Alan Brochstein, CFA, was one of the first investment professionals to focus exclusively on the cannabis industry. Alan got his start as a financial professional in the securities industry in 1986, managing investments in institutional environments until he founded AB Analytical Services in 2007 in order to provide independent consulting to registered investment advisors. He was also the managing partner of New Cannabis Ventures, a leading provider of relevant financial information in the cannabis industry since 2015. Most recently, Alan has focused on ETFs, sharing articles here at Seeking Alpha under the alias The Intelligent ETF Investor.Alan ran 420 Investor, the investing group for investors interested in the publicly-traded cannabis stocks that he moved to Seeking Alpha in 2023, from 2013 to May 2026. As the leader of the investing group. Alan closely covered 19 stocks and shared investment news as it came out, previews of their earnings reports and analysis of them afterwards. Other features of the group included: a model portfolio, 10 videos per week with chart analysis, 3 summary pieces weekly, a monthly newsletter, and chat for questions .
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