{"id":14708,"date":"2017-01-09T03:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T03:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?page_id=14708"},"modified":"2025-05-27T04:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:40:45","slug":"why-evaluate-trends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/why-evaluate-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mega trends are secular or generational trends that span several decades, sometimes longer. Use the top menu for links to the mega trends identified below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Global population\n<ul>\n<li>Ageing populations in developed countries<\/li>\n<li>Growing populations in underdeveloped countries<\/li>\n<li>Migration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Environmental damage\n<ul>\n<li>CO<sup>2<\/sup> and methane emissions<\/li>\n<li>Plastic pollution<\/li>\n<li>Over-fishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Decarbonization\n<ul>\n<li>Renewables<\/li>\n<li>Electric vehicles (EVs)<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear power<\/li>\n<li>Hydrogen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Internet\n<ul>\n<li>Online search<\/li>\n<li>Online retail<\/li>\n<li>Online payments<\/li>\n<li>Social media<\/li>\n<li>Online entertainment<\/li>\n<li>Cloud<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Digital communication\n<ul>\n<li>Smart phones<\/li>\n<li>Digital payments<\/li>\n<li>Digital currencies<\/li>\n<li>Blockchain technology<\/li>\n<li>Passive investing through ETFs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Automation\n<ul>\n<li>Internet of Things (IoT)<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<li>Artificial intelligence (AI)<\/li>\n<li>Self-driving vehicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Medical Technology\n<ul>\n<li>Biotechnology<\/li>\n<li>Applied technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Money, Debt &amp; Interest Rates\n<ul>\n<li>Low interest rates<\/li>\n<li>Debt bubble<\/li>\n<li>Rising inequality<\/li>\n<li>Political unrest<\/li>\n<li>Decline of the Dollar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Globalization\n<ul>\n<li>Asian middle class<\/li>\n<li>Deflation<\/li>\n<li>Trade wars are class wars<\/li>\n<li>Thucydides trap (great power conflict)<\/li>\n<li>Pandemic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We aim to identify industries that stand to benefit from these trends while avoiding those likely to be disadvantaged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mega trends are secular or generational trends that span several decades, sometimes longer. Use the top menu for links to the mega trends identified below: Global population Ageing populations in developed countries Growing populations in underdeveloped countries Migration Environmental damage CO2 and methane emissions Plastic pollution Over-fishing Decarbonization Renewables Electric vehicles (EVs) Nuclear power Hydrogen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/why-evaluate-trends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mega Trends&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Evaluate Trends? 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