FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 13, 2013
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this report:
Name: Taylor Investment Counselors
Address: 50 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02155
13F File Number: 028-14328
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: Christopher Blakely
Title: Partner
Phone: 617-482-2222
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing
Christopher M. Blakely; Boston, MA; 02110; May 13, 2013
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[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
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[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of other Managers Reporting for this Manager: N/A UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 109
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $516,371,000
No. 13F File Number
01 NOT YET ASSIGNED
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institutional managers with respect to which this report is filed, other
than the manager filing this report.
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Cliff Natural Resources Inc. PFD 18683k408 603 32313 SH Sole 32313
Goodyear Tire and Rubber 5.875 PFD 382550309 306 7034 SH Sole 7034
Nextera Energy Inc PFD 65339F887 753 13798 SH Sole 13798
PPL Corporation PFD 69351T601 1910 34862 SH Sole 34862
Access Midstream Partners LTD 00434L109 7250 179601 SH Sole 179601
Atlas Energy LP LTD 04930A104 8811 200062 SH Sole 200062
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP LTD 049392103 566 16380 SH Sole 16380
Atlas Resource Partners LP LTD 04941A101 568 23475 SH Sole 23475
CVR Partners LP LTD 126633106 4250 169950 SH Sole 169950
Crosstex Energy, Inc LTD 22765Y104 11073 574925 SH Sole 574925
DCP Midstream Partners LP LTD 23311P100 909 19510 SH Sole 19510
EQT Midstream Partners LP LTD 26885B100 11303 291318 SH Sole 291318
Energy Transfer Equity LP LTD 29273V100 1521 26015 SH Sole 26015
Enterprise Products Partners L LTD 293792107 15743 261119 SH Sole 261119
Genesis Energy LP LTD 371927104 9965 206652 SH Sole 206652
Hi-Crush Partners LP LTD 428337109 509 27311 SH Sole 27311
Inergy LP LTD 456615103 684 33500 SH Sole 33500
Linn Energy LP LTD 536020100 1883 49580 SH Sole 49580
LinnCo LLC LTD 535782106 3669 93969 SH Sole 93969
MPLX LP LTD 55336V100 5638 150540 SH Sole 150540
Magellan Midstream Partners LP LTD 559080106 12275 229738 SH Sole 229738
MarkWest Energy Partners LP LTD 570759100 10295 169463 SH Sole 169463
ONEOK Partners LP LTD 68268N103 10603 184724 SH Sole 184724
Plains All American Pipeline L LTD 726503105 280 4960 SH Sole 4960
Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP LTD 760113100 4398 122580 SH Sole 122580
Seadrill Partners LLC LTD Y7545W109 12640 455478 SH Sole 455478
Southcross Energy Partners LP LTD 84130C100 773 38182 SH Sole 38182
Summit Midstream Partners LP LTD 866142102 9685 349303 SH Sole 349303
SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P. LTD 86722y101 8413 402515 SH Sole 402515
Susser Petroleum Partners LP LTD 869239103 12122 372979 SH Sole 372979
Targa Resources Corp LTD 87612G101 11282 166016 SH Sole 166016
Targa Resources Partners LP LTD 87611X105 11673 253644 SH Sole 253644
Tesoro Logistics LP LTD 88160T107 220 4080 SH Sole 4080
Western Gas Equity Partners, L LTD 95825r103 13456 393740 SH Sole 393740
Western Gas Partners LP LTD 958254104 14438 243025 SH Sole 243025
Williams Companies Inc LTD 969457100 23327 622710 SH Sole 622710
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 205 5818 SH Sole 5818
Abercrombie & Fitch Co COM 002896207 1806 39089 SH Sole 39089
Alamos Gold Inc COM 011527108 7108 518485 SH Sole 518485
Amazon Com Inc COM 023135106 240 900 SH Sole 900
American Tower REIT COM 03027x100 10483 136281 SH Sole 136281
Apple Inc COM 037833100 14292 32286 SH Sole 32286
BENEV Capital Inc COM 08179V109 283 166677 SH Sole 166677
Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 508 7000 SH Sole 7000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B COM 084670702 521 5000 SH Sole 5000
Black Diamond Group Limited Co COM 09202D207 7860 379356 SH Sole 379356
Boeing Co COM 097023105 11036 128555 SH Sole 128555
Celgene Corp COM 151020104 295 2549 SH Sole 2549
Coastal Contacts Inc COM 19044r207 2561 409733 SH Sole 409733
Concur Technologies, Inc COM 206708109 6643 96754 SH Sole 96754
Consolidated Communications Ho COM 209034107 11270 642161 SH Sole 642161
Crocs Inc COM 227046109 8066 544296 SH Sole 544296
Cryolife Inc COM 228903100 2211 367872 SH Sole 367872
Cynosure COM 232577205 2321 88685 SH Sole 88685
Danaher Corp COM 235851102 10630 171038 SH Sole 171038
Dicks Sporting Goods Inc COM 253393102 4084 86334 SH Sole 86334
ECA Marcellus Trust 1 COM 26827L109 243 20800 SH Sole 20800
EPL Oil & Gas Inc COM 26883D108 4636 172919 SH Sole 172919
Element Financial Corp COM 286181961 2320 261841 SH Sole 261841
Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 204 3600 SH Sole 3600
Express Inc COM 30219E103 1895 106382 SH Sole 106382
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 971 10779 SH Sole 10779
Flotek Industries Inc COM 343389102 5639 344886 SH Sole 344886
Ford Motor Co COM 345370860 4863 369827 SH Sole 369827
General Electric Co COM 369604103 853 36884 SH Sole 36884
Global Water Resources COM 36191B108 27 10000 SH Sole 10000
Gold Reserve Inc COM 38068N108 84 30000 SH Sole 30000
Google Inc COM 38259P508 12036 15155 SH Sole 15155
Gran Tierra Energy COM 38500t101 4245 721932 SH Sole 721932
Houston Wire & Cable Co COM 44244K109 194 15000 SH Sole 15000
Int'l Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 604 2830 SH Sole 2830
JPMorgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 586 12339 SH Sole 12339
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 545 6690 SH Sole 6690
Kimberley Clark Corp COM 494368103 606 6181 SH Sole 6181
Laramide Resource Ltd COM 51669t101 511 660000 SH Sole 660000
Legacy Oil & Gas COM 524701505 184 34113 SH Sole 34113
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 547 5489 SH Sole 5489
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 6164 215484 SH Sole 215484
National Oilwell Varco, Inc COM 637071101 8251 116617 SH Sole 116617
Northern Oil & Gas Inc COM 665531109 5589 388660 SH Sole 388660
Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 525 6638 SH Sole 6638
Precision Castparts Corp COM 740189105 9259 48828 SH Sole 48828
Procter & Gamble, Inc COM 742718109 938 12170 SH Sole 12170
Pure Technologies Ltd COM 745915108 1028 221025 SH Sole 221025
Rockwood Holdings Inc COM 774415103 379 5790 SH Sole 5790
Roper Industries Inc COM 776696106 13180 103529 SH Sole 103529
Royal Dutch Shell PLC COM 780259206 491 7540 SH Sole 7540
Secure Energy Services Inc COM 81373c102 6913 574767 SH Sole 574767
South Louisiana Financial COM 83870Q105 1485 9000 SH Sole 9000
Stanley Black and Decker COM 854502101 416 5140 SH Sole 5140
Strad Energy Services LTD COM 862547106 215 69191 SH Sole 69191
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp COM 87162T206 3533 410870 SH Sole 410870
TE Connectivity Ltd COM H84989104 305 7265 SH Sole 7265
Textainer Group Hldg COM g8766e109 6241 157793 SH Sole 157793
Toronto Dominion Bank COM 891160509 237 2850 SH Sole 2850
Transition Therapeutics Inc COM 893716209 34 16000 SH Sole 16000
Twin Butte Energy Ltd COM 901401307 2061 865819 SH Sole 865819
Tyler Technologies Inc COM 902252105 5302 86548 SH Sole 86548
Ultimate Software Group COM 90385D107 4352 41779 SH Sole 41779
Under Armour Inc COM 904311107 4268 83354 SH Sole 83354
VirnetX Holding Corp COM 92823t108 2810 146564 SH Sole 146564
Vitamin Shoppe Inc COM 92849E101 5656 115792 SH Sole 115792
Whitestone REIT COM 966084204 4264 281622 SH Sole 281622
Zagg Inc COM 98884U108 755 103670 SH Sole 103670
IShares FTSE China 25 Index Fu TR UNIT 464287184 5069 137256 SH Sole 137256
JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN TR UNIT 46625H365 12176 267723 SH Sole 267723
SPDR Gold Trust TR UNIT 78463V107 13430 86943 SH Sole 86943
SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust TR UNIT 78462F103 2658 16963 SH Sole 16963
UBS Alerian MLP/ MLPI TR UNIT 902641646 375 9772 SH Sole 9772