Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q1 2024 (holdings as of March 31, 2024, filed May 16, 2024), Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC reported 376 stock positions worth $1.1 billion. Its top holding was Abbvie (ABBV) at 6.5% of the portfolio, followed by Walt Disney (DIS, 3.7%) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight (RSP, 3.6%). Compared with Q4 2023, it opened 36 new positions, sold out of 399, added to 185 and reduced 142. The biggest buy was Abbvie (ABBV, shares +2%) and the biggest sale an exit from Apple (AAPL).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001600151
- Portfolio Value
- $1.1B (Q1 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001600151-24-000002 ↗ filed May 16, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 376 stocks · $1.1B
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 6.46% | 385,299 | $69.9M | Add +1.7% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 3.68% | 333,005 | $39.8M | Add +0.8% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 3.61% | 230,524 | $39.0M | Add +3.0% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.15% | 77,229 | $34.1M | Add +12.7% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 3.04% | 68,433 | $32.9M | Add +8.6% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 2.70% | 256,874 | $29.2M | Reduce -4.3% |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 2.54% | 1,440,716 | $27.5M | Add +19.7% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.56% | 40,103 | $16.9M | Reduce -0.5% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.43% | 29,905 | $15.4M | Reduce -16.8% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.41% | 29,006 | $15.2M | Reduce -12.0% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 1.32% | 41,528 | $14.3M | Reduce -0.5% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.21% | 239,799 | $13.0M | Reduce -1.7% |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | 1.15% | 131,858 | $12.5M | Add +4.5% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 1.13% | 245,368 | $12.2M | Reduce -13.3% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 1.03% | 100,828 | $11.1M | Reduce -24.5% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 1.00% | 38,374 | $10.8M | Add +1.4% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 1.00% | 215,636 | $10.8M | Add +9.5% |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | 0.91% | 351,574 | $9.9M | Add +170.3% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 0.87% | 153,748 | $9.5M | Add +72.0% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 0.86% | 144,985 | $9.3M | Add +3.2% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 0.80% | 94,100 | $8.6M | Reduce -54.2% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.78% | 86,142 | $8.4M | Reduce -25.4% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.77% | 40,418 | $8.3M | Reduce -59.7% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.75% | 70,077 | $8.1M | Reduce -7.2% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.75% | 20,268 | $8.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.74% | 20,781 | $8.0M | Add +2.9% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.69% | 41,105 | $7.5M | Add +6.4% |
| ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat | 0.69% | 670,100 | $7.5M | Add +6.6% |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | 0.69% | 513,155 | $7.5M | Reduce -1.4% |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | 0.68% | 289,593 | $7.3M | Add +12.6% |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | 0.67% | 571,040 | $7.3M | Add +2.3% |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | 0.67% | 79,161 | $7.2M | Add +6.4% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.66% | 169,897 | $7.1M | Add +13.8% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.65% | 64,068 | $7.1M | Add +4.3% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.63% | 20,135 | $6.8M | Add +0.3% |
| XEVVX Eaton Vance Ltd. Durat Inc. | 0.62% | 691,361 | $6.7M | Reduce -4.2% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.61% | 33,088 | $6.6M | Reduce -5.1% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.61% | 13,678 | $6.6M | Reduce -2.2% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.59% | 179,616 | $6.4M | Add +9.7% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.56% | 17,596 | $6.1M | Reduce -1.2% |
| GPMT Granite Point Mortgage Trust | 0.55% | 1,246,409 | $5.9M | Add +14.1% |
| TCBK Trico Bancshares | 0.54% | 157,426 | $5.8M | Reduce -5.8% |
| FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF | 0.53% | 84,607 | $5.7M | Add +6.3% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 0.53% | 125,728 | $5.7M | New |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.53% | 113,591 | $5.7M | Add +11.1% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.51% | 91,903 | $5.5M | Add +1.4% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.51% | 21,271 | $5.5M | Reduce -1.6% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.51% | 36,046 | $5.5M | Add +2.0% |
| ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate | 0.50% | 732,678 | $5.5M | Add +8.5% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.49% | 91,682 | $5.3M | Reduce -4.3% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 0.49% | 147,279 | $5.3M | New |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.47% | 84,347 | $5.1M | Reduce -5.8% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.46% | 67,858 | $5.0M | Add +43.5% |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.44% | 64,837 | $4.8M | Add +18.3% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.44% | 42,467 | $4.7M | Add +4.3% |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | 0.43% | 150,761 | $4.7M | Add +8.7% |
| SPSB SS SPDR P St C Corp. ETF | 0.42% | 152,485 | $4.5M | Add +30.7% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.42% | 102,793 | $4.5M | Add +21.1% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.41% | 33,631 | $4.4M | Reduce -22.7% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.39% | 164,534 | $4.2M | Add +2.8% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.38% | 25,530 | $4.2M | Add +2.9% |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 0.38% | 57,033 | $4.1M | Reduce -4.5% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.37% | 24,877 | $4.0M | Reduce -1.0% |
| MQY BlackRock Muniyield Quality | 0.37% | 326,300 | $4.0M | No change |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | 0.36% | 124,258 | $3.9M | Add +170.2% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.36% | 170,586 | $3.9M | Add +29.6% |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | 0.36% | 327,314 | $3.9M | Add +7.7% |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.36% | 705,312 | $3.9M | Add +6.6% |
| XNEAX Nuveen Amt-FR QLTY Muni Inc. | 0.34% | 330,899 | $3.7M | Reduce -0.6% |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | 0.34% | 22,222 | $3.7M | Add +150.8% |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | 0.33% | 78,993 | $3.6M | Add +25.8% |
| IXN iShares Global Tech ETF | 0.31% | 45,004 | $3.4M | Add +0.3% |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | 0.31% | 77,701 | $3.3M | Add +5.6% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.30% | 20,591 | $3.3M | Reduce -14.1% |
| EIM Eaton Vance Municipal Bond | 0.29% | 306,000 | $3.2M | No change |
| IXG iShares Global Financials Et | 0.29% | 36,055 | $3.1M | Add +0.1% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.28% | 30,053 | $3.0M | Add +21.0% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 0.28% | 27,961 | $3.0M | Reduce -1.2% |
| LAD Lithia Motors Inc. | 0.28% | 11,712 | $3.0M | Add +49.7% |
| XHLF Bondbloxx BBG 6 MTH US Treas | 0.28% | 59,215 | $3.0M | Add +48.7% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.27% | 16,754 | $2.9M | Add +5.5% |
| MFIC Midcap Financial Investment | 0.27% | 194,622 | $2.9M | Reduce -39.0% |
| LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp | 0.27% | 59,983 | $2.9M | Add +19.1% |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividen | 0.27% | 65,062 | $2.9M | Add +0.6% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.27% | 16,023 | $2.9M | Reduce -1.0% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.27% | 15,027 | $2.9M | Reduce -1.5% |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | 0.26% | 28,448 | $2.9M | Add +188.1% |
| EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.26% | 35,755 | $2.9M | Reduce -2.2% |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | 0.26% | 117,298 | $2.8M | Add +0.4% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.26% | 67,103 | $2.8M | Add +0.4% |
| BCSF Bain Capital Specialty Finan | 0.26% | 176,946 | $2.8M | Reduce -26.3% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.25% | 52,910 | $2.7M | Reduce -1.0% |
| BXMT Blackstone Mortgage Tru Class A | 0.25% | 136,217 | $2.7M | Add +4.5% |
| IXJ iShares Global Healthcare Et | 0.25% | 28,886 | $2.7M | Add +0.7% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.25% | 43,830 | $2.7M | Reduce -22.5% |
| REET iShares Global REIT ETF | 0.25% | 112,122 | $2.7M | Add +1.9% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.24% | 44,877 | $2.6M | Add +0.3% |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | 0.24% | 33,624 | $2.6M | Reduce -7.6% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.24% | 68,216 | $2.6M | Reduce -2.3% |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | 0.24% | 19,620 | $2.6M | Reduce -2.4% |
Portfolio Sells Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −2.45 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.30 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.19 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.88 |
| PROSHARES SHORT S&P500 | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.85 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -59.7% | 0.77% | −0.69 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.65 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -54.2% | 0.80% | −0.63 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.47 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.43 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.41 |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.37 |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.37 |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.36 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.34 |
| PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Divers | Reduce -93.3% | 0.03% | −0.29 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.25 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| EJAN Innovator Emerging Markets P | Reduce -84.5% | 0.05% | −0.21 |
| BA The Boeing Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.21 |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| IT Gartner Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| QQQE Dirx Nasdaq-100EQ Wi ETF-Usd | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| VOE Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap Val ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| X United States Steel Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| MCHI iShares MSCI China ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| INTC Intel Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| DFJ Wisdomtree JPN S/C DVD Fund | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Reduce -25.4% | 0.78% | −0.09 |
| LQD Ishr Ibx Usd Invgd CB ETF-Ui | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | Reduce -24.5% | 1.03% | −0.09 |
| NEAR iShares SH Dba ETF Usd Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Add +1.7% | 6.46% | +1.99 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Add +0.8% | 3.68% | +1.40 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +12.7% | 3.15% | +1.01 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Add +8.6% | 3.04% | +0.94 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +3.0% | 3.61% | +0.92 |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | Add +19.7% | 2.54% | +0.71 |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | Add +170.3% | 0.91% | +0.65 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | New | 0.53% | +0.53 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +72.0% | 0.87% | +0.49 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | New | 0.49% | +0.49 |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | Add +9.5% | 1.00% | +0.28 |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | Add +170.2% | 0.36% | +0.26 |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | Add +150.8% | 0.34% | +0.24 |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | Add +3.2% | 0.86% | +0.23 |
| GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF | New | 0.23% | +0.23 |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | Add +4.5% | 1.15% | +0.23 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +43.5% | 0.46% | +0.22 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +2.9% | 0.74% | +0.20 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Add +6.4% | 0.69% | +0.19 |
| HEQT Simplify Hedged Equity ETF | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +29.6% | 0.36% | +0.19 |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | Add +188.1% | 0.26% | +0.19 |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | Add +13.8% | 0.66% | +0.19 |
| QLTY GMO U.S. Quality ETF | New | 0.18% | +0.18 |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | Add +12.6% | 0.68% | +0.17 |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | Add +9.7% | 0.59% | +0.17 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | Add +0.3% | 0.63% | +0.16 |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | Add +11.1% | 0.53% | +0.16 |
| SPSB SS SPDR P St C Corp. ETF | Add +30.7% | 0.42% | +0.15 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Add +21.1% | 0.42% | +0.15 |
| FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF | Add +6.3% | 0.53% | +0.15 |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | Add +18.3% | 0.44% | +0.15 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +1.4% | 0.51% | +0.15 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | Add +4.3% | 0.65% | +0.15 |
| XMHQ Invesco S&P Midcap Qual ETF | Add +195.0% | 0.19% | +0.14 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Add +1.4% | 1.00% | +0.14 |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | Add +2.3% | 0.67% | +0.14 |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | Add +2.0% | 0.51% | +0.13 |
| ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat | Add +6.6% | 0.69% | +0.13 |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | Add +8.7% | 0.43% | +0.13 |
| XHLF Bondbloxx BBG 6 MTH US Treas | Add +48.7% | 0.28% | +0.12 |
| AMN Amn Healthcare Services Inc. | Add +280.6% | 0.16% | +0.12 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Add +84.1% | 0.20% | +0.12 |
| VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF | Add +69.0% | 0.22% | +0.12 |
| OMFL Invesco Russell 1000 DYN M/F | Add +89.8% | 0.20% | +0.12 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Add +4.3% | 0.44% | +0.12 |
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| BBJP JPMorgan Betabuilders Japan | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| DSTL Distillate US Fundamental St | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | Add +25.8% | 0.33% | +0.11 |
Notes & Other Activity Q4 2023 → Q1 2024
| KCGI.WS Kensington Capital Acq -CW23 | *W EXP 99/99/999 | Sold out | 10,000 | $1Kbefore exit |
| RBOT.WS Vicarious Surgical Inc.-CW27 | *W EXP 09/17/202 | Sold out | 20,000 | $600before exit |
Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.
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 |