Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors as of Dec. 31, 2015

Portfolio Holdings for Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors holds 137 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2015 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Kempharm 11.9 $20M 987k 19.86
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) 9.3 $15M 912k 16.83
Fs Investment Corporation 5.5 $9.1M 1.0M 8.99
American International (AIG) 4.4 $7.3M 118k 61.97
Apple (AAPL) 3.9 $6.5M 62k 105.26
American Intl Group 2.8 $4.6M 195k 23.76
Alphabet Inc Class A cs (GOOGL) 2.7 $4.4M 5.6k 778.01
Proshares Ultrashort Qqq Etf 2.4 $4.0M 136k 29.71
Toll Brothers (TOL) 2.3 $3.8M 113k 33.30
Visa (V) 2.2 $3.7M 47k 77.54
Ford Motor Company (F) 2.2 $3.6M 258k 14.09
Spdr S&p 500 Etf (SPY) 2.1 $3.5M 17k 203.88
Ipath S&p 500 Vix S/t Fu Etn 2.1 $3.4M 169k 20.10
EOG Resources (EOG) 2.0 $3.2M 46k 70.80
Olin Corporation (OLN) 1.9 $3.0M 177k 17.26
TAL International 1.8 $3.0M 186k 15.90
Goldman Sachs (GS) 1.6 $2.7M 15k 180.24
Eaton Vance Risk Managed Diversified (ETJ) 1.4 $2.3M 230k 10.16
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 1.3 $2.1M 16k 132.06
Illumina (ILMN) 1.2 $2.1M 11k 191.97
Bank Of America Corporation warrant 1.2 $1.9M 332k 5.82
Tortoise MLP Fund 1.2 $1.9M 111k 17.36
LEGG MASON BW GLOBAL Income 1.1 $1.7M 150k 11.58
Global Net Lease 1.0 $1.6M 203k 7.95
Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund 0.9 $1.6M 194k 8.07
International Business Machines (IBM) 0.9 $1.5M 11k 137.62
Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (VV) 0.9 $1.5M 16k 93.48
Pimco Etf Tr 0-5 high yield (HYS) 0.9 $1.4M 16k 91.64
Nuveen Qual Preferred Inc. Fund III 0.8 $1.4M 165k 8.49
Powershares Etf Tr Ii s^p500 low vol 0.8 $1.4M 35k 38.57
Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD) 0.8 $1.2M 168k 7.38
Casey's General Stores (CASY) 0.7 $1.2M 9.9k 120.48
Barclays Bank Plc 8.125% Non C p 0.7 $1.2M 43k 26.53
Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 0.6 $1.1M 13k 81.23
iShares S&P 500 Growth Index (IVW) 0.6 $983k 8.5k 115.80
New York Reit 0.6 $901k 78k 11.50
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 0.5 $791k 4.00 197750.00
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond (AGG) 0.5 $742k 6.9k 108.02
SELECT INCOME REIT COM SH BEN int 0.4 $733k 37k 19.82
Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR (XLP) 0.4 $707k 14k 50.51
SPDR Nuveen Barclays Capital Municpl Bnd 0.4 $715k 29k 24.36
Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 0.4 $708k 46k 15.32
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Maj. (ICF) 0.4 $688k 6.9k 99.21
Ishares Tr usa min vo (USMV) 0.4 $655k 16k 41.80
iShares S&P US Pref Stock Idx Fnd (PFF) 0.4 $637k 16k 38.85
BLACKROCK INTL GRWTH & INC T COM Bene Inter (BGY) 0.4 $649k 104k 6.24
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf idx (VOO) 0.4 $637k 3.4k 186.86
Novagold Resources Inc Cad (NG) 0.4 $633k 150k 4.21
Del Taco Restaurants 0.4 $619k 58k 10.65
Cisco Systems (CSCO) 0.4 $610k 23k 27.14
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth (IJK) 0.3 $583k 3.6k 160.83
Heartland Express (HTLD) 0.3 $569k 33k 17.01
Clough Global Equity Fund closed-end fund (GLQ) 0.3 $568k 45k 12.54
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) 0.3 $551k 6.9k 79.61
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP) 0.3 $550k 5.0k 109.67
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV) 0.3 $523k 6.3k 83.04
Abbvie (ABBV) 0.3 $528k 8.9k 59.20
Retail Properties Of America 0.3 $496k 34k 14.76
Ubs Ag London Brh etracs mth 2xlv 0.3 $491k 32k 15.36
Amazon (AMZN) 0.3 $475k 703.00 675.68
Cohen & Steers infrastucture Fund (UTF) 0.3 $477k 25k 19.08
iShares S&P Natl AMTFr Mncpl Bd (MUB) 0.3 $463k 4.2k 110.74
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) 0.3 $434k 6.6k 66.03
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 0.3 $424k 5.3k 79.49
Agnico (AEM) 0.3 $431k 16k 26.29
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sect. (IXJ) 0.3 $437k 4.3k 102.68
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.2 $401k 8.9k 44.88
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 0.2 $389k 3.5k 111.94
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) 0.2 $394k 9.1k 43.40
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) 0.2 $391k 5.9k 66.75
Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd (EMD) 0.2 $394k 29k 13.72
At&t (T) 0.2 $374k 11k 34.44
Amgen (AMGN) 0.2 $372k 2.3k 162.45
Celgene Corporation 0.2 $372k 3.1k 119.73
Advent Claymore Convertible Sec & Inc (AVK) 0.2 $386k 29k 13.51
Nuveen Premium Income Muni Fund 2 0.2 $379k 26k 14.44
Invesco Municipal Income Opp Trust (OIA) 0.2 $383k 53k 7.30
Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund 0.2 $375k 27k 13.86
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF) 0.2 $378k 37k 10.25
iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) 0.2 $358k 3.2k 112.65
iShares S&P Global Technology Sect. (IXN) 0.2 $370k 3.8k 97.55
Vareit, Inc reits 0.2 $357k 45k 7.92
PennantPark Investment (PNNT) 0.2 $351k 57k 6.18
Vanguard European ETF (VGK) 0.2 $350k 7.0k 49.86
SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate (RWO) 0.2 $350k 7.5k 46.81
Verizon Communications (VZ) 0.2 $330k 7.1k 46.16
Alphabet Inc Class C cs (GOOG) 0.2 $333k 439.00 758.54
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 0.2 $316k 4.1k 77.99
Technology SPDR (XLK) 0.2 $314k 7.3k 42.85
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index (IJH) 0.2 $313k 2.2k 139.42
iShares Barclays Inter Crd Bd Fund ETF) (IGIB) 0.2 $312k 2.9k 107.18
Walt Disney Company (DIS) 0.2 $296k 2.8k 104.96
Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) 0.2 $303k 3.8k 79.84
iShares S&P Global Financials Sect. (IXG) 0.2 $298k 5.6k 53.02
Medley Capital Corporation 0.2 $291k 39k 7.53
Columbia Ppty Tr 0.2 $290k 12k 23.45
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) 0.2 $280k 5.1k 55.43
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 0.2 $279k 5.1k 54.38
Proshares Ultrashort 20+y Tr etf (TBT) 0.2 $288k 6.5k 44.01
H&R Block (HRB) 0.2 $271k 8.2k 33.25
SPDR KBW Regional Banking (KRE) 0.2 $270k 6.4k 41.91
Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF 0.2 $267k 3.5k 76.75
Clyme US Cptl Mkts Mco Trm Fxd Idx 0.2 $268k 5.4k 49.82
Alps Etf Tr Riverfrnt Str Inc etf - fixed in (RIGS) 0.2 $263k 11k 24.16
Tier Reit 0.2 $263k 18k 14.72
Annaly Capital Management 0.1 $251k 27k 9.38
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 0.1 $251k 2.4k 102.74
Stamps 0.1 $243k 2.2k 109.46
Green Brick Partners (GRBK) 0.1 $255k 35k 7.19
Principal Financial (PFG) 0.1 $225k 5.0k 45.05
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB) 0.1 $225k 2.0k 110.89
Spirit Realty reit 0.1 $226k 23k 10.02
U.S. Bancorp (USB) 0.1 $218k 5.1k 42.66
Pfizer (PFE) 0.1 $208k 6.4k 32.27
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 0.1 $208k 3.0k 68.69
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 0.1 $218k 3.3k 66.67
Deere & Company (DE) 0.1 $208k 2.7k 76.30
Pepsi (PEP) 0.1 $219k 2.2k 99.73
Netflix (NFLX) 0.1 $212k 1.9k 114.29
Ubs Ag London Brh 2x lev lng lkd 0.1 $207k 13k 15.98
Ship Finance Intl 0.1 $183k 11k 16.56
Global X Fds glbl x mlp etf 0.1 $177k 17k 10.36
Northstar Realty Europe 0.1 $161k 14k 11.82
Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) 0.1 $146k 21k 6.99
iShares Gold Trust 0.1 $123k 12k 10.21
Salem Communications (SALM) 0.1 $91k 18k 4.97
Invesco Van Kampen Dyn Cr Opp Fund 0.1 $106k 10k 10.54
Sprott Physical Silver Tr tr unit (PSLV) 0.1 $99k 19k 5.27
Sunopta (STKL) 0.1 $82k 12k 6.80
Casella Waste Systems (CWST) 0.1 $90k 15k 6.00
ADVENT CLAY GBL CONV SEC INC COM Bene Inter 0.0 $62k 11k 5.56
Wpx Energy 0.0 $69k 12k 5.74
Liberator Medical Hld 0.0 $73k 22k 3.32
Five Star Quality Care 0.0 $43k 14k 3.16
Rcs Cap 0.0 $9.0k 30k 0.30
SandRidge Energy 0.0 $2.0k 10k 0.19
GreenHunter Energy 0.0 $3.1k 31k 0.10