Dan Ascani

Dan is the Executive Vice President of Weiss Capital Management, Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Adviser managing approximately $375 million for private and high-net worth investors. He is the Executive Vice President of Weiss Capital Securities, Inc., a FINRA-member broker/dealer.

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 two hedge funds: Gemini Long/Short Gold Fund and Gemini Total Return Gold Fund. Weiss Capital Securities distributes these funds on behalf of Gemini Futures.

Dan’s specialties encompass areas such as alternatives, commodities, hedge funds and asset allocation strategies. Throughout his career, he 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.

At Weiss Capital Management, Dan utilizes his proprietary quantitative model to manage three strategic investment programs that invest exclusively in ETFs. In addition to his research, analysis and direct money management of the firm’s ETF programs he provides insight and direction on the market and the economy through his active participation in the Weiss Investment Committee.  

Dan has more than two decades of professional investment experience and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 securities licenses and a Series 3 commodities license. Over 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, Dan hosted his own radio and television shows on local and syndicated television and radio stations on the West Coast.  Dan lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Sheila and enjoys various activities including boating, swimming, and horseback riding.