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New tool uses #AI to flag fake news for media fact-checkers – SPONSOR: Datametrex AI Limited $DM.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 1:24 PM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020

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New tool uses AI to flag fake news for media fact-checkers

  • A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could help social media networks and news organizations weed out false stories.
  • The tool uses deep-learning AI algorithms to determine if claims made in posts or stories are supported by other posts and stories on the same subject.

By: University of Waterloo

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could help social media networks and news organizations weed out false stories.

The tool, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, uses deep-learning AI algorithms to determine if claims made in posts or stories are supported by other posts and stories on the same subject.

“If they are, great, it’s probably a real story,” said Alexander Wong, a professor of systems design engineering at Waterloo. “But if most of the other material isn’t supportive, it’s a strong indication you’re dealing with fake news.”

Researchers were motivated to develop the tool by the proliferation of online posts and news stories that are fabricated to deceive or mislead readers, typically for political or economic gain.

Their system advances ongoing efforts to develop fully automated technology capable of detecting fake news by achieving 90 per cent accuracy in a key area of research known as stance detection.

Given a claim in one post or story and other posts and stories on the same subject that have been collected for comparison, the system can correctly determine if they support it or not nine out of 10 times.

That is a new benchmark for accuracy by researchers using a large dataset created for a 2017 scientific competition called the Fake News Challenge.

While scientists around the world continue to work towards a fully automated system, the Waterloo technology could be used as a screening tool by human fact-checkers at social media and news organizations.

“It augments their capabilities and flags information that doesn’t look quite right for verification,” said Wong, a founding member of the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute. “It isn’t designed to replace people, but to help them fact-check faster and more reliably.”

AI algorithms at the heart of the system were shown tens of thousands of claims paired with stories that either supported or didn’t support them. Over time, the system learned to determine support or non-support itself when shown new claim-story pairs.

“We need to empower journalists to uncover truth and keep us informed,” said Chris Dulhanty, a graduate student who led the project. “This represents one effort in a larger body of work to mitigate the spread of disinformation.”

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191216122422.htm

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NORTHBUD $NBUD.ca – When #CBD met chocolate $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $OGI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020

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When CBD met chocolate

The health-conscious, environmentally-aware consumer has encouraged new trends in the chocolate sector that affect flavour, texture and harvesting. Greater Goods has gone one step further, infusing the beloved food of the gods with CBD. Bethan Grylls hears from its co-founder about why this combination works.

Indulgent, premium and good-for-you: these words will be familiar to the modern-day confectioner as they look to address current trends1 and differentiate themselves in a competitive market. Be it a new sensory experience across taste, texture or colour; the lure of single-origin sourcing; or a guilt-free treat, the realms of chocolate innovation and buyer demands have stretched well beyond the days of penny sweets.

Some brands have taken things one step further, combining trends like organic, fair trade and non-GMO confectionery, with the demand for CBD – a term that was Googled 6. 4 million times during April 2019.2

Greater Goods, based in Oregon, US, is one example, offering its customers a selection of cannabinoid-infused ‘goodies’. Despite being a modest husband and wife venture, the team says they are looking to compete against the larger companies through hand-crafted, fun and unusually-flavoured products.

Source: https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/101342/when-cbd-met-chocolate/

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#Edtech Unicorn Byju’s Gets $200 Mn From Tiger Global SPONSOR: BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:30 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020
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Edtech Unicorn Byju’s Gets $200 Mn From Tiger Global

  • Secondary transactions are expected to provide exit to early investors
  • Byju’s plans to launch Online Tutoring in next few months
  • Byju”s has reportedly been valued at $8 Bn with this investment

Bengaluru-based edtech company Byju’s, on Thursday (January 9), announced that it has raised funding from New York-based Tiger Global. The company didn’t share the funding amount, but reports have said that Tiger Global has invested $200 Mn in Byju’s.

The report further said that secondary transactions, estimated at $100Mn-$200 Mn, are also expected to provide exit to early investors. The round reportedly valued Byju’s at $8 Bn. The company didn’t specify the same and also didn’t share details of plans to use the funds. 

Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO, Byju’s said, “We are happy to partner with a strong investor like Tiger Global Management. They share our sense of purpose and this partnership will advance our long term vision of creating an impact by changing the way students learn. This partnership is both a validation of the impact created by us so far and a vote of confidence for our long term vision.”

Byju’s Growth Plans

Founded in 2008 by Divya Gokulnath and Byju Raveendran, Byju’s offers a learning app, which was launched in 2015 and has learning programmes for students in classes IV-XII, along with courses to help students prepare for competitive exams like JEE, NEET, CAT, IAS, GRE, and GMAT.

Byju’s was last valued at $ 5.7 Bn and has raised over $969.8 Mn funding from investors such as General Atlantic, Tencent, Naspers, Qatar Investment Authority, and Canada’s Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) among others.

In January 2019, Byju’s also forayed into the US with the acquisition of Osmo, a US-based learning platform. Over the last year, the company’s fundraising has focused on international expansion. The expansion to the Middle East, the US, the UK, South Africa, and other African and Commonwealth markets have been on the cards.

Related Article: Edtech Unicorn BYJU’S Revamps ESOPs Plan For Employees

Further, Byju’s has also tied up with Disney to launch its edtech services for kids in classes 1st to 3rd. BYJU’S Early Learn app for young children aged between 6 to 8 years old with Disney’s stories and characters from Disney Princess, Frozen, Cars, Toy Story franchises and more. This year, the company is planning to launch Byju’s Online Tutoring, which will further help the company to accelerate its growth and profitability.

In the past 12 months, Byju’s claims to have witnessed tremendous growth with over 42 Mn registered users and 3 Mn paid subscribers from both rural and urban areas in India. It claims that the average number of minutes a student spends on the app has increased from 64 minutes to 71 minutes per day over the last year and the annual renewal rates are as high as 85%.

The company had claimed to have tripled its revenue from INR 520 Cr to INR 1480 Cr in FY 18-19 and turned profitable on a full-year basis. The company also said it is on track to double revenues to INR 3000 Cr in the current financial year.

“Byju’s has emerged as the leader in the Indian education-tech sector. They are pioneering technology shaping the future of learning for millions of school students in India. We are excited to support Byju and the team,” said Scott Shleifer, Partner, Tiger Global.

Challenges In Edtech Amid Increasing Investor Interest

The impact Byju’s has created has been highlighted in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2019 report. The report said that Byju’s number of paying students between the ages of 9-17, had crossed over 1.5 Mn in March 2019 from the 1 Mn mark in the last financial year.

Digital evolution and the boom in smartphone adoption are expected to define the way Indian students learn. Real-time book updates, online tutoring, edutainment, online test preparation, web-based research, and gamification — technology has changed our traditional education system in more ways than one. With more than 260 Mn enrolments, India has the world’s largest K-12 (primary and secondary) education system.

According to DataLabs by Inc42, there were 3,500 edtech startups in India in 2018. Between 2014 and 2019, a total of $1.802 Bn was raised by edtech startups across 303 deals.

Byju’s close competitors include Toppr and Unacademy, who are working towards dominating the Indian edtech segment, which is expected to be a $1.96 Bn market by 2021.

DataLabs noted that one of the reasons for edtech startups being unable to go mainstream and attract investments is lack of awareness about the latest education technology in the country. To support the sector, the government is working on national education policy as well.

The draft policy has “proposed the revision and revamping of all aspects of the education structure, its regulation and governance, to create a new system that is aligned with the aspirational goals of 21st-century education, while remaining consistent with India’s traditions and value systems.”

The draft policy says that technology will play an important role in the improvement of educational processes and outcomes. The draft policy says that the relationship between technology and education at all levels is bidirectional.

Source: https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-unicorn-byjus-gets-200-mn-funding-from-tiger-global/

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CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca Partners with CareOS to Bring Consumer ECG Monitoring into the Connected Home $ATE.ca $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:56 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020

GEMS™ Mobile and the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat to be integrated with the CareOS smart mirror

  • Entered into a partnership agreement with CareOS SAS , a subsidiary of Baracoda Group (“CareOS“), to provide consumer ECG monitoring technologies through the CareOS Poseidon smart mirror health and beauty hub.

TORONTO, ONTARIO /January 8, 2020 / CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSXV:EKG)(OTCPINK:EKGGF)(“CardioComm” or the “Company“), a global provider of consumer heart monitoring and electrocardiogram (“ECG“) device and software solutions, is pleased to confirm it has entered into a partnership agreement with CareOS SAS (France), a subsidiary of Baracoda Group (“CareOS“), to provide consumer ECG monitoring technologies through the CareOS Poseidon smart mirror health and beauty hub.

The partnership will see CardioComm’s FDA and Health Canada cleared GEMS™ ECG management software and Smart Monitoring ECG reading service integrated into the touch and gesture controlled smart mirror. The GEMSTM software will be capable of recognizing ECG devices made by multiple device manufacturers which will permit CareOS customers more options in choosing a device of their preference. The HeartCheck™ CardiBeat will be a CareOS recommended device given its availability in Canada, the US and Europe. When taking an ECG, the user will activate the smart mirror’s display to connect to a selected ECG device. The Smart mirror will also display the ECG trace in real-time during the recording. Once recorded the ECG can be replayed and there will be no limit to the number of ECG reports the user can generate. Users will also have the option to send any of the recorded ECGs to CardioComm’s SMART Monitoring ECG reading service to have the ECG reviewed and a triage ECG report provided.

CareOS’ interest to integrate CardioComm’s easy-to-use ECG monitoring technologies into the Poseidon smart mirror compliments both companies’ objectives to produce a credible, privacy-first, intuitive personal care platform that improves wellbeing and long term health. The innovative Poseidon smart mirror was also awarded the Consumer Electronics Show (“CES“) Innovation Award in the Smart Home category for a second consecutive year.

CardioComm was the first company to enter the personalized ECG monitoring market and it did so to address an unmet availability of medically credible heart monitoring solutions to the consumer market. The Company is motivated to develop partnerships with innovative organizations like CareOS, to assist in bringing new “firsts” to market that can leverage medically credentialed technologies that physicians are already familiar with and that will enhance the consumer’s health monitoring experience.

CardioComm is listed as a partner on the CareOS website and the Company will also be present at CES.

To learn more about CardioComm’s products and for further updates regarding HeartCheck™ ECG device integrations please visit the Company’s websites at www.cardiocommsolutions.com and www.theheartcheck.com.

About CardioComm Solutions

CardioComm Solutions’ patented and proprietary technology is used in products for recording, viewing, analyzing and storing electrocardiograms for diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. Products are sold worldwide through a combination of an external distribution network and a North American-based sales team. CardioComm Solutions has earned the ISO 13485:2016 MDSAP certification, is HIPAA compliant and holds clearances from the European Union (CE Mark), the USA (FDA) and Canada (Health Canada).

About CareOS

CareOS, digital center of self care, is a privacy-first, intuitive, open platform for personal intelligence that works naturally into an individual’s hygiene, beauty, wellness and preventative care rituals. It makes the best possible use of time we spend in front of a mirror to improve our health and appearance by organizing and enhancing information from connected devices, digital services and CareOS’s own AI, powered by Tensorflow Lite. CareOS is a Baracoda Group company, led by experts with decades of experience in connected devices and wellness, specifically to provide support to consumers in their bathrooms, salons, spas and retail stores. To learn more about CareOS, please visit the Company’s website at https://care-os.com/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Etienne Grima, Chief Executive Officer
1-877-977-9425 x227
[email protected]
[email protected]

Forward-looking statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of CardioComm Solutions and certain of the plans and objectives of CardioComm Solutions with respect to these items. Such statements and information reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forward-looking information involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.

In evaluating these statements, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements and forward-looking information contained in this release other than as required by applicable laws, including without limitation, Section 5.8(2) of National Instrument 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations).

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE: CardioComm Solutions, Inc

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Labrador Gold $LAB.ca Provides Review of 2019 Exploration and Outlines Plans for 2020 $RIO.ca $WHM.ca $SIC.ca $NXS.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:52 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020
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Labrador Gold Corp. (TSX-V: LAB) (“LabGold” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide a review of its exploration activities completed during 2019. During 2020, LabGold intends to test the continuity of recently discovered mineralization at its Hopedale Project with a drilling program.

Roger Moss, President and CEO stated: “Exploration on both of our Labrador Projects during 2019 continued to successfully define areas of gold mineralization. These include the discovery of a new gold showing with assays from 1.67 to 8.26 g/t gold in grab samples at the Hopedale Project. This is located 500 metres along strike from the known Thurber Dog gold showing within a broader three kilometre stretch of anomalous gold in rock and soil. We look forward to continuing our systematic exploration, including drilling, of this mineralized system in 2020.”

 2019 Hopedale Project Highlights

  • Discovered a new gold showing north of the Thurber Dog gold occurrence, grab samples from which assayed between 1.67 and 8.26 g/t Au.
  • The Thurber Dog gold occurrence has assays in grab and channel samples from below detection up to 7.866 g/t Au, with 5 samples greater than 1 g/t Au and 16 samples assaying greater than 0.1 g/t Au.
  • The discovery extends the potential strike length of gold mineralization by approximately 500 metres along strike to the north.The new showing occurs within a larger 3km trend of anomalous gold in rock and soil associated with the contact between mafic/ultramafic volcanic rocks and felsic volcanic rocks.

 2019 Ashuanipi Project Highlights

  • Discovered a gold enriched zone near a high grade (8,973ppb) soil sample taken in 2018.
  • The zone is defined by anomalous gold in both soil (below detection up to 1,746ppb Au and including 12 samples over 100ppb Au) and grab rock samples (below detection up to 2.35 g/t Au) that cover an area of 450 metres by 450 metres.A second area of gold mineralization associated with garnet-bearing gossanous gneiss also shows potential.
  • Grab rock samples show values from below detection to 0.68 g/t Au with 10 samples showing values greater than 0.1 g/t Au over an area of 200m by 120m within a larger anomalous area of gold in soil samples.

 Note that grab samples are selected samples and are not necessarily representative of mineralization on the properties. 

Location of the new showing, Thurber Dog, Thurber North and Thurber South occurrences within the 3km long mineralized Thurber trend:

New Showing with rusty zones due to the presence of pyrite and arsenopyrite:

What to expect in 2020

Hopedale Project

Exploration at Hopedale during 2020 will focus on determining the extent of the Thurber Dog mineralized trend. Such work would aim to fill in the gaps between showings over the three-kilometre strike length with sampling and VLF-EM surveys. LabGold also intends to carry out an initial drill program targeting prospective areas along this trend, including the new showing.

Ashuanipi Project

LabGold’s priority at Ashuanipi is to reach an agreement with the Matimekush-Lac John First Nation to enable continued exploration of the property. The 2019 election of the new Chief and Council has been challenged in Federal Court in Quebec with a court date scheduled for the end of February. As such, community engagement and negotiations are on hold until the court case is settled.

Borden Lake Extension Project

During 2019, Newmont Goldcorp announced the start of commercial production at their Borden Mine. The Borden Lake Extension project is located less than five kilometres from the Borden Mine along the southeast trend of the Borden Gold zone. Note that mineralization hosted on nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization that may be hosted on the Company’s property.

Given the start of mining at Borden, follow up of past results at the Borden Lake Extension project will be undertaken in 2020. Such work will likely include additional till sampling and geochemical surveys to better define the previously outlined anomalous zones as well as a reinterpretation of VLF-EM data using the latest inversion software. Due to the glacial cover in the area, overburden drilling, guided by results of this work, would be the best means to define targets for follow up diamond drilling.

Location of the BLE property and anomalous gold zones along trend to the southeast of Newmont-Goldcorp’s Borden Gold Zone.

 All samples were shipped to the Bureau Veritas laboratory in Vancouver, BC, where they were crushed and split and a 500g sub sample pulverized to 200 mesh. Samples of 30g were analyzed for gold by fire assay with an atomic absorption finish and another 15g sample for 36 elements by ultratrace ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry) following an aqua regia digestion. Over limit samples (greater than 10g/t Au) are re-assayed using fire assay with a gravimetric finish. In addition to the QA-QC conducted by the laboratory, the Company routinely submits blanks, field duplicates and certified reference standards with batches of samples to monitor the quality of the analyses.

Roger Moss, PhD., P.Geo., is the qualified person responsible for all technical information in this release.

The Company gratefully acknowledges the Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Natural Resources’ Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program for its financial support for exploration of the Ashuanipi property.

About Labrador Gold:

Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of prospective gold projects in the Americas. In 2017 Labrador Gold signed a Letter of Intent under which the Company has the option to acquire 100% of the Ashuanipi property in northwest Labrador and the Hopedale property in eastern Labrador.

The Hopedale property covers much of the Florence Lake greenstone belt that stretches over 60 km. The belt is typical of greenstone belts around the world but has been underexplored by comparison. Initial work by Labrador Gold during 2017 show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 3 kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition, anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over approximately 40 kilometres along the southern section of the greenstone belt (see news release dated January 25, 2018 for more details).

The Ashuanipi gold project is located just 35 km from the historical iron ore mining community of Schefferville, which is linked by rail to the port of Sept Iles, Quebec in the south. The claim blocks cover large lake sediment gold anomalies that, with the exception of local prospecting, have not seen a systematic modern day exploration program. Results of the 2017 reconnaissance exploration program following up the lake sediment anomalies show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and over a 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend. The anomalies appear to be broadly associated with magnetic highs and do not show any correlation with specific rock types on a regional scale (see news release dated January 18, 2018). This suggests a possible structural control on the localization of the gold anomalies. Historical work 30 km north on the Quebec side led to gold intersections of up to 2.23 grams per tonne (g/t) Au over 19.55 metres (not true width) (Source: IOS Services Geoscientifiques, 2012, Exploration and geological reconnaissance work in the Goodwood River Area, Sheffor Project, Summer Field Season 2011). Gold in both areas appears to be associated with similar rock types.

The Company has 57,039,022 common shares issued and outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol LAB.

For more information please contact:
Roger Moss, President and CEO
Tel: 416-704-8291
Or visit our website at: www.labradorgold.com
Twitter: @LabGoldCorp

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SPONSOR: Affinity Metals $AAF.ca – 12-Year Breakout in Mining Stocks Relative to Gold $SII.ca $TUD.ca $GTT.ca $AMK.ca $OSK.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:39 PM on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

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Excerpts from Crescat Capitals November Newsletter:

Precious Metals

Precious metals are poised to benefit from what we consider to be the best macro set up we’ve seen in our careers. The stars are all aligning. We believe strongly that this time monetary policy will come at a cost. Look in the chart below at how the new wave of global money printing just initiated by the Fed in response to the Treasury market funding crisis is highly likely to pull depressed gold prices up with it.

The gold and silver mining industry endured a severe bear market from 2011 to 2015 and have formed a strong base over the last four years.

The imbalance between historically depressed commodity prices relative to record overvalued US stocks remains at the core of our macro views. On the long side, we believe strongly commodities offer tremendous upside potential on many fronts. Precious metals remain our favorite. We view gold as the ultimate haven asset to likely outperform in an environment of either a downturn in the business cycle, rising global currency wars, implosion of fiat currencies backed by record indebted government, or even a full-blown inflationary set up. These scenarios are all possible. Our base case is that governments and central banks will keep their pedals to the metal to attempt to fend off credit implosion or to mop up after one has already occurred until inflation becomes a persistent problem.

The gold and silver mining industry is precisely where we see one of the greatest ways to express this investment thesis. These stocks have been in a severe bear market from 2011 to 2015 and have been formed a strong base over the last four years. They are offer and incredibly attractive deep-value opportunity and appear to be just starting to break out this year. We have done a deep dive in this sector and met with over 40 different management teams this year. Combining that work with our proprietary equity models, we are finding some of the greatest free-cash-flow growth and value opportunities in the market today unrivaled by any other industry. We have also found undervalued high-quality exploration assets that will make excellent buyout candidates.

We recently point out this 12-year breakout in mining stocks relative to gold now looks as solid as a rock. In our view, this is just the beginning of a major bull market for this entire industry. We encourage investors to consider our new Crescat Precious Metals SMA strategy which is performing extremely well this year.

“This is just the beginning of a major bull market for this entire industry”

Zero Discounting for Inflation Risk Today

With historic Federal debt relative to GDP and large deficits into the future as far as the eye can see, if the global financial markets cannot absorb the increase in Treasury debt, the Fed will be forced to monetize it even more. The problem is that the Fed’s panic money printing at this point in the economic cycle may hasten the unwinding of the imbalances it is so desperate to maintain because it has perversely fed the last-gasp melt up of speculation in already record over-valued and extended equity and corporate credit markets. It is reminiscent of when the Fed injected emergency cash into the repo market at the peak of the tech bubble at the end of 1999 to fend off a potential Y2K computer glitch that led to that market and business cycle top.
After 40 years of declining inflation expectations in the US, there is a major disconnect today between portfolio positioning, valuation, and economic reality. Too much of the investment world is long the “risk parity” trade to one degree or another, long stocks paired with leveraged long bonds, a strategy that has back-tested great over the last 40 years, but one that would be a disaster in a secular rising inflation environment.

With historic Federal debt relative to GDP and large deficits into the future as far as the eye can see, rising long-term inflation, and the hidden tax thereon, is the default, bi-partisan plan for the US government’s future funding regardless of who is in the White House and Congress after the 2020 elections. The market could start discounting this sooner rather than later.
The Fed’s excessive money printing may only reinforce the unraveling of financial asset imbalances today as it leads to rising inflation expectations and thereby a sell-off in today’s highly over-valued long duration assets including Treasury bonds and US equities, particularly insanely overvalued growth stocks. We believe we are in the vicinity of a major US stock market and business cycle peak.

Source:”Running Hot”

Courtesy of Crescat Capital: https://www.crescat.net/running-hot/

Thanks to

Kevin C. Smith, CFA
Chief Investment Officer

Tavi Costa
Portfolio Manager

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Lomiko Metals $LMR.ca 2020s: The Decade of the Electric Vehicle Revolution $CJC.ca $SRG.ca $NGC.ca $LLG.ca $GPH.ca $NOU.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:03 PM on Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

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Graphite Market to hit $27.03 Billion by 2025 – Analysis by Demand, Size, Share, Price, Growth Drivers and Business Opportunities: Adroit Market Research

The staggering growth in hybrid and fully electric vehicles to be an influential driving factor for the futuristic graphite industry expansion. Synthetic graphite market is projected to account for a revenue share of >85% of the total market in 2025

The global graphite market projected to be valued at around USD 27.03 billion by 2025. Furthermore, global graphite demand is anticipated to grow at a remarkable pace at a CAGR of 6.3% over the forecast period. Graphite finds numerous applications in refractories, steel making, foundries, as lubricating agent among many others. Presently, usage of graphite in car batteries for electric and hybrid electric vehicles is estimated to significantly boost the demand for graphite over the forecast period.

The Adroit Market Research recently published its research study on the graphite industry. The report covers all the major aspects of the graphite industry. The study is a comprehensive dataset which also includes qualitative aspects pertaining to the graphite industry. The market data is provided from 2015-2025 where 2015 to 2017 is the historic data, 2018 is considered as the base year and forecast period is from 2019 to 2025. The report provides a holistic view of the supply chain of the graphite industry which includes insights relevant to all the players in the graphite market value chain.

The research report on global graphite market is segmented on the basis of type, application, and region. The report includes the industry landscape in the form of market drivers, restraints and market opportunities. The study also highlights the impacts of related industries on graphite and analyses the market for various aspects using the Porter’s five forces analysis, PESTEL analysis and value chain.

Graphite is a naturally occurring allotropic form of carbon. It is a non-metal with several beneficial properties such as high melting point, thermal resistance, and high electrical and thermal conductivity. Also, graphite is available in adifferent form, owing to which it finds high usage across several industry verticals.

Graphite is either derived naturally or produced synthetically. Natural graphite mines are majorly found in China which is followed by Brazil and India. Flake, amorphous, and vein graphite are the major types of natural graphite forms which are commercially available at present. Flake graphite accounts for the highest demand in the global graphite industry with ~1.6x times growth expected further during the forecast period.

Synthetic graphite is produced by using several processes such as pyrolitic process and graphitization owing to which price of this type is much higher than natural graphite. Synthetic graphite is of high purity which is used in graphite electrodes, carbon fibers, and carbon blocks among other applications. Graphite electrode is projected to continue its dominance owing to the high degree of usage in steel making process.

By application, the batteries segment is projected to offer substantial growth owing to its applicability for new generation electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Constant technological innovations for making fully autonomous cars is projected to emerge as the biggest application which will drive the future demand for graphite. The battery segment is estimated to show a staggering growth with a 7.9% CAGR over the forecast period.

By region, Asia Pacific is estimated to continue its dominance owing to high demand from end use segments such as construction, automotive, and packaging industries. Increasing spending power is projected to further support the growth. North America and Europe are projected to show positive growth owing to high demand for hybrid and fully electric vehicles. Middle East is also projected to offer lucrative opportunities owing to high demand in the automotive industry.

The global graphite market is expected to be highly competitive, owing to a significant fragmentation in the industry. Large number of players are present across the value chain which are into manufacturing of synthetic graphite types. Boom in the natural graphite has also led to a growth in number of mining companies outside China. Showa Denko K.K., Toray Industries, Inc., Teijin Limited, Northern Graphite Corporation, Asbury Carbons are some of the key players in the graphite industry. Acquisition and capacity expansion are the key strategies followed by these players to maximize their presence in market.

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#Mhealth Market is Expected to Be the Fastest Growing By 2025 – SPONSOR: CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca – $ATE.ca $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

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mHealth Market is Expected to Be the Fastest Growing By 2025

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  • According to experts from TMR, the global mHelath market stood at US$23.9 bn in 2017.
  • This revenue is expected to gain an impressive value of US$118.4bn by the end of 2025. Experts project this growth to occur with a meteoric CAGR of 22.1% during the forecast period from 2017 to 2025.

The global mHelath market bears a highly fragmented vendor landscape, says Transparency Market Research (TMR) in a recently published report. This is solely because of the existence of large, medium, and small-scale players in the market. Withings, FitBit, Apple Inc., Jawbone, and Dexcom are the dominant players working in the global mHelath market.

Out of the various strategic alliances adopted by players in the global mHelath market to hold a sizeable stakes, capitalizing on the emerging opportunities and acquiring latest technologies and tools has gained maximum popularity. The level of competition among leading vendors is getting escalated with rising use of technologies and smart devices such as wearables. The global mHelath market is expected to grow steadily due to the presence of highly established players who are concentrating on improving their product quality, facilitating product differentiation, and enhancing geographical reach. These companies are also attempting to introduce advanced and new products into the industry on a daily basis.

According to experts from TMR, the global mHelath market stood at US$23.9 bn in 2017. This revenue is expected to gain an impressive value of US$118.4bn by the end of 2025. Experts project this growth to occur with a meteoric CAGR of 22.1% during the forecast period from 2017 to 2025.

Among various products in the global mHelath market, connected medical devices hold substantial share, which is expected to boost the global mHelath market during the forecast period. This is because of rising focus towards fitness and increasing use of heart rate monitors among people.  Region wise, North America is expected to lead the global mHelath market in the coming years. This is attributed to a strong technological infrastructure along with high healthcare expenditure in the region.

Integration of Wireless Technologies to Fuel mHealth Market’s Growth

Health-related technologies and mobile applications are often known as mHealth, which helps in managing patients’ experiences. Such health mobile technologies and apps utilize advanced data analytics to help medical professionals in providing their patients best care at low cost. These health mobile applications facilitate easy and better health management through simple apps such as diet, exercise trackers, and calorie-counting. Such USPs are driving the global mHelath market. Along with this, rising penetration of internet connections and smartphones, and rapid technological advancements in healthcare industry are the factors majorly fueling growth in the global mHelath market.

Furthermore, mHelath ensures continuous communication between medical professionals and patients, thereby allow physicians to monitor, and diagnose patients without seeing them in person. Such benefits are also boosting the global mHelath market. Apart from these, rapid adoption of connected devices for monitoring various chronic diseases, and increasing demand for cost-effective medical services are also propelling expansion in the global mHelath market.

Low Physician Density May Hinder mHealth Market’s Growth

Growing reluctance of physicians to move over conventional methods, lack of regulations, concerns about data security, and low density of skilled professionals are some of the major challenges in the global mHealth market. Nonetheless, persistent demand and rising prevalence of   various lifestyle disorders is believed to help industry players overcome these challenges in the near future.

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Source: https://pronewstime.com/2020/01/08/mhealth-market-is-expected-to-be-the-fastest-growing-by-2025/

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NORTHBUD $NBUD.ca – Canadians Bought 100 Tonnes Of Legal #Cannabis In First Year $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $OGI.ca

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Canadians Bought 100 Tonnes Of Legal Cannabis In First Year

  • Canadians bought nearly 100 tonnes of legal recreational cannabis in its first year of availability, according to new figures released by Health Canada.

Health Canada said 88,676 kilograms of dried flower cannabis was sold in Canada in the first year of legalization, according to its Cannabis Tracking System. Overall sales of legal dried cannabis by weight have nearly tripled since October 2018.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday that Canadian household spending on cannabis totaled $1.27 billion in the third quarter of 2019, with the illicit market accounting for $860 million of that figure and the legal market estimated at $417 million.

While 100 tonnes may sound like a lot, the amount sold through legal channels was far below what analysts projected Canadian demand would be, a sign that the illicit market continues to weigh on legal sales. CIBC World Markets said in mid-2018 that the Canadian market would demand about 400,000 kilograms of legal pot annually, while the Bank of Nova Scotia forecast total cannabis demand in Canada will be 900,000 kilograms this year.

Health Canada also said that the total active cultivation area for cannabis in the country reached 1.78 million square metres at the end of September, a sizable jump from the 452,896 square meters of cultivation that was licensed for legal pot a year earlier. Nearly five million cannabis plants were being grown by producers at the end of the first year of legalization, Health Canada said.

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ThreeD Capital $IDK.ca – #Crypto Today: #Bitcoin is ready for a massive bull’s run #crypto $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

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Crypto Today: Bitcoin is ready for a massive bull’s run

Here’s what you need to know on Wednesday

Markets:

  • The BTC/USD is currently trading at $8,347 (+5.8% on a day-to-day basis). The coin has been moving within a strong bullish trend and hit a new 2020 high at $8,464.
  • The ETH/USD pair is currently trading at $144.7 (+1.18% on a day-to-day basis). The Ethereum retreated from the intraday high of $147.96; now, it is moving within a short-term bullish trend amid low volatility. 
  • XRP/USD settled at $0.2145 after a spike to $0.2255 on Tuesday. The coin is down 1.15% in recent 24 hours.
  • Among the 100 most important cryptocurrencies, the best of the day are Quant (QNT) $3.9 (+17.5%), Synthetix Network Token (SNX) $0.9973 (+13.57%) and Horizen (ZEN) $8.43 (+13.16%), The day’s losers are, Decentraland (MANA) $0.0335 (-8.5%), MaidSafeCoin (MAID) $0.0810 (-7.42%) and Komodo (KMD) $0.5434 (-5.92%).

Chart of the day:
BTC/USD, daily chart


Market:
 

  • Bitcoin (BTC) rallied to as high as $8,464 amid the escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. While the correlation is not clear, many experts believe that Bitcoin is growing due to rising conflict between the United States and Iran as a push towards the recent high occurred amid the news that Iran had attacked US military bases in Iraq. 
  • Tether (USDT) market capitalization increased by $500 million on CoinMarketCap due to the rating adjustments; however, some experts believe that this development might have served as a buy signal for algo bots and set Bitcoin’s bullish ball rolling. BTC/USD started snowballing in a few hours after CoinMarketCap updated its Tether capitalization.
  • Cryptocurrencies may be an exciting concept, but they won’t threaten the dominant position of the US dollar, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist, Gita Gopinath. She believes that the technologies have not reduced the costs of moving between the currencies, which is the critical barrier on the way to overtaking USD. 

Industry:

  • Istanbul update implemented on Etheereum network at the end of 2019 increased the scalability of StarkEx protocol for centralized exchanges, StarkWare experts noted.

“StarkEx *measurements* (not approximations, nor estimates) break Ethereum’s scalability record post-Istanbul, with a 2000X improvement over Ethereum Layer-1: 9K trades/sec at 75 gas/trade (or 18K payments/sec) (1/5)”

  • Binance Charity Foundation launched a program aiming to help Australia mitigate the consequences of bushfire. The blockchain-based charity platform created by one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges invites everyone to participate in the program and donate funds to support Australia. Binance intends to donate $1 million.
  • Berlin-based bitcoin bank Bitwala included ether (ETH) to the list of available services. The bank allows customers buying ETH, the second-largest cryptocurrency asset by market capitalization, right from their current accounts. The company explained the decision by Ethereum’s significant role in decentralized finance (DeFi) movement,

Source: https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/crypto-today-bitcoin-is-ready-for-a-massive-bulls-run-202001080639

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