Finance

Acreage Holdings, MJardin, and Harvest all began trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange, plus more marijuana money news!

The drug’s growing legalization is raising concerns among small-scale marijuana farmers and retailers that the corporatization of weed may be right around the corner.

AG Jeff Sessions resigns, Michigan becomes tenth state to legalize adult use cannabis, and more in this week's Marijuana Money.

We’ve been doing our homework and have hand-picked five must-see cannabis-focused investor events (beyond the very well-known, business-focused MJBizCon) for our finance buffs.

Arizona is hot this week and not just temperature wise. MedMen acquired Arizona-based Level Up in a cash and stock deal valued at $33 million.

Seymour is an asset manager who’s been focused on emerging markets for two decades and was drawn to the marijuana industry a few years ago due to the “tremendous growth” it offers.

The broader stock market took a tumble last week and brought the cannabis stocks down as well. However, considering how high they had gotten, a little reversal seems healthy.

The big news this week, of course, was Canada. The country began its legal adult use cannabis sales on the 17th. While there wasn't a huge amount of dispensaries open, there were some that began sales at midnight.

MedMen (MMNFF) continues its spending spree. The company is buying Pharmacann in a deal valued at $682 million. And seed-to-sale technology provider MJ Freeway has agreed to a merger with MTech Acquisition Corp.

Here are the top financial cannabis news stories for the week ending October 5, 2018