Review

Canada reported October cannabis sales of C$389 million, up 9.5% from a year ago and the slowest annual growth to date.

I distributed this written material to 420 Investor subscribers during the week:

• 420 Investor Weekly Review 12/16/22

• 420 Investor Model Portfolio Composition 12/16/22

• Cannabis Sub-Sector Review - 12/16/22

Here are some of this week's highlights for Focus List names:

• CRON announced that Altria relinquished the out-of-the-money warrant to take control of the company, a move that permitted Altria to take a big tax-loss ($483 million).
• CURLF opened its 55th Florida medical cannabis dispensary.
• CWBHF named a new CFO.
• TCNNF closed two debt securities, one for $71.5 million and the other for $18.9 million. It also announced a settlement with OSHA in Massachusetts.
• TRSSF reduced its debt by $35 million, paying down its Pennsylvania credit agreement.
• UGRO announced Good Lettuce Company in New Jersey as a new cannabis client.
• VRNOF opened its 62nd Florida medical cannabis dispensary.

Please check the Focus List, (which has technical, fundamental and valuation ratings as well as a market-cap table). To help track market caps, we maintain tables for the Canadian LPs and the American cannabis operators and ancillary companies.

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Market Performance

The Global Cannabis Stock Index posted a new all-time closing low of 9.55 on Thursday and a new intraday low of 9.40. It was slammed lower this week to 9.71, ending down 11.9% for the week. This was a lot worse than the 0.2% loss in the S&P 500, which is down 5.8% in December. The cannabis index has dropped 29.0% in December, and it has declined 13.8% thus far in Q4. This is worse than the +7.2% return in the S&P 500.

Tickers: TRSSF CRON TCNNF CWBHF CURLF UGRO VRNOF