Category: Research
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Emerald Health (EMH.V) director stands down over security clearance issues
Buried in a news release discussing a shares-for-cash payment to an acquisition target, Emerald Health (EMH.V) stated Monday it is losing a board member over Health Canada security clearance concerns. Punit Dhillon is a self-described ‘life science thought leader‘ who likes to give TED Talks and has been involved with several biomedical companies on North…
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Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) acquires a 30% stake in EndoCanna
Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) is back in the headlines Wednesday after announcing plans to acquire a minority stake in EndoCanna, one of California’s leading DNA-testing marijuana companies. The news comes about a week after Equity Guru identified extracts and their derivatives as one of the final frontiers of the cannabis boom – in an article covering…
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Shell Game: How Wayland Group (WAYL.C) built a paper empire and the loan that may drag it under
PROLOGUE: Cannabis companies, as we know them in our minds, rarely exist. Oh sure, some have buildings and staff, some grow things and others might even have a license. But even those with big buildouts and massive market caps are, for the most part, a promise of what’s to come, maybe, some time, kinda. But…
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Too professional: Pure Global (PURE.V) and the companies discounted because they’re actually building businesses
Had a conversation on the phone with Stephen Pynn, VP of Corporate Devs at Pure Global (PURE.V) this week that got me thinking. Pure has had an up and down run since landing on the public markets in July of this year. It ebbs and flows like the tides, never getting really beat up, but also…
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Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.T) has $5 billion to buy something: What’s on the list?
I’ve written this story three times in as many days, because every time I get to the bottom and am ready to post, the valuations of everything seem to have changed. So, to hell with it: I’m sticking the landing on this version. Time for Equity.Guru to veer off market news and into fantasy sports…
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Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD.T) organic CBD acquisition is a Euro ‘Hempco’ (HEMP.V)
The market has kinda shrugged at it, but The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD.T) put out news yesterday they’re acquiring a significant European organic CBD oil brand, with associated licensed flower and seed production, consumer product lines, and multi-country distribution. It’s not a cheap deal, but they’re not buying a pipe dream. They’re buying legit players.…
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Sproutly: The cannabis monster in the making you’ve never heard of
I hated him. My head was pounding. Sick for a week. Struggled into the Sproutly boardroom convinced I looked like eighteen miles of bad road and my voice sounded like Jar Jar Binks in a wind tunnel. The view from the office was magnificent, but I couldn’t focus on it, or anything. I was in…
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Livewell (LVWL.V) and prosper: Undervalued cannabis play rips on the open
“Little Canopy” – that’s the two word slugline we came up with to describe Livewell Canada (LVWL.V), which hit the Canadian markets yesterday with a bang and ripped in early trading Friday, rewarding early private placement investors with a $0.95 to o$1.82 profit – so far. There’s a lot more to it than two words,…
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Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD.T) locks down product development tech in CBx partnership
Book it as yet another step on the march to a revenue-licious consumer products division, as The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD.T) has announced a deal with Colorado-based CBx Enterprises to license extraction and vaporization technology for Canadian and international (non-US) markets. The deal involves Evolab and CBx Sciences products, which TGOD says positions it for…
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Namaste Technologies (N.V) will buy you a beer if you don’t sell their stock while it’s being blown out
I’m serious. That’s the pledge from Namaste Technologies (N.V); they’ll throw a party for anyone who doesn’t sell their stock over the next three months. Namaste Technologies Inc., the owner of online stores that sell vaporizers and bongs, is taking unusual steps to stabilize its share price and thwart an attack on its business by…