Here’s some trivia for you: Which American holiday is #1 for beer retailers? As you might have guessed by the timing of my question — it’s the Fourth of July! According to the National Beer Wholesalers Association, the demand for beer right now is double that of a typical week. And the Fourth is a milestone for the industry, much like “Black Friday” is for other retailers. On some of the biggest days for backyard barbecues, beer companies are moving a lot of six-packs. No surprise there. I’ll probably have a few cold ones myself on the holiday. So why — right in the middle of its best season — did one of the biggest alcohol distributors make a major investment outside of its industry?

Marijuana is the kind of industry where people either love it... or hate it. So, when I write about it, I tend to hear from readers who either love it... or hate it. So, today I want to take a look at the numbers. They tell the real story. When Leafly.com wanted to run a jobs report on the U.S. cannabis industry, it realized that the federal government was not tracking it. So the website hired Whitney Economics. And from looking at state and industry data, it found that nearly 65,000 cannabis-related jobs were created in 2018. It was a 44% increase, on the heels of +21% in 2017. All in all, total cannabis jobs came in at 211,000. But when you factor in indirect jobs, it’s more like 296,000 jobs.

I must say, putting together these Friday roundups for you has become one of my favorite things to do each week. A few Fridays ago, I thought it would be a good idea to send you some of the important headlines after what had been a busy and exciting week in the major investment themes we’re following. I constantly read these stories anyway to stay current on all of the ongoing progress, and honestly, they are just one reason I get so fired up about the opportunities we have to make a lot of money. I thought you would enjoy knowing the same information. This was yet another good week.

Yesterday, I described how it seems that every five to eight years or so, a window of explosive wealth creation opens. From technology to the internet to real estate to cryptocurrencies, these are the windows that can help people get rich – often faster than they think possible. These are the windows to making a lot of money. But… the key is walking through them… and now is the time. I mentioned Akerna (KERN) yesterday – the company that resulted from the merger of MTech Acquisition and MJ Freeway. It surged over 546% in four months thanks to the completion of the merger. Today, I want to tell you about another company that was under the radar for a time. It’s not anymore.