Investor Ideas #Potcasts; #Cannabis News and Stocks on the Move: Interview
with Matt Markiewicz, The Cannabis ETF (NYSE: $THCX)
Delta, Kelowna, BC –August 27, 2019 (Investorideas.com
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Today's podcast overview/transcript
Good afternoon and welcome to another episode of
Investorideas.com "Potcast" featuring cannabis news, stocks to watch
as well as insights from thought leaders and experts.
In
today’s podcast I interviewed Matt Markiewicz, the Managing Director of Innovation Shares which also manages The Cannabis ETF (NYSE: THCX), regarding the recent news surrounding
THCX as well as the cannabis industry in general.
The
Cannabis ETF (THCX) is an ETF that provides investors with a liquid and
diversified vehicle to gain access to the explosive growth of the legal
cannabis market.
There are a lot of ETF firms out there
and over 2k ETFs in the United States. What makes Innovation Shares different?
“The unique thing about Innovation shares
is how we build the index that the fund attracts. Part of our methodology is
using a patent pending process that applies a natural language processing
algorithm, that’s rooted in artificial intelligence, that looks at media
sentiment for stocks related to a particular theme. We are trying to only
include stocks with positive sentiment. Investor sentiment/behaviour is often
influenced by what the media says about the stocks. We apply this process,
what’s called a sentiment overlay, into the construction of our portfolios.
That’s what really differentiates us.”
What are some of the other factors that
influence their decisions to add or remove certain companies from the ETF?
“A stock must a have a minimum 100
million dollar market cap U.S. in order to even be considered in the portfolio.
It also has to trade on one of 5 exchanges in the world, which are the ASX,
TSX, TSX-V, NYSE or NASDAQ. We also have liquidity requirements as well and we
rebound this portfolio monthly and we apply a modified market cap approach.”
Your ETF has had a fair amount of
movement in the last few months, could you discuss some of that in detail?
“We did have a fairly active reshuffling
of the portfolio this past rebalance. We added Valens, CBDMD, Fire and Flower as well as a company
called Enwave who has a proprietary
drying technology used in food which is now being applied to cannabis, which is
quite an interesting story. We also removed Innovative Industrial Properties
and Canntrust. It was a very active rebalance period for us. That’s not always
going to be the case but there were a lot of big news items, some bad some good
for the cannabis industry over this summer, so that’s why you’re seeing a lot
of activity.”
When looking at the proposed Safe
|banking Act, how much do you see this impacting the U.S. cannabis industry as
well as your ETF?
“The question for us is will the
potential passage of the safe banking act allow companies easier access to
capital markets, or in other word list on the NYSE or NASDAQ. As I mentioned we
have a requirement that stocks have to trade on one of those exchanges. From a
funds specific standpoint I think it would be massive. From a broader
perspective, it would open up the market to the larger equity space.Right now
you’re still not seeing many of the largest fund managers in the world getting
involved with cannabis. If the safe banking act will allow those institutions
to become more comfortable with owning the stock of these public companies,
then this could be a watershed moment for the industry.”
The U.S. and Canada get a large spotlight
in the Cannabis industry, how much attention are you paying to the
international scope of the industry?
“I think the growth of the global
cannabis story is quite interesting. There are companies that are trading now
or will be trading soon that will have access to these global markets. As
regulatory changes occur in markets around the world, they definitely bare
watching. It's going to be an opportunity for revenue expansions, or multiple
expansions for the companies entrenching themselves in these markets.” When
asked which companies are included in the ETF on an international level Matt
included, Khiron Life Sciences and Pharmacielo.
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