Alan Brochstein

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Benzinga spoke with Alan Brochstein, founder of 420 Investor, earlier this week at the Cannabis Business Summit in Denver. Brochstein shared his insights about the burgeoning marijuana industry and the future of publicly-traded stocks within the sector. In the second and final part of this...

Benzinga caught up with Alan Brochstein, founder of 420 Investor, at the Cannabis Business Summit in Denver on Tuesday. And we asked him his thoughts on a variety of issues. Your overall impression of the summit here in Denver? This is their first national convention, and it really says a lot...

Marijuana legalization may already be putting pressure on alcohol companies. The maker of Jack Daniels, Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF-A) (NYSE: BF-B), released its annual report on Thursday, which included a laundry list of risks -- among them, recreational marijuana. “Consumer preferences and...

AnythingIT (OTC: ANYI) recently announced it will be participating in the first annual WeedStock Conference, presented by Marketfy. The conference will take place in Denver, Colorado, from June 29 through July 1 and will feature exclusive presentations by a collection of public and private...

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Patience is a virtue. With the value of trading pot stocks in question, some financial writers and analysts claim that the marijuana sector, even in the OTC, has gone “up in smoke." Don't get swept away by the wordplay and puns that have been churned out by naysayers. Instead, look at the...

Effective Friday, May 30, 2014 Vapor Corp (OTC: VPCO) will be moving to the NASDAQ exchange. Florida-based Vapor Corp is a leading supplier of e-cigarettes and vaporizer pens. Vapor Corp. will join GW Pharma (NASDAQ: GWPH) as the second ‘Marijuana-Stock’ listed on a major exchange. 420...

The Midwest is another focal point in the battle for legalized medical marijuana. Michigan is the only state in the region that allows the use of medical marijuana, but Illinois is in the midst of implementing its new law that will allow limited use for qualifying patients. Leading marijuana...

Last week, Benzinga sat down with Alan Brochstein of the 420 Investor newsletter. He has been one of the first analysts to cover the sector in-depth and offered his valuable outlook on the budding industry. Brochstein will not be out there shorting Anheuser Busch Inbev (NYSE: BUD) and the...

Last week Benzinga sat down with Alan Brochstein of the 420 Investor newsletter. He has been one of the first analysts to cover the sector in-depth and offered his valuable outlook on the budding industry. Benzinga was interested in how long Brochstein had been approaching the industry from a...

Monday morning, GrowLife inc. (OTC: PHOT) entered into a joint venture with Vape Holdings, Inc. (OTC: VAPE), for the purpose of expanding the research and development of pharmaceutical grade cannabis extractions. GrowLife will provide the equipment manufacturing aspect of the agreement, while...

Colorado is flying high (pun intended) with $2 million in recreational marijuana taxes from January alone. If this trend continues, Forbes reports, the Centennial State could see more than $40 million in additional tax revenue this year. This got us at Benzinga wondering how much our own...

The organizers of CannaSearch, what is thought to be the nation's first-ever marijuana industry job fair, could be forgiven for expecting a relatively modest turnout at their event in Denver on Thursday. Instead, the number of job-seekers waiting to meet with representatives from 15 private...

Last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a straw poll surprisingly indicated that the Republican party’s conservative wing is in favor of some form of marijuana legalization. This is a positive sign for marijuana stock traders, as the conservative movement has...