Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q2 2026 (holdings as of June 30, 2026, filed August 13, 2026), Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC reported 334 stock positions worth $1.5 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.5% of the portfolio, followed by Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight (RSP, 3.3%) and iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd (BINC, 3.1%). Compared with Q1 2026, it opened 55 new positions, sold out of 42, added to 158 and reduced 111. The biggest buy was Rackspace Technology (RXT, shares +870%) and the biggest sale SPDR Gold Shares (GLD, shares −27%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001600151
- Portfolio Value
- $1.5B (Q2 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001600151-26-000009 ↗ filed Aug 13, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 334 stocks · $1.5B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.54% | 185,325 | $53.6M | Add +22.3% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 3.33% | 236,578 | $50.3M | Add +16.6% |
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | 3.10% | 896,622 | $46.9M | Add +1.8% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 2.92% | 458,881 | $44.2M | Add +0.1% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.70% | 203,959 | $40.8M | Add +4.3% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 2.50% | 832,624 | $37.9M | Add +5.7% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 2.28% | 676,109 | $34.4M | Reduce -3.6% |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | 2.27% | 1,347,217 | $34.4M | Add +0.0% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 2.27% | 391,035 | $34.4M | Add +11.3% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 2.06% | 361,436 | $31.2M | Add +3.5% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.55% | 305,937 | $23.4M | Reduce -3.1% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.48% | 93,627 | $22.3M | Add +8.1% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.38% | 56,135 | $20.9M | Add +17.2% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.36% | 57,726 | $20.6M | Add +21.9% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 1.22% | 202,013 | $18.5M | Add +53.4% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.19% | 70,887 | $18.0M | Reduce -11.7% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 1.18% | 361,480 | $17.9M | Reduce -4.3% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 1.08% | 22,166 | $16.3M | Add +31.4% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 1.03% | 171,960 | $15.6M | Add +0.3% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.98% | 61,285 | $14.9M | Add +29.1% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.97% | 39,024 | $14.7M | Add +8.6% |
| RXT Rackspace Technology Inc. | 0.94% | 2,173,359 | $14.2M | Add +870.3% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.93% | 38,126 | $14.0M | Reduce -27.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 0.89% | 17,951 | $13.4M | Reduce -38.6% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.87% | 106,547 | $13.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.83% | 35,705 | $12.6M | Add +41.2% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.78% | 17,102 | $11.7M | Add +0.2% |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | 0.77% | 24,238 | $11.6M | Add +81.4% |
| BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 MNTH Box | 0.76% | 98,406 | $11.5M | Reduce -19.0% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.74% | 157,066 | $11.2M | Add +0.5% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.74% | 34,011 | $11.1M | Add +10.1% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 0.71% | 14,831 | $10.7M | New |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.70% | 25,318 | $10.6M | Add +7.3% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.70% | 77,013 | $10.5M | Add +1.4% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.69% | 13,835 | $10.4M | Add +8.9% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.68% | 41,724 | $10.3M | Reduce -1.0% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.66% | 52,926 | $10.0M | Add +3.5% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.66% | 17,687 | $10.0M | Add +10.0% |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.66% | 33,099 | $9.9M | Add +11.0% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.65% | 193,973 | $9.8M | Reduce -0.3% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.63% | 31,588 | $9.6M | Add +43.2% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 0.62% | 85,670 | $9.5M | Reduce -5.4% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.59% | 32,986 | $8.9M | Add +0.4% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.59% | 17,746 | $8.9M | Add +40.7% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.58% | 31,320 | $8.8M | Add +0.5% |
| AKRE Akre Focus ETF filed as PROFESIONALLY MANAGED PORTFO | 0.58% | 164,821 | $8.8M | Add +0.8% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.56% | 71,073 | $8.5M | Reduce -0.6% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.55% | 325,376 | $8.3M | Add +0.2% |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | 0.53% | 528,076 | $8.0M | Reduce -1.1% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.53% | 31,600 | $8.0M | Add +2.6% |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | 0.52% | 81,833 | $7.9M | Add +64.4% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.52% | 68,895 | $7.8M | Reduce -3.4% |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | 0.51% | 251,786 | $7.8M | Add +57.9% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.51% | 22,417 | $7.7M | Reduce -2.8% |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.50% | 60,581 | $7.5M | Reduce -0.5% |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | 0.49% | 128,638 | $7.4M | Add +321.5% |
| CEFS Saba Opport Hedg Cef ETF-Usd | 0.49% | 286,252 | $7.3M | Add +2.3% |
| SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF | 0.47% | 105,895 | $7.2M | Add +264.5% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.45% | 18,199 | $6.7M | Reduce -3.2% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 0.44% | 15,267 | $6.6M | Add +15.9% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.44% | 27,948 | $6.6M | Reduce -0.3% |
| XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect | 0.41% | 74,072 | $6.2M | New |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.41% | 32,288 | $6.1M | Add +7.3% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.40% | 17,182 | $6.1M | Reduce -8.6% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 0.40% | 105,695 | $6.0M | Add +95.3% |
| FLDR Fidelity Low Durat Fact ETF | 0.40% | 119,876 | $6.0M | Reduce -0.5% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.39% | 59,457 | $5.9M | Reduce -3.2% |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | 0.39% | 137,223 | $5.9M | Add +0.2% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.39% | 10,124 | $5.9M | New |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.37% | 25,650 | $5.6M | Add +1.2% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.36% | 91,637 | $5.5M | Reduce -21.8% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.36% | 65,184 | $5.4M | Reduce -4.8% |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | 0.34% | 30,636 | $5.2M | New |
| RIV Rivernorth Opportunities | 0.34% | 440,153 | $5.1M | Add +0.7% |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | 0.34% | 113,896 | $5.1M | Reduce -2.1% |
| BTSG Brightspring Health Services | 0.33% | 72,482 | $5.1M | Add +24.9% |
| HCMT Direxion HCM Tactic US ETF | 0.33% | 119,649 | $5.0M | Reduce -9.8% |
| GROZ Zacks Focus Growth ETF | 0.33% | 157,722 | $5.0M | Add +20.9% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 0.33% | 60,779 | $5.0M | Add +2.3% |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.33% | 81,138 | $4.9M | Reduce -1.5% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.31% | 37,010 | $4.8M | Reduce -28.0% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.31% | 61,846 | $4.7M | Reduce -0.9% |
| APLD Applied Digital Corp. | 0.31% | 125,486 | $4.7M | Reduce -28.0% |
| PSI Invesco Semiconductors ETF | 0.31% | 24,913 | $4.7M | New |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | 0.31% | 45,878 | $4.6M | Add +63.5% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.30% | 32,683 | $4.6M | Add +112.1% |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.30% | 84,277 | $4.5M | Reduce -6.1% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.30% | 116,948 | $4.5M | Add +11.3% |
| PSC Principal US Small-Cap ETF | 0.29% | 62,934 | $4.4M | Reduce -3.3% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.29% | 37,515 | $4.4M | Add +7.6% |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | 0.28% | 319,601 | $4.2M | Add +0.6% |
| SPCX Space Exploration Techn Class A | 0.28% | 24,345 | $4.2M | New |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | 0.27% | 16,036 | $4.0M | New |
| TTMI TTM Technologies | 0.27% | 21,624 | $4.0M | New |
| OMFL Invesco Russell 1000 DYN M/F | 0.27% | 58,902 | $4.0M | Reduce -5.9% |
| SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF | 0.26% | 76,035 | $3.9M | Add +4.6% |
| XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 0.25% | 24,155 | $3.8M | New |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.25% | 661,325 | $3.8M | Add +0.5% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.25% | 46,554 | $3.8M | Add +4.4% |
| EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.24% | 35,022 | $3.6M | Add +12.1% |
Portfolio Sells Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -27.3% | 0.93% | −0.76 |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | Reduce -86.5% | 0.08% | −0.73 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Reduce -38.6% | 0.89% | −0.54 |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.37 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.36 |
| IDU iShares US Utilities ETF | Reduce -60.8% | 0.18% | −0.34 |
| IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Softwa | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.33 |
| BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 MNTH Box | Reduce -19.0% | 0.76% | −0.30 |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.30 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -11.7% | 1.19% | −0.28 |
| ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.28 |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | Reduce -68.8% | 0.10% | −0.27 |
| IBRX Immunitybio Inc. | Reduce -80.4% | 0.07% | −0.27 |
| KHPI Kensington Hedged PRM in ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.27 |
| PROSHARES TR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| VPU Vanguard Utilities ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| BTCO Invsco GLXY BTCN ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| PL Planet Labs PBC | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | Reduce -52.1% | 0.16% | −0.22 |
| RSPU Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | Reduce -4.3% | 1.18% | −0.22 |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | Reduce -3.1% | 1.55% | −0.21 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.19 |
| SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.19 |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | Reduce -65.2% | 0.06% | −0.16 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | Reduce -3.6% | 2.28% | −0.16 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Reduce -6.1% | 0.30% | −0.16 |
| KGC Kinross Gold Corp. | Reduce -74.9% | 0.03% | −0.16 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Reduce -28.0% | 0.31% | −0.15 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -3.4% | 0.52% | −0.15 |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | Reduce -5.4% | 0.62% | −0.12 |
| VGVT Vanguard Govt Sec Active ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | Reduce -21.8% | 0.36% | −0.11 |
| QLTY GMO U.S. Quality ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| VGMS Vanguard Multi-Sector | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| RUNN Running Oak Efficient GR ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Reduce -41.7% | 0.08% | −0.09 |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | Reduce -40.0% | 0.09% | −0.08 |
| TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| NVTS Navitas Semiconductor Corp. | Reduce -86.7% | 0.03% | −0.08 |
| BPRE Bluerock Private Real Estate | Reduce -2.2% | 0.16% | −0.08 |
| PYLD PIMCO Multisector Bond Actv | Reduce -35.8% | 0.10% | −0.07 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Reduce -3.2% | 0.39% | −0.07 |
| VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 | Reduce -23.2% | 0.23% | −0.06 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -8.6% | 0.40% | −0.06 |
| GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| RXT Rackspace Technology Inc. | Add +870.3% | 0.94% | +0.92 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | New | 0.71% | +0.71 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +22.3% | 3.54% | +0.66 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +81.4% | 0.77% | +0.43 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +16.6% | 3.33% | +0.41 |
| XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect | New | 0.41% | +0.41 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | New | 0.39% | +0.39 |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | Add +321.5% | 0.49% | +0.38 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +31.4% | 1.08% | +0.35 |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | New | 0.34% | +0.34 |
| SPMD SS SPDR P S&P 400 Midcap ETF | Add +264.5% | 0.47% | +0.34 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +21.9% | 1.36% | +0.34 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Add +53.4% | 1.22% | +0.32 |
| PSI Invesco Semiconductors ETF | New | 0.31% | +0.31 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +41.2% | 0.83% | +0.29 |
| SPCX Space Exploration Techn Class A | New | 0.28% | +0.28 |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | New | 0.27% | +0.27 |
| TTMI TTM Technologies | New | 0.27% | +0.27 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +11.3% | 2.27% | +0.26 |
| XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Add +112.1% | 0.30% | +0.25 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +43.2% | 0.63% | +0.24 |
| IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector | New | 0.23% | +0.23 |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | Add +15.9% | 0.44% | +0.23 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | Add +29.1% | 0.98% | +0.22 |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | Add +64.4% | 0.52% | +0.22 |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| JHMM John Hancock Multi Fact Mid | New | 0.20% | +0.20 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Add +95.3% | 0.40% | +0.20 |
| IAI iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| HXL Hexcel Corp. | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | Add +3.5% | 2.06% | +0.16 |
| DXJ Wisdomtree Japan Hedged Eq | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| BTSG Brightspring Health Services | Add +24.9% | 0.33% | +0.15 |
| QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| NVT Nvent Electric PLC | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +4.3% | 2.70% | +0.14 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +8.6% | 0.97% | +0.14 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +40.7% | 0.59% | +0.13 |
| OSCR Oscar Health Inc. Class A | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| RSI Rush Street Interactive Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +8.1% | 1.48% | +0.12 |
| SNEX Stonex Group Inc. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| FPE FT-Preferred Secur & Inc. ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | Add +57.9% | 0.51% | +0.11 |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | Add +7.3% | 0.41% | +0.11 |
| CWB SS SPDR BB Conv Sec ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Add +11.0% | 0.66% | +0.10 |
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026Amended | 334 | $1.5B | AAPL, RSP, BINC, DIS, NVDA |
| Q1 2026Amended | 321 | $1.3B | BINC, DIS, RSP, AAPL, FBND |
| Q4 2025Amended | 360 | $1.4B | DIS, AAPL, NVDA, RSP, BINC |
| Q3 2025 | 761 | $1.6B | NVDA, AAPL, DIS, RSP, SPYM |
| Q2 2025 | 717 | $1.4B | DIS, NVDA, RSP, AAPL, SPAB |
| Q1 2025 | 713 | $1.3B | AAPL, DIS, NVDA, FBND, RSP |
| Q4 2024 | 743 | $1.4B | AAPL, VOO, DIS, QQQ, NVDA |
| Q3 2024Amended | 704 | $1.2B | VOO, DIS, AAPL, QQQ, RSP |
| Q2 2024 | 724 | $1.2B | AAPL, QQQ, VOO, FSK, DIS |
| Q1 2024 | 376 | $1.1B | ABBV, DIS, RSP, QQQ, VOO |