Marijuana Investing

Cannabis Industry Attracts More Mainstream Investors as Business Grows

2017-04-12 Nick Clement

Courtesy of Ted Chung Snoop Dogg With the legal cannabis industry generating $6.9 billion in sales in 2016, up 34% from 2015, it’s a no-brainer to say that much is at stake as the business inevitably grows. Much like the independent movie biz, the cannabis industry attracts investors looking for high-risk, high-reward investments, and as marijuana goes more mainstream, so does the funding mechanisms for the industry’s businesses.

Marijuana companies that are soaring in the stock market may tap bonds next

2017-04-12 ALLISON McNEELY

Medical marijuana companies will likely tap the Canadian bond market to fund growth as investors become more comfortable with the industry and the federal government gets set to legalize the drug by next year.

“There would be an appetite for more traditional debt arrangements and, given that leading cannabis companies have significant assets now, this may be one direction that we see the market go in the future,” said Cam Battley, executive vice president of Aurora Cannabis Inc., a licensed marijuana producer in Mountain View County, Alberta. “I suspect we’re headed in that direction right now.”

Washington Times Reports Bipartisan Bill would reclassify Marijuana as Schedule 3 Substance

2017-04-08 Andrew Blake

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Bipartisan legislation proposed in the House on Thursday would make marijuana a Schedule 3 drug, removing cannabis from its current standing as a Schedule 1 substance alongside deadly contraband including ecstasy and heroin. 

By reclassifying weed in the same category as anabolic steroids, Congress would “make it easier for ill-patients and scientific and medical researchers to obtain marijuana,” the bill’s authors said in a statement Thursday.

Marijuana Leader Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED) Fully Valued

2017-03-16 Nick Waddell

Canaccord Genuity analyst Neil Maruoka thinks Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) is the “dominant player” in the Canadian cannabis sector, but says the company’s stock is fully valued at current levels.

Marijuana Leader Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED) Fully Valued

2017-03-16 Nick Waddell

Canaccord Genuity analyst Neil Maruoka thinks Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) is the “dominant player” in the Canadian cannabis sector, but says the company’s stock is fully valued at current levels.