KFC launches a Beyond Meat version of its fried chicken in 4,000 restaurants across America. Nikola shares rise on an announced deal to sell 10 trucks (with the possibility of 90 more) to a logistics business.  Emily Flippen analyzes those stories, and weighs in on Sony rolling out an electric SUV as it aspires to becoming an automaker. Then Jason Moser discusses three trends for investors to watch this year:

- How Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, and Lowe’s are approaching their own investments in “the last mile”

- Semiconductors being at the center of global supply chain issues and how businesses like AMD and Marvell Technology are reacting

- Tech behemoths like Apple, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms are preparing for the metaverse, but so are smaller companies like Unity Software

Stocks: BYND, YUM, NKLA, TSLA, SNE, AAPL, SHOP, ETSY, W, LOW, AMD, MRVL, META, GOOG, GOOGL, U

For more information on investing in semiconductor stocks:

https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/market-sectors/information-technology/semiconductor-stocks/

Host: Chris Hill

Guests: Emily Flippen, Jason Moser

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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