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The prediction, in brief:

Telecommunications, technology, and computer software companies will be the entrepreneurs of the ’90s and beyond, making these fields potential gold mines for investors.

Predictor: Celente, Gerald

Prediction, in context:

In a 1993 article in Business Credit, the publication of the National Association of Credit Management, writer Eric Anderson interviewed futurist Gerald Celente. Anderson writes: ”Business Credit asked Gerald Celente, author of ‘Trend Tracking – the System to Profit from Today’s Trends,’ director of the Trends Research Institute, and editor and publisher of the Trends Journal, to share his views on what the future has in store for technological progress in America … ”BC: As this relates to personal finance, in what areas would people be wise to invest their money?” ”Celente: Telecommunications, technology, and computer software companies will be the entrepreneurs of the ’90s and beyond, making these fields potential gold mines for investors.”

Biography:

Gerald Celente was a futurist and director of the Trends Research Institute. He began this career in 1980 and correctly predicted both the fall of the Soviet Union and the stock market crash of the late 1980s. (Futurist/Consultant.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1993

Topic of prediction: Economic structures

Subtopic: E-commerce

Name of publication: Business Credit

Title, headline, chapter name: The Trends that Will Shape Our Future

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Did=000000000271706&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=142&Sid=5&RQT=309

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Canizaro, Lauren