Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed November 12, 2025), Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC reported 761 stock positions worth $1.6 billion. Its top holding was Nvidia (NVDA) at 2.8% of the portfolio, followed by Apple (AAPL, 2.5%) and Walt Disney (DIS, 2.4%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 109 new positions, sold out of 65, added to 350 and reduced 253. The biggest buy was iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd (BINC, shares +1052%) and the biggest sale Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF (FLTR, shares −39%).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001600151
- Portfolio Value
- $1.6B (Q3 2025)
- SEC Filing
- 0001600151-25-000005 ↗ filed Nov 12, 2025
Holdings Value
Holdings 761 stocks · $1.6B
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.78% | 238,042 | $44.5M | Add +4.9% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.47% | 154,830 | $39.4M | Add +5.8% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 2.36% | 328,891 | $37.6M | Add +0.7% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 2.22% | 186,648 | $35.4M | Add +1.7% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 2.20% | 448,435 | $35.2M | Add +156.1% |
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | 2.05% | 614,834 | $32.7M | Add +1051.5% |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | 1.83% | 1,127,266 | $29.1M | Add +3.8% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 1.68% | 579,371 | $26.8M | Add +3.2% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.61% | 49,660 | $25.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 1.60% | 599,503 | $25.6M | Add +3.6% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.42% | 334,044 | $22.7M | Add +4.3% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.39% | 33,214 | $22.1M | Add +12.8% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.22% | 88,597 | $19.5M | Add +5.7% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 1.17% | 30,592 | $18.7M | Reduce -0.8% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 1.11% | 37,039 | $17.8M | Add +4.7% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 1.08% | 347,266 | $17.3M | Add +104.8% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.99% | 26,178 | $15.7M | Reduce -13.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 0.97% | 63,611 | $15.5M | Add +3.0% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.96% | 146,859 | $15.4M | Reduce -5.3% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.94% | 587,605 | $15.0M | Reduce -39.4% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 0.90% | 157,221 | $14.4M | Reduce -31.3% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.90% | 19,566 | $14.3M | Add +17.3% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.83% | 40,164 | $13.3M | Add +4.4% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 0.83% | 163,525 | $13.2M | Reduce -3.4% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.81% | 69,686 | $12.9M | Add +0.6% |
| NMAR Innovator GRW-100 PB ETF Mar | 0.80% | 617,097 | $12.8M | Reduce -8.4% |
| BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 MNTH Box | 0.79% | 110,565 | $12.6M | Add +5.1% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.77% | 38,929 | $12.3M | Add +6.0% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.71% | 17,043 | $11.4M | Add +11.2% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.70% | 36,852 | $11.2M | Add +2.0% |
| FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF | 0.69% | 417,670 | $11.0M | Reduce -6.5% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.66% | 22,419 | $10.5M | Add +0.6% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.65% | 20,641 | $10.4M | Add +581.9% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.62% | 35,295 | $10.0M | Add +2.5% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.62% | 39,764 | $9.8M | Add +29.2% |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | 0.61% | 101,000 | $9.7M | Reduce -36.7% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.61% | 161,483 | $9.7M | Add +5.5% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.60% | 21,393 | $9.5M | Reduce -16.1% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 0.56% | 81,525 | $9.0M | Add +4.7% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.56% | 22,180 | $9.0M | Add +25.6% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.53% | 23,998 | $8.5M | Reduce -51.7% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.53% | 50,917 | $8.5M | Reduce -0.0% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.53% | 75,500 | $8.5M | Add +6.3% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.53% | 84,823 | $8.5M | Add +0.1% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.51% | 40,196 | $8.2M | Add +8.7% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.50% | 187,667 | $8.0M | Add +9.6% |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | 0.48% | 229,206 | $7.7M | Add +2.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.48% | 22,328 | $7.6M | Add +8.7% |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.45% | 131,070 | $7.3M | Add +1.3% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.45% | 39,341 | $7.2M | Add +23.5% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.44% | 30,689 | $7.1M | Add +0.4% |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.43% | 28,306 | $6.8M | Add +0.8% |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.42% | 59,559 | $6.8M | Add +3.7% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.42% | 27,377 | $6.7M | Reduce -0.0% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.42% | 123,144 | $6.7M | Add +2.4% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.41% | 64,032 | $6.6M | Reduce -18.6% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.40% | 30,124 | $6.3M | Add +3.4% |
| APLD Applied Digital Corp. | 0.39% | 274,725 | $6.3M | Reduce -32.8% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.39% | 28,732 | $6.2M | Reduce -0.3% |
| SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF | 0.37% | 127,136 | $6.0M | Add +11.8% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.37% | 18,104 | $6.0M | Add +14.0% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.37% | 31,323 | $5.8M | Add +21.3% |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | 0.35% | 130,936 | $5.6M | Add +7.4% |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.33% | 913,265 | $5.3M | Reduce -3.9% |
| CLOI Vaneck Clo ETF | 0.32% | 97,611 | $5.2M | Add +257.1% |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 0.32% | 18,947 | $5.1M | Add +21.8% |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | 0.32% | 135,952 | $5.1M | Add +4.3% |
| FLDR Fidelity Low Durat Fact ETF | 0.32% | 101,110 | $5.1M | Add +9.0% |
| HCMT Direxion HCM Tactic US ETF | 0.32% | 134,914 | $5.1M | Add +66.8% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.32% | 76,184 | $5.0M | Add +20.2% |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.31% | 117,641 | $5.0M | Add +43.9% |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.31% | 72,897 | $5.0M | Add +8.6% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.31% | 33,837 | $4.9M | New |
| VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 | 0.31% | 16,303 | $4.9M | Reduce -13.7% |
| ARKK ARK Innovation ETF | 0.30% | 56,080 | $4.8M | Add +110.5% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.30% | 8,507 | $4.8M | Add +0.2% |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | 0.30% | 331,164 | $4.8M | Reduce -2.6% |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | 0.30% | 16,320 | $4.8M | Add +1.3% |
| AXP American Express Co. | 0.29% | 13,788 | $4.6M | Add +57.9% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.29% | 5,718 | $4.6M | Add +25.0% |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | 0.28% | 16,211 | $4.5M | Add +38.2% |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | 0.27% | 57,034 | $4.4M | Add +23.9% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.27% | 5,595 | $4.3M | Add +15.1% |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF | 0.27% | 48,865 | $4.3M | Add +0.1% |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.26% | 14,954 | $4.2M | Add +26.5% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.26% | 111,819 | $4.1M | Add +786.3% |
| IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.25% | 33,710 | $4.1M | Add +3.2% |
| GROZ Zacks Focus Growth ETF | 0.25% | 135,023 | $3.9M | Reduce -1.2% |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | 0.24% | 296,531 | $3.8M | Reduce -4.6% |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.24% | 24,590 | $3.8M | New |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 0.23% | 57,161 | $3.7M | Reduce -18.7% |
| VXX Ipath Series B S&P 500 Vix filed as BARCLAYS BANK PLC | 0.23% | 109,174 | $3.6M | New |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividen | 0.22% | 71,031 | $3.5M | Add +1.1% |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | 0.22% | 71,521 | $3.5M | Add +428.0% |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | 0.22% | 125,688 | $3.5M | Add +0.4% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.21% | 7,189 | $3.4M | Add +3.0% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.21% | 22,010 | $3.4M | Reduce -2.7% |
| PSC Principal US Small-Cap ETF | 0.21% | 59,876 | $3.4M | Add +1.5% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.21% | 3,603 | $3.3M | Reduce -12.6% |
| IUSB Ishr CR Unvrse Usd BD ETF-Ui | 0.21% | 70,273 | $3.3M | Reduce -7.3% |
Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $25K (not counted above)
| Security | Class | Shares / Principal | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NETDW Nabors Energy Transiti-CW | *W EXP 09/01/202 | 78,500 | $22K | No change |
| KIDZW Classover Holdings Inc. - 30 | *W EXP 04/03/203 | 42,100 | $3K | No change |
| CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MI-RT | RIGHT 10/10/2025 | 10,188 | $0 | Reduce -10.0% |
Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $1.6B.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | Reduce -39.4% | 0.94% | −0.81 |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.69 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -31.3% | 0.90% | −0.59 |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | Reduce -51.7% | 0.53% | −0.54 |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | Reduce -36.7% | 0.61% | −0.47 |
| NMAR Innovator GRW-100 PB ETF Mar | Reduce -8.4% | 0.80% | −0.39 |
| OLN Olin Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.39 |
| OVV Ovintiv Inc. | Reduce -91.7% | 0.03% | −0.35 |
| IDU iShares US Utilities ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.28 |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | Reduce -81.7% | 0.05% | −0.26 |
| GAP The Gap Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| FLOT iShares Floating Rate Bond E | Reduce -74.5% | 0.06% | −0.20 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | Reduce -13.4% | 0.99% | −0.20 |
| CROX Crocs Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.19 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -0.8% | 1.61% | −0.16 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Reduce -18.6% | 0.41% | −0.13 |
| IVVB iShares Large Cap Deep Quart | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| SLYV SS SPDR S&P 600 SC Val ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.12 |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | Reduce -50.3% | 0.06% | −0.10 |
| QETH Invesco Galaxy Eth ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.10 |
| IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Softwa | Reduce -83.4% | 0.02% | −0.10 |
| AAAU Goldman Sachs Physical Gold | Reduce -59.3% | 0.07% | −0.10 |
| JCPB JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF | Reduce -27.9% | 0.17% | −0.09 |
| FNDX Schwab Fndmntl US LRG Co. ETF | Reduce -6.5% | 0.69% | −0.09 |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | Reduce -5.3% | 0.96% | −0.09 |
| NVTS Navitas Semiconductor Corp. | Reduce -39.0% | 0.13% | −0.09 |
| SLYG SS SPDR S&P 600 SC GR ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Reduce -60.9% | 0.04% | −0.09 |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | Reduce -76.3% | 0.02% | −0.09 |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | Reduce -12.6% | 0.21% | −0.08 |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | Reduce -64.0% | 0.04% | −0.08 |
| IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | Reduce -18.7% | 0.23% | −0.07 |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | Reduce -3.4% | 0.83% | −0.07 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| BTCO Invsco GLXY BTCN ETF | Reduce -34.6% | 0.11% | −0.07 |
| DSTL Distillate US Fundamental St | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| FSCO FS Credit Opportunities Corp. | Reduce -63.6% | 0.03% | −0.07 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -0.8% | 1.17% | −0.07 |
| VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 | Reduce -13.7% | 0.31% | −0.07 |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| PFRL Pgim Floating Rate Income Et | Reduce -2.9% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| MSTR Strategy Inc. | Reduce -17.8% | 0.09% | −0.06 |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | Reduce -3.9% | 0.33% | −0.06 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Reduce -68.5% | 0.02% | −0.06 |
| PTNQ Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| FTHY First Trust Hi YLD Opp 2027 | Reduce -2.6% | 0.30% | −0.06 |
| PSEP Innovator U.S. Equity Power | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.06 |
| CCK Crown Holdings Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
| ACDC Profrac Holding Corp. Class A | Reduce -0.5% | 0.04% | −0.05 |
| ZOCT Inr Eqty Def P ETF - 1 Y Oc | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.05 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | Add +1051.5% | 2.05% | +1.85 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +156.1% | 2.20% | +1.30 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Add +581.9% | 0.65% | +0.55 |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | Add +104.8% | 1.08% | +0.48 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Add +5.8% | 2.47% | +0.34 |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | New | 0.31% | +0.31 |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | Add +4.9% | 2.78% | +0.25 |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | Add +786.3% | 0.26% | +0.23 |
| VXX Ipath Series B S&P 500 Vix | New | 0.23% | +0.23 |
| CLOI Vaneck Clo ETF | Add +257.1% | 0.32% | +0.22 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Add +3.0% | 0.97% | +0.20 |
| NFLX Netflix Inc. | New | 0.20% | +0.20 |
| ISTB iShares Core 1-5 Year Usd Bo | Add +428.0% | 0.22% | +0.17 |
| ARKK ARK Innovation ETF | Add +110.5% | 0.30% | +0.17 |
| BLK BlackRock Inc. | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| PH Parker Hannifin Corp. | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Add +23.5% | 0.45% | +0.14 |
| TCHI iShares MSCI China Tech | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| HCMT Direxion HCM Tactic US ETF | Add +66.8% | 0.32% | +0.13 |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | New | 0.13% | +0.13 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Add +43.9% | 0.31% | +0.12 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Add +29.2% | 0.62% | +0.12 |
| UJUL Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra | Add +447.0% | 0.15% | +0.12 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | Add +241.6% | 0.16% | +0.12 |
| ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| MP MP Materials Corp. | New | 0.11% | +0.11 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Add +25.6% | 0.56% | +0.10 |
| VT Vanguard Tot World STK ETF | Add +536.9% | 0.12% | +0.10 |
| IESC Ies Holdings Inc. | Add +260.1% | 0.13% | +0.10 |
| BBJP JPMorgan Betabuilders Japan | Add +260.4% | 0.14% | +0.10 |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | Add +38.2% | 0.28% | +0.10 |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | Add +12.8% | 1.39% | +0.09 |
| KTOS Kratos Defense & Security | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | Add +56.6% | 0.14% | +0.09 |
| AXP American Express Co. | Add +57.9% | 0.29% | +0.09 |
| BBLU Ea Bridgeway Blue Chip ETF | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| ALAB Astera Labs Inc. | Add +57.0% | 0.12% | +0.08 |
| CD Chaince Digital Holdings Inc. | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Add +4.4% | 0.83% | +0.08 |
| IWY iShares Russell Top 200 Grow | New | 0.08% | +0.08 |
| GRNY Fundstr Gran SH US LRG Cap | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| NU Nu Holdings Ltd./Cayman Isl-A | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| SMH Vaneck Semiconductor ETF | Add +138.1% | 0.12% | +0.07 |
| CECO Ceco Environmental Corp. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| BITF Bitfarms Ltd./Canada | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| NBIS Nebius Group NV | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| QUIZ Zacks QLTY Inter'l Fund | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
| DXJ Wisdomtree Japan Hedged Eq | New | 0.06% | +0.06 |
Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| CLEARBRIDGE ENERGY MI-RT | RIGHT 10/10/2025 | Reduce -10.0% | 10,188 | $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 |