0.47%
39 CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 14,371 1,082,000 0.45%
40 AMEREN CORP 21,415 1,053,000 0.44%
41 ALLETE INC COM NEW 17,471 1,042,000 0.43%
42 ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 27,087 1,038,000 0.43%
43 PINNACLE WEST 13,481 1,024,000 0.43%
44 VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FDS 27,065 1,012,000 0.42%
45 AMERICAN ELEC P 15,332 984,000 0.41%
46 HAWAIIAN ELEC INDUSTRIES COM 32,827 980,000 0.41%
47 EVERSOURCE ENERGY 17,814 965,000 0.40%
48 WEC ENERGY GROUP INC 15,915 953,000 0.40%
49 ISHARES TR 9,835 934,000 0.39%
50 GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INC 33,821 923,000 0.38%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001085146-16-004587, filed 2016.10.28).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.