Back in January, which seems like a lifetime ago now, I made some 'stick your neck out' predictions for the year ahead. Some were better than others, and some were a bit of a layup. Auston Mathews - I'm looking at you. This exercise shows the folly of predicting the future. The random walk aspect of financial markets remains undefeated as a model for risk assets. But despite that, we try anyway. Let's look at the results on my half-year report card: Samsung is a better phone/