They complain, for instance, that history is too much neglected in the consideration of future trends.
The ones who understand future trends have always been the ones to prosper most.
Narrative Number Two is a less visionary but perhaps soberer assessment of current markets and near-future trends.
But they do so based on their expectations of future trends in supply and demand, not on whims.
Science fiction has always played a role as a diviner of future trends.
With three decades at the cutting edge of popular music, Eno is more qualified than most to predict future trends.
Future trends could also benefit Walmart as pre-paid smartphone sales heat up and contract based plans get a boost from lower-priced handsets.
Good, bad or neutral, these polls between the 2006 and 2010 presidential races resemble U.S. midterms where future trends are often detected.
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Some sessions will focus specifically on silver and the platinum group metals, including future trends in off-road engine demand for platinum and pressures faced by producers.
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Professor Lobell said the study only referred to past relationships, as extrapolating the findings to predict future trends would require a number of assumptions to be made.
Building permits, which indicate future trends, fell to 549, 000 in December, well below the 615, 000 reported in the previous month, and beneath the 600, 000 anticipated by Wall Street.
Analysing historical data and using it to predict future trends.
So then why are some people so good at recognizing, understanding, and even creating future trends and behavior (thinking Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett) and others not?
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That unrealistic way of predicting future trends could keep stock prices up this month before they begin to fall next month if my prediction of slowing economic growth starting now is accurate.
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The main purpose of the seminar was to give an general idea of current state of ground water in Uzbekistan, scientific-educational activities and the area of usage of underground water and determination of future trends relating to improvement of research methods and educational approaches with development of practical recommendations.
Yet the two concerns remained cautious about future sales trends, citing weak economic growth and consumer uncertainty.
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It also highlights McDonald's growing proficiency at addressing current and future eating trends.
Prato still remains the world's fabric development leader - a sort of laboratory where future fabric trends are tested out.
This is a neat reversal of how most Western products are adapted for Chinese tastes and may be a harbinger of future marketing trends.
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These conferences bring together industry innovators, entrepreneurs and financing sources to exchange ideas, forge new relationships and discuss the current and future industry trends.
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Rarely addressed in the context of climate change, future population trends could make the difference between success and failure in the long-term balance of human activities, atmosphere, and climate.
The capabilities of the Cortex-A50 processor series allow it to seamlessly transition from a 32-bit to a 64-bit execution state, enabling today's existing applications, and provides scalability to 64-bit for mobile computing client evolution and future superphone trends.
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If you want help in pondering the future and how trends may play out, there are few people with the experience, knowledge and broad view possessed by Rob Watson, CEO of ECOTech, International, and well known as the driving force behind the creation and success of LEED.
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Crowdfunding website Kickstarter offers a trove of insights for making predictions about future product and publishing trends.
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Companies that base future planning on historical trends find themselves rapidly in trouble.
Therefore most of Wall Street predicts the future based upon past trends.
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Rahim Kanani: How will these trends shape the future of media and social change?
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The mistake both made was focusing too much on the past, not investing heavily enough in market shifts, and insufficiently using market trends to guide future direction.
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In particular, behavioural economists have argued that human beings tend to be too confident of their own abilities and tend to extrapolate recent trends into the future, a combination that may contribute to bubbles.
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