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Wall Street Breakfast

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Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business, Investing, Business News, News

3.8950 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Cannabis stocks rally after Trump posts video touting CBD use for senior healthcare. (00:25) YouTube (GOOG) (GOOGL) to pay Trump $24.5M for suspending account after Capitol riot. (02:01) McDonald's (MCD) bets on Monopoly game to lure in loyalty members. (03:15)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

We've made it to the final trading day of the month. The last day of the quarter, it's Tuesday, September 30th.

0:14.8

I'm Julie Morgan. Cannabis catches fire on Wall Street. Trump wins another payout and McDonald's is bringing back a fan favorite.

0:25.0

Cannabis stocks moved sharply higher on Monday after President Trump publicly endorsed the use of CBD for senior health care.

0:33.8

The president posted a video on his truth social account from the Commonwealth Project that highlighted CBD's potential to revolutionize senior health care

0:43.3

by slowing the progression of diseases and providing alternatives to prescription drugs.

0:49.4

Shares of leading cannabis firms including Tilray brands, Kronos group, Aurora Cannabis, and related

0:56.0

ETFs rose by double digits following the post on Truth Social. U.S. listed shares of

1:01.9

canopy growth gained 17% on Monday. Tilrey brands jumped 60%. Kronos Group added 13%

1:10.9

and Aurora Cannabis scale 28%.

1:14.3

As for ETF's ticker symbol

1:16.5

MSOS gained 28% and MJ

1:20.1

gained more than 26%.

1:22.7

Other U.S. and Canadian cannabis companies

1:25.5

including Green Thumb Industries,

1:29.0

Cura Leaf Holdings, and True Leaf also saw considerable gains. The video posted by Trump highlighted CBD use for reducing pain

1:36.1

and stress, improving sleep and helping deal with health issues, including cancer symptoms and Alzheimer's.

1:43.4

The three-minute video has a Fox News segment outlining the financial advantages of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.

1:52.0

It says that this would amount to cost savings of $64 billion a year if cannabis is fully integrated into the health care system.

2:01.9

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit filed by President Trump

2:09.3

after his account was suspended following the Capitol riot on January 6th.

2:14.7

YouTube suspended Trump's channel after the riot, saying it had removed videos that

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