Michael and Johnny begin the new year with the inaugural Whiskey Bet. We each make 5 bold predictions followed up by our early picks for Company and Person of the Year in 2021. We wrap up by discussing potential Stock Fails of 2021 - which stocks will end 2021 in worse shape than they entered it?
In the News of the Week, we cover the China vs Alibaba/Jack Ma news which had resulted in Ant Group's IPO being pulled last November, Amazon entering the Podcast space by acquiring Wondery, and finally Adobe sunsetting Flash for good.
Recorded Date: Sunday, January 3, 2021
Time Stamps
- 00:00:18: News of the Week
- 00:07:34: New Years Resolutions & Predictions
- 00:23:58: Summary of Bets
- 00:26:15: Company/Person of the Year Predictions
- 00:34:00: Stock Fails of the Year
Highlights
- What will happen this year? Who's predictions will come true?
- Jack Ma and Alibaba are in trouble with the Chinese government - Where is Jack Ma?
- Amazon purchases Wondery, taking its first step into becoming our potential parent company
- Begun the Podcasting wars have
- Adobe is finally sunsetting Flash
- What will happen to Google Cloud Platform? Can TikTok save Oracle Cloud?
- Are At Home Stocks eventually screwed? Can the likes of Zoom and Peloton survive?
- Michael wants to introduce Drive-By Vaccinations
- Will big conferences be held elsewhere instead of in the USA?
- Will any Big Tech companies be broken up this year?
- Will another Unicorn come out of Africa this year?
- Who's likely to get bought? Zoom or Okta?
- How will Disney+ perform this year?
- Will there be more Unicorns created in the East than the West this year?
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