Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q4 2024 (holdings as of December 31, 2024, filed February 12, 2025), Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC reported 743 stock positions worth $1.4 billion. Its top holding was Apple (AAPL) at 3.1% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO, 2.7%) and Walt Disney (DIS, 2.6%). Compared with Q3 2024, it opened 102 new positions, sold out of 63, added to 434 and reduced 172. The biggest buy was Apple (AAPL, shares +38%) and the biggest sale Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF (PULS, shares −45%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001600151
- Portfolio Value
- $1.4B (Q4 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001600151-25-000001 ↗ filed Feb 12, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 743 stocks · $1.4B
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.12% | 172,767 | $43.3M | Add +37.8% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 2.72% | 69,940 | $37.7M | Add +10.8% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 2.64% | 329,042 | $36.6M | Add +0.6% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 2.56% | 69,465 | $35.5M | Add +9.3% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.40% | 247,450 | $33.3M | Add +26.9% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 1.87% | 578,076 | $26.0M | Add +29.0% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 1.83% | 144,533 | $25.3M | Reduce -2.6% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.68% | 106,072 | $23.3M | Add +34.8% |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | 1.56% | 865,379 | $21.6M | Add +10.6% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.55% | 51,019 | $21.5M | Add +30.3% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 1.52% | 828,550 | $21.1M | Add +1.9% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 1.35% | 204,562 | $18.7M | Add +23.7% |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | 1.32% | 198,084 | $18.3M | Add +0.5% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.27% | 30,124 | $17.7M | Add +31.7% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.13% | 298,290 | $15.7M | Add +6.8% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.11% | 63,612 | $15.4M | Reduce -2.4% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 0.98% | 33,122 | $13.6M | Reduce -3.1% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 0.98% | 366,788 | $13.6M | Add +31.8% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.90% | 141,575 | $12.5M | Add +48.7% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.88% | 64,301 | $12.2M | Add +19.0% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.86% | 26,386 | $12.0M | Add +18.4% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 0.78% | 151,710 | $10.9M | Add +2.1% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.77% | 26,388 | $10.6M | Add +2.2% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.76% | 17,799 | $10.5M | Add +44.4% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.73% | 35,052 | $10.1M | Add +1.7% |
| FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF | 0.73% | 426,857 | $10.1M | Add +20.9% |
| TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury BD | 0.72% | 114,057 | $10.0M | Reduce -5.8% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.71% | 16,718 | $9.8M | Add +25.8% |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | 0.69% | 225,517 | $9.6M | Reduce -2.2% |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | 0.66% | 300,819 | $9.2M | Add +16.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.65% | 38,866 | $9.0M | Add +30.5% |
| DIA SS SPDR Dow Jones Indus Avg filed as SPDR DOW JONES INDL AVERAGE | 0.65% | 21,134 | $9.0M | Add +28.8% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.63% | 89,559 | $8.7M | Add +48.8% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.61% | 35,383 | $8.5M | Add +33.3% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.61% | 21,551 | $8.4M | Add +32.9% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.60% | 20,468 | $8.3M | Add +30.3% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.54% | 39,370 | $7.5M | Add +14.5% |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | 0.54% | 516,227 | $7.5M | Add +12.9% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.53% | 37,717 | $7.4M | Reduce -0.2% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.53% | 68,246 | $7.3M | Add +22.9% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 0.53% | 147,621 | $7.3M | Reduce -44.8% |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E | 0.53% | 63,126 | $7.3M | Add +19.8% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.51% | 22,423 | $7.1M | Add +19.5% |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.49% | 133,628 | $6.8M | Add +29.7% |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | 0.48% | 521,634 | $6.6M | Add +0.7% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.45% | 131,672 | $6.3M | Reduce -10.2% |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF | 0.45% | 99,118 | $6.2M | Add +28.2% |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.43% | 26,635 | $5.9M | Add +6.5% |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.42% | 1,090,155 | $5.8M | Add +77.8% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.41% | 7,454 | $5.8M | Add +37.1% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 0.41% | 51,857 | $5.7M | Reduce -39.0% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 0.40% | 81,164 | $5.6M | Add +60.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.40% | 31,231 | $5.5M | Add +26.0% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.40% | 29,700 | $5.5M | Add +1.3% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.39% | 60,292 | $5.4M | Reduce -13.0% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.38% | 5,741 | $5.3M | Add +38.6% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.37% | 149,673 | $5.1M | Add +5.8% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.37% | 97,652 | $5.1M | Reduce -19.4% |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | 0.36% | 117,999 | $5.0M | Reduce -10.2% |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 0.36% | 226,904 | $4.9M | Reduce -8.4% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.35% | 79,149 | $4.8M | Add +0.7% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.35% | 25,461 | $4.8M | Add +0.7% |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | 0.34% | 46,423 | $4.7M | Add +80.0% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 0.33% | 56,121 | $4.6M | Reduce -0.1% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.32% | 15,286 | $4.4M | Reduce -5.1% |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Inco | 0.32% | 76,170 | $4.4M | Add +3.4% |
| OMFL Invesco Russell 1000 DYN M/F | 0.31% | 80,195 | $4.4M | Add +69.9% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.30% | 15,884 | $4.2M | Add +90.0% |
| VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 | 0.30% | 15,486 | $4.1M | New |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.30% | 42,236 | $4.1M | Add +8.5% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.29% | 13,699 | $4.0M | Add +14.1% |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | 0.29% | 88,644 | $4.0M | Add +44.0% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.29% | 90,088 | $4.0M | Reduce -8.6% |
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | 0.28% | 77,363 | $3.9M | Add +98.1% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.28% | 50,878 | $3.9M | Add +3.7% |
| PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Divers | 0.28% | 295,330 | $3.8M | Add +1.6% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.27% | 9,510 | $3.8M | Reduce -1.1% |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | 0.27% | 322,546 | $3.8M | Reduce -46.3% |
| APLD Applied Digital Corp. | 0.27% | 490,947 | $3.8M | New |
| RWJ Invesco S&P Smallcap 600 | 0.27% | 80,941 | $3.7M | Add +5.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.26% | 21,645 | $3.6M | Reduce -9.6% |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | 0.26% | 108,154 | $3.6M | Add +12.4% |
| IXG iShares Global Financials Et | 0.26% | 37,336 | $3.6M | Add +26.7% |
| IXN iShares Global Tech ETF | 0.25% | 41,127 | $3.5M | Add +18.4% |
| FLDR Fidelity Low Durat Fact ETF | 0.25% | 69,131 | $3.5M | Add +2.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.25% | 34,385 | $3.4M | Add +13.1% |
| UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. | 0.24% | 6,682 | $3.4M | Add +33.6% |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | 0.24% | 120,979 | $3.3M | Reduce -0.2% |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | 0.24% | 70,935 | $3.3M | Add +46.3% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.23% | 74,033 | $3.3M | Add +45.8% |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividen | 0.23% | 66,905 | $3.2M | Reduce -0.1% |
| GNL Global Net Lease Inc. | 0.23% | 270,711 | $3.2M | Reduce -3.4% |
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | 0.23% | 60,879 | $3.2M | Add +19.8% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.23% | 14,373 | $3.2M | Add +9.5% |
| SLYV SS SPDR S&P 600 SC Val ETF | 0.22% | 35,533 | $3.1M | Add +28.1% |
| FLOT iShares Floating Rate Bond E | 0.22% | 60,629 | $3.1M | Add +18.7% |
| LAD Lithia Motors Inc. | 0.22% | 8,479 | $3.0M | Reduce -11.5% |
| REET iShares Global REIT ETF | 0.22% | 125,932 | $3.0M | Add +52.2% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.22% | 20,620 | $3.0M | Add +28.0% |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.21% | 28,858 | $2.9M | Add +35.3% |
Portfolio Sells Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | Reduce -44.8% | 0.53% | −0.61 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Reduce -2.6% | 1.83% | −0.44 |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | Reduce -39.0% | 0.41% | −0.39 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -2.4% | 1.11% | −0.24 |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | Reduce -10.2% | 0.45% | −0.21 |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | Reduce -78.0% | 0.04% | −0.18 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Reduce -19.4% | 0.37% | −0.17 |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | Reduce -2.2% | 0.69% | −0.17 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury B | Reduce -52.8% | 0.09% | −0.14 |
| XLRE SS Real Estate Select Sector | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| SPTI SS SPDR P Int Term TSY ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | Reduce -3.1% | 0.98% | −0.13 |
| BLK BlackRock Finance Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| XHLF Bondbloxx BBG 6 MTH US Treas | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF | Reduce -22.8% | 0.20% | −0.12 |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | Reduce -8.6% | 0.29% | −0.12 |
| PHM Pultegroup Inc. | Reduce -16.9% | 0.13% | −0.11 |
| QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Fac | Reduce -25.2% | 0.18% | −0.11 |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | Reduce -0.2% | 0.53% | −0.10 |
| PSEC Prospect Capital Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| CROX Crocs Inc. | Reduce -13.6% | 0.14% | −0.10 |
| SPSB SS SPDR P St C Corp. ETF | Reduce -27.0% | 0.15% | −0.10 |
| CVS CVS Health Corp. | Reduce -72.9% | 0.02% | −0.10 |
| DBEF Xtrackers MSCI Eafe Hedged E | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | Reduce -87.4% | 0.01% | −0.10 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | Reduce -9.6% | 0.26% | −0.09 |
| AMN Amn Healthcare Services Inc. | Reduce -70.9% | 0.01% | −0.09 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -13.0% | 0.39% | −0.09 |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | Reduce -10.2% | 0.36% | −0.08 |
| UPS United Parcel Service Class B | Reduce -18.7% | 0.14% | −0.08 |
| INDA iShares MSCI India ETF | Reduce -34.4% | 0.08% | −0.08 |
| CLSK Cleanspark Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| SPTL SS SPDR PF LNG TRM TSY E-Usd | Reduce -31.2% | 0.08% | −0.07 |
| DD Dupont DE Nemours Inc. | Reduce -54.7% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| GNL Global Net Lease Inc. | Reduce -3.4% | 0.23% | −0.07 |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | Reduce -5.1% | 0.32% | −0.07 |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | Reduce -0.1% | 0.33% | −0.07 |
| VSS Vanguard Ftse All Wo X-US SC | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| XLE SS Energy Select Sector | Reduce -36.0% | 0.07% | −0.07 |
| VGK Vanguard Ftse Europe ETF | Reduce -46.6% | 0.04% | −0.06 |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | Reduce -8.4% | 0.36% | −0.06 |
| UFPI Ufp Industries Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| F Ford Motor Co. | Reduce -60.4% | 0.03% | −0.06 |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | Reduce -11.8% | 0.18% | −0.06 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Reduce -6.5% | 0.10% | −0.06 |
| FNDF Schwab Fndmn Intl LRG Co. ETF | Reduce -30.9% | 0.06% | −0.06 |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividen | Reduce -0.1% | 0.23% | −0.06 |
| SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| FTSM First Trust Enh Short Mat FD | Reduce -7.0% | 0.19% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q3 2024 → Q4 2024
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +37.8% | 3.12% | +0.63 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +31.7% | 1.27% | +0.56 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +34.8% | 1.68% | +0.43 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +26.9% | 2.40% | +0.39 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +19.0% | 0.88% | +0.38 |
| VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Add +9.3% | 2.56% | +0.28 |
| APLD Applied Digital Corp. | New | 0.27% | +0.27 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Add +30.3% | 0.60% | +0.25 |
| RWJ Invesco S&P Smallcap 600 | Add +5.6% | 0.27% | +0.25 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Add +48.7% | 0.90% | +0.23 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +30.5% | 0.65% | +0.21 |
| FANG Diamondback Energy Inc. | Add +924.4% | 0.21% | +0.18 |
| RUM Rum Group Inc. | New | 0.18% | +0.18 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Add +44.4% | 0.76% | +0.15 |
| QBTS D-Wave Quantum Inc. | Add +1300.0% | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Add +33.3% | 0.61% | +0.14 |
| DBO Invesco DB Oil Fund | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +3.7% | 0.28% | +0.12 |
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | Add +98.1% | 0.28% | +0.12 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Add +30.3% | 1.55% | +0.12 |
| ILCB iShares Morningstar U.S. Equ | Add +199.9% | 0.19% | +0.12 |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | Add +90.0% | 0.30% | +0.11 |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | Add +77.8% | 0.42% | +0.11 |
| HYBX TCW High Yield Bond ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturit | Add +80.0% | 0.34% | +0.11 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +60.6% | 0.40% | +0.11 |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. Class A | Add +194.5% | 0.16% | +0.11 |
| VFC VF Corp. | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| FCBD Frontier Asset Core Bond ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | Add +48.8% | 0.63% | +0.11 |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | Add +158.2% | 0.19% | +0.10 |
| OMFL Invesco Russell 1000 DYN M/F | Add +69.9% | 0.31% | +0.10 |
| FTCS First Trust Capital Strength | Add +131.2% | 0.20% | +0.09 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | Add +150.6% | 0.15% | +0.09 |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | Add +271.6% | 0.12% | +0.09 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Add +256.1% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| HCMT Direxion HCM Tactic US ETF | Add +192.2% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | Add +29.0% | 1.87% | +0.08 |
| COIN Coinbase Global Inc. Class A | Add +228.6% | 0.11% | +0.08 |
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | Add +161.5% | 0.15% | +0.08 |
| HON Honeywell International Inc. | Add +121.8% | 0.15% | +0.08 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | Add +31.8% | 0.98% | +0.08 |
| ALAB Astera Labs Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| GEV GE Vernova Inc. | Add +185.7% | 0.11% | +0.08 |
| BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 MNTH Box | Add +161.4% | 0.13% | +0.07 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Add +19.5% | 0.51% | +0.07 |
| QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Add +38.6% | 0.38% | +0.07 |
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 |