My 2020 Stock Predictions

1) Lyft (LYFT) buys out Avis Budget Group (CAR) to expand an underappreciated pool of potential rideshare drivers: people without cars or those that do not wish to use their own.

2) Already the largest shareholder, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) uses its stock pile of cash to acquire Davita (DVA), the chain of kidney dialysis centers and other outpatient labs, as it seeks to further capitalize on deteriorating global healthfulness, particularly in the U.S.

3) Altria (MO) continues to diversify away from tobacco by adding to recent investments in cannabis (a 45% stake in Cronos (CRON)) and e-cigarettes (a 35% stake in Juul) by targeting the number one vice in the U.S.—red meat—with the acquisition of Restaurant Brands (QSR) adding nearly 18,000 Burger King restaurants to its "temptations" portfolio. 

4) Due to radical changes in food consumption trends, General Mills (GIS) will buyout  Campbell Soup (CPB) to create a cereal-soup giant and merge powerful brands such as Betty Crocker, Bolthouse Farms, Cheerios, Goldfish, Nature Valley, Pace, Pepperidge Farm, Pillsbury, Progresso, Snyder's-Lance, Swanson, V8 and Yoplait under one roof.

5) Tyson Foods (TSN) buys out Beyond Meat (BYND) strengthening its plant-based meat efforts due to changing demands with a dual strategy of Tyson or Beyond Chicken, Jimmy Dean or Beyond Sausage, Hillshire Farms or Beyond Meat, Ball Park or Beyond Beef.

 This post is not a recommendation to purchase or sell any security.