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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 (2016Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 101 holdings with a total value of $239,454,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 ISHARES GOLD TRUST ISHARES ETF 2,631,380 29,064,000 12.14%
2 CHEVRON CORP NEW 204,743 24,028,000 10.03%
3 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 413,649 22,015,000 9.19%
4 CATERPILLAR INC 215,735 19,960,000 8.34%
5 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 161,067 17,766,000 7.42%
6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 76,392 12,662,000 5.29%
7 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 73,333 6,821,000 2.85%
8 PFIZER INC 166,617 5,407,000 2.26%
9 VANGUARD WORLD FD 49,731 5,297,000 2.21%
10 VANGUARD WORLD FD 69,309 5,291,000 2.21%
11 EXXON MOBIL CORP 51,579 4,638,000 1.94%
12 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 36,407 4,405,000 1.84%
13 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 40,759 3,364,000 1.40%
14 CISCO SYS INC 89,133 2,689,000 1.12%
15 VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F 76,230 2,655,000 1.11%
16 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 11,489 2,568,000 1.07%
17 APPLE INC 21,000 2,432,000 1.02%
18 AETNA INC NEW 16,422 2,036,000 0.85%
19 MONDELEZ INTL INC 45,075 1,998,000 0.83%
20 POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST 16,834 1,995,000 0.83%
21 AT&T INC 40,477 1,702,000 0.71%
22 ISHARES TR 15,267 1,602,000 0.67%
23 EMPIRE DIST ELEC CO 46,564 1,587,000 0.66%
24 ALPHABET INC 1,926 1,526,000 0.64%
25 ALPHABET INC 1,954 1,508,000 0.63%
26 DISNEY WALT CO 14,458 1,507,000 0.63%
27 ISHARES TR 11,753 1,431,000 0.60%
28 KRAFT HEINZ CO 16,188 1,414,000 0.59%
29 VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FDS 34,802 1,272,000 0.53%
30 BOEING CO 8,073 1,257,000 0.52%
31 SOUTHERN CO 25,715 1,251,000 0.52%
32 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 38,631 1,200,000 0.50%
33 CALIFORNIA WTR SVC GROUP 34,829 1,181,000 0.49%
34 NORTHWEST NAT GAS CO 19,536 1,168,000 0.49%
35 SIMON PROPERTY GROUP 7,589 1,156,000 0.48%
36 DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW 15,251 1,152,000 0.48%
37 AVISTA CORP COM 28,722 1,149,000 0.48%
38 WESTAR ENERGY 20,139 1,135,000 0.47%
39 AMEREN CORP 21,415 1,123,000 0.47%
40 ALLETE INC COM NEW 17,471 1,121,000 0.47%
41 HAWAIIAN ELEC INDUSTRIES COM 32,827 1,086,000 0.45%
42 SPDR GOLD TR 9,757 1,069,000 0.45%
43 PINNACLE WEST 13,481 1,052,000 0.44%
44 CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 14,371 1,041,000 0.43%
45 ISHARES TR 10,241 1,038,000 0.43%
46 ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 27,087 1,026,000 0.43%
47 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 8,700 1,003,000 0.42%
48 EVERSOURCE ENERGY 17,814 970,000 0.41%
49 AMERICAN ELEC P 15,332 945,000 0.39%
50 WEC ENERGY GROUP INC 15,915 933,000 0.39%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001085146-17-000663, filed 2017.02.14).

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.