Evolve to Shut Down Cannabis ETF

January 27, 2020 at 9:19 am
Exclusive article by Alan Brochstein, CFA

Evolve ETFs announced this morning that it will close its Evolve Marijuana Fund (TSX: SEED) next month. The firm, which is also closing Evolve U.S. Marijuana ETF (NEO: USMJ) and the Evolve North American Gender Diversity Index Fund, has requested that the funds be delisted in March.

The Evolve Marijuana Fund listed in February 2018 and has just C$6 million in assets. It had tried to differentiate itself by being actively managed and by having the ability to invest up to 10% of its portfolio in private companies. In 2019, the ETF returned -34.06%, which trailed the North American Marijuana Index, which returned -31.51%. Over the past month, it averaged just 2982 shares of trading per day. The fund had 31 holdings at year-end, and its top 10 holdings included nine Canadian LPs and a U.S. CBD company.

Exclusive article by Alan Brochstein, CFA
Alan Brochstein, CFA
Based in Houston, Alan leverages his experience as founder of online community 420 Investor, the first and still largest due diligence platform focused on the publicly-traded stocks in the cannabis industry. With his extensive network in the cannabis community, Alan continues to find new ways to connect the industry and facilitate its sustainable growth. At New Cannabis Ventures, he is responsible for content development and strategic alliances. Before shifting his focus to the cannabis industry in early 2013, Alan, who began his career on Wall Street in 1986, worked as an independent research analyst following over two decades in research and portfolio management. A prolific writer, with over 650 articles published since 2007 at Seeking Alpha, where he has 70,000 followers, Alan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a frequent source to the media, including the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. Contact Alan: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Email

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