Chip-maker Nvidia has unveiled the DGX-1 supercomputer that, it says, trains artificial intelligence (AI) systems faster and cheaper than its competitors. The computer is the size of a large suitcase and puts together deep-learning software with eight sophisticated processing chips. At $129,000, it’s not cheap but dozens of users – including financial services firms and...
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Trends in the Era of Trump
Available NOW! The 1st Quarter 2017 edition of your Trends Journal. We were the only publication in the world to not only predict Trump’s victory, but to forecast that his election would usher in dramatic change. And in this edition, we provide meticulous, fact-based analysis of how Trump won and how you can play the “Trump...
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Soon…too expensive to drink
A report from the University of Michigan forecasts that, based on current trends, water in many US cities could become unaffordable for more than a third of the population by 2021. The report notes that cities’ water rates have increased 41% on average since 2010. If rates continue increasing at that pace, by 2021 more...
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Are you listening?
Gerald Celente’s “Trends This Week,” a weekly show on the Progressive Radio Network, PRN.fm, airs live each Wednesday at 11 a.m. Trends This Week breaks down essential trends in economics, geopolitics, health and well-being, pop culture and more in classic Celente style. And, if you can’t catch the show live, you can listen 24/7 by...
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Crusades 2000: Crusader Trump
While most trends follow the predictable life cycle of being born, growing, maturing, reaching old age and dying, some — war, religious fanaticism and nationalistic rivalries — never die. And as evidenced by Donald Trump’s words and deeds as a candidate and president, “Crusades 2000” — a trend I first forecast in our Fall 1993...
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Trend Forecast
On January 28, Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum Plan to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. While details have not been released, we assume by his numerous pronouncements that he will “bomb the shit out of ISIS” and more war will be ensured. As evidenced by the United States’ numerous and monumental military...
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Economic Disorder: Trend Forecast 2017
From coast to coast, no living American has witnessed anything like it.The United States is a nation divided in ways and on issues broader than the Civil Rights movements, the massive Vietnam War protests and Richard Nixon’s impeachment of decades past. Since January 20, when Donald Trump was inaugurated president, protest marches championing a myriad...
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Trend Forecast
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...
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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...
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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...