On Stockhead today, Sam Jacobs reviews US-focused brokerage Stake, Tim Treadgold looks at a nickel play with exposure to palladium and Aussie cannabis legislation appears to be all over the joint. But first, The day ahead Today is a big day for economic data. Monthly home loans and investment lending will come out at 11.30am. Then at 12pm Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Inflationary Expectations for October will be released.