Seeing as how the A-Squad iBC writers put out there yearly predictions, I figured I’d give a run at this game of “Finding Miss Cleo.”
Feedback/banter is highly encouraged in the comments, as well as any of your own predictions so that when you say, “I told you Company ABC was going to be $350”, the Internet will have record of your claim.
Without further adieu:
- Gilead hits $150
- Seattle Genetics gets acquired for purposes of their patented cancer treatment technology
- Jazz Pharma gets acquired for inversion purproses and their attractive valuation that investors have been sleeping on (pun intended)
- Value over growth will be a winning theme, except for a select few…
- Ambarella reaches $100
- Salesforce.com blasts through $100
- Bill Ackman will get his revenge and go absolute beast mode on his doubters, except for his Herbalife bet
- David Tepper will become more well known to the general public through environmental pressure due to his SUNE attack; he will come out on top of course
- Uber and Airbnb go public and experience the IPO down round
- Palantir goes public and immediately trades up due to global security concerns and their reputation as a terrorist prevention firm
- Slack becomes the new Silicon Valley darling that EVERYONE will know
- Facebook hits $125 quickly after Q1 report but flat lines for the rest of the year
- Twitter gets bought out
- Fed raises twice and lowers once; actively managed monetary policy becomes a trendy phrase
- Brits raise rates and creates tenuous relations with ECB
- Turkey leaves NATO and G20
- Oil trades between range of $25-$45
- The high yield ETF (HYG) will be down 15%-20% YTD at some point
- Immigration policy will be the political lightening rod due to heighten domestic terror risks and outlandish claims of wall building
- An old white dude over 60 will not win the presidential election
- The Chicago Cubs will at last… No way, those Lovable Losers will not win the World Series
- And finally, after my Michigan State Spartans beat Bama in the College Football Semis, they take down Clemson in the Finals and are crowned the champs
Slack will be ridiculously overpriced if/when it goes public. The only ones making money on it will be the VCs and insiders. Another case of ooo look lots of users, they’re worth a gazillion dollars despite minor revenues. Now if they get rid of the free tier or pare back the functionality on that then maybe; although, that would likely just encourage a competitor.
Twitter gets bought out….. By none other than ……Facebook. Lol heard it here first
Game, I’m thinking more Google. Facebook has proven to completely dominate social, and integrating the Twitter platform may be more work than one would think. I don’t think the benefits outweigh the costs. Google, however, has a glaring need for mobile, and I believe Twitter is great way for them to purchase an established platform. Google’s challenge would be incorporating their search engine within Twitter, though there’s already a strong established relationship between the two.
Spot on…. And the Google social profile or whatever it’s called is a total flop. They buy Twtr in 40s one can dream.
Good luck with the Bama dream.
I’ll take all the luck I can get. Are you a Bama fan?
I live in Chicago, but grew up in Detroit so I’m a bit apathetic to the Cubs. I’m leaving the city if they were ever in a Series clinching game.
I’m a golden domer. Orland Park south Chicago Irish. My favorite team is anyone who beats Bama. Go Spartans !
If the Cubs ever win the series the universe will explode.
what about $VRX?
Please see bullet point seven re: Ackman getting his revenge
Ackman’s herbalife “gamble” – if it can even be called that, as gambling suggests a shot at victory – informs his entire process.