Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors as of Dec. 31, 2016

Portfolio Holdings for Arete Wealth Advisors

Arete Wealth Advisors holds 185 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2016 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) 5.8 $13M 571k 22.10
American Intl Group 5.8 $13M 534k 23.46
Fs Investment Corporation 3.6 $7.8M 758k 10.30
Vanguard S&p 500 Etf idx (VOO) 3.0 $6.5M 32k 205.30
Alerian Mlp Etf 2.9 $6.3M 504k 12.60
EOG Resources (EOG) 2.9 $6.2M 61k 101.09
American International (AIG) 2.6 $5.7M 88k 65.30
CF Industries Holdings (CF) 2.5 $5.4M 170k 31.48
Vaneck Vectors Gold Miners mutual (GDX) 2.3 $4.9M 235k 20.92
Apple (AAPL) 1.9 $4.1M 35k 115.81
Us Silica Hldgs (SLCA) 1.6 $3.6M 63k 56.67
SPDR KBW Regional Banking (KRE) 1.6 $3.4M 62k 55.57
Core Laboratories 1.5 $3.2M 27k 120.05
United States Steel Corporation (X) 1.5 $3.2M 97k 33.01
Alphabet Inc Class A cs (GOOGL) 1.5 $3.2M 4.0k 792.45
Tortoise MLP Fund 1.4 $3.0M 156k 19.08
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 1.4 $3.0M 18k 162.99
Caterpillar (CAT) 1.4 $3.0M 32k 92.73
Celgene Corporation 1.4 $3.0M 26k 115.74
Amazon (AMZN) 1.3 $2.9M 3.9k 749.81
L-3 Communications Holdings 1.3 $2.8M 18k 152.13
Canadian Pacific Railway 1.3 $2.7M 19k 142.78
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index (IWN) 1.2 $2.6M 22k 118.93
Oclaro 1.2 $2.6M 287k 8.95
Kempharm 1.2 $2.5M 851k 2.95
Silver Wheaton Corp 1.1 $2.4M 126k 19.32
Pimco Etf Tr 0-5 high yield (HYS) 1.1 $2.4M 24k 99.85
Global Net Lease 1.1 $2.3M 296k 7.83
Goldman Sachs (GS) 1.1 $2.3M 9.5k 239.49
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond (AGG) 1.0 $2.2M 21k 108.08
Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD) 1.0 $2.2M 136k 15.98
Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund 1.0 $2.1M 266k 8.04
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) 1.0 $2.1M 402k 5.16
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA) 0.9 $2.1M 152k 13.51
BLACKROCK INTL GRWTH & INC T COM Bene Inter (BGY) 0.9 $1.9M 352k 5.51
New Gold Inc Cda (NGD) 0.8 $1.8M 526k 3.50
Advent Claymore Convertible Sec & Inc (AVK) 0.8 $1.7M 116k 14.68
Spdr S&p 500 Etf (SPY) 0.8 $1.7M 7.4k 223.56
Ishares Tr core div grwth (DGRO) 0.8 $1.6M 57k 28.90
Vanguard Large-Cap ETF (VV) 0.7 $1.5M 14k 102.37
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index (IJR) 0.7 $1.5M 11k 137.51
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust (VVR) 0.7 $1.5M 315k 4.64
Cisco Systems (CSCO) 0.6 $1.3M 44k 30.23
iShares S&P US Pref Stock Idx Fnd (PFF) 0.6 $1.3M 34k 37.22
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 0.6 $1.2M 5.00 244200.00
Casey's General Stores (CASY) 0.6 $1.2M 10k 118.91
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) 0.5 $1.2M 32k 35.77
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 0.5 $1.1M 13k 90.30
Nuveen Quality Pref. Inc. Fund II 0.5 $1.1M 123k 9.31
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index (IJH) 0.5 $1.1M 6.8k 165.30
Templeton Global Income Fund (SABA) 0.5 $1.1M 174k 6.48
Amgen (AMGN) 0.5 $1.1M 7.5k 146.15
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Idx (IJS) 0.5 $1.1M 7.6k 139.98
Clyme US Cptl Mkts Mco Trm Fxd Idx 0.5 $978k 20k 50.14
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV) 0.4 $944k 12k 79.48
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV) 0.4 $885k 11k 83.04
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index (IJJ) 0.4 $892k 6.1k 145.16
Fidelity Bond Etf (FBND) 0.4 $893k 18k 49.79
Barclays Bank Plc 8.125% Non C p 0.4 $868k 34k 25.55
Ishares Tr usa min vo (USMV) 0.4 $860k 19k 45.23
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP) 0.4 $835k 7.4k 113.14
General Electric Company 0.4 $828k 26k 31.59
Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) 0.4 $818k 42k 19.41
Independence Realty Trust In (IRT) 0.4 $807k 91k 8.92
Merck & Co (MRK) 0.4 $784k 13k 58.87
Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF 0.3 $758k 8.8k 86.59
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 0.3 $694k 8.3k 84.11
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA) 0.3 $698k 12k 57.74
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) 0.3 $702k 8.2k 85.23
iShares Russell 1000 Value Index (IWD) 0.3 $675k 6.0k 112.09
SELECT INCOME REIT COM SH BEN int 0.3 $675k 27k 25.19
Credit Suisse Ag Nassau Brh vel sh 3x lg nat 0.3 $672k 15k 46.21
Novagold Resources Inc Cad (NG) 0.3 $649k 142k 4.56
Agnico (AEM) 0.3 $660k 16k 41.97
Plains Gp Holdings Lp-cl A (PAGP) 0.3 $650k 19k 34.69
Cohen & Steers infrastucture Fund (UTF) 0.3 $625k 32k 19.35
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) 0.3 $605k 7.0k 86.28
Gilead Sciences (GILD) 0.3 $611k 8.5k 71.56
Nuveen Div Adv Muni Fd 3 Ben Int (NZF) 0.3 $608k 43k 14.15
Alphabet Inc Class C cs (GOOG) 0.3 $607k 787.00 771.28
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 0.3 $576k 4.9k 118.47
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovere 0.3 $587k 21k 28.28
AllianceBernstein Natnl Muncpl Incm Fnd. (AFB) 0.3 $585k 44k 13.21
Blackrock Muni Intermediate Drtn Fnd (MUI) 0.3 $590k 43k 13.81
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Adv Munici (NEA) 0.3 $595k 45k 13.33
Abbvie (ABBV) 0.3 $584k 9.3k 62.67
At&t (T) 0.3 $554k 13k 42.52
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) 0.2 $535k 8.6k 62.15
Retail Properties Of America 0.2 $540k 35k 15.32
Vareit, Inc reits 0.2 $539k 64k 8.46
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 0.2 $495k 9.0k 55.14
Ca 0.2 $494k 16k 31.77
MetLife (MET) 0.2 $496k 9.2k 53.90
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) 0.2 $492k 11k 44.15
Western Asset Emerging Mrkts Dbt Fnd (EMD) 0.2 $493k 34k 14.72
BlackRock Credit All Inc Trust IV (BTZ) 0.2 $495k 38k 12.96
Virtu Financial Inc Class A (VIRT) 0.2 $499k 31k 15.96
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 0.2 $478k 4.1k 115.29
Verizon Communications (VZ) 0.2 $470k 8.8k 53.42
Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF (VEA) 0.2 $476k 13k 36.56
BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Tr (BOE) 0.2 $486k 42k 11.56
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) 0.2 $444k 9.7k 45.60
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds vng rus2000idx (VTWO) 0.2 $454k 4.2k 108.04
Powershares Senior Loan Portfo mf 0.2 $429k 18k 23.38
Ubs Ag London Brh etracs mth 2xlv 0.2 $428k 26k 16.77
Proshares Tr short s&p 500 ne (SH) 0.2 $428k 12k 36.53
GlaxoSmithKline 0.2 $409k 11k 38.55
Prudential Sht Duration Hg Y 0.2 $416k 27k 15.48
International Business Machines (IBM) 0.2 $386k 2.3k 165.88
Xerox Corporation 0.2 $394k 45k 8.73
PennantPark Investment (PNNT) 0.2 $385k 50k 7.67
Icahn Enterprises (IEP) 0.2 $393k 6.6k 59.97
iShares S&P Global Technology Sect. (IXN) 0.2 $388k 3.5k 110.01
Pfizer (PFE) 0.2 $375k 12k 32.45
First Trust Financials AlphaDEX (FXO) 0.2 $360k 13k 27.03
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sect. (IXJ) 0.2 $366k 3.9k 94.72
Boeing Company (BA) 0.2 $341k 2.2k 155.57
GameStop (GME) 0.2 $339k 13k 25.28
iShares S&P Natl AMTFr Mncpl Bd (MUB) 0.2 $354k 3.3k 108.22
iShares S&P Global Financials Sect. (IXG) 0.2 $352k 6.1k 57.77
Green Brick Partners (GRBK) 0.2 $356k 35k 10.04
Annaly Capital Management 0.1 $315k 32k 9.96
Intel Corporation (INTC) 0.1 $315k 8.7k 36.30
Southern Company (SO) 0.1 $326k 6.6k 49.19
Visa (V) 0.1 $327k 4.2k 78.01
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield B 0.1 $330k 9.0k 36.47
SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate (RWO) 0.1 $325k 6.9k 46.93
Principal Financial (PFG) 0.1 $298k 5.2k 57.79
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) 0.1 $307k 2.9k 106.82
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 0.1 $301k 4.1k 73.40
iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index (IWF) 0.1 $297k 2.8k 104.84
iShares Barclays Inter Crd Bd Fund ETF) (IGIB) 0.1 $307k 2.8k 108.33
Ishares High Dividend Equity F (HDV) 0.1 $295k 3.6k 82.20
West 0.1 $300k 12k 24.79
Walt Disney Company (DIS) 0.1 $288k 2.8k 104.16
Chevron Corporation (CVX) 0.1 $280k 2.4k 117.89
Apollo Commercial Real Est. Finance (ARI) 0.1 $276k 17k 16.60
Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) 0.1 $288k 2.4k 121.52
New Senior Inv Grp 0.1 $292k 30k 9.80
Blackrock Debt Strat (DSU) 0.1 $281k 25k 11.35
U.S. Bancorp (USB) 0.1 $263k 5.1k 51.29
Altria (MO) 0.1 $263k 3.9k 67.70
Pepsi (PEP) 0.1 $269k 2.6k 104.47
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) 0.1 $264k 4.8k 55.49
Accenture (ACN) 0.1 $254k 2.2k 117.21
Netflix (NFLX) 0.1 $270k 2.2k 123.97
iShares Gold Trust 0.1 $253k 23k 11.06
iShares S&P 500 Value Index (IVE) 0.1 $256k 2.5k 101.19
Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) 0.1 $256k 3.1k 82.42
Sch Fnd Us Lg Etf schwb fdt us lg (FNDX) 0.1 $264k 8.1k 32.59
New Residential Investment (RITM) 0.1 $258k 16k 15.75
Del Taco Restaurants 0.1 $268k 19k 14.11
3M Company (MMM) 0.1 $238k 1.3k 178.14
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) 0.1 $228k 2.1k 111.22
Citigroup (C) 0.1 $240k 4.0k 59.51
Dow Chemical Company 0.1 $218k 3.8k 57.20
Ford Motor Company (F) 0.1 $209k 17k 12.11
Danaher Corporation (DHR) 0.1 $227k 2.9k 77.87
iShares Dow Jones US Basic Mater. (IYM) 0.1 $210k 2.5k 83.27
Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) 0.1 $227k 2.4k 92.99
SPDR S&P Dividend (SDY) 0.1 $215k 2.5k 85.69
PIMCO Enhanced Short Mat Str Fund ETF (MINT) 0.1 $215k 2.1k 101.32
Medley Capital Corporation 0.1 $215k 29k 7.51
Global X Fds glbl x mlp etf 0.1 $219k 19k 11.58
Columbia Ppty Tr 0.1 $207k 9.6k 21.60
Chromadex Corp (CDXC) 0.1 $215k 65k 3.30
Coca-Cola Company (KO) 0.1 $202k 4.9k 41.47
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.1 $201k 5.2k 38.35
Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) 0.1 $187k 10k 18.02
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) 0.1 $201k 2.7k 75.76
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund. 0.1 $197k 25k 7.98
Spirit Realty reit 0.1 $198k 18k 10.85
Tier Reit 0.1 $188k 11k 17.36
iShares Silver Trust (SLV) 0.1 $165k 11k 15.07
Eaton Vance Tax Managed Buy Write Opport (ETV) 0.1 $184k 12k 14.82
Sunopta (STKL) 0.1 $155k 22k 7.06
Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) 0.1 $145k 17k 8.36
Franks Intl N V 0.1 $148k 12k 12.28
Northstar Realty Europe 0.1 $135k 11k 12.54
Sprott Physical Silver Tr tr unit (PSLV) 0.1 $118k 20k 6.06
THE GDL FUND Closed-End fund (GDL) 0.1 $118k 12k 9.87
Aegon 0.0 $97k 18k 5.52
Seadrill Partners 0.0 $72k 17k 4.20
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID) 0.0 $49k 15k 3.25
Athersys 0.0 $21k 14k 1.52