It’s exceedingly difficult to find insightful research these days, particularly for investment themes that are popular amongst the status quo. For example, everyone has an opinion about cryptocurrencies. If they don’t, someone will be giving them one soon enough. Real insights become diluted by drivel, and the fracas masks the con men coming out of […]
While the idea sounds good on paper, publicly traded venture capital firms haven’t impressed Wall Street over the years. The original nano VC stock, Harris & Harris Group (now 180 Degree Capital Corp), hasn’t done much and still languishes to this day. There are plenty of names across the pond like IP Group and Trendlines […]
It was the late Robin Williams who once said, “Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t handle drugs.” What D.A.R.E. didn’t tell kids was how much fun drugs can be. If approached with a certain degree of responsibility, some universal truths start to emerge. Heroin is deadly and best avoided entirely. Cannabis is […]
There are certain basic principles they teach you at business school in exchange for that six-figure price tag. The number one goal for any business is to survive. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) generally don’t add value. And economies of scale are what help larger companies steamroll the competition. Shares of large companies generally have lower […]
Old school dealers always reduce customer complaints by weighing large quantities on the heavy side. A pound of weed will come in at 16 ounces with a few eights throw in for good measure (about 1.5% more weight). The guy moving the bag between buyer and seller often can’t resist the temptation to pinch a […]
Perhaps it was an old urban myth, but everyone used to say that if the cops bust you with mushrooms, just dump them on the floor of your car. As long as they’re not in baggies, you’re cool. We’re not sure if that’s sound advice or not, but soon it may be a moot point. […]
SPACs are now being issued at such a frantic pace that finding the right company has been substituted with finding any company that’s up for it. In its original form, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) was meant to be a fund that investors entrusted with a sizable amount of money. The fund’s manager, who […]
The results of last month’s elections really got us excited. It will become one of those pivotal periods in history when we can precisely identify the moment that real change began. We’re talking, of course, about all of the drugs that were legalized and decriminalized in November across the United States. The news that states […]
If you happen to live in Arizona and exercised your right to vote, some people owe you a debt of gratitude. That’s right, we’re talking, of course, about the legalization of recreational cannabis in the State of Arizona. As a result of your votes, the prosecutor in Arizona’s largest county is dropping all pending charges […]
Mining our readership metrics to see what articles people enjoy reading is always insightful. Given that weed is legal in the Great White North, a fair number of our Canadian readers gravitate towards the cannabis articles. Since it’s been nearly three months since we’ve waxed any cannabis-related poetic, we feel like we’re letting down our […]