Gun sales in the United States are declining, and the Trends Research Institute is expecting that trend line to continue. During the first half of 2014, reported sales from gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. saw healthy double-digit declines. Gun sales spike in the aftermath of high-profile violent news, such...
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What golf’s decline signals
The National Golf Foundation is acknowledging what the Trends Research Institute has been tracking and forecasting for some time: The once-beloved pastime of spending hours on the golf course, often cracking deals with business partners or making headway with the boss for that next promotion, is on a sharp decline. In fact, the foundation reported...
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No protection against civil forfeiture
There is nothing equitable about the federal forfeiture program called “equitable sharing.” It allows the feds, in collusion with local and state law enforcement, to seize property suspected of being linked to crime. Yet 81 percent of those who have had their property taken have never been charged, much less tried. When state or local...
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Autumn 2014 Trends Journal
Hardly a peep for peace, and the propaganda of war What’s ahead for machines that think for us Deep cuts in the newsroom take deep toll on coverage A Q&A on economic trends with Gerald Celente
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To our subscribers,
Welcome to the third edition of Trends Monthly, our electronic newsletter bringing you stories on a range of trend lines and evolving issues we track at the Trends Research Institute. Coming on the heels of the Autumn 2014 Trends Journal, released just last week, we hope this latest expansion of our content and services, now...
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“Unhappy, Worried, Pessimistic”
“The public has become convinced that they are at a new normal of a lower, poorer quality of life. The human cost is truly staggering.” That’s the finding of a national study by Rutger’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Five years into the “recovery,” seventy-percent of Americans believe the impact of the Great...
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Oil price drop: The good, bad and ugly
Is everybody happy? With crude oil prices down some 25 percent since June, filling up at the pump has become a bit less painful. And with winter coming on, lower fuels bill will bring welcome relief. The talk on the Street is that money not spent by Americans on fuel will fuel retail sales. However,...
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Hybrid nuclear energy gains traction
Russian engineers are embarking on a quest already under way at U.S. labs: The creation of a “hybrid” nuclear reactor combining fusion and fission to deliver cleaner, safer nuclear energy. Today’s nuclear reactors deliver energy through fission, the shattering of atoms, which creates radioactive waste. In fusion, atoms don’t fly apart but fuse together, releasing...
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To our friends in the media:
Welcome to the third edition of Trends Monthly, an electronic newsletter for subscribers to Gerald Celente’s Trends Journal and Trendsresearch.com multimedia website, as well as the media. Coming on the heels of the Autumn 2014 Trends Journal, released last week, this edition of the newsletter delves into breaking-news events during the last few weeks to...
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Medical monopolies cost consumers
The health care industry calls it consolidation, but the rapid pace of hospital mergers and the frenzy of hospitals and large medical groups to buy up individual practices — turning independent physicians into employees — has the look and feel of monopolization. As with all monopolies, this one is reducing competition and raising costs to...