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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 (2014Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 134 holdings with a total value of $132,415,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 BANK AMER CORP 1,006,561 17,162,000 12.96%
2 FS KKR CAPITAL CORP COM 870,773 9,370,000 7.08%
3 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 155,390 8,394,000 6.34%
4 APPLE INC 71,488 7,184,000 5.43%
5 POWERSHARES QQQ TRUST 40,504 4,001,000 3.02%
6 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 161,205 3,837,000 2.90%
7 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 15,830 3,119,000 2.36%
8 CHENIERE ENERGY INC 36,377 2,911,000 2.20%
9 * SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM 628,844 2,698,000 2.04%
10 ISHARES TR 57,114 2,373,000 1.79%
11 WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MKTS 124,187 2,125,000 1.60%
12 BANK AMER CORP 280,550 2,104,000 1.59%
13 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 38,911 2,065,000 1.56%
14 LEUCADIA NATIONAL CO 86,077 2,052,000 1.55%
15 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 87,501 2,012,000 1.52%
16 EXCO RESOURCES INC 571,482 1,909,000 1.44%
17 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 19,317 1,747,000 1.32%
18 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 48,866 1,674,000 1.26%
19 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 11,755 1,624,000 1.23%
20 POWERSHS DB US DOLLAR INDEX 69,616 1,592,000 1.20%
21 AMERICAN RLTY CAP PPTYS INC 124,249 1,493,000 1.13%
22 ENCANA CORP 68,356 1,450,000 1.10%
23 EOG RES INC 13,246 1,312,000 0.99%
24 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 50,400 1,311,000 0.99%
25 CISCO SYS INC 51,744 1,302,000 0.98%
26 NUVEEN QUALITY PFD INC FD 3 141,297 1,183,000 0.89%
27 MARKET VECTORS ETF TR 31,640 993,000 0.75%
28 ETFS PALLADIUM TR 12,960 974,000 0.74%
29 SPDR SERIES TRUST 24,064 967,000 0.73%
30 YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMA SPON ADR CL D 25,237 934,000 0.71%
31 DIGITAL RLTY TR INC 14,656 914,000 0.69%
32 AMER RLTY CAP HEALTHCAR TR INC 84,616 895,000 0.68%
33 CLAYMORE EXCHANGE TRD FD TR 21,955 892,000 0.67%
34 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 4 828,000 0.63%
35 COHEN & STEERS INFRASTRUCTUR 35,107 813,000 0.61%
36 HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC COM 33,446 801,000 0.60%
37 SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF TR 3,205 799,000 0.60%
38 ISHARES TR 7,273 777,000 0.59%
39 BLACKROCK RES COMMODITIES 68,858 769,000 0.58%
40 PIMCO ETF TR 7,405 768,000 0.58%
41 BARRICK GOLD CORP 51,562 756,000 0.57%
42 CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC COM 9,960 714,000 0.54%
43 ISHARES TR 7,705 694,000 0.52%
44 NEW YORK REIT INC 64,661 668,000 0.50%
45 ISHARES TR 5,445 655,000 0.49%
46 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR 15,922 635,000 0.48%
47 NOVAGOLD RES INC 208,743 632,000 0.48%
48 EATON VANCE RISK MNGD DIV EQ 52,666 616,000 0.47%
49 CLOUGH GLOBAL EQUITY FD 42,267 606,000 0.46%
50 DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE PLC 9,832 603,000 0.46%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001600151-14-000004, filed 2014.11.14).

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.