Marijuana has come a long way from the hackneyed comedy sketches of Cheech & Chong. The escalating legalization of marijuana has given rise to cannabis dispensaries, where marijuana products are sold over the counter just like the products you can buy at your friendly neighborhood CVS. Cannabis dispensaries are local… Read More

Time for a snap quiz. Without using Google or peeking, identify the public figure who made this statement: Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use. Cue the theme from Jeopardy. Give up? It was President… Read More

Zillow Group (NSDQ: ZG, NSDQ: Z) is the pioneer of online real estate databases. Is this hot Internet stock a smart buy in 2019 or will it cool off with the rest of the housing market? The question occurred to me lately, as I assist my millennial daughter Jennifer in… Read More

The marijuana boom is a genuine investment opportunity, but only if you separate the hype from reality. Problem is, the cannabis “green rush” is generating clouded judgment among investors, especially when it comes to penny stocks. The buzz over marijuana penny stocks reminds me of the gold-crazed miners in the… Read More

Whether for recreational or medicinal purposes, marijuana is one of the hottest areas of biotechnology research. Pot is quickly losing its pariah status to become a massive, mainstream business. Marijuana, once a counter-cultural act of rebellion, is attracting eager investors and venture capitalists. Woodstock, say hello to Wall Street. However,… Read More

Brick-and-mortar retail chains are the Rodney Dangerfields of Wall Street. They get no respect. The common assumption is that all “Big Box” stores are doomed and dying, as e-commerce increasingly dominates the shopping experience. Because of this preconception, some retailing stocks with superb growth prospects are trading at bargain valuations. Read More

Radio has come a long way since Guglielmo Marconi invented radiotelegraphy in the late 1800s. The radio represents one of the key “disruptive” technologies in human history, but today traditional broadcast radio is giving way to another disruptive force: satellite radio. Over the past five years, the terrestrial radio broadcasting… Read More

Judging by the wild market gyrations of late 2018, what can investors expect in 2019? As Bette Davis famously warned in the 1950 movie All About Eve: “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” These bumps include Brexit uncertainty; slowing growth in China; the unraveling of… Read More

There’s a new entry to the lexicon of hipster jargon: “vape.” It means inhaling and exhaling the vapor created by an e-cigarette, a battery-powered device that heats liquid nicotine in a disposable cartridge. E-cigarettes (e-cigs for short) are all the rage and they pose a challenge to traditional cigarette makers… Read More

The marijuana “green rush” has overtaken Wall Street, as investors jump aboard marijuana stocks the way frenzied gold miners descended on San Francisco in the 19th century. As with the gold rush of that bygone era, some green rush investors will get rich… and others will go bust. But the… Read More