Tag: weed
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Aurora (ACB.T) predicts Q4 $100 million revenue – then the calculator jams
On Aug. 6, 2019 Aurora Cannabis (ACB.T) released “selected financial metrics” for Q4 2019 – which ended June 30, 2019. This gives investors a sneak peek, prior to official audited earnings, at some of the numbers. ACB’s Q4, 2019 Financial Projections: Last quarter Aurora reported $65.1 million net revenue, so the Q4 number is up…
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Marijuana update: No, the market isn’t getting killed… we’re just not rewarding bullshit anymore
Top tip: You guys out there whining about ‘the market’ being down are finding excuses for the wrong problem. Folks be running about with their hair on fire right now, pointing to a sky that for sure is falling because a few of their favourite weed stocks have come off absurd highs and what if…
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What the FDA thinks of Curaleaf (CURA.C), the ‘world’s largest cannabis co.’
On July 22, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Curaleaf Holdings (CURA.C) via overnight delivery. The message was plain: Four of the company’s CBD-infused products are “in violation of sections 505(a) and 301(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” and Curaleaf’s CBD products for pets are “unapproved new…
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![GTEC Holdings (GTEC.C) snares Canopy Growth (WEED.T) grow facility in BC for $13m]()
GTEC Holdings (GTEC.C) snares Canopy Growth (WEED.T) grow facility in BC for $13m
As Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.T) retools in the wake of CEO Bruce Linton’s firing earlier this month, buzz on Cannabis Street was that there’d be assets flipped to help get the weedzilla back to its core business. Today we saw the first volley as GTEC Holdings (GTEC.C) bought a Kelowna, B.C. expansion site from Canopy…
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Berz-Erka: Livewell unhalts after 8 months as Eureka 93 (ERKA.C), rolls back 15:1, loses 90% of its value
We talked to the folks behind Livewell a lot, back in the day. Seemed a good deal, certainly a team that talked a good game. Even bought a little personally. But there was always a coda attached. The projections and plans were big. Maybe too big. Here’s me, the first time I covered them. Little…
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SUPREME DAY: Absurdly under-valued Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.T) takes over Equity.Guru
Since I’ve known and been covering former Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.T) CEO and current President John Fowler, I’ve referred to him as the T-1000. The name, initially anyway, was just a throw away line. But it stuck over the years, because I wasn’t the only one who saw him as part man, part machine, all unstoppable.…
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Five distressed weed companies fired their CEOs – did it help? (OGI.T, ASNT.C, APHA.T, N.V, WEED.T)
Winning sports teams rarely fire their managers. Losing ones always do. Sometimes a new manager can reverse the fortunes of a losing team. Example: When $3.1 billion Manchester United fired its pompous toxic manager, Jose Mourinho, in December 2018, the club was in a woeful 6th place – having lost 45% of its games that season. After…
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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…
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Marijuana update: Where the blood runs hard, look for the guys with swords
“There are times […] when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death? If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a…
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Canopy (WEED.T) CEO termination letter reeks of weak Mexican beer
The king is dead. Long live the king. On July 2, 2019 Canopy Growth (WEED.T) announced that its long-time co-CEO Bruce Linton will “step down” from all positions and responsibility at the company. The strangely worded release advised shareholders that “Bruce Linton announced that Bruce will step down as co-CEO and Canopy Board member.” Mark…
