Although I've only been here for the second half of it, I have been pleased to find out that your own BloggingStocks team is celebrating one full year of bringing you the best financial insight on the web. We'd like to think that we've had some responsibility for the healthy bull run that the markets have undertaken over the last 12 months. I myself certainly have had a great deal of fun so far. Thank you for letting me be a part of a web site that has met with your approval.
I thought it appropriate that I nominate myself for "The most unlikely financial blogger of the year" award. Someone who has been instrumental in growing this web site picked up on my no-holds-barred, in-your-face style and suggested that I might find a niche here. I suspect that it's gone pretty well, based simply on the fact that the checks still clear. I hope the readers have enjoyed at least some of what I've written because the fact of the matter is that I really and truly enjoy writing for you.
In celebration of our anniversary, the management team has suggested that we writers may indulge in some outlandish prognostications for you. If you haven't picked up on the fact yet, I'll tell you that outlandish is much of what I do.
Here are some on the edge financial predictions for the next twelve months that I have to offer you:
1.) RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) will form a working relationship or perhaps even merge. Dell will recognize the explosive potential of Radio Shack's established retail environment and Radio Shack will welcome Dell's first-rate products and innovation.
2.) eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) shall be forced by circumstance to spin-off PayPal. The event shall be something similar to Toto pulling back the curtain on the great and mighty Wizard of Oz.
3.) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) will announce an incredible advancement in data compression that will result in triple the speed and data capacity currently available, putting the future of optical discs into question.
4.) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will become a player in VOIP (Internet phone service) in a way that no one is expecting.
Those are my outlandish predictions for the next 12 months. I'll copy this post so in a year from now we can all get a good chuckle. Of course my predictions aren't based entirely on wishful thinking but there is a good deal of wild eyed speculation there. I earnestly hope that each and every one of you shall be here this time next year so we can celebrate together once again. I truly hope that I'll still be around for you then. I think it all depends on how badlyI annoy the editors.
I'll try to be good. I promise!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-27-2007 @ 11:42PM
Reda H said...
Congrats from a long time reader (from day 1), first time poster.