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Re:Peter Thiel becomes marijuana's first big investor by astletron on Thursday January 08, 2015 @07:03AM (#8856016)
Is there an avenue for a Joe Schmo investor like me to get some exposure to the marijuana market? I'd definitely put some dollars behind the future of that commodity.
Re:Peter Thiel becomes marijuana's first big investor by arfliw on Thursday January 08, 2015 @02:40PM (#8858414)
There are public companies in the industry. All are highly risky/volatile stocks, though. Nothing like a blue chip company yet, which you could trust to steadily rise in tandem with the industry.
Re:Peter Thiel becomes marijuana's first big investor by rmetzler on Thursday January 08, 2015 @07:22PM (#8859967)
I think there are only few labs specialized in testing THC and CBD levels yet. While it isn't very hard to grow or create other products, I don't think it's easy to compete with a service like this.
Re:Peter Thiel becomes marijuana's first big investor by eli on Thursday January 08, 2015 @09:05PM (#8860341)
Wouldn't a huge industrial testing company eventually decide the market is big and safe enough to enter and just crush the small players on scale?
Re:Peter Thiel becomes marijuana's first big investor by IndianAstronaut on Thursday January 08, 2015 @03:13PM (#8858641)
There are definitely investment channels. Beware though, the feds could come down at any moment. Some percentage of the money you invest in the stocks should also go to political lobbying to prevent heavy regulation.
Re:Peter Thiel becomes marijuana's first big investor by hello_newman on Thursday January 08, 2015 @12:56PM (#8857719)
I'm working on a product for it currently in California. Email me if you're interested in talking.