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Cascade Investment Advisors, Inc. Form 13F-HR Filed 2021-08-04 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM 13F-HR Initial quarterly Form 13F holdings report filed by institutional managers Filing Date: 2021-08-04 | Period of Report: 2021-06-30 SEC Accession No. 0001681490-21-000004 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER Cascade Investment Advisors, Inc. Mailing Address Business Address 503 HIGH STREET 503 HIGH STREET CIK:1681490| IRS No.: 911815841 | State of Incorp.:OR | Fiscal Year End: 1231 OREGON CITY OR 97045 OREGON CITY OR 97045 Type: 13F-HR | Act: 34 | File No.: 028-17496 | Film No.: 211143619 503-417-1950 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document OMB APPROVAL UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE OMB Number: 3235-0006 COMMISSION Expires: July 31, 2015 Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated average burden hours per response: 23.8 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 06-30-2021 Check here if Amendment: ☐ Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): ☐ is a restatement. ☐ adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Cascade Investment Advisors, Inc. Address: 503 HIGH STREET OREGON CITY, OR 97045 Form 13F File Number: 028-17496 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Michelle Rand Title: President and Chief Compliance Officer Phone: 503-703-3622 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Michelle Rand Oregon City, OREGON 08-04-2021 [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): ☒ 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) ☐ 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) ☐ 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) Form 13F Summary Page Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information table Entry Total: 263 Form 13F Information table Value Total: 158755 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] NONE Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document OMB APPROVAL UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB Number: 3235-0006 Washington, D.C. 20549 Expires: July 31, 2015 Estimated average burden FORM 13F hours per response: 23.8 FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE Cabot Oil & Gas Corp COM 127097103 663,480 38,000 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Regeneron Pharmaceutic COM 75886F107 1,142,772 2,046 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Amdocs Ltd. SHS G02602103 1,140,286 14,740 SH SOLE 0 0 0 3M Company COM 88579Y101 40,123 202 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 312,682 2,697 SH SOLE 0 0 0 AbbVie Inc. COM 00287Y109 17,571 156 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Adobe Systems Incorporated COM 00724F101 5,856 10 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Alaska Air Group Inc COM 011659109 7,056 117 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Albany Intl Corp. Cl A Class A 012348108 1,233,126 13,815 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Allstate Corporation COM 020002101 1,742,026 13,355 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Alphabet, Inc. Class A Class A 02079K305 168,483 69 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Altra Industrial Motion Corp COM 02208R106 1,425,238 21,920 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 1,335 28 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Amazon Com Inc COM 023135106 2,095,057 609 SH SOLE 0 0 0 AMERCO COM 023586100 14,735 25 SH SOLE 0 0 0 AmerisourceBergen Corp COM 03073E105 22,898 200 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Amgen, Inc. COM 031162100 1,930,743 7,921 SH SOLE 0 0 0 AppFolio Inc. COM CL A 03783C100 59,304 420 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Apple Hospitality REIT COM 03784Y200 810,763 53,130 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Apple, Inc. COM 037833100 4,348,890 31,753 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Applied Materials Inc COM 038222105 2,541,840 17,850 SH SOLE 0 0 0 AstraZeneca PLC Sponsored ADR 046353108 29,950 500 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Atlantica Sustainable INFR P SHS G0751N103 2,233 60 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Audiocodes LTD ORD M15342104 1,122,081 33,910 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Ball Corporation COM 058498106 42,535 525 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Bank Of America Corp COM 060505105 78,337 1,900 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Berkshire Hathaway Class B Class B 084670702 513,040 1,846 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Berkshire Hathaway Class A Class A 084990175 418,601 100 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Boeing Co COM 097023105 191,648 800 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Borg Warner Inc COM 099724106 1,348,780 27,787 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co COM 110122108 1,792,780 26,830 SH SOLE 0 0 0 British Amern Tob Plc Sponsored ADR 110448107 5,896 150 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Broadcom, Inc. COM 11135F101 11,921 25 SH SOLE 0 0 0 C H Robinson Worldwide COM 12541W209 1,175,592 12,550 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Calamos Strategic Total Com SH BEN INT 128125101 15,152 833 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Canadian Pac RY LTD COM 13645T100 2,307 30 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Carrier Global Corp. COM 14448C104 20,071 413 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Carters Inc. COM 146229109 987,852 9,575 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 1,596,968 7,338 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Centerpoint Energy COM 15189T107 31,876 1,300 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Check Point Software Tech COM M22465104 810,587 6,980 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Copyright © 2021 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document ChevronTexaco Corp COM 166764100 1,231,323 11,756 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 1,624,927 30,659 SH SOLE 0 0 0 CitiGroup, Inc. COM 172967226 1,367,385 19,327 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Citizens Financial Group COM 174610105 1,376,558 30,010 SH SOLE 0 0 0 CME Group Class A Class A 12572Q105 26,585 125 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Coca Cola Company COM 191216100 206,514 3,816 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Cognizant Tech Sol Class A Class A 192446102 55,408 800 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Cohen Steers Total Return ETF COM 19247R103 8,552 525 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Colgate-Palmolive Co. COM 194162103 97,620 1,200 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Columbia Bkg Sys Inc COM 197236102 7,712 200 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Comerica Incorporated COM 200340107 11,200 157 SH SOLE 0 0 0 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 1,548,260 25,423 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Costco Whsl Corp New COM 22160K105 134,527 340 SH SOLE 0 0 0 C S X Corp COM 126408103 1,280,986 39,931 SH SOLE 0 0 0 D T E Energy Company COM 233331107 25,920 200 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Daimler AG COM D1668R123 58,435 650 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Danaher Corporation COM 235851102 1,341 5 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Diageo PLC New ADR Sponsored ADR 25243Q205 14,376 75 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Digital Realty TRUST COM 253868103 278,050 1,848 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Dollar Tree Inc. COM 256746108 1,044,750 10,500 SH SOLE 0 0 0 DOW, Inc. COM 260543103 43,156 682 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Du Pont E I De Nemours COM 263534109 52,793 682 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Duke Energy Corporation COM 26441C204 52,815 535 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Eaton Corporation PLC COM G29183103 1,418,823 9,575 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Ecolab Inc. COM 278865100 171,984 835 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 1,916,021 19,908 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Enterprise Products Partners COM 293792107 623,398 25,835 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Eversource Energy COM 30040W108 24,072 300 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Exxon Mobil Corporation COM 30231G102 176,308 2,795 SH SOLE 0 0 0 F5 Networks Inc COM 315616102 1,861,000 9,970 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Facebook Inc Class A Class A 30303M102 2,187,791 6,292 SH SOLE 0 0 0 FedEx Corporation COM 31428X106 2,073,990 6,952 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Fidelity Covington Trust MSCI INFO TECH I 316092808 11,425 97 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Fidelity National Financial FNF Group Com 31620R303 1,086 25 SH SOLE 0 0 0 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fd DJ Internt IDX 33733E302 24,486 100 SH SOLE 0 0 0 First Trust US Equity ETF US EQTY OPPT ETF 336920103 693,946 5,444 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Flaherty & Crumrine Total COM 338479108 65,907 2,700 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Flexshares Quality Div Qualt Div IDX 33939L860 2,807 50 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Fomento Economico Mexicano Sponsored ADR 344419106 16,902 200 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Fresenius Medical Care Sponsored ADR 358029106 1,249,178 30,050 SH SOLE 0 0 0 Garmin Ltd.
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