My Dirty Dozen (and 1/2) Predictions & Trends for 2020

Issue #37 December 3, 2019

I abstained from filling your inbox with Black Friday or Cyber Monday promotions but I will be early on giving you my #WealthMatters 3.0 Top 12 Predictions for 2020. I welcome debate on the polarizing ones.

My 2020 trends & predictions

1) Blockchain IT investment breaks 8% of Enterprises - Blockchain Technology remains immature for enterprise use-cases but receives incremental new interest. (Visit here for a Top 10 Strategic Technology trends that Gartner sees in 2020

1.5) November 11 2020 “Singles Day” is a Sputnik moment for the next monetary world order - I believe that over $50B in consumer sales will be done in China on this day completely on a Chinese sovereign blockchain and crypto currency and will put the race for the next hegemony in full throttle.

2) The Media Bubble Expands then Explodes - The cost of traditional media/social media advertising is at a premium. This will be crippling to upstart and legacy retail and direct-to-consumer brands through 2020 because of election cy…