Interview

Real estate investment trusts are showing some fortitude this year, but investors considering the exchange traded funds tracking them should do some homework before jumping into the asset class.  Diversified REIT ETFs, which are the biggest and most popular funds in this asset class, can...

Amid strong support for legalization among Americans and high consumer demand, more U.S. cannabis companies are feeling confident enough to list on public exchanges. In turn, investors also see growth opportunities in the space despite a recent sell-off.  After one cannabis company, Dixie...

With Christmas nearing, bitcoin is celebrating a big anniversary this week, one that investors would rather forget. Dec. 16, 2017 was the day bitcoin prices hit $19,783, the cryptocurrency’s all-time highest price. Today, bitcoin is trading at $3,462, a roughly 83-percent decline. Bitcoin...

Earlier this week, Congress passed the final version of the 2018 Farm Bill, which stipulates the legalization of industrial hemp. Now all that’s missing is President Donald Trump’s signature, and it's expected in the next few days. “This week's passage of the 2018...

High Times has built up its property portfolio over the last couple of years, accumulating a number of brands under its leafy umbrella. “[We are on a] mission to create brand-safe inventory for brands of all sizes," High Times CEO Adam Levin told Benzinga back in September. Now,...

Earlier this week, cannabis accessories and lifestyle brand Hemper announced the closing of a $10-million Series A financing round that follows a $1-million seed round completed over the summer.  The proceeds will be used to support growth and build out a national online cannabis...

When Scott McGovern sold his 19-month-old cannabis media company Green Rush Daily to High Times magazine for $7 million, he'd built a website with 6.5 million unique visitors per month and cultivated a devoted social media following bolstered by a network of influencers and advertisers. Two...

"Green Wednesday" is catching fire. The day before Thanksgiving has turned into a well-known marijuana shopping day in America, with Eaze reporting record sales that were only outpaced by April 20 sales, as deliveries almost doubled those of a regular Wednesday last year. Data from...

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM)’s announcement last month that it would contract and reorganize its workforce continues a long trend among automakers. “The shift away from traditional sedans to utility vehicles has been ongoing for several years but has dramatically quickened in the...

Cannabis investors can't miss the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, the No. 1 networking event for institutional capital and the leading cannabis companies. Secure your tickets here before they run out. The U.S.-based, vertically integrated cannabis company Harvest Health &...

It was not a pleasant night in Brooklyn. Multiple days of steady rains paved the streets with sewer grime and the common stench of urine that, on a bad day, smacks you in the face with all the subtlety of a brick to the face. Alongside the outer wall of The Kingsland, about hundred or so rabid fans...

The 2018 Farm Bill will be filed next week and includes a provision to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp, which, among many other things, can be used to produce CBD. We’ll be keeping a close eye on developments in this realm. In other political news, Utah’s legislature...

Danny Moses is a well-known investor who navigated the 2007-2008 financial crisis as the head trader at Steve Eisman's FrontPoint Partners. The story of how FrontPoint made a killing by betting against collateralized debt obligations has been documented in Michael Lewis’ book “The...

My eyes filled with tears as I read the news about Brett Roper, CEO of Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL), passing away. It’s been a couple of days and I am still in shock. With nothing left to do but grieve, I felt the need to pay this man -- a pioneer in the cannabis industry -- some...

With the second annual Benzinga Fintech Summit in the books and another year of events brining together luminaries from across all aspects of finance, we're taking the opportunity to debrief with a few of the participants to get their opinion on the current state of their industry and to get a...