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What Cannabis Businesses Need to Learn From Curaleaf and Icarus
By Vin Narayanan on August 9, 2019
Cannabis businesses need to learn from Icarus: Don’t fly too close to the sun. It could be your downfall.
Cannabis Report: One of the Most Important Lessons for Cannabis Investors
By Early Investing on August 8, 2019
In order to succeed, cannabis investors need to learn a very important lesson about industry regulations.
Marijuana Still Not Responsible for Overdose Deaths
By Allison Brickell on August 5, 2019
Prescription opioids, benzodiazepines and antidepressants were involved in thousands of overdoses in 2017. Marijuana can be used as an alternative to all three and has caused zero overdoses.
How the Fed Has Given Up
By Adam Sharp on August 1, 2019
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in 11 years this week. Here’s how investors should handle it.
Mailbag: Building Up Your Alternative Investments
By Early Investing on July 28, 2019
This week, the Early Investing team summarizes its investment thesis and explains how it’s possible to evaluate startups in just five minutes.
News Fix: FDA Warns Curaleaf About Health Claims
By Vin Narayanan on July 27, 2019
In the news this week, the FDA sends Curaleaf a warning letter, Toyota invests in Didi and Steven Mnuchin is still salty about bitcoin.
Cannabis Report: Curaleaf Grows by Acquisition
By Early Investing on July 25, 2019
Curaleaf is growing the only way it can. And it’s nothing to sniff at.
News Fix: Congress Grills Facebook, Doesn’t Get Anywhere
By Vin Narayanan on July 20, 2019
In the news this week, Facebook undergoes intense scrutiny at two congressional hearings, Curaleaf increasingly dominates the cannabis market and Chinese startups struggle to raise money.
Number of Financial Institutions Serving Cannabis Companies Nearly Doubles in Two Years
By Allison Brickell on July 15, 2019
The cannabis industry has a banking problem. But financial institutions want to change that - and the government is taking steps to make it happen.
News Fix: Don’t Get Spooked by the Fed
By Allison Brickell on July 13, 2019
In the news this week, bitcoin takes a dive after the Fed voices concerns over Libra, Trump trash-talks crypto on Twitter, and Facebook doesn’t go for India.
Cannabis Report: A Guide to Canopy Growth’s Earnings Report
By Early Investing on July 11, 2019
Canopy Growth's earnings report wasn’t exactly full of surprises, but its stock price still had a strong reaction. Here’s why.
News Fix: 13 Headlines for 13 Colonies
By Vin Narayanan on July 6, 2019
In a special July Fourth edition of the News Fix, we’ve compiled 13 important headlines shaping the startup, cannabis and crypto sectors.
Illinois Set to Expunge More Than 700,000 Pot Crimes From Criminal Records
By Adam Sharp on July 5, 2019
Illinois is the second-largest state to fully legalize cannabis. And it’s also doing something unexpected.
Cannabis Report: MedMen Expanding Into Florida
By Early Investing on June 20, 2019
This week in weed, MedMen begins its ambitious Florida expansion, Texas takes a big step forward and New York stumbles in its attempt to legalize recreational marijuana before the end of its legislative session.
News Fix: Mississippians Move to Put Medical Marijuana on the 2020 Ballot
By Allison Brickell on June 15, 2019
This week, the News Fix dives into a group fighting for medical marijuana in Mississippi, Amazon actually failing at something and Binance cutting out U.S. users.
Emerging Markets vs. U.S. Markets – Which to Buy?
By Adam Sharp on June 14, 2019
Most American investors have the majority of their portfolios in U.S. stocks. But they should be looking to emerging markets instead.