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Here's How Cannabis Becomes the New Coffee (to the Tune of Billions in Profit)

If you're of a certain age, you probably remember the Doyle Dane Bernbach-produced commercials featuring "Juan Valdez," the Colombian farmer, who, with his trusty burro "Conchita," came to personify the multibillion-dollar Colombian coffee industry in the minds of American consumers.

The Juan Valdez character – and the undeniable quality appeal of Colombian coffee – helped turn the Andean nation into a coffee-exporting superpower.

I believe it will turn out much the same way for cannabis.

As you're going to see in a minute, there's a change coming overseas in 2019 – one that promises to be a real treat for investors.

I mean the birth of the first marijuana-exporting superpower. In fact, this country is already the world leader in cannabis research.

There's no telling whether we'll be treated to a Madison Avenue mascot, but one thing is beyond a doubt: This development is a giant step toward marijuana becoming a bona fide, globally traded commodity.

Let me introduce you to the National Institute for Cannabis Investors advisory board member who's got us a front-row seat...

Dow Jones Industrial Average Rallies Today Ahead of FOMC Decision

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is rallying early Wednesday ahead of today's critical announcement by the Federal Reserve on interest rates.

Despite outrage from President Donald Trump, the U.S. central bank is expected to hike interest rates for the fourth time in 2018, raising concerns that the Fed will put a halt on America's economic expansion and rattle investor confidence for the balance of the year.

Here's everything you need to know about the market today...

Why You Don't Have to Sweat This Mega-Bearish Trend

Does this seem familiar? We kicked off a new week on the market pretty much on the same foot we ended on last Friday. Right out the gate, the major indexes each shed more than 1%, which resulted in their worst respective starts to December trading since 1980.

From doubts about the bullishness of global growth, continued tariff tensions, and worries about an aggressive Federal Reserve policy coming on Wednesday, there's just so much weighing upon the market.

Now, all of the major indexes – the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite, and the S&P 500 – are in correction territory, having lost all of their gains for the year.

But there's even more than all of that going on, and you'd drive yourself crazy if you tried to pay attention to the noise each and every day.

But I'm here to make things clear for you and, more to the point, make sure you're steadily profiting no matter what's happening...