 Dan is Chief Executive Officer of Ascani Wealth Management, LLC, which provides money management, securities brokerage, financial research, and other services to investors. He has more than two decades of professional investment experience and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 securities licenses as a Registered Representative of Kovack Securities, Inc., and a Registered Investment Advisor Representative of Kovack Advisors, Inc. Kovack provides operations, compliance, and other administrative services to Ascani Wealth Management. Dan also holds a Series 3 commodities license. Dan is also Managing Director of Gemini Futures LLC,, an Introducing Broker (IB), Commodity Pool Operator (CPO), and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) registered with the CFTC where he manages the Gemini Long/Short Gold Fund. His specialties encompass areas such as alternatives, commodities, hedge funds and asset allocation strategies. Throughout his career, Dan has been active in the development of strategic investment products, utilizing his skill in developing technical and mathematical trading systems in order to directly manage client investment portfolios. His expertise in developing and executing trading strategies has been recognized by many well-known investment firms. Since the early 1990s, prominent financial institutions such as the Rushmore Funds (now known as the Cappiello-Rushmore Funds), Rydex Investments, the Rogers Raw Materials Fund, and the Perth Mint of Western Australia have turned to Dan for counsel and support in developing innovative strategies to apply to new investment products. During his career, Dan has frequently been quoted in the press and is active in the investment circuit. He is a regular speaker at numerous investment conferences and has been a guest on TV and radio shows providing expert market commentary and investment analysis on subjects including gold, commodities and exchange traded funds. In addition, during the 1980s and 1990s and prior to his employment as Executive Vice President at Weiss Capital Management,Inc., Dan hosted his own radio and television shows on local and syndicated television and radio stations on the West Coast. |