Identifying Opportunities in Economic & Regulatory Trends

1. Economic: Airlines are at an all time low in terms of stock price and revenue

a) Where you found it? NYSE and a number of news channels

b) Why info suggests and opportunity? Low airline revenue means that airlines are desperate for paying customers. 

c) Prototypical Customer? A struggling airline company with a high demand for customers

d) Easy to exploit? Probably not, as buying tickets are somewhat expensive and creating a demand for travel can be difficulty, costly, and require a lot of resources and imagination. 

I saw this opportunity because I am very interested in stocks, as well as travelling. I see that airlines have no choice, for the first time in decades, but to make their prices competitive and they need business. I also have been a customer to those business that sell travel bundles for cheaper than usual prices with many things included. This entices customers. 

2. Economic: Amazon stock prices are high and so is the revenue due to their delivery services.

a) Where you found it? NYSE and a number of news outlets

b) Why info suggests and opportunity? Local shops and retail stores without online ordering capabilities are losing customers as they do not want to go to stores during a pandemic, and choose to shop online via amazon. 

c) Prototypical Customer? A shopowner without an order online option for their store, that would benefit from a solution to the issue

d) Easy to exploit? Slightly challenging but not impossible. It would be no problem to hire a team to create a web design and landing page with a catalog capability and online ordering and delivering services. 

I am very interested in the stock market, as I invest stocks, and I also have a mother that shops online a lot. My childhood best friend's mother also owns a local business and is struggling to maintain their customer base without a website. 

3. Regulatory: Certain businesses are to remain at 50% capacity and customers are required to wear masks indoors. 

a) Where you found it? Multiple local and national news outlets 

b) Why info suggests and opportunity? Smaller and more local businesses do not have the information nor the expertise to implement the safety precautions needed for this pandemic in their stores

c) Prototypical Customer? Small businesses that need a way to keep people 6 feet apart, keep them from touching things, training in enforcing the use of masks and gloves by customers, and putting hand sanitizers everywhere.

d) Easy to exploit? Relatively moderate, a team maybe needed and regulations and safety precautions need to be closely analyzed and followed. 

I have seen the effects of the coronavirus, first hand, on small business. Also, like my mother, I have a lot of anxiety and am a hypochondriac. I'm sure customers will feel safer, as well as employees, if extensive safety precautions are put in place to make it safer for everyone. 

4. Regulatory: Enforcement policies are being proposed to mandate the instillation of serilizers, disinfectant devices, and air purifiers. 

a) Where you found it? Regulations.gov, https://beta.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2020-D-1138-0022

b) Why info suggests and opportunity? Many public places will be forced to install certain devices in their locations within a certain time. They need to buy the devices and have them installed. 

c) Prototypical Customer? Small business owners, local train retail stores, malls, theaters, bowling alleys 

d) Easy to exploit? Difficult, as these devices require experts to install and maintain them. Not to mention, they are very costly. 

I, like everyone, have seen the effects of the corona virus and see what it has done to businesses. My grandfather also was a plumber and has a large network of people that flip houses and install all sorts of things. People pay big money for things that are complicated and burdensome.