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Now You Can Buy Weed Stocks on the U.S. Stock Exchange

Now You Can Buy Weed Stocks on the U.S. Stock Exchange

Now You Can Buy Weed Stocks on the U.S. Stock Exchange

For those hoping to get in on the cannabis stock game, a Canadian company has gotten approval to start trading on the NASDAQ. It’s the U.S. Stock Exchange’s first listed marijuana company, according to VICE.

U.S. Private Equity Firm Raises More Than $100 Mln for Cannabis Investments

U.S. Private Equity Firm Raises More Than $100 Mln for Cannabis Investments

A U.S. private equity firm investing exclusively in legal cannabis said on Thursday it had raised more than $100 million in its third round of fundraising, underscoring investor appetite for the burgeoning industry.

Why Aurora Cannabis Inc. Will Outperform Canopy Growth Corp. in 2018

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) and Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) are the two frontrunners in the rapidly emerging Canadian cannabis scene, but will these two powerhouses play leapfrog as legalization day comes and goes?

Marijuana Index Gains Continue As Pot Stocks Anticipate Prohibition Repeal

Marijuana Index Gains Continue As Pot Stocks Anticipate Prohibition Repeal

It was another big day of gains on Tuesday for the North American Marijuana Index, even as some investors anxiously wait for the Fed to announce an interest rate hike in the next 24 hours.

Angels Hold Cannabis in High Regard

Angels Hold Cannabis in High Regard

Founded in 2010, angel investment network The Arcview Group offers a window to gauge investor interest in legalized marijuana. Arcview’s network has invested $125 million in 157 cannabis-sector companies since 2013; membership in the network starts at $2,500. It plans to launch its own venture fund by the end of 2017.

Investing in Legal Cannabis: Navigating the Newest Frontier Market

Investing in Legal Cannabis: Navigating the Newest Frontier Market

Knowledge Keiretsu caught up with professional investors Sturges Karban and Urban Smedeby, MJIC, Inc., a Los Angeles-based full-service cannabis company, to get their thoughts on navigating the opportunities and challenges of investing in the legal cannabis market.

Where Are Canadian Cannabis Stocks Headed From Here?

Where Are Canadian Cannabis Stocks Headed From Here?

With prices for many major Canadian cannabis stocks such as Canopy Growth Corp., Aphria Inc., and Aurora Cannabis Inc. trading sideways over the past few months, investors are now wondering which direction stocks will move from here, and what the long-term play with this industry is overall.

As Cannabis Stocks Extend Their Gains, Investors to Gather at the Marijuana Investor Summit

As Cannabis Stocks Extend Gains, Investors to Meet at Marijuana Investor Summit

Heightened public awareness leading up to the U.S. elections in November drew in massive increases in trading volume, pushing the U.S. Marijuana Index and Canadian Marijuana Index to double in price in less than a two-month period in September and October.

Philly Marijuana Conference Promises 'Brutally Honest' Advice on Getting Into the Business

Philly Marijuana Conference Promises ‘Brutally Honest’ Advice on Getting Into the Business

Conferences for entrepreneurs eager to break into the cannabis industry have popped up with astonishing frequency in Philadelphia since April, when Gov. Wolf signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the state.

Tips for Investing in Cannabis

Tips for Investing in Cannabis

So many people get tripped up or freaked out about the idea of investing in the cannabis industry, as if it is somehow a foreign concept, when in actuality many of the investment opportunities in the cannabis space have an interesting and financially sound platforms to their business models.

Maryland

Former Law Officers Want to Enter Maryland Medical Pot Industry

Several former law enforcement officers want to enter Maryland’s fledgling medical-marijuana industry, according to a June 25, 2016, article in the Washington Post. Maryland will begin issuing licenses to medical-marijuana businesses this summer. The state passed a law allowing medical marijuana in 2014.

Nevada Attorneys Could be Prohibited From Investing in Medical Pot Businesses

Nevada attorneys could be subject to misconduct charges if they invest in medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is still not accepted under federal law. Michael Sommermeyer, spokesman for the Nevada Supreme Court, said, “Marijuana is still considered an illegal substance under the feds, and federal law trumps state law.”

Marijuana Investing for the 99 Percent

Marijuana and mutual funds are not concepts usually found in the same sentence. Marijuana investments are notoriously volatile. A mutual fund, on the other hand, is the sort of stodgy vehicle that middle-aged people use to build retirement savings.

Grow

Investing in the Grow-It-Yourself Market

Anyone who has ever succumbed, credit card in hand, to the siren song of a garden catalog that arrives during a February snowstorm realizes that there is money to be made from hobby gardeners. But when the crop is marijuana, the motivation is more likely to be medical than horticultural.


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