Predictions, predictions, predictions..
You better come strong this year because no one was close in 2020
I love this slow news week. Here come the yearly recollections (think Hindsight 2020), the good riddance to the ‘worst year ever’ posts, top 10 lists and my favorites - Predictions 2021!
Don’t get me wrong, I love them, but let’s get real NO ONE was even close in 2020. If you can find the great prognosticator that called for a global pandemic, a flash-like recession and crash in the market to only be followed up by record highs and sizable gains then point me to their newsletter - I’m all in. Somehow I don’t recall anyone mentioning shutdowns, massive layoffs, a huge Billy Zabka return, contested elections and the buying opportunity of a lifetime last year at this time.
Is there anything you can say about 2021 that may be considered shocking after 2020.
Martial Law? - Sadly, it’s been thrown around.
An unforeseen Covid vaccine side effect that’s actually a cure for baldness? - I pray for this!
A major cyber hack disrupting our normal way of life? - Maybe SolarWinds is just the tip of the iceberg?
Top Gun: Maverick - Oscar winner for best picture? - At this point, nothing should be off the table.
With that being said here are some crazy and some not so off the wall predictions for 2021..
Green Bay defeats Buffalo to win Super Bowl LV in front of 12,500 people (note Buffalo only beats KC thanks to Andy Reid’s poor clock management skills)
Bruce Springsteen gets his first number one hit thanks to collaborating on Chinatown with Bleachers
Sometime in Q4 Janet Yellen hints at rate hikes
Elon Musk continues to crush it on Twitter while a soon to be ex-Prez gets banned
The NYSE Direct listing with a capital raise will be game changing
People flock back to movies, bars, concerts and restaurants, but stay far away from cruises
ESG craze is not only just beginning, but it’s still in the first inning
Facebook becomes more and more irrelevant now that everyone has found all their ex-girlfriends and sees how crazy their former friends have become
The next big SPACs will involve flying cars, time travel and robot maids - heck its 2021, didn’t we all think this would be the norm growing up?
The ‘what’s old is new again’ trade falls flat. How’d that work out for Sears, Westinghouse, Bethlehem Steel and Woolworth? Still waiting for GE, IBM, and GM to do anything to keep up.
Dustin Diamond and Netflix team up.. Screech Powers becomes the next big revival star because, damn it, he deserves too
That’s a start - whatcha got?