Stay ConnectedOn Seeking Alpha’s Cannabis Investing Podcast, host Rena Sherbill provides actionable investment insight and the context with which to understand the burgeoning cannabis and psychedelics industries.
Sector experts, top analysts and C-level executives highlight industry trends, share portfolio strategies and help you think through your investing approach.
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Greg Marco is President of Leading Edge Expositions, which produces the CWCBExpo, a B2B trade show event for the legalized cannabis industry. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss the regulatory challenges of putting on a cannabis conference and how the East Coast conferences vary from the mature markets on the West Coast. They also discuss the importance of branding, why packaging and labelling are huge, and what the next couple years may look like in the industry.
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Debra Borchardt is CEO, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the cannabis financial news website Green Market Report. Debra joins Rena Sherbill to discuss the evolution of the industry, the future of cannabis retail and what to focus on when choosing a cannabis ETF. We also discuss Debra's Green Market Summit happening this week and why it's focusing on the economics of cannabis brands.
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Ronan Levy is Chief Strategy Officer at Trait Biosciences, a cannabis biotech firm. Prior to joining Trait, Ronan served as Senior Vice President of Business and Corporate Affairs at Aurora Cannabis. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss the extreme growth the sector has seen and why big companies should be focused on market share over profitability. They also cover the commoditization of cannabis production, focusing on minor cannabinoids and why increasing yields and lowering costs are low hanging fruits.
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Joe Lusardi is President & CEO of Curaleaf, a vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operator in the U.S. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss the growth trajectory of the industry, vertical integration as a means to control supply and quality of product. They also cover Curaleaf's recent big-name acquisitions, the need to focus on developing brands and why their in-depth earnings call is a point of differentiation in the industry.
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David Sandelman is Chief Engineer at Cannatrol, a precision drying/curing system for cannabis. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss the similarities between drying and curing meat, cheese and cannabis. They also discuss the sector's resistance to new technology and how his invention helps control humidity in the flower.
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David Brough is CEO of Klonetics Plant Science and has had extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss getting more profitability from growers and creating new strains with world-class breeders. They also discussed tissue culture technology, international expansion and the similarities between energy and cannabis sectors.
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Dr. Kyle Kingsley is founder and CEO of Vireo Health, a publicly traded, multi-state, physician-led medical cannabis company. He's also co-author of the book Medical Cannabis Primer for Healthcare Providers. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss cannabis as a therapeutic agent and alternative to opioids and disrupting the tobacco space. We also cover the coming influx of capital, banking reform excitement, and why the MSO space has been brutalized.
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The latest episode of The Cannabis Investing Podcast features Dan Ahrens, manager of the newly launched AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO). With the global cannabis industry still in its infancy, Ahrens makes the case for a much more hands-on approach in managing a diversified ETF portfolio of cannabis stocks. The result is a portfolio with some real surprises - both in terms of its top holdings as well as what doesn't make the cut.
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Vitaliy Katsenelson is Chief Investment Officer at Investment Management Associates, a Seeking Alpha contributor, as well as author of Active Value Investing and The Little Book of Sideways Markets. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss his view on the cannabis sector as a die hard value investor, why he favors brands over growers, cigarette and alcohol companies succeeding in the sector, and why avoiding carnage is only half the victory.
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Allan Rewak is vice president, communications and stakeholder relations at Emerald Health Therapeutics. Prior to joining Emerald, Allan was the inaugural executive director of the Cannabis Council of Canada where he played a key role in Canada legalizing cannabis. He joins Rena Sherbill to discuss whether further consolidation is ahead, how the US is unique in the cannabis world, and why investors shouldn't be overly exuberant.
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