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Why Curaleaf Got Investors Higher on Friday

One piece of news came from Florida, the other from Pennsylvania. One positive internal company development and another outside of its control helped propel Curaleaf (OTC: CURLF) stock into the win column on Friday. The marijuana company's shares ticked up by 1.5% that trading session, on a day when the S&P 500 index closed in the red at 0.4%.

Italy’s outlook improves to positive at Moody’s

Investing.com -- Moody’s Ratings has revised the outlook for the Government of Italy from stable to positive today, while simultaneously confirming the country’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at Baa3. The foreign currency senior unsecured MTN programme and shelf ratings have also been confirmed at (P)Baa3. The local currency commercial paper rating has been affirmed at Prime-3, and the foreign currency other short-term programme rating has been affirmed at (P)Prime-3.

Meet the Growth Stock Up 61% in the Past 1 Year

New store openings, coupled with comparable sales growth, helped this business drive a double-digit revenue gain in Q1. In the past 12 months, the S&P 500 index has generated a total return of 13% (as of May 21). There's one growth stock that has handily outperformed the broader index, as it's up 61% in the past year.