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Trump's Latest Order May Unleash America's Big Banks - Here's What You Need to Know

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All of Donald Trump's packaged campaign promises were wrapped in a mostly red, white and blue ribbon slogan: Make America Great Again.

Since taking office, President Trump has been unwrapping those promises in rapid-fire succession.

Last Friday, as part of his deregulation platform, the President signed an executive order calling for the Treasury Department to review the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, a 2300-page law that mandated extensive reforms of the financial industry.

Unfortunately, Making America Great Again has nothing to do with making great big banks bigger and more dangerous again.

When it comes to financial deregulation, we need to separate fake news about banks being held back from lending from the truth about their power, profits and potential to sink America again.

Here's what you need to know…

Technology

Marijuana Investing Will Still Produce Big Profits in 2017

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By any measure, 2016 was a great year – a watershed, in fact – for the tech- and pharma-heavy cannabis niche.

For instance, ever since Sept. 2, when I sent my Nova-X Report subscribers the 30 pot stock recommendations in my "weed investors' bible," The Roadmap to Marijuana Millions, we've seen incredible gains all across the market sector.

And what had been a phenomenal year got even better with a massive victory: On Nov. 8, voters in five states (five juicy untapped markets) voted to legalize medical and recreational marijuana. That boosted the cannabis niche's growth prospects immensely. Remember, this is an investing arena that was already expected to grow by more than 31% a year until at least the early 2020s.

But… the buoyant marijuana markets took notice when President-elect Donald Trump tapped U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to be the next U.S. Attorney General. The nation's would-be top cop is known for his, shall we say, "retrograde" views on marijuana – legal and otherwise.

Trading Strategies

Part Two: Big Changes Will Produce Big Profits for Savvy Investors

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[The Second of Two Parts] – We set the stage for 2017 in last week's column with a look at the investing backdrop that will drive profits this year. And, as part of that, we talked briefly about the unseen mental challenge that will trip up most investors who don't see it coming.

Today we're going to dive deeper into the strategic implications driving each of our six Unstoppable Trends as well as their relative influence on our strategy in the months ahead.

Why?

For the simple reason that, in recorded history, more billionaires have been created around these six Unstoppable Trends than any other trend not on the list.

2017: Big Changes Will Produce Big Profits for Savvy Investors

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As Chief Investment Strategist, it's my job to bring you the "red meat," meaning actionable information, insight and, of course, recommendations – as opposed to the usual clickbait that runs rampant all over the Internet today and that you see in mainstream news rags. Anything less would be unacceptable.

So today, I want to take a look ahead at 2017 and how I see profit plays related to each of the six "Unstoppable Trends" developing.

As is often the case, these are opportunities other investors don't see and simply cannot recognize ahead of time because they're not Money Morning Members, and they don't have the advantages you do when it comes to analysis, trends, and tactics that can lead to huge profits.

So grab a chair – the profit potential I'm going to show you is simply outrageous!

Here's where we start...

stocks

Why Big Tech Stocks Are "Unwinding" in 2016

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Blue-chip tech stocks were some of the biggest growth catalysts for the bull market we exited in January. That was the longest bull market since World War II, which lasted six years.

Now we've entered a bear market. And it's sent the Nasdaq down 17% from its July highs.

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) are already down 11% and 26% this year, respectively.

Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald explains why big tech stocks are forfeiting their gains and how investors should play them long term...

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Did Elon Musk's Big "Range Anxiety" Reveal Deliver? (TSLA)

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted via tweet Sunday at a breakthrough that would eliminate electric car drivers' greatest fear.

The Model S is already fantastic in terms of range compared to its electric competitors. Each of the four variations delivers ranges between 208 and 270 miles per charge, compared to competitors' 100 miles per charge.

Still, the news was well-received by investors – Tesla stock shot up 3.72% Monday.

But Elon Musk has been criticized in the past for failing to deliver on exactly these kinds of "teaser tweets." Here's how the moonshot entrepreneur did today...

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Dividend Stocks: Big Banks Boost Payouts, Plus a Dozen More Yield Increases

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Dividend stocks news:  The big dividend news last week came from the banking sector on the heels of the U.S. Federal Reserve's stress test.

The test is aimed at ensuring big banks can handle a steep slump like the 2008 financial crisis and continue operations without a government bailout. In total, 25 banks passed the central bank's test, while five failed.

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Aussie Bank Chief Favors Big Four' Merger to Avoid Asia-Market Irrelevance

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From Staff Reports National Australia Bank Ltd. (OTC: NABZY) has jumped back into the debate on the Australian federal government’s ban on mergers between the country’s “Big Four” banks after NAB Chief Executive John Stewart changed his stance on the highly controversial policy, which many feel will relegate Australia’s banking system to a secondary position […]

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