It’s been a smidgen over three years ago since we penned our first article on investing in marijuana stocks, primarily meant to warn investors about cannabis stock scams and point them in the right direction when it comes to investing in marijuana stocks. In short, don’t bet the proverbial farm on an investment theme that bears a great deal of regulatory risk, not to mention volatility, as a crazed herd of newbie investors pile in. As we continued to write about cannabis stocks and the overall cannabis theme, thousands and thousands of investors began their first foray into investing, most likely completely ignoring our warnings about the importance of prudent investing before speculative investing. It was almost as bad as the ICO craze.
Now that the dust has settled, we’re starting to see large corporations make sizable investments in some of the bigger industry players. We also continue to see a great deal of risk – in other words, volatility – in stocks like Aphria, a drama that we wrote about a few weeks back. We’re also seeing more venture capital flow into the space, and more publicly traded stocks are starting to appear, offering investors some exposure to the cannabis theme. We’re also se