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I wrote a piece here in December about my interest in ETFs, concluding that not all ETFs are good. That piece included something about every ETF article that I had published at Seeking Alpha since October 19th. I have published a few more since then: 12/21: Approach REIT ETFs Cautiously 12/25: PEY Is Not As Bad As It Looks 01/04: Why NOBL Could Falter 01/12: SMDV: Why I Still Like It The last one was by my new alias at Seeking Alpha, The Intelligent ETF Investor . I continue

Yesterday's news was as expected, with President Trump issuing an Executive Order that moves cannabis rescheduling further along. If you ask ChatGPT, you will "learn" that it has been rescheduled: Chat GPT suggests that the action has already rescheduled cannabis, but I don't think that it has. I visited the DEA website, and it is still listed currently as Schedule I. There is no news about the EO at all. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is not a fan of cannabis from what I c

I discussed t he crash of MSOS again on 11/18, when it closed at $3.16, and it has rebounded to $3.89. Clearly, it is highly volatile! I discussed why it was crashing and how low it could go and shared some good alternatives. Today, I want to discuss the current holdings, the bounce, the acceleration of redemptions of the ETF, and my updated view on the potential downside. MSOS Is Extremely Concentrated In Its Holdings and Is Leveraged AdvisorShares does a great job of updat

When I wrote about MSOS here on 10/19, I explained why it was plunging . It had closed at $4.76 on 10/17, and today it closed at $3.16, down 33.6%. MSOS is now down 17.1% in 2025 after collapsing last year. The New Cannabis Ventures Global Cannabis Stock Index, which closed today at 5.91, is down 14.1%, which is down less than MSOS. Why MSOS Is Crashing MSOS started running up when Q3 began. Looking at it since 6/30, it has increased a lot, even after the sharp pullback recen