Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC
In its 13F for Q1 2026 (holdings as of March 31, 2026, filed May 20, 2026), Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC reported 321 stock positions worth $1.3 billion. Its top holding was iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd (BINC) at 3.4% of the portfolio, followed by Walt Disney (DIS, 3.3%) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight (RSP, 2.9%). Compared with Q4 2025, it opened 47 new positions, sold out of 86, added to 118 and reduced 145. The biggest buy was iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd (BINC, shares +41%) and the biggest sale an exit from Invesco QQQ TR.
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
- CIK
- 0001600151
- Portfolio Value
- $1.3B (Q1 2026)
- SEC Filing
- 0001600151-26-000005 ↗ filed May 20, 2026
Holdings Value
Holdings 321 stocks · $1.3B
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | 3.43% | 880,911 | $45.8M | Add +40.7% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 3.31% | 458,292 | $44.1M | Reduce -0.5% |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | 2.92% | 202,900 | $38.9M | Add +5.5% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 2.88% | 151,546 | $38.4M | Reduce -5.7% |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | 2.69% | 787,482 | $35.9M | Add +36.0% |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | 2.59% | 1,347,198 | $34.5M | Add +14.4% |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | 2.55% | 195,576 | $34.1M | Reduce -1.3% |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | 2.44% | 701,242 | $32.5M | Add +13.3% |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | 2.01% | 351,387 | $26.9M | Add +17.3% |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | 1.90% | 58,191 | $25.4M | Add +67.0% |
| EFV iShares MSCI Eafe Value ETF | 1.76% | 315,844 | $23.5M | Reduce -4.3% |
| GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 1.69% | 52,427 | $22.6M | Reduce -8.2% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.47% | 80,292 | $19.6M | Add +17.2% |
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | 1.42% | 29,234 | $19.0M | Add +2.8% |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | 1.40% | 377,807 | $18.7M | Add +12.0% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.35% | 86,584 | $18.0M | Add +6.0% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.33% | 47,897 | $17.7M | Reduce -8.3% |
| BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 MNTH Box | 1.06% | 121,485 | $14.1M | Add +12.4% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.02% | 47,352 | $13.6M | Reduce -25.9% |
| SPTM SS SPDR P S&P 1500 Comp ETF | 1.01% | 171,376 | $13.5M | Add +3.4% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.97% | 75,930 | $12.9M | Reduce -5.6% |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | 0.90% | 131,669 | $12.1M | Reduce -50.0% |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | 0.85% | 26,723 | $11.4M | Add +19.0% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 0.83% | 35,938 | $11.1M | Reduce -14.8% |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | 0.81% | 286,134 | $10.9M | Add +0.3% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.76% | 32,857 | $10.2M | Reduce -11.9% |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.76% | 17,068 | $10.2M | Reduce -21.1% |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | 0.76% | 47,462 | $10.1M | Add +11.4% |
| VEA Vanguard Ftse Developed ETF | 0.75% | 156,282 | $10.0M | Reduce -7.3% |
| SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bo | 0.75% | 90,540 | $10.0M | Reduce -8.2% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.74% | 51,138 | $9.9M | Add +0.9% |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 0.73% | 16,867 | $9.7M | New |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.69% | 16,077 | $9.2M | Reduce -5.0% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.68% | 30,882 | $9.1M | Reduce -1.1% |
| SPDW Ste STR SPDR PT DW Eu ETF | 0.67% | 194,586 | $8.9M | Reduce -0.5% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.66% | 71,317 | $8.9M | Add +14.6% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 0.66% | 23,600 | $8.8M | Reduce -17.1% |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.65% | 42,163 | $8.7M | Add +30.9% |
| AKRE Akre Focus ETF filed as PROFESIONALLY MANAGED PORTFO | 0.65% | 163,525 | $8.6M | Add +7.0% |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.62% | 12,709 | $8.3M | Reduce -19.2% |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | 0.62% | 324,608 | $8.3M | Reduce -46.3% |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS | 0.57% | 31,154 | $7.5M | Reduce -11.3% |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.55% | 29,826 | $7.4M | Reduce -4.8% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 0.54% | 25,283 | $7.3M | Reduce -2.8% |
| SPYG SS SPDR P S&P 500 Growth ETF | 0.52% | 71,471 | $7.0M | Reduce -14.0% |
| IDU iShares US Utilities ETF | 0.52% | 60,100 | $7.0M | Add +69.3% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.52% | 23,051 | $7.0M | Add +4.5% |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | 0.51% | 137,010 | $6.8M | Add +2.5% |
| EFG iShares MSCI Eafe Growth ETF | 0.51% | 60,907 | $6.8M | Reduce -0.9% |
| NFJ Virtus DVD Intrst & PRM STR | 0.51% | 533,912 | $6.8M | Reduce -3.6% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.50% | 30,797 | $6.7M | Reduce -5.5% |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | 0.47% | 117,114 | $6.3M | Reduce -35.8% |
| CEFS Saba Opport Hedg Cef ETF-Usd | 0.47% | 279,934 | $6.3M | Add +14.0% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.46% | 51,371 | $6.2M | Add +30.8% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.46% | 18,804 | $6.2M | Reduce -5.4% |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | 0.46% | 89,794 | $6.1M | Add +10.4% |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate | 0.46% | 61,437 | $6.1M | Reduce -23.7% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.45% | 12,614 | $6.0M | Reduce -21.1% |
| VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US | 0.45% | 18,809 | $6.0M | Reduce -0.3% |
| FLDR Fidelity Low Durat Fact ETF | 0.45% | 120,505 | $6.0M | Add +13.5% |
| VIG Vanguard Dividend Apprec ETF | 0.45% | 28,029 | $6.0M | Reduce -1.8% |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | 0.40% | 159,438 | $5.4M | Reduce -29.0% |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 0.39% | 22,055 | $5.2M | Reduce -64.2% |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | 0.38% | 111,403 | $5.1M | Add +188.8% |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | 0.37% | 27,369 | $5.0M | Add +1.9% |
| VTV Vanguard Mrngstr Val ETF-Aui | 0.37% | 25,336 | $5.0M | Reduce -6.0% |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | 0.37% | 54,666 | $4.9M | Add +173.3% |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bo | 0.37% | 59,390 | $4.9M | Add +3.5% |
| RIV Rivernorth Opportunities | 0.36% | 437,265 | $4.9M | Add +15.9% |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | 0.36% | 44,950 | $4.9M | Add +90.4% |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging | 0.36% | 68,474 | $4.8M | Reduce -9.3% |
| SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares | 0.35% | 105,081 | $4.7M | Reduce -8.6% |
| HCMT Direxion HCM Tactic US ETF | 0.35% | 132,580 | $4.7M | Reduce -8.4% |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | 0.35% | 82,370 | $4.7M | Reduce -38.7% |
| TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR | 0.34% | 13,364 | $4.5M | Reduce -27.6% |
| IBRX Immunitybio Inc. | 0.34% | 586,734 | $4.5M | New |
| IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Softwa | 0.33% | 54,813 | $4.4M | New |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth | 0.33% | 62,426 | $4.4M | Reduce -18.1% |
| SMIZ Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF | 0.32% | 116,404 | $4.3M | Reduce -18.8% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.31% | 20,295 | $4.2M | Reduce -9.3% |
| APLD Applied Digital Corp. | 0.31% | 174,268 | $4.1M | Reduce -7.8% |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | 0.30% | 49,769 | $4.0M | New |
| XLK SS Technology Select Sector | 0.30% | 30,086 | $4.0M | Reduce -4.7% |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | 0.30% | 12,297 | $3.9M | New |
| VONE Vanguard Russell 1000 | 0.29% | 13,179 | $3.9M | Reduce -13.8% |
| OMFL Invesco Russell 1000 DYN M/F | 0.28% | 62,620 | $3.8M | Reduce -49.7% |
| PSC Principal US Small-Cap ETF | 0.28% | 65,093 | $3.7M | Add +4.3% |
| ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def | 0.28% | 17,035 | $3.7M | New |
| KHPI Kensington Hedged PRM in ETF filed as MANAGED PORTFOLIO SERIES | 0.27% | 148,548 | $3.6M | Reduce -3.4% |
| GROZ Zacks Focus Growth ETF | 0.27% | 130,508 | $3.6M | Reduce -6.5% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.27% | 24,327 | $3.6M | Reduce -24.2% |
| AVK Advent Convert & Income | 0.27% | 317,688 | $3.6M | Add +3.1% |
| XBGYX BlackRock Enh Intl DVD TR | 0.27% | 657,981 | $3.5M | Reduce -0.5% |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | 0.26% | 36,924 | $3.5M | Reduce -52.0% |
| PROSHARES TR | 0.26% | 214,198 | $3.5M | New |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | 0.26% | 13,728 | $3.4M | New |
| PG The Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.26% | 23,721 | $3.4M | Reduce -12.2% |
| SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF | 0.26% | 72,662 | $3.4M | Reduce -47.2% |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | 0.25% | 44,606 | $3.4M | Add +0.0% |
| PFE Pfizer Inc. | 0.25% | 119,492 | $3.4M | Add +4.8% |
Portfolio Sells Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| INVESCO QQQ TR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.97 |
| BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF | Reduce -50.0% | 0.90% | −0.76 |
| QQQM Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Reduce -64.2% | 0.39% | −0.69 |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.59 |
| FLTR Vaneck Ig Floating Rate ETF | Reduce -46.3% | 0.62% | −0.45 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -8.3% | 1.33% | −0.42 |
| XBI SS SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.40 |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.38 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -25.9% | 1.02% | −0.37 |
| ARKK ARK Innovation ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.33 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Reduce -0.5% | 3.31% | −0.32 |
| GD General Dynamics Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.28 |
| XMMO Invesco S&P Midcap Momentum | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.26 |
| QQQX Nuveen Nasdaq 100 DYN Overwr | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.25 |
| IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B | Reduce -52.0% | 0.26% | −0.25 |
| XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.25 |
| OMFL Invesco Russell 1000 DYN M/F | Reduce -49.7% | 0.28% | −0.25 |
| IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividen | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| KBE SS SPDR S&P Bank ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | Reduce -17.1% | 0.66% | −0.23 |
| KIE SS SPDR S&P Insurance ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.23 |
| XLV SS Health Care Select Sector | Reduce -64.3% | 0.13% | −0.23 |
| VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| PSI Invesco Semiconductors ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.22 |
| VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke | Reduce -35.8% | 0.47% | −0.21 |
| IAI iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.20 |
| SPEM State Street SP PTF Em ETF | Reduce -47.2% | 0.26% | −0.19 |
| MORT Vaneck Mortgage REIT Income | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| SPYV SS SPDR P S&P 500 Value ETF | Reduce -38.7% | 0.35% | −0.18 |
| BBJP JPMorgan Betabuilders Japan | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.18 |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | Reduce -14.8% | 0.83% | −0.18 |
| VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -21.1% | 0.76% | −0.18 |
| QFLR Innovator Nasdaq-100 MF ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| HL Hecla Mining Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| VXUS Vanguard Total Intl Stock | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| CLOI Vaneck Clo ETF | Reduce -48.0% | 0.20% | −0.16 |
| KBWB Invesco KBW Bank ETF | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. | Reduce -11.3% | 0.57% | −0.15 |
| QCOM Qualcomm Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Reduce -5.7% | 2.88% | −0.15 |
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year Tips Bond E | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.14 |
| ZECP Zacks Earnings Consistent Po | Reduce -29.0% | 0.40% | −0.14 |
| DBEF Xtrackers MSCI Eafe Hedged E | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.13 |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | Reduce -24.2% | 0.27% | −0.13 |
| IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Reduce -19.2% | 0.62% | −0.12 |
| JAAA Janus Henderson Aaa Clo ETF | Reduce -77.1% | 0.04% | −0.12 |
Portfolio Buys Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| BINC iShares Flex I A ETF-Usd Inc. | Add +40.7% | 3.43% | +1.14 |
| FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF | Add +36.0% | 2.69% | +0.85 |
| QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | New | 0.73% | +0.73 |
| VUG Vanguard Mrngstar GR ETF-Sui | Add +67.0% | 1.90% | +0.73 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +17.2% | 1.47% | +0.49 |
| SPAB SS SPDR P Agg Bond ETF | Add +14.4% | 2.59% | +0.49 |
| PVAL Putnam Focused LRG Cap Value | Add +13.3% | 2.44% | +0.48 |
| RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | Add +5.5% | 2.92% | +0.36 |
| SPYM Ste STR SPDR PT S&P 500 ETF | Add +17.3% | 2.01% | +0.35 |
| IBRX Immunitybio Inc. | New | 0.34% | +0.34 |
| IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Softwa | New | 0.33% | +0.33 |
| AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Eq | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| MTZ Mastec Inc. | New | 0.30% | +0.30 |
| ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Def | New | 0.28% | +0.28 |
| XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd | Add +188.8% | 0.38% | +0.27 |
| OKE Oneok Inc. | Add +173.3% | 0.37% | +0.27 |
| PROSHARES TR | New | 0.26% | +0.26 |
| VRT Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A | New | 0.26% | +0.26 |
| IDU iShares US Utilities ETF | Add +69.3% | 0.52% | +0.26 |
| PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| PULS Pgim Ultra Short Bond ETF | Add +12.0% | 1.40% | +0.24 |
| VPU Vanguard Utilities ETF | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| RSPU Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| CTVA Corteva Inc. | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| KEX Kirby Corp. | New | 0.21% | +0.21 |
| NEM Newmont Corp. | Add +90.4% | 0.36% | +0.20 |
| BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 MNTH Box | Add +12.4% | 1.06% | +0.20 |
| NEE Nextera Energy Inc. | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| TCHP T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growt | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| BTSG Brightspring Health Services | New | 0.19% | +0.19 |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | Add +14.6% | 0.66% | +0.18 |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | Add +30.9% | 0.65% | +0.18 |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | Add +30.8% | 0.46% | +0.18 |
| PWRD TCW Transform Systems ETF | New | 0.17% | +0.17 |
| NOK Nokia Corp.-Spon ADR | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| JDVI JH Disc. Value Int Select | New | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E | Add +11.4% | 0.76% | +0.14 |
| XOP SS SPDR S&P Og Exp & Prod | Add +1.9% | 0.37% | +0.14 |
| IAU iShares Gold Trust | Add +127.9% | 0.22% | +0.14 |
| TYG Tortoise Energy Infrastruct | Add +2.5% | 0.51% | +0.13 |
| BX Blackstone Inc. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth | Add +19.0% | 0.85% | +0.12 |
| JMEE JPM Sma & Mid Cap En Eq Et-U | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| SH Proshares Short S&P500 | Add +0.3% | 0.81% | +0.10 |
| RUNN Running Oak Efficient GR ETF | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| SLV iShares Silver Trust | Add +10.4% | 0.46% | +0.10 |
| RTX RTX Corp. | Add +0.9% | 0.74% | +0.09 |
| FRDM Freedom 100 Emeging MRKT ETF | Add +129.1% | 0.15% | +0.09 |
| BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | New | 0.09% | +0.09 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Add +68.4% | 0.19% | +0.08 |
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 |