#PlaybyPlay; Slinger Bag (OTC: $SLBG) Partners with Tennis Coaching Legend Nick Bollettieri, V.F. Corporation (NYSE: $VFC) Reviewing Strategic Alternatives for Work Segment, Esports Entertainment (OTC: $GMBL) Announces Upgrade for VIE.gg

  

#PlaybyPlay; Slinger Bag (OTC: $SLBG) Partners with Tennis Coaching Legend Nick Bollettieri, V.F. Corporation (NYSE: $VFC) Reviewing Strategic Alternatives for Work Segment, Esports Entertainment (OTC: $GMBL) Announces Upgrade for VIE.gg

49ers Victory on Sunday Puts Them Up Against Kansas City for Super Bowl LIV, 2019 Australian Open Women’s Singles Champ Osaka Posts Win Today as Men’s Singles Champ Djokovic Vies to Defend Title

Point Roberts, WA, Delta BC Jan 21, 2020 - Investorideas.com, a leader in investor news and research issues today’s edition of Play by Play covering what’s new in sports and e-sports headlines and recent news from publicly traded companies in the sector.

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Slinger Bag Inc. (OTC:SLBG) has announced a new partnership with world renowned tennis coach Nick Bollettieri as the latter joins the brand in the role of Head Coach. With some 60 years in the industry, Bollettieri has coached the likes of Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Monica Seles and Serena Williams. According to the press release, “Bollettieri joins the company in a three-year deal, bringing an unrivalled knowledge of tennis whilst sharing Slinger's dedication to helping players improve their game. In his new role, he will be a major contributor to the 'Coaches Corner' section of slingerbag.com providing insights into practice drills using Slinger, coaching and match tips and general tennis education articles.” Bollettieri commented:

"The key to being successful in tennis is consistency. Consistency is built on repetition. Slinger Bag is so easy to transport and set up that it's available 24/7 for practice and drills. It's the first ball launcher to appeal to the masses and is the perfect tennis partner to build consistency and improve your game."

"The versatility of Slinger Bag's innovative launcher allows tennis players of every level to practice whenever and wherever they are. In my role at Slinger, we will be taking the fundamental concepts that I have used to train some of the top players in the world over the last 30+ years and bring them to Slinger Bag users worldwide."

V.F. Corporation (NYSE:VFC) is conducting a review of strategic alternatives for the occupational portion of its Work segment, which primarily includes nine brands and businesses: Red Kap^®, VF Solutions^®, Bulwark^®, Workrite^®, Walls^®, Terra^®, Kodiak^®, Work Authority^® and Horace Small^®. Steve Rendle, VF’s Chairman, President and CEO, explained:

"Driving and optimizing our portfolio continues to be a top strategic priority for VF, and exploring strategic alternatives for our occupational Work brands is the natural next step in that process. Divesting these brands would leave VF with a simplified portfolio of higher-growth, consumer-focused brands, while providing financial flexibility to fuel further strategic initiatives and enhance shareholder value."

Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC:GMBL) has announced the release of an upgrade to its esports wagering platform VIE.gg. The upgrade brings additional betting options, and “significant content enhancements, including real-time streaming and event coverage.” Grant Johnson, CEO of Esports Entertainment Group, commented:

"This is another major milestone for our Company. This is our strongest release ever, with every new feature esports gambling enthusiasts could wish for in a platform. Combined with our unsurpassed transparency as a result of our status as a fully reporting public company, we believe VIE.gg is strongly positioned for success in 2020."

49ers Victory on Sunday Puts Them Up Against Kansas City for Super Bowl LIV, 2019 Australian Open Women’s Singles Champ Osaka Posts Win Today as Men’s Singles Champ Djokovic Vies to Defend Title

Following a 37-20 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers are headed to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2012, where they will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami. The 49ers’ wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders has played in two Super Bowls previously, once as a rookie in 2011, where his Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Packers, and again in 2015, when he won with the Denver Broncos against the Carolina Panthers. Sanders told ESPN’s Josina Anderson in an interview:

“Obviously, this week is going to be big because when we get to Miami, it's going to be a frenzy, so this week, we've got to practice like it is Super Bowl week just so we can stay focused. Then next week still have that same mentality, but we know it's going to be crazy out there. All the times that I've been, that first week was the most important week, so that's my message to the guys.”

The Australian Open is well underway with superstars Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, and last year’s champion Naomi Osaka scoring victories today in the Women’s Singles. On the Men’s Singles side, South African Kevin Anderson posted a win today, along with Russian Daniil Medvedev. Last year’s Men’s Singles champion Novak Djokovic faces Japan’s Tatsuma Ito later today.

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The #AIEye: GBT Technologies (OTCPINK: $GTCH) to Expand Autonomous Machines Research, Accenture (NYSE: $ACN) Opens Innovation Center in Singapore

The #AIEye: GBT Technologies (OTCPINK: $GTCH) to Expand Autonomous Machines Research, Accenture (NYSE: $ACN) Opens Innovation Center in Singapore; Cheetah (NYSE: $CMCM) Reports “Unprecedented Year of Sales” for #AI-Powered Translator

Global Autonomous Shipping Market to See CAGR of 13.5% from 2019-2025

Point Roberts WA, Vancouver BC – January 21, 2020  – Investorideas.com (www.investorideas.com), a global investor news source covering Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings you today’s edition of  The AI Eye-  watching stock news, deal tracker and advancements in artificial intelligence.

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GBT Technologies Inc. (OTCPINK:GTCH) is expanding its autonomous machines research, and working on the development of a dynamic simulation program for robots. GBT’s CTO, Dr. Danny Rittman, explained:

"We are developing our own simulation methods and algorithms in order to emulate and test real-life situations. Our simulation includes the interaction of robots with the environment and its responding behavior in real time. A major part of the simulation will include the robot navigation activities within its environment based on GBT tracking system."

         

"We are going to simulate real and predicted situations like collision risks and interactions between stationary and moving objects, like for example other robots. We create virtual objects in order to emulate real-life conditions and possible scenarios. Our dynamic simulation program includes a ranking system that will be based on reasoning, computational handling, stability, data processing and response time. The new program is planned to become part of our robotics research and development flow. It will be used for mobile like vehicles and drones, as for stationary robotic applications simulations, enabling the creation of advanced systems in the field."

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has opened an innovation center for situational awareness in Singapore. The aim of the center is to help regional and global organizations “develop solutions to anticipate and respond to threat and risk to their citizens,” by leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things, blockchain, augmented reality and virtual reality. James Slessor, who leads Accenture’s Public Safety business globally, commented:

"Improving situational awareness is crucial for public safety agencies to better anticipate threat, risk and harm, allowing them to respond to public safety-related incidents faster and in a more informed way. By responsibly using innovative technologies, these agencies can better anticipate public safety incidents, improve the safety of first responders, and deliver services to citizens and communities more effectively."

Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE:CMCM) announced that its AI-powered translation device, CheetahTALK (formerly known as CM Translator) “experienced an unprecedented year of sales growth as the product received upgrades and became available to the mass market for the first time.” Vincent Li, director of global marketing at Cheetah Mobile, commented:

"2019 was an incredible year for Cheetah Mobile as we continue to create practical technology products such as CheetahTALK for the global consumer. As we enter a new year, we will continue to build on the foundation of Cheetah Mobile - creating products based on consumers' needs using the best technology available."

Global Autonomous Shipping Market to See CAGR of 13.5% from 2019-2025

A report from Grand View Research finds that the global Autonomous Ships market, which was valued at $6.03 billion in 2018, will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.5 percent from 2019-2025. An excerpt from the report summary reads:

Growing seaborne trade across the globe coupled with increasing maritime tourism is anticipated to drive the growth. Moreover, the lack of sailors is anticipated to drive the adoption of automated systems. These systems are installed in vessels to automate several processes, such as navigation and propulsion of the vessel, through the use of components and systems such as automated navigation systems, propulsion control systems, sensors, among others. Most of these systems are already in use across various industries and applications such as aerospace and automobile. Maritime industry players are making huge financial investments to find the optimum way to combine these systems and technologies for reliable and cost-effective functioning of unmanned vessels.

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The Dawn of the #Solar Age and the Greatest Investment Opportunity of all Time

The Dawn of the #Solar Age and the Greatest Investment Opportunity of all Time

 

Point Roberts WA, Delta BC, January 21, 2020 – Investorideas.com, a global news source and leading investor resource covering Cleantech and renewable energy stocks issues today’s Cleantech column at Investorideas.com and Renewableenergystocks.com with J.Peter Lynch.

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J.Peter Lynch 

 

We are at an historic junction of human history in which we are transitioning from the age of fossil fuels to the age of renewables and distributed energy, in effect a true paradigm shift.  The tide has turned and the worldwide momentum is irreversible. This change is occurring all around the world and has been accelerating dramatically in the last 3 years.

 

One of the most critical factors in this accelerated transition is plain and simple, yet financially compelling – economics!  Strangely this is seldom highlighted in most articles

Renewables are in fact cheaper than all forms of fossil fuels especially when you compare all of the relevant factors – initial cost, timing of cash flows (cost of money), absence of any variable costs for decades, superior job creation by a number of magnitudes, no pollution, no huge resultant cleanup costs and few if any health related costs.

The truly interesting and significant dichotomy in this transition is that at this time the greatest threat mankind has every faced – Climate Change, is upon us and must be address immediately and at the same time Climate Change also presents us with the greatest investment opportunity of all time!

Climate Change must be addressed and by far the fastest and cheapest way to address it is with existing renewable technologies – solar, wind, biomass and working together connected to batteries when needed and distributed energy networks that are far more flexible, extremely resistant to disruption (storms, terrorism) and have a significantly higher proven reliability.

 

The investment areas include: solar, wind, batteries, electric cars, fuel cells and micro grid related companies are just starting to appear and present themselves and many more will arise as the transition accelerates.

           

It is important for the investor to understand that humans tend to think linearly (pretty much straight), whereas innovation and paradigm shifts are never linear they are always in an S-curve type of acceleration when it moves along on a slight incline (the decades of the change) and then takes off sometimes almost vertically. That is one of the reasons investors generally miss the inflection point where the innovation or paradigm shift starts its dramatic acceleration.

 

It will be the savvy and aware investors and corporations that will take advantage of this. Now that the economics are much more obvious this will spark the investment community and they will further accelerate the transition. It will become increasingly difficult to ignore the superior financial numbers of renewables and in the end the best investment for investors and for the planet will be the same – renewables.

 

You may hear about or read about how expensive it will be for the transition to renewables and yes it will be very expensive, but it will be far cheaper than repairing old and decrepit infrastructure and building new power plants that are actually obsolete before they are built and many will end up as stranded assets.

 

Why are renewables the Greatest Investment Opportunity in History?

Renewables will be a great and transformative investment because they have all the key characteristics of a great investment. They are simply: Better, Faster and Cheaper!

Better – it is clean energy, the only truly abundant energy source, available everywhere, has far less financial risk and is the only energy source that strengthens rather than weakens national security.

Faster - solar scales up as much as 15 times faster than nuclear or fossil fuel plants. There is simply no financial comparison when it comes to speed of building and the time value of money involved. (Money tied up in a project than takes many years (5-10) verses one that is built in 12 to 15 months.

Cheaper – due to recent dramatic decreases in price (62% for wind and 82% for solar) in the past 5 years. These decreases have continued in 2018 and are projected to continue in 2020 and beyond. Another fallacy concerning both wind and solar is that they take up too much land. As you can see below that is simply not true.

The intrinsic advantages of solar are dramatic and insurmountable

 

1.    

Solar is abundant, can be utilized in almost any size (a wrist watch to city) and available everywhere. One could say that it is the most “democratic” form of energy in existence.

2.    Solar is renewable and is not finite as are all other fuels and it is the only source of energy that can easily supply all our long term needs. ** The energy from approximately 2 weeks of sunshine hitting the earth is greater than ALL the energy stored in existing fossil fuels.

3.    Solar & Wind are the only energy generation technology’s that do not utilize (and pollute) vast amounts of fresh water. This is a key advantage that is seldom mentioned. However, it is without question, an advantage that is insurmountable.

4.    Solar & Wind are the only energy source’s that do not create or emit carbon and further contribute to climate change.

 

Why Investing is different when a ‘paradigm shift” is occurring.

One of the “old” contrary adages in stock market investing is: “this time it is different” – it is generally associated with novice investors who most of the time, lose money.

 

It is a true that most of the time – things are the same, but during a paradigm shift – the old rules do not apply and a unique & dramatically different playing field presents itself to investors.

 

It happened before when personal computers (distributed computing) supplanted main frame computers (centralized computing) and it is happening now with distributed renewable energy technologies overtaking antiquated, inefficient and costly centralized energy generation.

The risk of investing in huge power plants that have 30+ year lives when there is the distinct possibility that they could become negative cash flow nightmares quickly is simply gigantic. With efficiency improvements and solar and wind growth the electricity demand worldwide has been decreasing for the first time ever. This decrease in demand will certainly lead to dramatic decreases in revenues and almost certainly long term negative cash flows for central plants.

 

Likewise investing in assets (oil, coal, gas) that are in the ground also presents an unacceptable level of risk to any investor. These assets could become stranded as a result of climate change or simply because they will cost too much compared to renewables to extract.  In the U.S. there has recently been significant pressure for colleges and state pension funds to divest their portfolios from investments in coal and other fossil fuels.

 

Over the past year the S&P 500 index (SPX) has been up 28.88% Oil ETF’s have been down 10.50% Solar ETF’s up 66.04% and Wind ETF’s 27.8%.  The results over the past 3 years are similar. Why anyone would invest in fossil fuel related companies? I do not know what the investment strategy these analysts were utilizing, just let me just say that I am not familiar with that particular investment strategy and would never recommend it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The end of the fossil fuel era is approaching and the trend is irreversible. It is simply another example of the capitalist process of creative destruction that has taken place in many industries over the last 100 years and has always resulted in a huge investment opportunity.

 

Mr. Lynch has worked, for 36 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent security analyst and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy sector since 1977 and is regarded as an expert in this field. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, an early publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world. He is currently a private investor and has from time to time been a financial/technology consultant to a number of companies.

The next article in this series will cover each of the industries sectors solar, wind etc. It will also highlight (not recommend) the strongest stocks in each sector. These selections will be the result of my using of a system I use for stocks. It is a combination of a stocks relative strength and the individual volatility of each stock.

About Investorideas.com - News that Inspires Big Investing Ideas Investorideas.com is a recognized news source publishing third party news, research and original financial content. Learn about investing in stocks and sector trends with our news alerts, articles, podcasts and videos, looking at cannabis, crypto, AI and IoT, mining, sports biotech, water, renewable energy and more. Investor Idea’s original branded content includes the following podcasts and columns : Crypto Corner , Play by Play sports and stock news column, Investor Ideas Potcasts Cannabis News and Stocks on the Move podcast and column,  Cleantech and Climate Change , Exploring Mining  the AI Eye .

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