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Accord Financial's (TSX:ACD) five-yeartransformation has been more than successfulwith the company reporting record earnings.

We're counting down to our live interview todaywith CEO Simon Hitzig at 1 pm eastern time.

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The new Digest today at 7 pm examinesan acquisitive health care company, backed bya legendary investor, with 80% upside.

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published for the rest of this week andwill return on Monday, March 11.

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Morning Need to Know

Getting you ready for your investing day

March 5, 2019

Written & compiled by Mark Bunting, Publisher,Capital Ideas Media

CANADIAN ANALYSTS' CALLS INITIATIONSAurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB;NYSE:ACB) andCronos Group (TSX:CRON;NASDAQ:CRON).

Cowen & Co. has started coverage of thecannabis producers with "outperform" and"market perform" ratings, respectively. ACBgets a price target of $14 (Canadian) and CRON atarget of $29.

Questor Technology (TSXV:QST). GMPFirstEnergy starts with a "buy" and a target of$7.25.

Stelco (TSX:STLC). Morgan Stanley beginscoverage with an "equal-weight" rating and atarget of $20.

Encana (TSX:ECA). Goldman Sachs reinstateswith a "buy" and a target of $9.

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Medexus Pharma (TSXV:MDP).Mackie Research maintains "buy" and a targetof $10.50, implying 149% upside. The companystruck an extended licensing agreement withPhotonamic for Gliolan, which is an orallyadministered product used for lighting uptumour tissue during glioma (brain cancer)surgery.

Crew Energy (TSX:CR). Raymond James raisesto "outperform" and moves the target to $1.75from $1.60 after the company's earningsrelease.

Eight Capital upgrades Crew to a "buy" and liftsthe target to $1.75 from $1.15.

Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ). RBCDominion Securities says the energy company isan "attractive buying opportunity" ahead of its

earnings report on March 7.

Cogeco Communications (TSX:CCA). RBC hikesthe target to $89 from $84 partly on sustainedEBITDA growth.

U.S. ANALYSTS' CALLS INITIATIONSAlector (NASDAQ:ALEC) Morgan Stanley startscoverage with an "overweight" based onthe company's successful commercialization ofits Alzheimer's drugs.

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Salesforce (NYSE:CRM). JP Morgan lifts thetarget to $180 (U.S.) from $160 after earningsresults.

STOCKS THAT MAY MOVEBHP Group (NYSE:BHP) is taking a $6 million(Canadian) equity stake in Canadian privately-held company Carbon Engineering, which isdeveloping technology that captures CO₂directly from the atmosphere, and synthesizes itinto clean, affordable transportation fuels.

British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI)will take a charge of $767 million after aQuebec court upheld a 2015 rulingthat awarded Canadian smokers in the provinceabout $15 billion.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GGOGL) has bannedpolitical advertising during the upcomingCanadian federal election campaign afterCanada introduced strict transparency rules.

Target (NYSE:TGT) is higher in pre-markettrade as the retailer beat Q4 sales estimates onstronger digital sales and foot traffic, and its2019 forecast is ahead of WallStreet expectations.

Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) is also higher pre-marketafter announcing a stronger thanexpected forecast.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). China has suspendedcustoms clearance procedures for Tesla Model 3cars due to some irregularities such as improperlabelling, according to Chinese financialpublication Caixin.

Papa John's (NASDAQ:PZZA) has reached asettlement agreement with the company'sfounder John Schnatter, ending a lengthy andacrimonious battle.

MARKETS

The TSX and U.S. equity futures are mixedahead of the open.

China has cut its GDP growth forecast for thisyear to between 6% and 6.5% as cuts taxes andincreases infrastructure spending to deal withthe slowest economy in 30 years.

CURRENCIESThe Canadian dollar is down0.3% at $0.7492 (U.S.).

COMMODITIES West Texas Intermediate is upmodestly $56.63 a barrel.

Gold is down slightly at $1,286.70 an ounce.

Daily UpdateAlso today, we'll be interviewing Derek Wood,the founder of Conduit InvestorRelations, whose aim is to link investors withopportunities for the creation of new wealth,and to educate investors on the small capmarket.

Wednesday, I'll be conducting live interviews allday - 19 of them! - with some of Canada's bestup and coming entrepreneurs at DX3 Canada,the country's largest technology, retail andmarketing conference.

Thursday, we're in Las Vegas to talk to the CEOof Siyata Mobile (TSXV:SIM) at the InternationalWireless Communications Expo.

Siyata has a partnership with Motorola, andwe'll be interviewing a highly-regardedexecutive from that company, as well.

Then, it's off to the world's largest cannabisdispensary run by Planet 13 (CSE:PLTH), wherewe'll talk to co-CEO Bob Groesbeck.

Planet 13's shares have more than doubled sinceour first conversation last July.

And we've posted an interview with the founderand CEO of Lexagene Holdings (TSXV:LXG),who gives us an update on commercializationthis year of the company's flagship product, andthe possibility of getting a takeover offer.

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Mark BuntingPublisher,Capital Ideas Media

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