Isracann BioSciences (IPOT) is the first pure pot play growing in the Promised Land. You may not think this middle east nation state is a
December 9, 2019 – “Merger Monday” – a couple of Big Pharma companies announced plans to acquire two cancer-focused biotechs – in separate deals worth
Azincourt Energy (AAZ.V) treated shareholders with back to back news releases in recent sessions. This tiny U308 ExplorerCo is on the cusp of a fully
Over the last month I’ve left the happy confines of Casa Guru a few times and headed out to the suburbs to catch up with
On December 5, 2019 CLS Holdings (CLSH.C) announced that it has completed the buildout and licensing for phase 1 of its north Las Vegas processing
Nexus Gold (NXS.V) management correctly gauged sentiment in the junior exploration arena at the beginning of 2019, sensing a continuation of the pervasive weakness we’ve
This week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was caught on video (and audio) lightly mocking U.S. President Donald Trump at a NATO summit. NATO “promotes
Stocks Fall, Stocks Rise US and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that will be rolled back the phase-one deal,
Jeff Bezos started Amazon in his garage with a couple hundred grand from his parents. This ex-hedge fund manager turned internet titan and evil king-making
Web 3.0 is still being defined but experts believe it will create a deeply indexed information superhighway not only serving its users with a unique
On Dec. 02, Barrian Mining (BARI.V) announced an interesting acquisition. The company signed a definitive purchase option agreement with Liberty Gold (LGD.T) for a 79.1%
“No Deadline” for Tariff Man Stocks dropped and bonds rallied in global markets shortly after President Trump fired his tariff weapon to France and Latin
On January 10, 2018 (almost two years ago), the Canadian Marijuana Index peaked just north of a 1,000. At that time, the valuation of almost
Return of the Tariff Man Thanksgiving is over, and tariff man strikes again! This time: the victim is France. The US proposed tariffs on some
The partnership between Emerald Health (EMH.V) and Village Farms (VFF.V) was never going to be smooth sailing, glittery rainbows, and under-taint kisses until the end
On December 2, 2019 Sol Global (SOL.C) released its Q2, financial results for the three and six-month period ended September 30, 2019. SOL Global invests
Bond Sales Reach Record Highs With central banks cutting rates and yields dropping, investors have fled to other alternatives, primarily corporate bonds to get returns.
Beleaguered Canadian cannabis company Beleave (BE.C) just posted financials after the close of trading on a Friday, which is, as we well know, ‘Friday news
Ever since the greasy arrogant squirrel-faced grin of Martin Shkreli turned our collective stomach, big pharma has come under fire for their pricing practices. Pharma
AMPD Ventures (AMPD.C) CEO Anthony Brown told a reporter yesterday he was looking to raise money for acquisitions and growth, with a $2 million raise
MedMen (MMEN.C) owns 33 cannabis retail stores across 9 states. The stores have attractive exteriors, but the business inside is ugly. “MedMen reported another quarter
Regular readers will know I’ve been a little quiet of late on the cannabis space, which is by design. If I’m not going in full
Last week Empower Clinics (CBDT.C) announced that it has hired some young commissioned-based sales people to expand its Sollievo CBD line in Southern California. Empower
Defense Metals (DEFN.V) continues to deliver solid drill results from their Wicheeda Project in the Prince George region of British Columbia. The company launched a
Deal or No Deal? We’ve heard major news about the “phase one” deal being finalised and markets have traded up on looming optimism. But let’s
Dell Earnings The firm reported third-quarter earnings today that beat estimates for earnings per share, but fell short of meeting the street’s revenue expectations. Here
I’ve always wanted to be a rich weirdo. Like Nicolas Cage marrying Lisa-Marie Presley on a whim to feel close to her Dad, buying two
Ringing the bell to signal the start of trading at the stock exchange is a time honoured tradition for executives at newly-listed public companies. It
On November 26, 2019 Slang Worldwide (SLNG.C) announced that it has filed its financial results for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2019.
Schwab buys TD Ameritrade It’s final: Schwab will buy TD Ameritrade for $26 billion to emerge as a giant with almost $5 trillion in assets.
U.S President Donald Trump has five children. One of them, Donald Trump Jr., just wrote a book called “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate.”
Remember Han Christian Andersen’s The Emperor’s New Clothes? It starts off about seeing something and saying nothing, but then ends with deliberate denial. It seemed
Big Bets on Volatility Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund has made a bet worth more than $1 billion that markets across the globe
Nordstrom beats earnings Shares of Nordstrom surged by over 10% during extended trading Thursday after the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates.
When Slack (WORK) listed on the NYSE this year, it was the first tech unicorn to grace American markets through a direct listing rather than
U.S. cannabis stocks exploded today. Canadian Cannabis stocks also exploded. Almost every stock with the word “cannabis” mentioned in the “About Us” link – exploded.
The Father Daughter Dance at West Vancouver country club Hollyburn is usually a fairly tame affair, where the city’s well-to-do dress up, eat steak, and
No-one likes a braggart – but in Equity Guru’s first four years we’ve represented 120 clients while our website traffic has grown to 50,000 unique
“Resources are coming!” is the yell heard at every Howe Street watering hole lately, and has been for several months. As cannabis bleeds out like
Junior exploration companies—ExplorerCos, if you will—are high-risk propositions. It can take up to 1,000 grassroots projects to generate 100 targets worthy of a probe with
Carl Icahn’s Big Short Billionaire Carl Icahn is betting against mall owners. He thinks they will be unable to service their debt. A lot many
Logistics is not hot. Nobody is telling their assistant, “Bring me the hottest trucking deals out there, I have a hundred grand burning a hole
Aramco IPO Oil giant Aramco is gearing up for a valuation between $1.6 – $1.7 trillion for its initial public offering. While this is short
Aurora CEO: “We will be profitable before others” Aurora Cannabis Inc. Chairman Michael Singer made a statement today that the firm will reach profitability before
My favourite thing is when a company says ‘we’re going to do a thing,’ and then a few weeks later they announced that thing actually
So the braintrusts over at MedMen (MMEN.C) have devised a new and novel way to staunch their company’s steady and consistent bleeding: they’re going to
We’ve been hearing about the “global debt crisis” for so long it’s become background noise – like a sherry-soaked auntie babbling about UFOs at Thanksgiving.
Cannapocalypse: Version 2 I think Canopy Growth ($CGC) and Aurora Cannabis ($ACB) should notify the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary that the word “earnings”
Listen up, true believers – Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.T) will not be rewarding your love any time soon. This isn’t news, obviously. We’ve told you
Something dramatic just happened in the copper markets. It’s worth noting because the funds making these copper bets have teams of geologists and economists on
Cresco Labs (CL.C) and Origin House (OH.C) have updated the terms of their $1.1B acquisition, repricing the all-stock transaction to match declining share prices since
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I can think of at least a half a dozen reasons why companies like Defense Metals (DEFN.V) deserve more than a cursory once-over, and a
On the same day mega-grower Cronos Group (CRON.T) said it no longer sees square footage and production capacity as “key performance indicators,” and will cease disclosing
The Green Movement, a push that is gaining momentum around the globe spurred by zero-carbon climate warriors like Greta Thunberg, is all about meeting power
Plus Products (PLUS.C) is a proponent of the hyper-specialization approach in a sector which, at least once upon a time, prided itself on vertical integration
This morning, a North American drone company that has decades of experience in the business announced word that a former White House Chief of Staff
On November 05, 2019 CLS Holdings (CLSH.C) announced that “In Good Health”, a licensed medical dispensary, will begin the sale of recreational cannabis from its
Here at equity.guru, we see the way things are going. Weed stocks are trending down, so we want to highlight companies poised to succeed in
When cannabis companies first appeared on Canadian public markets, it was all about cultivation, the bigger the land package, the higher the market cap. Didn’t
Nobody is very happy with SOL Global (SOL.C) at the moment. $HARV can’t seem to close their financing which was announced in July. How will $SOL
On November 4, 2019, Westleaf (WL.V) announced that Westleaf Labs has received an initial “white label” order from Delta 9 for a three-month supply of
Tobacco giant, Altria Group (MO.NYSE), is lobbying in the United States for “matters pertaining to hemp and crop insurance,” among other things, seemingly aiming to
The headline numbers in Defense Metals (DEFN.V) October 31st press release mark an auspicious beginning for drill hole newsflow out of the company’s Wicheeda Rare
Los Angles City Councilman Herb Wesson roared into the news this week when he told the City of Los Angeles their cannabis licensing system was
On October 28, 2019, Experion Holdings (EXP.V) announced that the Head Grower of Citizen Stash’s award-winning cannabis strain “Lemon Zkittle” has been nominated as Top
The story has always been good. “Cannabis will require an entirely new way of branding,” stated Yield Growth (BOSS.C) Penny Green in a 2018 Georgia
“Fiscal 2019 was a transformative year for Medmen, with over two million completed retail transactions to date and revenues increasing 227% year-over-year,” said Adam Bierman,
Patriot One (PAT.T) – an A.I-driven concealed weapons-detection company – is looking and sounding less like a technology incubator – and more like a sales
A couple weeks back we took a look at some of the more prospective (and active) exploration plays in Ontario and Quebec, particularly those along
Uranium is volatile both atomically and as a commodity. Currently pricing has hit a low, but its not bottomed out and external pressures from a
Being “original” in business is a double-edged sword. Yes – it’s good to stand out in the crowd. But – when you’re all alone –
On October 22, 2019, 1933 Industries (TGIF.C) issued a cocky update on the launch of its “luxury brand Blonde Cannabis.” 1933 already controls 100% of
The year is 2029. A rogue and non-copyright protected artificial intelligence system has gained sentience and launches an Oedipal war against humanity, its creators. Our
If pressed, if forced to name names and cough-up a list of some of the better values I see in the junior exploration arena, Azincourt
Falcon Gold (FG.V), a company we featured in some detail a few months back, has been busy positioning itself in a region known as the
On October 22, 2019 CopperBank Resources (CBK.C) announced that it has established a wholly owned subsidiary, CopperBank Royalties. CopperBank currently controls four copper projects: Copper
A while back – quite a while back, if we’re honest, Tinley Beverage (TNY.C) boss Jeff Maser had a big decision to make that would
On October 21, 2019, Barrian Mining (BARI.V) reported the first drill results from the recently completed 1,838 metre reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at Bolo
The penny stock game is often derided by men of letters as being a wild west scenario, a ‘cruel and shallow money trench, a long
Of all the stupid, tin-eared, extended news releases I’ve seen posted on a Monday morning, I’ve rarely seen one as stupid, tin-eared and extended as
Two child-rape perverts killed themselves after the darknet’s “largest-known site of child exploitation videos” was busted. The South Korean website operator is in prison and
The financial crisis of 2007 wiped trillions off our global financial ledger. National economies reeled in the wake of banking’s biggest boo-boo since Reagan’s deregulation
Late last week, Nexus Gold (NXS.V) updated us with a welcome (and unexpected) piece of news out of their flagship McKenzie Gold Project in the
When legal cannabis came to the public markets, it was all about how much flower you could grow. Now the sector is evolving into a
As a general rule, I’m against any company with ‘cann’ or ‘canna’ in its title. You could make a drinking game out of reading the
On October 16, 2019 Patriot One (PAT.T) – an A.I-driven concealed weapons-detection company – jumped 20% on no news. That got the bull-board pundits jumping.
When a gentleman or mademoiselle makes a decision to honour the dark arts of predatory investing, occasions such as these times, when the black clouds
While Canadian investors digested their Thanksgiving turkey, CannTrust (TRST.T) announced that it has “destroyed approximately $12 million of biological assets and approximately $65 million worth
On October 11, 2019 Barrian Mining (BARI.V) announced that it has staked an additional 40 contiguous mineral claims at its ”early-stage Troy Canyon gold and
At the beginning of this year, and several times since, we covered numerous exploration plays on both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border—ExplorerCos kicking rocks and
Mastercard (MA.NYSE) joined PayPal (PYPL.Q) and Visa (V.NYSE) with its announced exit from Facebook’s (FB.Q) Libra support group today, leaving the once famed project listing
For the last few years, if cannabis companies wanted money, there was a long line of folks happy to oblige. More recently, those financiers have
Perusing Pivot Pharmaceuticals’ (PVOT.C) website you might think you’ve stumbled onto Pfizer’s (PFE.NYSE) “Proprietary IP” link. “RTIC infused substrates”? “Supercritical extraction”? “Phospholipid bilayers”? Anyone? In
Sometimes a deal broken is a good deal for shareholders, especially if you give a red rat’s behind about your favourite company having enough money
The 3D-Printing Space has produced winners, like Materialise (MTLS.NASDAQ), that provides 3D printing software solutions for healthcare, automotive and consumer goods. MTLS is up 270%
Zynga (ZNGA.Q), the mobile video game developer, is a terrible investment. The sort of large company that only stays large because it’s large to begin
The stock market assigns no intrinsic value to the “small beautifully-constructed thing”. You run an innovative music school? You build yurts out of corrugated cardboard?
In 2009, I worked beside a razor-sharp Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) who was obsessed with the wealth creation opportunities in gold juniors. The dude could
Yesterday, weed stocks were generally green. The day before too. This brought about a load of folks on social media talking about how ‘cannabis is
