Author: Alan Brochstein, CFA
Exclusive Interview with Dan Kriznic, CEO Invictus MD Strategies (TSXV: IMH) (OTC: IVITF) (FRA: 8IS) announced its entry into Canada’s medical cannabis production market through its 1/3 acquisition of...
Let’s face it, when it comes to cannabis stocks, Canada continues to crush the United States, where federal illegality makes it more difficult to operate and to raise capital....
After the close of business Friday, Terra Tech (OTC: TRTC) issued a press release, filed its 10-K and hosted a conference call (replay) to discuss 2016 results and...
The hot topic at the Institutional Cannabis & Capital Conference in San Jose this week was real estate. While institutional investors are unlikely to invest directly in cannabis production...
Loblaw and its wholly owned subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart, which is applying to Health Canada for a license to sell medical cannabis, have decided to include medical cannabis reimbursement in their...
Earlier this month, we reported that two entities formed by the estate of Jimi Hendrix had filed suit against Leon Hendrix, brother of the deceased rock legend, and Andrew Pitsicalis...
The Roland George Investments Program (RGIP), a student-managed portfolio worth $3.5 million at Stetson University in Florida, is investing in the cannabis industry. The program, headed by Dr. K.C....
After convening in Denver for the first two years, the National Cannabis Industry Association returns to Oakland for the 4th annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo on June 12-14. I have...
After a two month pause in growth following the November elections, Nevada medical cannabis patient growth jumped by 4.1% in February to 26,519. This follows 0.3% growth in December...
Golden Leaf Holdings (CSE: GLH) (OTC: GLDFF) has been busy this week in terms of business development. The company, which is based in Canada but has operations in Oregon,...
The 29th annual ROTH Conference, which is sponsored by Roth Capital Partners and took place in Dana Point, California over the past few days, included over 500 companies and over...
Editor’s note: On March 16th, Aphria filed on SEDI that it had bought back the 500K shares at $0.74 on March 13th Just thirteen weeks after agreeing to pay $1.40 for...
Raising money to fund one’s cannabis startup is a big challenge. Finding investors for any startup can be difficult, but the challenges are compounded in the cannabis industry due...
The SEC charged publicly traded Notis Global (OTC: NGBL), formerly Medbox, and its founder Vincent Mehdizadeh with illegal stock sales that were funnelled back to the company as revenue....
Nearly seven months after announcing the acquisition, Medicine Man Technologies (OTC: MDCL) will close its deal to buy Pono Publishing and Success Nutrients, with an effective date of March 1. In...
Most investors are familiar with Aphria (TSXV: APH) (OTC: APHQF) as a leading licensed producer in Canada, but many may not realize that it is rapidly building a substantial portfolio of...
When Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) (OTC: TWMJF) reported its FY17-Q3 ending 12/31/16 earlier this month, it did not include the results from Mettrum, as the acquisition didn’t close until January...
In Episode 62 of Investing in Cannabis, Brandon David interviewed Marc Lustig, the CEO of CannaRoyalty (CSE: CRZ) (OTC: CNNRF), a Canadian company that is building a portfolio of...
Cannabis stocks are off to a strong start in 2017, but, after peaking on Tuesday, they have given up some of the gains over the past two days. The...
The New York State Medical Marijuana Program updated its website today and revealed that it will be registering five more organizations. The program’s initial licenses were awarded to Bloomfield...
Earlier this week, we highlighted a story published on Leafly regarding lobbying efforts by GW Pharma (NASDAQ: GWPH). Leafly’s Bruce Barcott discovered that GW Pharma and its U.S. subsidiary,...
After a boom in the stock prices of Canadian licensed producers (LPs) in 2016 that left the average stock up more than 355%, the sector is performing very well...
ETF Managers Group, based in Summit, New Jersey, has filed an initial registration statement for what could be the first cannabis exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Emerging AgroSphere ETF. The...
In episode 60 of Investing in Cannabis, Brandon David interviewed Asher Troppe, CEO of Tress Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. Troppe brings a finance background,...
Executives at many publicly-traded cannabis companies have been selling stock aggressively since the market rally began in September. We had previously reported substantial insider activity at General Cannabis (OTC:...
