Stockhouse Podcasts
Stockhouse’s investor podcast, where we sit down with the people behind some of North America’s most interesting investment opportunities.
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Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
This podcast is part of our Cannabis Sector CEO interview series, and our mission going forward is to help listeners and investors understand more about investment opportunities in the public marketplace.
Stockhouse Media's Dave Jackson was recently joined live in-studio by company CEO Chris Rebentisch and Company President & USA VP of Sales Ester Vigil of 1933 Industries (C.TGIF, OTC: TGIFF, Forum) – two of the cannabis community’s most respected and experienced names. Chris founded Infused Manufacturing after personally developing and crafting each product with strong belief in the natural healing properties of cannabis. He’s also a seasoned cultivator and advocate for the industry in the State of Nevada.
Ester spent more than 17 years in the cosmetics industry before switching her focus to medical cannabis. As VP of sales, Ester is responsible for all sales initiatives – including negotiating client accounts, securing product placement in retail outlets, managing sales staff, and marketing products across all sales channels.
Mr. Rebentisch and Ms. Vigil discussed a wide variety of topics including the company’s impressive start to 2019, their focus on strengthening and expanding its current operations, the overall and long-term company’s growth strategies in Nevada, the US west coast, and Canada, and much more.
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
This podcast is part of our CEO interview series, and our mission going forward is to help listeners and investors understand more about investment opportunities in the public marketplace. Stockhouse Media's Dave Jackson was joined live in-studio by one of the Canadian business community’s most respected and experienced names – Richard Carleton – Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Securities Exchange. Prior to this appointment, Richard served as Vice-President Corporate Development with responsibility for the CSE’s technology, operations, market data and trading sales teams. Before joining the exchange, Richard worked as a business development consultant in Toronto and New York in the risk management and index product fields after spending twelve years with the Toronto Stock Exchange, serving most recently as a member of the exchange’s senior management team. Mr. Carleton discussed a wide variety of topics including the CSE's new blockchain-powered platform, their record increases in trading volume in 2018, recent issuers, the power of cannabis listings on the exchange, and much more.
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Battery Metals have soared into prominence in recent years for mining investors. The term is derived from the primary metals (and mineral) inputs needed in the lithium-ion batteries that are powering electric vehicles and a host of other high-tech applications. This is part of a broader Power Revolution that is sweeping the planet, and it includes increasing development of renewable power sources like wind and solar.
Originally, investor focus was on lithium and cobalt. These are two of the metals whose demand was first identified to take off as manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries has been rapidly scaled higher. As the electric vehicle market has expanded, additional metals have captured the attention of investors, including nickel, manganese, and vanadium.
Nickel and manganese are also part of the electric vehicle equation. Vanadium, whose price soared by a factor of ten from the beginning of 2016 to its peak in 2018, is a critical metal in the opposite side of the Power Revolution: energy storage.
Along with new metals markets coming into focus, so too have some of the logistical issues associated with electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries. This includes recycling the vast quantities of lithium-ion batteries (and the metals contained) as these batteries reach their end of life.
Stockhouse Media hosted a live podcast to provide investors with additional information on some of these metals markets, as well as broader issues facing the electric vehicle and lithium-ion battery industries.
Joining Stockhouse’s Dave Jackson were expert panelists Larry Reaugh, President and CEO of American Manganese Inc. (TSX: V.AMY, OTCQB: AMYZF, Forum), Robin Birchall, CEO of Giyani Metals Corp. (TSX: V.WDG, OTCQB: CATPF, Forum), and Michael Mulberry, President and CEO of American Battery Metals Corp. (CSE: ABC, OTCQB: FDVXF, Forum).
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Two major pharmaceutical companies developing advanced-stage R&D on Alzheimer’s disease have just pulled the plug on their research. The reason why their approach to Alzheimer’s, Aducanumab, failed is because it didn’t account for a factor that is centralto R&D conducted by biotechnology Company ProMIS Neurosciences Inc.(TSX:PMN, OTCQB:ARFXF, Forum).
Preclinical studies show the Company's lead antibody candidate, PMN310,demonstrates a high degree of binding to toxic oligomers from Alzheimer's disease brains without binding to plaque or other non-toxic forms of the toxic oligomer form ofamyloid beta (Aβ).
Not only has an important competitor dropped out of the race to find an Alzheimer’streatment, the reason for failure suggests that ProMis is on the right track with its ownresearch.
Stockhouse is joined by Company President and CEO, Dr. Elliot Goldstein to learnmore about ProMIS’ research and potential to combat Alzheimer’s Disease.
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Grown Rogue International Inc. (C:GRIN, OTCMKTS:NVSIF, Forum) is a vertically-integrated, publicly-traded company with a strong cultivation, brand, and retail footprint that is now a multi-state operation in the US.
Stockhouse Media caught up with Obie Strickler, co-founder and CEO of Grown Rogue, to talk about his Company, their recent expansion into Michigan, and how they’re redefining the cannabis retail experience.
Obie has over 15 years of cannabis experience where he organically scaled his first medical garden in 2006 from a 15-plant single facility to 200 plants and 4 facilities. Obie founded Grown Rogue in 2016 to capitalize on the opportunity to grab market share in this burgeoning recreational cannabis space. In addition to his cannabis expertise, Obie brings a diverse private sector background that includes running the Oregon division of regional environmental consulting company, founding a firm to provide full management services for multi-billion-dollar natural resource projects, and co-founding a hyper-velocity impact technology company.
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
FinCanna Capital Corp. (“FinCanna”) (CSE: CALI) (OTCQB: FNNZF) a royalty company for the U.S. licensed medical cannabis industry, held a conference call and online presentation on Thursday, October 18, 2018. The call was led by the FinCanna executive team, and the opening statements were followed by a presentation from CEO and Director, Andriyko Herchak of FinCanna Capital Corp who discussed FinCanna’s investee companies and provide ad general FinCanna update. The President and Chairman of the Board of ezGreen Compliance, a FinCanna investee company, were also on the call to provide an update on his company’s latest developments.
Wednesday Sep 12, 2018
Wednesday Sep 12, 2018
In this edition of Stockhouse's CEO interview series, Stockhouse VP of Sales & Marketing, Justin Meiklem, talks all things business in a lively, insightful and provocative conversation with Colin Fisher, President & Portfolio Manager @ StableView Asset Management Inc.
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
“I think the industry prefers dumb money. So, the generalist investors are busy trying to lose money in blockchain and pot (because) they’ve been tired of losing money in mining for a while. That’ll change…It’s useful to note that over the last 12 months on the TSX and on the ASX, among the companies we (Sprott) follow, 60% of the equity cap contributions to the companies have been by major mining companies. So what you’re seeing is the return of the smart money and the exit of the dumb money.”
Rick Rule, President and CEO of Sprott US Holdings Inc.
For nearly 40 years, Rick Rule has been one the natural resource sector’s true iconic names – founder of Global Resource Investments and Sprott Asset Management USA Inc. As well, Rick is a General Partner on the Exploration Capital partnerships – a series of successful investment partnerships that have been in operation for more than 10 years. Rick has dedicated his entire life to all aspects of the natural resource industry and is considered a leading North American retail broker in this resource sector investment field. Today, his contacts and knowledge of the market are unmatched.
Stockhouse Media recently sat down with him to get his insights and opinions on a wide variety of topics: the mining industry’s current market conditions, how to find real value in a mineral exploration investment, and even his thoughts on the explosion of the retail cannabis sector.
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Rick Rule on buying on scale:
“Most people, I think, go into junior resource speculation as a lifestyle exercise. I think many geologists go in because they want to be in the north and fish all summer. And they get involved in a property because they can raise money to it. Their idea of a success is jitneying a 12-cent stock to 27 and making sure they get paid for the next 18 months.”
…on cannabis legalization:
“I’m amused to see the proliferation of marijuana companies in Vancouver. I think that’s good for two reasons – it clears the ranks of failed mining companies, which the industry needs in the worst way…these promoters are cockroaches…you can’t kill them. And the fact that rather than kill them we’ve diverted them to something else is good.”
…on cannabis distribution in Canada:
“In the early stages of a bull market, stocks move on narrative. In the later stages of a bull market or an industry reality takes over. And the reality is that the Canadians will never be able to compete with California in a consumer goods (Cannabis) marketplace, particularly one that requires growing technology.”
…on the power of people:
“It’s important for investors to understand how the business really works. Too often, investors focus on the share price, which is easy to obtain but useless information. It’s value that drives investment performance. And it’s people that drive value.”
…on investment value:
“5% percent of the management teams, in the junior sector, deliver 100% of the value. The first thing you have to do as investor is segregate against the lame, the halt, and the blind and send them back to selling cars…Adding value in exploration is answering a series of unanswered questions.”