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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 (2014Q2)
Portfolio Summary: 128 holdings with a total value of $128,408,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 BANK AMER CORP 938,478 14,425,000 11.23%
2 FS KKR CAPITAL CORP COM 873,092 9,299,000 7.24%
3 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 153,111 8,357,000 6.51%
4 APPLE INC 84,103 7,836,000 6.10%
5 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 161,397 4,293,000 3.34%
6 * SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM 484,188 3,462,000 2.70%
7 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 62,488 3,273,000 2.55%
8 EXCO RESOURCES INC 518,793 3,056,000 2.38%
9 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 87,903 2,732,000 2.13%
10 CHENIERE ENERGY INC 36,377 2,608,000 2.03%
11 BANK AMER CORP 280,550 1,925,000 1.50%
12 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 21,059 1,896,000 1.48%
13 WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MKTS 95,822 1,761,000 1.37%
14 CISCO SYS INC 66,352 1,649,000 1.28%
15 ENCANA CORP 67,344 1,597,000 1.24%
16 MBIA INC 142,939 1,578,000 1.23%
17 EOG RES INC 13,232 1,546,000 1.20%
18 BAIDU INC 8,102 1,515,000 1.18%
19 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 11,939 1,511,000 1.18%
20 AMERICAN RLTY CAP PPTYS INC 117,160 1,474,000 1.15%
21 PIMCO ETF TR 12,773 1,365,000 1.06%
22 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 52,036 1,348,000 1.05%
23 CLAYMORE EXCHANGE TRD FD TR 23,806 1,102,000 0.86%
24 ETFS PALLADIUM TR 12,960 1,065,000 0.83%
25 ISHARES TR 24,417 1,056,000 0.82%
26 MARKET VECTORS ETF TR 31,640 1,043,000 0.81%
27 AMER RLTY CAP HEALTHCAR TR INC 94,988 1,032,000 0.80%
28 SPDR SERIES TRUST 23,962 1,000,000 0.78%
29 CLAYMORE EXCHANGE TRD FD TR 22,155 987,000 0.77%
30 CREE INC 19,590 979,000 0.76%
31 ISHARES TR 8,728 978,000 0.76%
32 NUVEEN QUALITY PFD INC FD 3 111,134 965,000 0.75%
33 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 4,921 963,000 0.75%
34 NOVAGOLD RES INC 225,734 950,000 0.74%
35 BARRICK GOLD CORP 51,904 950,000 0.74%
36 LEUCADIA NATIONAL CO 34,650 909,000 0.71%
37 DIGITAL RLTY TR INC 14,462 843,000 0.66%
38 SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF TR 3,204 835,000 0.65%
39 Market Vectors Oil Services 14,155 818,000 0.64%
40 ISHARES 25,269 814,000 0.63%
41 INTEL CORP 25,163 778,000 0.61%
42 ALPS ETF TR 40,711 774,000 0.60%
43 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 4 760,000 0.59%
44 ISHARES TR 7,160 753,000 0.59%
45 HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC COM 33,446 714,000 0.56%
46 CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC COM 9,960 700,000 0.55%
47 ISHARES TR 5,445 691,000 0.54%
48 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 9,925 682,000 0.53%
49 ISHARES TR 7,520 679,000 0.53%
50 ISHARES TR 4,650 665,000 0.52%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001600151-14-000003, filed 2014.08.14).

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.