Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors as of March 31, 2016

Portfolio Holdings for Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors holds 146 positions in its portfolio as reported in the March 2016 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Kempharm 9.0 $15M 1.0M 14.50
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) 8.4 $14M 1.0M 13.52
Apple (AAPL) 6.0 $10M 92k 108.99
Fs Investment Corporation 5.6 $9.4M 1.0M 9.17
American International (AIG) 5.3 $8.9M 166k 54.05
American Intl Group 4.4 $7.3M 391k 18.70
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF 2.8 $4.7M 237k 19.97
Spdr S&p 500 Etf (SPY) 2.6 $4.4M 21k 205.51
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) 2.1 $3.6M 22k 163.15
Silver Wheaton Corp 2.0 $3.4M 205k 16.58
Paypal Holdings (PYPL) 2.0 $3.3M 85k 38.60
Philip Morris International (PM) 1.9 $3.3M 33k 98.11
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index (IWN) 1.9 $3.3M 35k 93.19
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 1.9 $3.1M 22k 141.86
Goldman Sachs (GS) 1.8 $3.0M 19k 156.98
Eaton Vance Risk Managed Diversified (ETJ) 1.5 $2.5M 260k 9.48
Tortoise MLP Fund 1.3 $2.1M 132k 16.34
Global Net Lease 1.1 $1.8M 209k 8.56
Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD) 1.0 $1.7M 128k 13.58
Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund 1.0 $1.7M 199k 8.51
International Business Machines (IBM) 1.0 $1.6M 11k 151.47
Pimco Etf Tr 0-5 high yield (HYS) 1.0 $1.6M 17k 92.99
BLACKROCK INTL GRWTH & INC T COM Bene Inter (BGY) 1.0 $1.6M 272k 5.92
LEGG MASON BW GLOBAL Income 0.9 $1.6M 127k 12.35
Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (VV) 0.9 $1.5M 16k 94.04
Nuveen Qual Preferred Inc. Fund III 0.8 $1.4M 162k 8.57
Casey's General Stores (CASY) 0.7 $1.1M 9.9k 113.35
Barclays Bank Plc 8.125% Non C p 0.7 $1.1M 42k 26.16
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 0.6 $1.1M 5.00 213400.00
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond (AGG) 0.6 $1.1M 9.6k 110.86
Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) 0.6 $1.0M 13k 79.00
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf idx (VOO) 0.6 $1.0M 5.3k 188.48
Powershares Etf Tr Ii s^p500 low vol 0.6 $991k 25k 40.32
iShares S&P US Pref Stock Idx Fnd (PFF) 0.5 $904k 23k 39.04
Clyme US Cptl Mkts Mco Trm Fxd Idx 0.5 $803k 16k 49.87
SELECT INCOME REIT COM SH BEN int 0.5 $803k 35k 23.06
Baidu (BIDU) 0.5 $774k 4.1k 190.88
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index (IJH) 0.5 $769k 5.3k 144.12
Novagold Resources Inc Cad (NG) 0.5 $754k 150k 5.04
iShares S&P 500 Growth Index (IVW) 0.4 $740k 6.4k 115.95
New York Reit 0.4 $736k 73k 10.09
Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 0.4 $729k 47k 15.63
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA) 0.4 $720k 13k 57.16
Utilities SPDR (XLU) 0.4 $726k 15k 49.61
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Maj. (ICF) 0.4 $715k 6.9k 103.10
Ishares Tr usa min vo (USMV) 0.4 $688k 16k 43.91
Cisco Systems (CSCO) 0.4 $677k 24k 28.47
Delphi Automotive 0.4 $673k 9.0k 75.00
Heartland Express (HTLD) 0.4 $620k 33k 18.54
Ishares Tr eafe min volat (EFAV) 0.3 $585k 8.8k 66.48
Del Taco Restaurants 0.3 $586k 57k 10.33
Agnico (AEM) 0.3 $566k 16k 36.17
Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF 0.3 $574k 7.3k 78.47
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP) 0.3 $575k 5.0k 114.66
Clough Global Equity Fund closed-end fund (GLQ) 0.3 $575k 53k 10.87
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) 0.3 $558k 6.9k 80.62
Retail Properties Of America 0.3 $549k 35k 15.86
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV) 0.3 $543k 6.3k 86.22
Sina Corporation 0.3 $515k 11k 47.38
Cohen & Steers infrastucture Fund (UTF) 0.3 $515k 26k 19.83
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (EEM) 0.3 $503k 15k 34.22
Abbvie (ABBV) 0.3 $509k 8.9k 57.07
Invesco Municipal Income Opp Trust (OIA) 0.3 $479k 62k 7.68
Ubs Ag London Brh etracs mth 2xlv 0.3 $492k 31k 15.99
Nuveen Premium Income Muni Fund 2 0.3 $463k 32k 14.72
Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund 0.3 $462k 32k 14.36
BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF) 0.3 $473k 44k 10.78
At&t (T) 0.3 $444k 11k 39.14
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 0.3 $459k 5.6k 82.36
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) 0.3 $449k 3.8k 117.66
CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust 0.3 $455k 5.3k 86.11
EOG Resources (EOG) 0.3 $439k 6.0k 72.62
Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd (EMD) 0.3 $429k 30k 14.50
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.2 $418k 10k 41.81
Verizon Communications (VZ) 0.2 $424k 7.8k 54.08
Visa (V) 0.2 $423k 5.5k 76.44
Advent Claymore Convertible Sec & Inc (AVK) 0.2 $421k 32k 13.21
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) 0.2 $402k 6.8k 59.20
Amazon (AMZN) 0.2 $410k 691.00 593.34
Jp Morgan Alerian Mlp Index (AMJ) 0.2 $405k 15k 27.12
Wpx Energy 0.2 $403k 58k 6.98
Amgen (AMGN) 0.2 $378k 2.5k 150.12
iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) 0.2 $393k 3.6k 110.67
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovere 0.2 $382k 14k 28.30
Wisdomtree Tr em lcl debt (ELD) 0.2 $380k 10k 36.81
Vareit, Inc reits 0.2 $382k 43k 8.87
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) 0.2 $365k 6.6k 55.19
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) 0.2 $364k 6.1k 59.78
Celgene Corporation 0.2 $366k 3.7k 100.14
CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust 0.2 $362k 4.7k 76.74
Alphabet Inc Class C cs (GOOG) 0.2 $364k 488.00 745.90
Cheniere Energy (LNG) 0.2 $359k 11k 33.87
iShares S&P Global Technology Sect. (IXN) 0.2 $356k 3.6k 99.86
Danaher Corporation (DHR) 0.2 $336k 3.5k 94.83
PennantPark Investment (PNNT) 0.2 $327k 54k 6.06
Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) 0.2 $333k 4.0k 83.88
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sect. (IXJ) 0.2 $340k 3.5k 96.21
SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate (RWO) 0.2 $339k 6.9k 48.97
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 0.2 $319k 3.8k 83.60
Walt Disney Company (DIS) 0.2 $314k 3.2k 99.24
Claymore Exchange Trd Fd Tr guggenheim sol 0.2 $324k 14k 22.66
Columbia Ppty Tr 0.2 $310k 14k 22.01
EQT Corporation (EQT) 0.2 $295k 4.4k 67.34
Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR (XLP) 0.2 $303k 5.7k 53.00
iShares Barclays Inter Crd Bd Fund ETF) (IGIB) 0.2 $305k 2.8k 109.79
Vanguard European ETF (VGK) 0.2 $303k 6.3k 48.46
Spirit Realty reit 0.2 $299k 27k 11.24
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 0.2 $293k 2.7k 108.20
iShares S&P 500 Index (IVV) 0.2 $280k 1.4k 206.64
Accenture (ACN) 0.2 $282k 2.4k 115.43
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) 0.2 $287k 6.7k 43.14
Antero Res (AR) 0.2 $277k 11k 24.90
Annaly Capital Management 0.2 $274k 27k 10.28
Pepsi (PEP) 0.2 $275k 2.7k 102.38
Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) 0.2 $271k 34k 8.08
iShares S&P Global Financials Sect. (IXG) 0.2 $264k 5.4k 49.18
Green Brick Partners (GRBK) 0.2 $269k 35k 7.59
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) 0.1 $250k 3.0k 84.12
SPDR KBW Regional Banking (KRE) 0.1 $244k 6.5k 37.70
Twitter 0.1 $243k 15k 16.58
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 0.1 $234k 4.8k 48.29
Medley Capital Corporation 0.1 $239k 36k 6.61
Proshares Ultrashort 20+y Tr etf (TBT) 0.1 $234k 6.3k 36.89
Pfizer (PFE) 0.1 $213k 7.2k 29.70
Deere & Company (DE) 0.1 $210k 2.7k 77.04
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust (VVR) 0.1 $218k 54k 4.04
Prudential Sht Duration Hg Y 0.1 $215k 14k 15.41
Alphabet Inc Class A cs (GOOGL) 0.1 $212k 278.00 762.59
U.S. Bancorp (USB) 0.1 $207k 5.1k 40.51
Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) 0.1 $207k 727.00 284.73
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 0.1 $206k 3.2k 63.42
Allstate Corporation (ALL) 0.1 $204k 3.0k 67.46
Ford Motor Company (F) 0.1 $206k 15k 13.53
Ubs Ag London Brh 2x lev lng lkd 0.1 $209k 13k 16.14
Tier Reit 0.1 $208k 16k 13.44
Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) 0.1 $170k 23k 7.26
Sears Holdings Corporation 0.1 $153k 10k 15.28
Ship Finance Intl 0.1 $157k 11k 13.87
iShares Gold Trust 0.1 $143k 12k 11.87
Northstar Realty Europe 0.1 $144k 12k 11.57
Sprott Physical Silver Tr tr unit (PSLV) 0.1 $117k 19k 6.22
Sunopta (STKL) 0.1 $94k 21k 4.47
Salem Communications (SALM) 0.1 $105k 18k 5.74
ADVENT CLAY GBL CONV SEC INC COM Bene Inter 0.0 $61k 11k 5.47
AU Optronics 0.0 $30k 10k 2.93
Five Star Quality Care 0.0 $31k 14k 2.28