KINGSTON, NY, 30 July 2012 — In my 32 years of forecasting trends, never have I been more troubled about what’s going on in the world today and where the future is heading.
I’ve had premonitions before, which were borne out by events. But only once before in my lifetime have I had a premonition as powerful as this. That first premonition came 10 months before 9/11, when I forecast in my Top Trends for 2001 that Americans wouldn’t be safe at home or abroad.
On 14 December 2000, USA Today, covering my forecasts, ran this headline: “2001 will not be our year, trend seer says” and began the story with this warning, “Get ready America. If a trendmeister’s predictions are on target, 2001 will be no walk in the park.”
Now, in July of 2012, what I see ahead is even more troubling than what I foresaw back then. Of course, over the past decade, it’s been one crisis after another: The Afghan/Iraq wars, the “Panic of ’08,” the real estate bust, the eurozone debt crisis, the “Arab Spring,” wars in Libya. Now wars with Syria and Iran are looming and class warfare is erupting throughout Europe.
None of this should have come as a surprise to Trends Journal subscribers. All were predicted well in advance. And, while we did not forecast that the US would launch wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, once they became inevitable, even before they began, I accurately predicted their outcomes.
But what has me so concerned now is that the confluence of crises has reached critical mass.
The danger zones are erupting simultaneously. In order to sensibly prepare for the future, it is necessary to have a clear, factual, and unbiased understanding of what set the trends in motion.
The euro-crisis is front and center in this we track its time line and provide insights, analysis and forecasts that won’t be found anywhere else. Included is an erudite commentary by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, (former Assistant Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan) who, in our opinion, understands the complexities of this embroiled situation perhaps better than anyone in the field. After you read it you’ll no longer wonder where all the money went … you will also think twice before you “invest” again.
The world financial markets are poised to crash. In the Spring Trends Journal, former managing director of Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins, identified the nations that would be hit in the first two phases of “The Great Global Depression.” In this issue, Ms. Prins completes her comprehensive forecast by identifying the nations that will be hit in phases three and four.
On the geopolitical front, Syria is at war, and it won’t stop at its borders. Following the tourist bus bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis, war talk is heating up as Israel and the US pin the blame on Hezbollah and Iran. Austerity-burdened, economically depressed Spaniards are taking to the streets by the hundreds of thousands and angry Americans are rioting in Anaheim.
And they’re not alone: “When people lose everything and have nothing left to lose, they lose it.” And in cities of Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Greece – in a country near you – people are losing it!
While the economic/geopolitical trends do not bode well, there is some bright light at the end of the tunnel. Our knowledgeable science editor, Ben Daviss, alerts subscribers to a new, largely unheralded alternative energy breakthrough that could not only change the course of energy history, but history itself. Though we don’t provide investment advice, we do advise investors to take a very close look at “HYDRINO POWER: An Energy Miracle?”
In this issue we also provide several “Trend Lessons” that will show you how to distinguish between truth and propaganda so that you can make informed decisions. We pass on to you skills honed over the course of three decades of trends research and forecasting; skills that you will not get anywhere else. Not from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford or Cambridge. Not from The Economist, the Financial Times, The New York Times or CNN … not from anywhere!
As always, The Trends Journal is illuminated by award-winning graphic artist Anthony Freda’s bright, bold, ferocious illustrations.
Sincerely
Gerald Celente
