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February 6th, 2023

Investing In Vice: Dan Ahrens – MD & Portfolio Manager at AdvisorShares with $1.5B AUM

  1. Investing In Vice: Dan Ahrens - MD & Portfolio Manager at AdvisorShares with $1.5B AUM Adam Sarhan 28:13

Dan Ahrens shares some timeless advice with the Smart Money Circle audience. Dan is the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at AdvisorShares which manages over $1.5 Billion in assets.  Dan Ahrens AdvisorShares Dan Ahrens is managing director, chief operating officer and portfolio manager at AdvisorShares. He is portfolio manager of the AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (ticker: BEDZ), AdvisorShares Restaurant ETF (ticker: EATZ), AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (ticker: YOLO), AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (ticker: MSOS), AdvisorShares Vice ETF (ticker: VICE), and the AdvisorShares Psychedelic ETF (ticker: PSIL). Dan carries over two decades of experience in the financial services industry serving in a variety of senior-level capacities. He founded Ahrens Advisors, L.P., an SEC-registered investment advisor, where he was portfolio manager of the Ladenburg Thalmann Gaming and Casino Fund. Dan also served as president of the MUTUALS.com Funds, where he launched the Vice Fund (VICEX) and served as its original portfolio manager. He was also the portfolio manager of the Generation Wave Growth Fund (GWGFX). During that time, he was also president and chief compliance officer of Mutuals Advisors, Inc, and acted as president, treasurer and financial & operations officer of an affiliated broker dealer firm. Dan is the author of “Investing in Vice” (St. Martin’s Press, 2004) and “Investing in Cannabis: The Next Great Investment Opportunity” (Wiley, 2020), and has appeared prominently across financial media outlets and major national and trade publications. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Tech University.  

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Adam Sarhan Adam Sarhan Host SmartMoneyCircle.com

Adam Sarhan is the Host of the SmartMoneyCircle.com. He interviews 1. Large money managers and
2. CEOs of publicly traded companies for timeless advice

Adam is also a contributor to Forbes.com and ZeroHedge.com.