Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q2 2024 (holdings as of June 30, 2024, filed August 14, 2024), Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC reported 724 stock positions worth $1.2 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.2% of the portfolio, followed by Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ, 3.1%) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO, 2.9%). Compared with Q1 2024, it opened 373 new positions, sold out of 25, added to 174 and reduced 171. The biggest buy was a new position in Apple (AAPL) and the biggest sale an exit from Abbvie (ABBV).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001600151
- Portfolio Value
- $1.2B (Q2 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001600151-24-000003 ↗ filed Aug 14, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 724 stocks · $1.2B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.17% | 189,903 | $38.6M | New |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 3.08% | 78,295 | $37.5M | Add +1.4% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2.87% | 69,771 | $34.9M | Add +2.0% |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 2.80% | 1,730,402 | $34.1M | Add +20.1% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 2.68% | 330,419 | $32.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 2.19% | 256,494 | $26.7M | Reduce -0.1% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 2.17% | 161,657 | $26.5M | Reduce -29.9% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.60% | 90,901 | $19.4M | Add +124.9% |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | 1.49% | 193,734 | $18.2M | Add +46.9% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.39% | 41,716 | $17.0M | Add +4.0% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 1.35% | 645,472 | $16.5M | Add +292.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.33% | 29,688 | $16.2M | Reduce -0.7% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.13% | 260,705 | $13.8M | Add +8.7% |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | 1.10% | 534,149 | $13.4M | Add +84.5% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 1.05% | 257,420 | $12.8M | Add +4.9% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 1.04% | 33,856 | $12.7M | Reduce -18.5% |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | 1.00% | 420,677 | $12.1M | Add +19.7% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 0.94% | 103,800 | $11.5M | Add +3.0% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 0.93% | 251,282 | $11.3M | Add +99.9% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.92% | 20,517 | $11.2M | Reduce -29.3% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 0.85% | 286,045 | $10.4M | Add +94.2% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 0.83% | 157,927 | $10.1M | Add +2.7% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 0.80% | 146,335 | $9.7M | Add +0.9% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.77% | 37,194 | $9.4M | Reduce -3.1% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 0.72% | 95,401 | $8.8M | Add +1.4% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.70% | 171,843 | $8.5M | Reduce -20.3% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.65% | 99,091 | $8.0M | Add +46.0% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.64% | 19,962 | $7.8M | Reduce -1.5% |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | 0.63% | 83,114 | $7.6M | Add +5.0% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.58% | 19,393 | $7.1M | Reduce -3.7% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.58% | 61,195 | $7.0M | Reduce -12.7% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.57% | 71,012 | $6.9M | Reduce -17.6% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.55% | 7,332 | $6.7M | New |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | 0.54% | 462,611 | $6.6M | Reduce -9.8% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.54% | 35,990 | $6.6M | Reduce -0.2% |
| ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estat | 0.54% | 673,350 | $6.6M | Add +0.5% |
| XEVVX Eaton Vance Ltd. Durat Inc. | 0.53% | 665,996 | $6.5M | Reduce -3.7% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.53% | 184,852 | $6.5M | Add +2.9% |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | 0.52% | 515,604 | $6.4M | Reduce -9.7% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.51% | 142,115 | $6.2M | Reduce -16.4% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.49% | 55,917 | $6.0M | Reduce -12.7% |
| FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF | 0.49% | 88,560 | $5.9M | Add +4.7% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.48% | 127,765 | $5.9M | Add +24.3% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.47% | 21,517 | $5.8M | Add +1.2% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.47% | 3,584 | $5.7M | New |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.47% | 31,463 | $5.7M | Reduce -23.5% |
| ACRE Ares Commercial Real Estate | 0.43% | 789,741 | $5.3M | Add +7.8% |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.43% | 72,407 | $5.3M | Add +11.7% |
| TCBK Trico Bancshares | 0.42% | 130,680 | $5.2M | Reduce -17.0% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.42% | 16,869 | $5.1M | Reduce -4.1% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.42% | 90,305 | $5.1M | Reduce -1.5% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.42% | 75,618 | $5.1M | Reduce -17.7% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.41% | 85,644 | $5.0M | Add +1.5% |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.41% | 102,339 | $5.0M | Reduce -9.9% |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | 0.39% | 156,160 | $4.8M | Add +25.7% |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | 0.39% | 42,755 | $4.7M | Add +0.7% |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | 0.38% | 131,973 | $4.6M | Reduce -12.5% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.36% | 5,145 | $4.4M | New |
| SPSB SS SPDR P St C Corp. ETF | 0.36% | 146,299 | $4.3M | Reduce -4.1% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.35% | 33,875 | $4.3M | Add +0.7% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.35% | 25,603 | $4.2M | Add +2.9% |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | 0.34% | 8,571 | $4.2M | New |
| GPMT Granite Point Mortgage Trust | 0.33% | 1,351,276 | $4.0M | Add +8.4% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.32% | 156,119 | $4.0M | Reduce -8.5% |
| MQY BlackRock Muniyield Quality | 0.32% | 318,800 | $3.9M | Reduce -2.3% |
| XNEAX Nuveen Amt-FR QLTY Muni Inc. | 0.31% | 332,814 | $3.8M | Add +0.6% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.31% | 21,517 | $3.7M | Add +34.3% |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | 0.30% | 21,738 | $3.7M | Reduce -2.2% |
| IXN iShares Global Tech ETF | 0.30% | 44,168 | $3.7M | Reduce -1.9% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.30% | 9,628 | $3.6M | New |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.30% | 63,333 | $3.6M | Add +41.1% |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | 0.29% | 76,803 | $3.5M | Reduce -2.8% |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | 0.28% | 291,784 | $3.5M | Reduce -10.9% |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.28% | 620,261 | $3.4M | Reduce -12.1% |
| BXMT Blackstone Mortgage Tru Class A | 0.27% | 185,335 | $3.2M | Add +36.1% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.26% | 31,681 | $3.2M | Add +5.4% |
| GNL Global Net Lease Inc. | 0.26% | 284,419 | $3.2M | Add +36.7% |
| IXG iShares Global Financials Et | 0.25% | 36,096 | $3.1M | Add +0.1% |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.25% | 30,065 | $3.1M | Add +47.8% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.25% | 57,399 | $3.1M | Add +8.5% |
| XHLF Bondbloxx BBG 6 MTH US Treas | 0.25% | 60,396 | $3.0M | Add +2.0% |
| LAD Lithia Motors Inc. | 0.25% | 12,045 | $3.0M | Add +2.8% |
| LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opp | 0.25% | 63,044 | $3.0M | Add +5.1% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 0.24% | 22,403 | $2.9M | Add +5.9% |
| EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.24% | 37,587 | $2.9M | Add +5.1% |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | 0.24% | 117,077 | $2.9M | Reduce -0.2% |
| BBJP JPMorgan Betabuilders Japan | 0.24% | 51,758 | $2.9M | Add +144.9% |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | 0.24% | 27,104 | $2.9M | Reduce -3.1% |
| CROX Crocs Inc. | 0.24% | 19,809 | $2.9M | New |
| FTSM First Trust Enh Short Mat FD | 0.24% | 48,281 | $2.9M | Add +22.5% |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividen | 0.23% | 64,372 | $2.9M | Reduce -1.1% |
| VZ Verizon Communications Inc. | 0.23% | 67,602 | $2.8M | Add +0.7% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.23% | 19,057 | $2.8M | Reduce -7.5% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.23% | 16,369 | $2.8M | Add +32.6% |
| IXJ iShares Global Healthcare Et | 0.22% | 29,264 | $2.7M | Add +1.3% |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | 0.22% | 26,684 | $2.7M | Reduce -6.2% |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | 0.22% | 64,539 | $2.7M | Reduce -16.9% |
| REET iShares Global REIT ETF | 0.22% | 114,185 | $2.7M | Add +1.8% |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.22% | 98,733 | $2.6M | Add +4.7% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.21% | 33,215 | $2.6M | Add +32.0% |
Other holdings (2): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1K (not counted above)
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.2B.
Portfolio Sells Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −6.46 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Reduce -29.9% | 2.17% | −1.43 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -0.8% | 2.68% | −0.99 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.74 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.61 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.61 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Reduce -0.1% | 2.19% | −0.51 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -29.3% | 0.92% | −0.49 |
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | Reduce -76.7% | 0.08% | −0.30 |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | Reduce -20.3% | 0.70% | −0.30 |
| EIM Eaton Vance Municipal Bond | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.29 |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | Reduce -18.5% | 1.04% | −0.28 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Reduce -66.2% | 0.11% | −0.27 |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | Reduce -3.1% | 0.77% | −0.23 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -23.5% | 0.47% | −0.22 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Reduce -17.6% | 0.57% | −0.21 |
| AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.21 |
| HEQT Simplify Hedged Equity ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.19 |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | Reduce -12.7% | 0.58% | −0.17 |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | Reduce -12.7% | 0.49% | −0.17 |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | Reduce -9.7% | 0.52% | −0.15 |
| MFIC Midcap Financial Investment | Reduce -50.3% | 0.12% | −0.15 |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | Reduce -9.8% | 0.54% | −0.15 |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | Reduce -16.4% | 0.51% | −0.15 |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | Reduce -4.1% | 0.42% | −0.14 |
| ESGU iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | Reduce -9.9% | 0.41% | −0.12 |
| VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF | Reduce -39.3% | 0.13% | −0.11 |
| TCBK Trico Bancshares | Reduce -17.0% | 0.42% | −0.11 |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg | Reduce -1.5% | 0.64% | −0.10 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | Reduce -31.1% | 0.14% | −0.10 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Reduce -0.7% | 1.33% | −0.10 |
| MOAT Vaneck Morningstar Wide Moat | Reduce -33.8% | 0.13% | −0.10 |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | Reduce -30.1% | 0.13% | −0.10 |
| DUK Duke Energy Corp. | Reduce -57.6% | 0.06% | −0.09 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -17.7% | 0.42% | −0.09 |
| SPSM SS SPDR P S&P 600 Small Cap | Reduce -16.9% | 0.22% | −0.09 |
| XEVVX Eaton Vance Ltd. Durat Inc. | Reduce -3.7% | 0.53% | −0.09 |
| MLPA Global X MLP ETF | Reduce -60.4% | 0.05% | −0.09 |
| VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF | Reduce -28.1% | 0.14% | −0.09 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | Reduce -12.1% | 0.28% | −0.08 |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | Reduce -10.9% | 0.28% | −0.08 |
| USB US Bancorp | Reduce -26.2% | 0.11% | −0.08 |
| PM Philip Morris International | Reduce -44.4% | 0.09% | −0.07 |
| BCSF Bain Capital Specialty Finan | Reduce -23.1% | 0.18% | −0.07 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Reduce -7.5% | 0.23% | −0.07 |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | Reduce -1.5% | 0.42% | −0.07 |
| AMJ JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
Portfolio Buys Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| AAPL Apple Inc. | New | 3.17% | +3.17 |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | Add +292.3% | 1.35% | +0.96 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Add +124.9% | 1.60% | +0.83 |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | New | 0.55% | +0.55 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | New | 0.47% | +0.47 |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | Add +84.5% | 1.10% | +0.42 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | Add +99.9% | 0.93% | +0.40 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | Add +94.2% | 0.85% | +0.36 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | New | 0.36% | +0.36 |
| IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc. | New | 0.34% | +0.34 |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | Add +46.9% | 1.49% | +0.34 |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | Add +20.1% | 2.80% | +0.26 |
| CROX Crocs Inc. | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | New | 0.20% | +0.20 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +46.0% | 0.65% | +0.20 |
| IT Gartner Inc. | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | New | 0.18% | +0.18 |
| MCO Moody's Corp. | New | 0.18% | +0.18 |
| MGK Vngrd Mrgstr MG CP GR ETF-Ui | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| BBJP JPMorgan Betabuilders Japan | Add +144.9% | 0.24% | +0.13 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| GNL Global Net Lease Inc. | Add +36.7% | 0.26% | +0.11 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| VV Vngrd Mrgstr LRG-Cap ETF-Usd | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| DE Deere & Co. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| GE General Electric | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| AJG Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| UNP Union Pacific Corp. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| OEF iShares S&P 100 ETF | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | Add +19.7% | 1.00% | +0.08 |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
Notes & Other Activity Q1 2024 → Q2 2024
| RBOT.WS Vicarious Surgical Inc.-CW27 | *W EXP 09/17/202 | New | 20,000 | $1K |
| KCGI.WS Kensington Capital Acq -CW23 | *W EXP 99/99/999 | New | 10,000 | $0 |
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 |