Cannabis Short Tally From TSX

https://www.tmxmoney.com/en/research/short_positions.html

Top TSX Short Positions

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month.

Last Updated: June 22, 2018		Get info on our Short Positions product
Issue Name	Symbol	As of June 15	As of May 31	Net Change
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK (THE)	TD	43,899,993	44,084,647	-184,654
ENBRIDGE INC.	ENB	36,628,514	39,741,076	-3,112,562
ISHARES S&P/TSX 60 INDEX ETF UNITS	XIU	36,148,260	37,538,019	-1,389,759
NEWSTRIKE RESOURCES LTD.	HIP	35,370,846	25,038,805	10,332,041
AURORA CANNABIS INC.	ACB	34,981,824	29,279,126	5,702,698
TRANSCANADA CORPORATION	TRP	30,996,560	25,561,328	5,435,232
BCE INC.	BCE	28,039,188	29,490,714	-1,451,526
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC.	GWO	25,879,714	25,766,177	113,537
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA (THE)	BNS	24,705,304	22,450,059	2,255,245
BOMBARDIER INC.	BBD.B	24,390,103	31,771,780	-7,381,677
QUEBECOR INC.	QBR.B	21,260,974	21,168,471	92,503
TELUS CORPORATION	T	19,889,366	17,201,519	2,687,847
ELDORADO GOLD CORPORATION	ELD	17,788,135	19,976,234	-2,188,099
KELT EXPLORATION LTD.	KEL	17,602,813	17,526,062	76,751
PEMBINA PIPELINE CORPORATION	PPL	17,493,627	11,853,908	5,639,719
ARC RESOURCES LTD.	ARX	17,126,029	16,936,927	189,102
CENOVUS ENERGY INC.	CVE	16,696,931	18,433,759	-1,736,828
FORTIS INC.	FTS	15,167,325	16,240,909	-1,073,584
GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.	GTE	15,085,225	14,586,377	498,848
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.	RCI.B	15,036,673	15,870,444	-833,771

APH - Thin Volume Ahead Of July 4th USA Holiday

Sellers First

House Positions for C:APH from 20180703 to 20180703

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
1 Anonymous	1,042,016	12,256,021	11.762	1,190,605	13,996,284	11.756	-148,589	1,740,263
79 CIBC	783,546	9,231,267	11.781	894,770	10,530,709	11.769	-111,224	1,299,442
9 BMO Nesbitt	168,714	1,979,368	11.732	270,045	3,168,928	11.735	-101,331	1,189,560
13 Instinet	95,905	1,133,244	11.816	189,768	2,242,886	11.819	-93,863	1,109,642
72 Credit Suisse	60	720	12.00	36,856	434,782	11.797	-36,796	434,062
39 Merrill Lynch	95,242	1,121,613	11.776	127,485	1,499,132	11.759	-32,243	377,519
15 UBS	1,882	22,447	11.927	30,900	362,693	11.738	-29,018	340,246
53 Morgan Stanley	32,618	386,389	11.846	50,965	593,960	11.654	-18,347	207,571
22 Fidelity	26,359	309,716	11.75	30,351	356,750	11.754	-3,992	47,034
58 Qtrade	5,142	60,874	11.839	6,275	73,967	11.788	-1,133	13,093
19 Desjardins	13,399	157,654	11.766	13,925	163,308	11.728	-526	5,654
14 ITG	60	720	12.00	560	6,637	11.852	-500	5,917
36 Latimer	5,648	66,372	11.751	6,020	71,093	11.809	-372	4,721
68 Leede	500	5,910	11.82	500	5,900	11.80	0	-10
76 Industrial Alliance	2,700	31,821	11.786	2,560	29,696	11.60	140	-2,125
59 PI	500	5,860	11.72	0			500	-5,860
48 Laurentian	645	7,488	11.609	0			645	-7,488
70 Manulife	750	8,832	11.776	90	1,046	11.622	660	-7,786
94 Hampton	690	8,162	11.829	0			690	-8,162
56 Edward Jones	728	8,463	11.625	0			728	-8,463
143 Pershing	5,569	65,664	11.791	4,650	54,977	11.823	919	-10,687
62 Haywood	1,000	11,640	11.64	0			1,000	-11,640
28 BBS	7,834	92,926	11.862	5,666	66,575	11.75	2,168	-26,351
57 Interactive	2,916	34,261	11.749	718	8,418	11.724	2,198	-25,843
88 Credential	3,127	36,888	11.797	15	176	11.733	3,112	-36,712
99 Jitney	22,900	269,748	11.779	19,300	227,369	11.781	3,600	-42,379
83 Mackie	3,800	44,572	11.729	0			3,800	-44,572
33 Canaccord	78,790	928,558	11.785	73,238	863,365	11.788	5,552	-65,193
2 RBC	335,105	3,936,876	11.748	275,158	3,232,613	11.748	59,947	-704,263
124 Questrade	145,188	1,710,064	11.778	80,122	948,414	11.837	65,066	-761,650
80 National Bank	149,700	1,761,510	11.767	79,529	936,180	11.772	70,171	-825,330
65 Goldman	71,100	836,139	11.76	0			71,100	-836,139
7 TD Sec	561,810	6,604,681	11.756	424,495	4,998,123	11.774	137,315	-1,606,558
85 Scotia	341,801	4,015,080	11.747	193,178	2,277,567	11.79	148,623	-1,737,513
TOTAL	4,007,744	47,151,548	11.765	4,007,744	47,151,548	11.765	0	0

APH Technical Analysis

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TSX-APH/technicals/

APH

Happy Canada Day !

On June 6, Aphria Inc.  (TSX:APH), Canada’s third-largest medical marijuana company, announced that it plans to invest $55 million to build a brand new, state-of-the-art extraction facility.

In announcing the move, the company spun it as a social governance initiative: “We’re expanding our horizons in Leamington so that when our youth go away to school they’ve got something to come home to.”

And while there may be some truth to the company’s statement that the move is intended as a grassroots initiative to help provide skilled employment for local youth living near the company’s Leamington headquarters, the multi-million-dollar investment is far more about exploiting the apparent opportunities in marijuana extraction than anything else.

The planned facility will be capable of processing over 200,000 kilograms of marijuana plant annually, with the first deliveries expected towards the end of the first quarter in 2019.

Through advanced extraction methods involving the use of butane, ethanol, and CO2, the company aims to produce “world-class cannabis concentrates” that can then be converted into a myriads of applications from powders, creams, patches, edibles, and even infused beverages.

While it hasn’t received a tonne of attention in the mainstream press to date, those Fools fortunate to be blessed with shrewd memories may recall that Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE:STZ), one of the world’s largest alcoholic beverage makers, specifically touted the potential it saw in infused beverages last fall when it announced it was making a $245 million investment in Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC).

As Aphria’s chief financial officer Carl Merton said in announcing the company’s latest investment, the investment in extraction facilities sets the company up for “the wave after [this one] that no one even knows about yet.”

The proof is in the pudding…

Maybe the latest news shouldn’t come as such a surprise to those who have been following the evolution of Canada’s cannabis markets closely over the past few years.

As the market for product has matured, more sales for Canada’s licensed medical producers (recreational marijuana is still not legally available for sale) are coming from the sale of derivative products like oils, edibles and creams — rather than simply sales of the traditional marijuana flower.

Not only do oils and other derivative or extract products tend to carry with them higher margins for producers like Aphria (a good thing), they also promote several health benefits with them as compared to smoking the traditional flower through a cigarette or pipe.

A look to the future

As the values of licensed marijuana producers have soared in recent years, it only becomes more difficult for investors uncover the true “value” that remains hidden in the market.

One avenue worth considering is, of course, the implications for companies like Aphria, Canopy Growth, Cronos Group Inc. (TSX:CRON)(NASDAQ:CRON) and others to tap into the many international markets that continue to open.

But many are already looking at that opportunity square on — meaning that the next leg of the marijuana rally may actually end up coming from an advanced understanding of which manufacturers are able to lead the industry through innovation, including Aphria’s latest initiative.

Stay Foolish.

https://www.fool.ca/2018/06/29/id-pay-very-close-attention-to-this-if-i-were-a-marijuana-investor/