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Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC (CIK: 0001600151), located at 1115 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2014Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 111 holdings with a total value of $107,728,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 BANK AMER CORP 765,620 13,169,000 12.22%
2 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 154,571 7,730,000 7.18%
3 APPLE INC 11,431 6,140,000 5.70%
4 MBIA INC 374,653 5,241,000 4.87%
5 * SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM 614,123 3,771,000 3.50%
6 PIMCO ETF TR 33,664 3,589,000 3.33%
7 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 161,209 3,295,000 3.06%
8 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 95,884 2,457,000 2.28%
9 EXCO RESOURCES INC 415,734 2,328,000 2.16%
10 BANK AMER CORP 278,050 2,286,000 2.12%
11 CHENIERE ENERGY INC 36,483 2,019,000 1.87%
12 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 14,908 1,863,000 1.73%
13 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 19,567 1,683,000 1.56%
14 INTEL CORP 62,879 1,623,000 1.51%
15 CISCO SYS INC 71,441 1,602,000 1.49%
16 ENCANA CORP 71,877 1,537,000 1.43%
17 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 52,641 1,368,000 1.27%
18 WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MKTS 77,810 1,354,000 1.26%
19 CLAYMORE EXCHANGE TRD FD TR 24,438 1,109,000 1.03%
20 CREE INC 19,547 1,106,000 1.03%
21 MICROSOFT CORP 26,659 1,093,000 1.01%
22 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 23,178 1,079,000 1.00%
23 EOG RES INC 5,497 1,078,000 1.00%
24 ISHARES TR 28,265 1,011,000 0.94%
25 MARKET VECTORS ETF TR 31,889 992,000 0.92%
26 ETFS PALLADIUM TR 13,054 986,000 0.92%
27 CLAYMORE EXCHANGE TRD FD TR 22,168 980,000 0.91%
28 ISHARES TR 8,748 964,000 0.89%
29 BARRICK GOLD CORP 51,005 909,000 0.84%
30 SPDR SERIES TRUST 21,879 904,000 0.84%
31 AMERICAN RLTY CAP PPTYS INC 60,579 846,000 0.79%
32 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 4,412 825,000 0.77%
33 NOVAGOLD RES INC 225,774 815,000 0.76%
34 SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF TR 3,204 803,000 0.75%
35 TWITTER INC 16,810 785,000 0.73%
36 HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC COM 33,446 759,000 0.70%
37 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 6,704 757,000 0.70%
38 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 4 749,000 0.70%
39 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 10,946 743,000 0.69%
40 WPX ENERGY INC 40,197 725,000 0.67%
41 ISHARES TR 7,160 715,000 0.66%
42 ISHARES TR 5,154 709,000 0.66%
43 ISHARES TR 5,930 706,000 0.66%
44 CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC COM 9,960 673,000 0.62%
45 NUVEEN QUALITY PFD INC FD 3 77,449 648,000 0.60%
46 COLUMBIA PROPERTY TRUST INC COM NEW 23,611 635,000 0.59%
47 VANGUARD BD INDEX FDS 7,210 625,000 0.58%
48 GLOBUS MED INC 23,247 618,000 0.57%
49 LEVY ACQUISITION CORP 63,000 610,000 0.57%
50 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 3,077 593,000 0.55%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001600151-14-000002, filed 2014.05.15).

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.