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While the market news is inundated with Trump stories as he has issued a massive number of executive orders on his first day in office, the real market catalyst right now actually started last week.

There were a slew of executive orders affecting the energy industry but no real surprises. The improving story remains essentially the same since the election. There was likely some relief that large tariffs have not been announced, at least so far. But the Trump news is overshadowing last week’s market-altering news.

It’s cannabis company earnings season. So, I highlight fourth-quarter results in this issue.

Before we get to the details, here are the key takeaways from earnings reports:

* Price compression continues, creating an ongoing “Hunger Games” environment in which only the financially strong will survive, given the debt levels at a lot of cannabis companies. Much of this debt comes due over the next two years. Bankruptcies might be the clearing event that helps bring an end to price compression. None of our names appear to be at risk, but no guarantees...

Note: Due to a technical issue, publication of your Cabot Cannabis Investor update has been delayed by one day. We apologize for any inconvenience; future updates and issues will be delivered per the normal publishing schedule.

If you have been steadily averaging down in cannabis stocks during the sector’s dark days all year, well done.

You are finally being rewarded.

The post-Labor Day market is here. And it’s starting off ugly.

The sobered-up, post-summer investor is notoriously cranky. That’s why September is historically the worst month. Combine that fact with a market that is within a whisker of the high with plenty of uncertainty swirling around, and you have a recipe for trouble.

The market is solid. It is within a whisker of the high. But this is the last week of August. What will it do when investors start really paying attention again after Labor Day?

There has been some back and forth recently. The indexes pulled back as technology and the AI trade ran out of gas. But then stocks rallied again after the Fed Chairman indicated at the Jackson Hole speech last week that the central bank would finally cut the fed funds rate in September. Wall Street loves rate cuts.

Cannabis investors should see a significant catalyst inside the next six weeks. That’s a reasonable time frame to expect Attorney General Pam Bondi to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order to reschedule cannabis.

The news would spark a sellable rally for traders. Long-term investors should hold through.

The background: Rescheduling means moving cannabis to Schedule III from Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act. That will save the larger publicly traded cannabis companies like the ones in our portfolio tens of millions of dollars each in annual tax expenses. That’s because rescheduling neutralizes an IRS rule that bars the deduction of operating expenses against the sale of Schedule I substances.

Today could be a big day for cannabis stocks.

The reason: We may get an important update on the rescheduling timeline.

Cannabis investors will be watching closely today to see whether Attorney General Pam Bondi offers a rescheduling update when she appears before the House Judiciary Committee. Upbeat comments could spark a sharp cannabis sector rally. The hearing starts at 10 a.m. EST.

Circle December 15 on your calendar. That’s the day the Supreme Court will likely let us know whether it decides to hear a major cannabis lawsuit. If it says yes, cannabis stocks will rally hard. Cannabis stocks may well even rally in the run-up to that date.

The suit challenges federal jurisdiction over cannabis in states where it is legal. We still won’t know the final outcome if the court decides to take up the case. So, any rally might be sellable for very short-term traders. Personally, I will continue to hold through, because the timing of any rescheduling news is uncertain.

[Note: Due to the Christmas holiday, there will be no Cabot Turnaround Letter weekly update next Friday. The next monthly issue of the newsletter will be published on December 31.]

The Fed has reversed a long-standing balance sheet tightening phase with its recent decision to expand its balance sheet—a move that has largely fallen under the news radar.

The artificial intelligence trade was under pressure last month. But it recovered over the last three weeks. The back and forth has again taken a negative turn after AI bellwethers Oracle (ORCL) and Broadcom (AVGO) reported earnings that didn’t impress investors.

Graduation season is upon us, and today’s high school and college graduates are about to embark on their first forays into the “real” world. We’ve put together this guide to share with the graduates in your life to help them learn how to tackle debt, make smarter financial decisions, and learn how to save and invest for a bright financial future. If you find your saving and spending don’t align with your long-term goals, these tips can help you too!

Investing in up markets is easy. From the December low until recently, the strong market provided a huge tailwind that sent marijuana stocks soaring—and had our portfolio, at the peak, up 57.2% year-to-date.

I’m as “political” as they come, but I don’t make investing decisions based on politics. I make my decisions based on corporate successes (which show up via profit and revenue growth), economic facts (definitely not economic speculation) and stock market trends.

Crista is adding a new stock to the Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio

Want to invest in the stocks the big hedge funds are buying in real time? Here’s how to do it. But beware: hedge funds get it wrong sometimes too!

Looking for a recession-proof dividend stock that’s actually raising its dividend payouts? Try Verizon Communications, says Sure Dividend.

Last year, I wrote about my former life as a newspaper employee and what I think about the hurting business. A lot has changed since then, with several newspapers shutting down operations (or threatening to), including the Rocky Mountain News and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and others laying off even more employees as revenues continue to plummet. But the question remains: Can newspapers be saved?