Tag: July2018

What a year this has been, and there is more to come. We’re only half way there.  And among the gloom, doom, survivalist crowd, they fear that with an international cast of lunatics in charge, they won’t be ringing in the New Year. Is this the beginning of the end? Or, is it the end of...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: Crypto growth in 2018 will ignite from three arenas: customized innovations by nations creating their own crypto currencies; the evolution of new technologies, making it easier to trade digital currencies; and launches of crypto futures trading exchanges such as Cboe Global Market’s Futures Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Nasdaq, etc....

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: The Trends Research Institute forecast that truly autonomous vehicles and driverless taxis flooding the freeways, highways and side streets of a country near you is a geek-fed fantasy for another lifetime.  However, we do forecast that autonomous vehicles specifically engineered for mining, trucking, city busing – moving people or...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: The battle lines have been drawn. In Washington, there is absolute support for Israel and absolute hatred for Iran. Should these trend lines continue on their current path, we forecast war will ignite throughout the Middle East… and possibly worldwide.   When war breaks out, equity markets across the...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: As dissatisfaction of political institutions worldwide continues to accelerate, Direct Democracy will increase and gain momentum in 2018, as Blockchain Democracy becomes recognized as a global standard. One criticism of Direct Democracy is that “We The People” are too stupid to think for ourselves. Want a bigger military budget?...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: The process of integrating VR-ED and Interactive-U learning into aspects of traditional education is a megatrend of 2018 that a growing number of community, political and business leaders will advocate. Trends are born, they grow, mature, reach old age and die. The Industrial Age education model is dying; an...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: “Follow The Yellow Silk Road.” The trend lines make it clear: China, already the world’s number two economy and the world’s largest trading nation, will continue to expand its presence on the global economic stage in 2018.  MID-YEAR UPDATE: The 20th century was America’s century. As trends are developing, the 21st century...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: The entire world has its eyes on the USA as it becomes the DSA – the Divided States of America … Divisiveness is not only a US commodity; it’s become the way of the world. Seize the “Come Together Brand” opportunity! The masses are ready for messages and sentiments integrated...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: The new American political party will not simply mirror the European populist brand. While it will reflect some of those principles, we forecast a “progressive-libertarian” movement that supports lost principles of no foreign entanglements, no government interference into private lives, and a nation whose resources are directed to the...

THIS WAS OUR 2018 TREND FORECAST: States, cities and towns that develop new economic models to promote themselves as tourist destinations, attractive bedroom communities, or other niches can realize sustained population and economic growth. Moreover, in a world saturated in corporate sameness – formulated music, art, entertainment, shopping and dining – the hometown touch that...