Rising US interest rates will push gold prices lower as the dollar strengthens. However, as a myriad of destabilizing geo-economic and geopolitical tensions increase, and considering the high levels of uncertainty with the Trump White House, we maintain our forecast of a $150 downside risk and a strong upside potential once gold solidly breaks $1,400 per ounce. While gold outshines...
Playing the Trump Card
The Trends Journal was the first and only publication in the world to forecast that business mogul and reality TV star Donald J. Trump would win the 2016 presidential race. In the May 2016 Trends Journal, we forecast: “Barring an ongoing barrage of self-inflicted wounds, despite his bluster, missteps, misquotes and numerous distortions of truth and facts, and despite the...
Trend Forecast
On 20 January 2017, Donald J. Trump was officially sworn into office. The very next day, hundreds if not thousands of marches against Trump were held worldwide. By most estimates, more than 1 million protesters assembled in Washington, New York, Boston and cities across the US. They attacked Trump for his perceived anti-women, anti-human-rights stance on issues. This was not...
The view from inside the emerging cannabis industry
Bradford Beckerman was a 22-year-old rising business star when a near-fatal accident left him with Traumatic Brain Injury, reliant on 17 drugs to keep him from seizing and to manage debilitating pain. Fueled with a desire to break his dependency on pharmaceuticals, Bradford began a successful journey to find natural methods of healing and wellness for himself and others. That...
Reefer Money Madness
It is as big as the end of Prohibition in 1933. If the marijuana-legalization movement continues on its current track, and the Trends Research Institute forecasts that it will, pot’s future is indeed bright. It had a watershed performance at America’s ballot boxes in November. Today, recreational or medical marijuana use is legal in 28 states. That’s more than half...
Trendpost
Trends are born, they grow, mature, reach old age and die. The marijuana-legalization trend is only in its infancy. Just as the sale of alcohol began in fits and starts across different states, legal pot’s surge will not be a straight line. It, too, will meet curves in the road, but its trajectory ultimately calls for explosive and sustained growth....
Welcome to The Garden of Epicurus
With stress levels and angry debate escalating all around us, where can we find a place for engaging conversation, sensual aesthetics and the keys to a more peaceful mindset? Turns out the philosophical insights taught by ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus at his personal home and garden are influencing important trends here in the 21st century. Whether they are conscious of...
10 trends defining 2017
For nearly 40 years, forecaster Gerald Celente and his Trends Research Institute have established and sustained a remarkable track record accurately forecasting powerful, game-changing trends in economics, geopolitics, health, education, technology, aging, pop culture and more. Each year, the institute publishes a list of the top trends for year ahead. The Top Trends of 2017 were announced in the December...
Mom and Pop comeback
There’s a pall over the mall. The decline of shopping malls is a trend we forecast in 1997 when we warned that in the coming decades the mall culture would degenerate, and dying Main Street would be reborn. Now is the time for innovative OnTrendpreneurs™ to seize widening market gaps left by the decline of malls. Regional malls serving middle-class communities...
Trend Forecast
The big-chains-abandoning-malls trend continues in 2017 as Macy’s, J.C. Penney, Sears – nine retailers overall – close more than 1,000 stores. As more malls lose anchors and their appeal, get ready for the big move to small downtowns, fueled by Millennial Fever. Priced out of big-city life, looking to escape crowds, noise and pollution for peace of mind and/or to...