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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 (2016Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 185 holdings with a total value of $216,573,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 BANK AMER CORP 570,874 12,616,000 5.83%
2 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 534,400 12,537,000 5.79%
3 FS KKR CAPITAL CORP COM 758,320 7,811,000 3.61%
4 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 31,462 6,459,000 2.98%
5 ALPS ETF TR 503,774 6,348,000 2.93%
6 EOG RES INC 61,022 6,169,000 2.85%
7 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 87,773 5,732,000 2.65%
8 CF INDS HLDGS INC 170,081 5,354,000 2.47%
9 VANECK ETF TRUST 235,394 4,924,000 2.27%
10 APPLE INC 35,274 4,085,000 1.89%
11 U S SILICA HLDGS INC COM 62,976 3,569,000 1.65%
12 SPDR SER TR 61,576 3,422,000 1.58%
13 CORE LABORATORIES N V 26,838 3,222,000 1.49%
14 UNITED STATES STL CORP NEW 96,829 3,196,000 1.48%
15 ALPHABET INC 4,028 3,192,000 1.47%
16 TORTOISE MLP FD INCORPORATED 156,169 2,980,000 1.38%
17 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 18,228 2,971,000 1.37%
18 CATERPILLAR INC 31,856 2,954,000 1.36%
19 CELGENE CORP 25,497 2,951,000 1.36%
20 AMAZON COM INC 3,861 2,895,000 1.34%
21 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HLDGS INC 18,281 2,781,000 1.28%
22 CANADIAN PAC RY LTD 19,120 2,730,000 1.26%
23 ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 VALUE ETF 22,080 2,626,000 1.21%
24 OCLARO INC 287,316 2,571,000 1.19%
25 KEMPHARM INC 850,785 2,510,000 1.16%
26 SILVER WHEATON CORP 126,021 2,435,000 1.12%
27 PIMCO ETF TR 23,606 2,357,000 1.09%
28 GLOBAL NET LEASE INC 295,934 2,317,000 1.07%
29 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 9,466 2,267,000 1.05%
30 ISHARES TR 20,458 2,211,000 1.02%
31 BARRICK GOLD CORP 135,874 2,171,000 1.00%
32 DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUN BD 266,082 2,139,000 0.99%
33 LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FD 401,942 2,074,000 0.96%
34 FIRST TR ENHANCED EQTY INC F 152,075 2,055,000 0.95%
35 BLACKROCK INTL GRWTH & INC T 352,125 1,940,000 0.90%
36 NEW GOLD INC CDA 526,106 1,841,000 0.85%
37 ADVENT CLAYMORE CV SECS & INCORPORATED 116,126 1,705,000 0.79%
38 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR 7,394 1,653,000 0.76%
39 ISHARES TR 56,998 1,647,000 0.76%
40 VANGUARD INDEX FDS 14,350 1,469,000 0.68%
41 ISHARES TR 10,654 1,465,000 0.68%
42 INVESCO SR INCOME TR 314,887 1,461,000 0.67%
43 CISCO SYS INC 44,397 1,342,000 0.62%
44 ISHARES TR 34,093 1,269,000 0.59%
45 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL 5 1,221,000 0.56%
46 CASEY'S GENERAL STORES INC COM 9,982 1,187,000 0.55%
47 VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F 32,405 1,159,000 0.54%
48 NUVEEN PREFERRED SECURITIES 122,923 1,144,000 0.53%
49 EXXON MOBIL CORP 12,625 1,140,000 0.53%
50 ISHARES TR 6,824 1,128,000 0.52%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0001600151-17-000002, filed 2017.02.14).

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.