Dueling analysts declare that oil prices have touched bottom – or that they will keep sliding on down past $40, possibly settling at $20, where Saudi Arabia would leave them indefinitely. The truth of the matter probably lies in the US rig count -the number of drilling rigs at work making new oil and gas wells and reworking old ones. In...

In early February 2014, a recording was leaked of Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, Victoria Nuland, telling Geoffrey Pyatt, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, that the UN was on board to “help glue” the plan to replace Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych with Arxeniy Yatsenyuk. “Yats is the guy,” Nuland informed Pyatt who urged her to move quickly because...

Welcome to the February edition of Trends Monthly, bringing you stories on a range of trend lines we are tracking at the Trends Research Institute. Publishing in addition to the Winter 2015 Trends Journal, released earlier this month, our expanded content and services are now delivered across multiple platforms. Check out our many subscription options at this link to ensure...

The big economic trends at the start of the New Year were diving oil prices, rising gold prices and extreme equity market volatility. As February draws to a close, each of those trends lines have reversed. Why? Where are they headed? What will or can change them? On the oil front, the issue remains the same: too much supply and...

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These official government inflation increases in 2014 — for 24 items that comprise a significant percentage of the household budget — incorporate “substitution” and “quality improvement” reductions made by the government. The actual increases, prior to these statistical manipulations, are higher.Food at home: 3.7%Food away from home: 3.0%Meat: 12.7%Fish and seafood: 5.6%Eggs: 10.7%Milk: 5.2%Fruits & vegetables: 4.1%Coffee: 4.2%Butter: 22.5%Natural gas:...

America’s appetite for war keeps growing. From the White House to Congress, from the Pentagon to defense secretaries past and present, old wars have been re-ignited, new ones started and the prospects for a perpetual state of war are being sold as the American way. Manipulated economies across the globe keep populations struggling to make ends meet — all while...

Every generation has its nostalgia. And businesses find a way to profit from it. But the need to look back intensifies when a culture is stressed, depressed, out of work, or otherwise discontent. The memories of our past help shape our society, breeding equal parts unoriginality and fleeting excitement for days gone by. But in 2015, a new challenge to...

As we enter 2015, the mystery continues. Why hasn’t a more inspiring generation of products and services for older people been created, marketed and raking in the big bucks? The market has never been more ripe for the taking. But marketers and product designers must switch their focus from creative marketing to creative aging to find the sweet spot from...

In the year ahead, the era of Selfie Journalism fully takes root. Reporters on the local, regional and state levels, in particular, will be judged more by their social media footprint than by the quality of their journalism. As traditional newspapers become fully digitally-driven and attempt to cover their markets with fewer resources, robust coverage of communities and the issues...