Category: Team Pump
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Relevium (RLV.V) hit by OTC promo request, reveals worst disclosure ever
We’re in the business of marketing companies to people who like to invest in stocks with a high risk/high reward mindset. Sometimes folks call us ‘pump and dumpers’, usually if they haven’t read our work, but we ultimately only write what we believe to be true and we have a track record of writing negative…
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Namaste Technologies (N.V) finally posts financials, and they’re rife with bad scenes
If there’s anything good in the financial statements just posted by Namaste Technologies (N.V) – last thing on a Friday afternoon, naturally – it’s that they have a lot of cash, and we finally know just how badly the company was being run last year, before CEO Sean Dollinger was turfed out. The highlights aren’t…
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Cannabis One (CBIS.C) kicks shareholders in the nuts
The executive team at Cannabis One (CBIS.C) may want to invest in some damage control experts going forward because shareholders are raging at them right now on social media over their actions (and inactions) of the past week. Despite ongoing newsflow that showed the company acquiring properties and closing deals, the CBIS share price has…
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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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Wayland Group (WAYL.C) and ICC Intl (WRLD.U.C) close huge asset deal wait no they don’t argh I’m dying
Investors in currently halted for not being able to put together last year’s financials like real grown up boys Wayland Group (WAYL.C) might have been celebrating today when it was announced their all-share deal to sell 49.9% of their international assets to ICC International (WRLD.U) had closed. One hopes the champagne they were popping wasn’t…
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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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We told you so: Aphria (APHA.T) and Green Growth Brands (GGB) terminate bullshit takeover bid
In the days earlier this year, when it became clear from a short seller report that Aphria (APHA.T) had bought into foreign assets that were largely ‘early stage’ if you were being charitable, and ‘fake’ if you weren’t, the company went through four stages of denial. The takeover bid was bullshit from the outset, a…
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Aphria (APHA.T) puts out financial results, falls on face, walks into pole
Well, I guess we were right, huh? Big Canadian cannabis producer Aphria (APHA.T), fresh off a scandal involving allegations from the short sellers the company was overpaying for garbage assets their top execs part owned, released their first financials today since the scandal broke. It was so unpretty, interested observers had to get through the…
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Cannara Biotech (LOVE.C) makes MedMen look like a charitable institution
Cannara Biotech (LOVE.C) is a pig. I mean, okay. Pigs are actually kind of cool, they’re smart and bacon tastes good and they like a tummy rub, so Cannara is not actually a pig. But it is a trap for your money, and you should ideally not play with money traps because their sole purpose is,…
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Aphria (APHA.T) ‘Special Committee’ confirms short seller conflict of interest allegations
Several months ago, Aphria (APHA.T) lost a good chunk of its worth when short sellers accused the company executive and board of (in a nutshell) feathering their own nests by agreeing to acquire properties from themselves, for much inflated prices. Today, after a ridiculously long wait which involved the CEO stepping sideways from his position…
