Which will be the next big thing after the internet? Should we start investing in these small firms?
Posted by admin in Finance Saturday, 26 November 2011 14:04 7 Comments
I think it will be robotics. I am thinking of investing in a couple of small robotics start ups. I wonder if this will be the new thing that will take over the internet in a few years.
Anyone with other ideas?
good idea NOT
cloud computing. Central locking for houses
Most likely the next “big thing” that represents anything like the investment opportunity the internet provided will be “open source energy”, or companies that find a way to generate power at little more cost to them than the initial set-up investment costs. Nuclear power could offer this when some improvements are developed in the maintenance costs…keep your ears & eyes open!
Robotics is a general evolving term and has been around since Henry Ford created the assembly line. How you could possibly target that is beyond me. Cloud computing is the reality of the future and moving fast. But there are numerous big computer tech companies who will want to be in on it and who knows how that will shake out. The internet is already used to program, operate and monitor robotics but that’s about it. Buy SPY (S&P Depository Receipts on a periodic basis for the next 25 – 30 years. You will be comfortably retired at an early age. Those that chased big ideas will still be working and broke.
Robotics, maybe. Bioengineering and biotech, definitely.
The internet bubble was ten years ago…then came the real estate bubble five years ago. Seems like bubbles are blowing and popping more recently than any time in history…you can thank the Fed for that! The next bull run would be in commodities…prices have to soak up all the trillions the Fed has been printing. Invest in agriculture, oil, gold, and silver. Silver for under $20 an ounce is a gift from heaven. Five years from now, you may wish you bought more.
That’s where the major market will be. International central banks are hoarding gold, thats what the big boys are doing. They’ve already revealed it their hand, you just have to play it. Humorously, you should become a farmer!…Invest in agriculture.
I don’t really think robotics will have nearly the same effect as the internet did. If I had to make a wild guess I would place my chips in the energy sector. We are starting to see more products that can be recharged wirelessly (if that is even a word), and I don’t think its such a far fetched idea to imagine that power en masse will be transmitted wirelessly in the future as well. Powerlines will become obsolete.