
Dan Ahrens is Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager at AdvisorShares Investments, LLC, where he manages several thematic ETFs, including the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) — the largest cannabis investment vehicle in the world — the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO), AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (PSIL) and the AdvisorShares HVAC and Industrials ETF (HVAC). He is the published author of Investing in Cannabis and Investing in Vice, and has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNN, and ABC News. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Tech University.
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