Oct 6, 2026 · 38 min · 12 segments
Dan Ahrens, Chief Operating Officer at AdvisorShares, joins Mackenzie Peterson to discuss the themes driving investor attention in 2026, the stocks leading those trends, and where he sees opportunity…
Dan AhrensGuest
Mackenzie PetersonHost
Um, yes, semiconductors are driving way too much of the market, and day to day they're up, they're down, they're up, they're down.

And, um, I might have a little bit of too much of my personal money in there, uh, along with cannabis, but a lot of semiconductors.

So, um, yeah, they're-- And it's, it's a good reminder that, um, rhetoric is gonna get crazier between now and November.

We got elections coming up, and that might, um, weigh on one side of the market or the others.

And, um, I would, I would like to wake up in the morning and not hear about the Straits of Hormuz, um, and how they're affecting markets one day-

Um, yeah, as you said, I was on the Dales Report yesterday and, and I reminded people, I was only talking about the past month, so don't anybody get triggered out there.

And, um, if you're in two-times levered cannabis, it's up even more over that period of time.

Uh, on any given day that, um, a two x investment in any type of fund or any sector is lightning in a bottle.


Uh, no, just, just for the overall market, and, um, we are waiting on additional news.

But I, I wanted to point that out because it's a lot different market move than when we were leading up to the executive order, and it, it went up a lot before that.

Um, yes, semiconductors are driving way too much of the market, and day to day they're up, they're down, they're up, they're down.

And, um, I might have a little bit of too much of my personal money in there, uh, along with cannabis, but a lot of semiconductors.

So, um, yeah, they're-- And it's, it's a good reminder that, um, rhetoric is gonna get crazier between now and November.

We got elections coming up, and that might, um, weigh on one side of the market or the others.

And, um, I would, I would like to wake up in the morning and not hear about the Straits of Hormuz, um, and how they're affecting markets one day-

Um, yeah, as you said, I was on the Dales Report yesterday and, and I reminded people, I was only talking about the past month, so don't anybody get triggered out there.

And, um, if you're in two-times levered cannabis, it's up even more over that period of time.

Uh, on any given day that, um, a two x investment in any type of fund or any sector is lightning in a bottle.


Uh, no, just, just for the overall market, and, um, we are waiting on additional news.

But I, I wanted to point that out because it's a lot different market move than when we were leading up to the executive order, and it, it went up a lot before that.
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