Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors as of Sept. 30, 2014

Portfolio Holdings for Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors holds 134 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2014 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) 13.0 $17M 1.0M 17.05
Fs Investment Corporation 7.1 $9.4M 871k 10.76
American International (AIG) 6.3 $8.4M 155k 54.02
Apple (AAPL) 5.4 $7.2M 72k 100.49
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 3.0 $4.0M 41k 98.78
American Intl Group 2.9 $3.8M 161k 23.80
Spdr S&p 500 Etf (SPY) 2.4 $3.1M 16k 197.03
Cheniere Energy (LNG) 2.2 $2.9M 36k 80.02
SandRidge Energy 2.0 $2.7M 629k 4.29
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (EEM) 1.8 $2.4M 57k 41.55
Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd (EMD) 1.6 $2.1M 124k 17.11
Bank Of America Corporation warrant 1.6 $2.1M 281k 7.50
Jp Morgan Alerian Mlp Index (AMJ) 1.6 $2.1M 39k 53.07
Leucadia National 1.6 $2.1M 86k 23.84
Chesapeake Energy Corporation 1.5 $2.0M 88k 22.99
EXCO Resources 1.4 $1.9M 572k 3.34
Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (VV) 1.3 $1.7M 19k 90.44
Micron Technology (MU) 1.3 $1.7M 49k 34.26
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 1.2 $1.6M 12k 138.15
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish 1.2 $1.6M 70k 22.87
American Realty Capital Prop 1.1 $1.5M 124k 12.02
Encana Corp 1.1 $1.4M 68k 21.21
EOG Resources (EOG) 1.0 $1.3M 13k 99.05
Barclays Bank Plc 8.125% Non C p 1.0 $1.3M 50k 26.01
Cisco Systems (CSCO) 1.0 $1.3M 52k 25.16
Nuveen Qual Preferred Inc. Fund III 0.9 $1.2M 141k 8.37
Market Vectors Africa 0.8 $993k 32k 31.38
ETFS Physical Palladium Shares 0.7 $974k 13k 75.15
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield B 0.7 $967k 24k 40.18
Ypf Sa (YPF) 0.7 $934k 25k 37.01
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 0.7 $914k 15k 62.36
Amer Rlty Cap Healthcar Tr Icom us equities / etf's 0.7 $895k 85k 10.58
Claymore Exchange Trd Fd Tr guggenheim sol 0.7 $892k 22k 40.63
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 0.6 $828k 4.00 207000.00
Cohen & Steers infrastucture Fund (UTF) 0.6 $813k 35k 23.16
Heartland Express (HTLD) 0.6 $801k 33k 23.95
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF (MDY) 0.6 $799k 3.2k 249.30
iShares S&P 500 Growth Index (IVW) 0.6 $777k 7.3k 106.83
Blackrock Res & Commodities Strategy Tr (BCX) 0.6 $769k 69k 11.17
Pimco Etf Tr 0-5 high yield (HYS) 0.6 $768k 7.4k 103.71
Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD) 0.6 $756k 52k 14.66
Casey's General Stores (CASY) 0.5 $714k 10k 71.69
iShares S&P 500 Value Index (IVE) 0.5 $694k 7.7k 90.07
New York Reit 0.5 $668k 65k 10.33
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index (IJJ) 0.5 $655k 5.4k 120.29
Novagold Resources Inc Cad (NG) 0.5 $633k 209k 3.03
Technology SPDR (XLK) 0.5 $635k 16k 39.88
Eaton Vance Risk Managed Diversified (ETJ) 0.5 $616k 53k 11.70
Clough Global Equity Fund closed-end fund (GLQ) 0.5 $606k 42k 14.34
Delphi Automotive 0.5 $603k 9.8k 61.33
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write (ETW) 0.5 $594k 49k 12.15
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP) 0.4 $579k 5.2k 112.12
Wpx Energy 0.4 $588k 24k 24.06
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sect. (IXJ) 0.4 $576k 5.9k 97.66
iShares S&P Global Technology Sect. (IXN) 0.4 $553k 6.0k 91.51
iShares S&P Natl AMTFr Mncpl Bd (MUB) 0.4 $544k 5.0k 109.66
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) 0.4 $547k 11k 49.25
Retail Properties Of America 0.4 $543k 37k 14.68
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) 0.4 $535k 6.7k 80.09
Forest Oil Corporation 0.4 $515k 440k 1.17
International Business Machines (IBM) 0.4 $512k 2.7k 189.84
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV) 0.4 $519k 6.2k 84.32
iShares S&P Global Financials Sect. (IXG) 0.4 $501k 8.9k 56.22
SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate (RWO) 0.4 $509k 12k 44.37
Levy Acquisition 0.4 $499k 52k 9.67
LEGG MASON BW GLOBAL Income 0.4 $492k 29k 16.93
Advent Claymore Convertible Sec & Inc (AVK) 0.4 $478k 28k 17.33
SPDR Nuveen Barclays Capital Municpl Bnd 0.4 $472k 20k 23.98
Ubs Ag London Brh etracs mth 2xlv 0.4 $478k 18k 26.21
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index (IJH) 0.3 $469k 3.4k 136.85
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond (AGG) 0.3 $454k 4.2k 109.13
Tortoise MLP Fund 0.3 $440k 15k 29.01
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) 0.3 $426k 7.1k 60.22
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 0.3 $424k 4.5k 94.03
Proshares Ultrashort 20+y Tr etf (TBT) 0.3 $411k 7.5k 55.02
PennantPark Investment (PNNT) 0.3 $371k 34k 10.86
Celgene Corporation 0.3 $368k 3.9k 93.73
iShares Lehman MBS Bond Fund (MBB) 0.3 $367k 3.4k 108.10
Verizon Communications (VZ) 0.3 $350k 7.0k 50.04
PowerShares DWA Technical Ldrs Pf 0.3 $346k 8.8k 39.36
First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX (FXH) 0.3 $338k 6.1k 55.74
Ford Motor Company (F) 0.2 $326k 22k 14.70
SPDR Nvn Barclys Cptl Shrt Trm Mncpl Bnd 0.2 $329k 14k 24.43
Columbia Ppty Tr 0.2 $332k 14k 23.96
BancorpSouth 0.2 $315k 16k 20.12
Apple Inc option 0.2 $321k 105.00 3057.14
iShares Barclays Inter Crd Bd Fund ETF) (IGIB) 0.2 $318k 2.9k 109.24
H&Q Healthcare Investors 0.2 $314k 11k 27.97
Claymore Exchange-traded Fd gugg spinoff etf 0.2 $322k 7.1k 45.07
Spirit Realty reit 0.2 $319k 29k 11.14
U.S. Bancorp (USB) 0.2 $307k 7.4k 41.77
At&t (T) 0.2 $311k 8.8k 35.25
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 0.2 $304k 3.6k 83.84
Caterpillar (CAT) 0.2 $290k 2.9k 98.87
ConocoPhillips (COP) 0.2 $295k 3.9k 76.60
H&R Block (HRB) 0.2 $245k 7.9k 31.00
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) 0.2 $257k 2.3k 110.73
Kite Rlty Group Tr (KRG) 0.2 $257k 11k 24.27
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 0.2 $236k 2.2k 106.59
General Electric Company 0.2 $236k 9.2k 25.53
SPDR KBW Regional Banking (KRE) 0.2 $239k 6.3k 37.80
Tesla Motors (TSLA) 0.2 $242k 997.00 242.73
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Growth Fd 2 (JQC) 0.2 $235k 26k 8.91
Danaher Corporation (DHR) 0.2 $222k 2.9k 76.11
Howard Hughes 0.2 $219k 1.5k 149.69
Wells Fargo Adv Inc Opport Fund (EAD) 0.2 $229k 25k 9.04
Visa (V) 0.2 $209k 980.00 213.27
Standard Pacific 0.2 $208k 28k 7.50
Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 0.2 $212k 6.6k 32.20
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 0.1 $202k 3.9k 51.72
ADVENT CLAY GBL CONV SEC INC COM Bene Inter 0.1 $199k 30k 6.75
Credit Suisse AM Inc Fund (CIK) 0.1 $204k 60k 3.41
Levy Acquisition Corp Unit 1 0 0.1 $186k 18k 10.11
Sunopta (STKL) 0.1 $167k 14k 12.06
Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund 0.1 $168k 21k 8.05
Nuveen Premium Income Muni Fund 2 0.1 $168k 12k 13.75
Nuveen Global Value Opportunities Fund 0.1 $178k 13k 13.43
Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund 0.1 $167k 12k 13.49
Annaly Capital Management 0.1 $158k 15k 10.81
Invesco Van Kampen Dyn Cr Opp Fund 0.1 $160k 13k 12.36
Invesco Municipal Income Opp Trust (OIA) 0.1 $161k 24k 6.77
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF) 0.1 $165k 17k 9.60
Salem Communications (SALM) 0.1 $132k 17k 7.61
Achillion Pharmaceuticals 0.1 $130k 13k 10.00
Global X Silver Miners 0.1 $133k 13k 10.61
Sprott Physical Silver Tr tr unit (PSLV) 0.1 $129k 19k 6.86
Summit Hotel Properties (INN) 0.1 $119k 11k 10.77
Biofuel Energy 0.1 $89k 14k 6.35
American Apparel 0.1 $66k 81k 0.82
Liberator Medical Hld 0.1 $69k 22k 3.14
Casella Waste Systems (CWST) 0.0 $58k 15k 3.87
Biofuel Energy Corp right 10/17/2014 0.0 $40k 14k 2.86
Levy Acquisition Corp w exp 11/19/201 0.0 $12k 33k 0.36
Timberline Res Corp 0.0 $1.0k 10k 0.10