So how is it that some angel investors just know where to invest? Do they have a great sixth sense? Or is it pure luck….I don’t think we can answer that! However, for all the young starry eyed investors, here are a few resources that can help understand where to invest for maximum ROI. The first one (and my favorite!) is called
The Institute for the Future: http://www.iftf.org. This is an excellent website for various scenarios for the next decade. They have scenarios from a generic 10 year forecast to targeted industry scenarios for energy, healthcare, water, carbon etc.
World Economic Forum: Another institute that generates a lot of high quality reports including the ‘Global Risk Report’ is the World Economic Forum in Geneva: http://www.wefoum.org .
Sometimes Consulting firms like PriceWaterHouseCoopers release industry specific reports where they try to anticipate the Pharma industry trends for the next 10 years : http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/pharma-life-sciences/pharma-2020/pharma-2020-vision-path.jhtml
At the same time taking a look at the big giant company websites in any industry can give a fair indication of the future to come. For e.g. in the energy industry Shell has excellent scenarios available for reference.
http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/our_strategy/shell_global_scenarios/shell_energy_scenarios_2050/
The bottom line is, do your homework before investing. A detailed analysis of economic indicators together with consideration of scenarios for the future and risk analysis should lead you to a good understanding of what the people of the world will need tomorrow.
Rachna Dayal : Investment 