Revenue growth expected from cultivation and retail operations in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania, and from recent Origin House acquisition. [more]

Although the lockdowns forced several retail companies to close physical stores and focus on building online sales, the industry has already been on a transition out of brick-and-mortar operations as Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Target (NYSE: TGT), and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) focus on their e-commerce platforms. [more]

The positive gain is not a green tide for each constituent in the Tech Index. Less than half of the stocks (47) are positive for the year with 19 stocks up 20% or more year-to-date but, at the bottom, 17 stocks are down 20% or more for the year. [more]

Put and Call Options shifts to “Extreme Greed” and Market Momentum & Junk Bond Demand shift from “Extreme Fear” to “Fear” to help move the Index to Neutral. [more]

The pandemic may have slowed down demand for office spaces temporarily however, overall supply in the market maintained stability. According to Altus Group, a commercial real estate services firm, in Q1/2020, the vacancy rate in Canada dropped to 9.5% compared with 10.3% year-over-year. [more]

A good week for the S&P 500 but the VIX remains in the “High Volatility” range and new coronavirus cases remain steady, above 20K/day, with another 2.2 million Americans filing for unemployment claims. [more]

The Federal Reserve and the Treasury Secretary announce new extensive measures to support the economy, which brings comments from Duquesne Family Office, Blackrock, Miller Value Partners, The Leuthold Group, and Appaloosa Management. [more]

Lorimer Wilson from MunKNEE.com summarizes former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s 2016 article about Pros & Cons of negative interest rates. [more]