Tag: canntrust
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MedMen (MMEN.C): The Kings of Cannabis are dead but the stink remains
“In a sector rife with terrible CEOs that have wasted company treasury and goodwill…none come close to Bierman in terms of self enrichment, entitlement, and outward facing douchery,” wrote Chris Parry on January 31, 2020.
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Do not adjust your TV sets – Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) is a real business
New licenses, deals, products – that’s all good – but it’s not the nitty gritty stuff investors are looking for now. By “nitty-gritty” we mean – numbers. Four weeks ago, Heritage released its Q1, 2020 financials.
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European office supplies manufacturer takes Wayland Group (WAYL.C) weed grow for $12.3m
The Wayland Group (WAYL.C) announced Thursday Austria-based Ring Holding International AG will purchase their Maricann assets, which essentially make up their entire business, for the bargain price of $12.3 million as part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The purchaser of the Maricann assets is a family office with a core focus on the manufacturing of lever…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) burns $77 million of illegal weed
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 of inventory that was not authorized by CannTrust’s licence,” bring the total value of the torched product to $77 million”. Although the Toronto Stock Exchange was closed for the Canadian…
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Navigating the cannapocalypse through value picks: Don’t be swayed by optimists or cynics
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 back!’ and ‘the bear market is over!’ Ugh. Seriously, you guys. It’s not over. Not by a long shot. Currently, Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.T), the big bellwether of the cannabis…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) cannabis sales license suspended by Health Canada, and the clock is ticking
Turns out running an illegal drug operation out of your legal, licensed drug operation isn’t such a good business model. Health Canada announced today what many had long assumed was coming, when they suspended CannTrust’s (TRST.T) license to sell and process cannabis in the wake of ongoing allegations of illegal behaviour. When TRST stock was…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) sacks workers, calls it ‘commitment to regulatory compliance’
There’s an old damage control routine that goes, instead of admitting you have a problem, you focus on how you’ve fixed the problem you had, so the interested observer focuses on your fix and not your initial incompetence. CannTrust is at that chapter in their Damage Control 101 textbook. In a news release titled, “Canntrust…
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GONE: CannTrust (TRST.V) execs bounced by board after 3 Stooges-like revelations of stupidity
We may never know whether it was the brazen hubris of doing a promotional video in front of an unlicensed grow room filled with illegal plants, or if it was the email trail the Globe and Mail discovered yesterday that showed top brass at CannTrust (TRST.V) were not only aware the company was growing illegal…
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CannTrust (TRST.T) executives should go to jail: Emails show deliberate criminality
There’s a difference between incompetence and criminality. Incompetence is “What? That’s weed? I thought those were tomato seeds!” Criminality is “1) RG8 is not licenced but has plants in it; 2) RG9 is not licenced but we are intending to put plants in it on Monday; 3) PA2A-E are not licenced but we have moved…
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CannTrust (TRST.T): If you’re buying the bounce, you’re playing a dangerous game
Cannabis investors are a different breed. They’re amped way higher on positivity, cynicism, self belief, and sorrow, prone to the sort of mania that baseball card, Cabbage Patch Kid, and tulip enthusiasts know in their plums. When cannabis investors love a stock, there’s almost no amount of negative due diligence, blown up market cap, or…
