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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 (2015Q2)
Portfolio Summary: 141 holdings with a total value of $148,495,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 BANK AMER CORP 1,050,317 17,876,000 12.04%
2 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 185,758 11,484,000 7.73%
3 APPLE INC 80,820 10,137,000 6.83%
4 FS KKR CAPITAL CORP COM 1,027,185 10,108,000 6.81%
5 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 174,715 4,841,000 3.26%
6 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 16,511 3,399,000 2.29%
7 SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC 26,078 2,715,000 1.83%
8 STARBUCKS CORP 48,243 2,587,000 1.74%
9 DISNEY WALT CO 21,530 2,457,000 1.65%
10 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 4,539 2,451,000 1.65%
11 ILLUMINA INC 10,986 2,399,000 1.62%
12 AMAZON COM INC 5,500 2,387,000 1.61%
13 Intuit Inc 10,850 2,242,000 1.51%
14 SPDR SER TR 50,184 2,216,000 1.49%
15 CME GROUP INC 23,760 2,211,000 1.49%
16 PTC INC 47,705 1,957,000 1.32%
17 Bank of America Corp Warrants Exp 01/16/19 301,475 1,860,000 1.25%
18 DIGITAL RLTY TR INC 26,016 1,735,000 1.17%
19 LEUCADIA NATL CORP 68,373 1,660,000 1.12%
20 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 11,783 1,604,000 1.08%
21 GLOBAL NET LEASE INC COM NEW 171,335 1,515,000 1.02%
22 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 13,265 1,258,000 0.85%
23 ISHARES TR 19,622 1,246,000 0.84%
24 MONOGRAM RESIDENTIAL TR INC COM 137,201 1,238,000 0.83%
25 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 7,206 1,172,000 0.79%
26 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 44,349 1,153,000 0.78%
27 PIMCO ETF TR 11,489 1,147,000 0.77%
28 ISHARES TR 7,454 1,118,000 0.75%
29 DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUN BD FD 139,567 1,070,000 0.72%
30 TORTOISE MLP FD INCORPORATED 49,289 1,047,000 0.71%
31 ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD 12,648 1,041,000 0.70%
32 LEGG MASON BW GLB INC OPP FD 73,034 1,039,000 0.70%
33 XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS INC COM 46,868 1,019,000 0.69%
34 BARRICK GOLD CORP 94,405 1,006,000 0.68%
35 CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC COM 9,992 957,000 0.64%
36 FIRST TRUST EXCH TRADED FUND 2 FINLS ALPHADEX ETF 38,551 915,000 0.62%
37 New York REIT Inc 90,463 900,000 0.61%
38 EATON VANCE RISK MNGD DIV EQ 83,184 899,000 0.61%
39 SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF TR 3,269 893,000 0.60%
40 ISHARES TR 7,585 864,000 0.58%
41 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 77,259 863,000 0.58%
42 ISHARES TR 6,815 851,000 0.57%
43 NUVEEN QUALITY PFD INC FD 3 103,208 841,000 0.57%
44 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 4 819,000 0.55%
45 SELECT INCOME REIT 38,512 795,000 0.54%
46 NOVAGOLD RES INC 230,111 787,000 0.53%
47 ISHARES TR 5,490 708,000 0.48%
48 FASTENAL CO 16,699 704,000 0.47%
49 UBS AG LONDON BRH 33,675 682,000 0.46%
50 HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC COM 33,446 677,000 0.46%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001600151-15-000003, filed 2015.08.14).

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.