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  • howard lindzon One year ago

    Water

    • Shane One year ago

      Exercise especially running. Numbers are increasing every day. Marathons that used to take 8 months to fill up fill up in 3. Races that were tough to fill now are on lottery. I don’t know how to capitalize on it but I do see a increasing trend. Online? Social bookmarking will retreat or a new big player will enter to spread the wealth from Digg.

      • Howard Lindzon One year ago

        No one is talking mediacl or healthcare. No one talked about aging population.

        The year of the pandemic!

        • bijan One year ago

          in terms of technology, i hope this is the year that things get easier to use. we got a ton of functionality in widgets, blogs, ad networks, video, consumer electronics, etc in 2006 but a lot of this is really hard to use….

          • Duffer One year ago

            I’m investing more in problems:
            CXW - private prisons
            AGN - botox
            ZMH - artificial joints
            DGX - medical testing
            any would make an interesting Wallstrip segment.

            • Donna One year ago

              What about OIL? Cars that run on salt water?

              • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                Donna,

                Understand thatOIL is also subject to the economy and global demand and PERCEPTION so it can drop over reasons you dont think.

                That said, low 50’s and I am buying more.

                • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                  Duffer

                  Cheer Up. You live in America.

                  But good ones. I own DJO and it has had too good a run, but i have been thinking about it.

                  • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                    One trend no one talks about is INFERTILITY. damn Carbs :)

                    IMA has exploded in that space.

                    • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                      CXW - Private prisons - sweet - duffer - write the show

                      Botox has really helped Allergan for sure

                      • John Mahoney One year ago

                        Hi Howard,

                        If you’re looking for a company to profile on Wallstrip, an interesting one would be nVidia (NVDA). It is close to its 52wk high, and the only real competitor it had (ATI)was recently purchased by AMD.

                        You can see the chart and trend…
                        http://finance.google.com/finance?q=nvda

                        On the momentum front, NVDA is now the last ‘independent’ video chip provider out there. They are pretty well positioned with their new chip line (G80), and could get some bounce from both Intel’s new processor cycle, and Microsoft’s graphic hog - Vista. It’s also possible, given their growing relationship with Intel, that Apple could make the switch over to nVidia as well – to Intel, AMD is the evil empire. Maybe we’ll even see it in the iTV?

                        • Lindsay Campbell One year ago

                          I think the major entertainment trend of 2007 is the “webisodic”. Everyone’s getting in on the game and by the end of ‘07, the web will be home to several hit shows, viewed by as many people as today’s hit tv network shows.

                          BTW, great show idea, John Mahoney! Keep ‘em comin’.

                          • Trader-X One year ago

                            What do I think will happen in 2007? Skynet will become self-aware, of course.

                            And, Lindsay and I will meet for good food, drinks, and conversation at Rosa Mexicano.

                            And Howard - you know you want to profile SIRI. Don’t fight it.

                            • Dan Berte One year ago

                              TRENDS! :) Ovations and people drooling..madness and hysteria. People just
                              love them. I do too and here are my own picks and rants:

                              sweets:
                              - wifi
                              - wifi
                              - wifi
                              - and wifi again. not the new ‘n’ draft. but plain-old “b/g”. not wimax. no
                              hsdpa (or whatever the name), no evdo or 3G. who uses those? wifi has become
                              so ubiquitous, cheap and fun that it’s here to stay and grow.
                              sure, i’m also biased, but hey..
                              - usbcell.com
                              - apple
                              - meraki.net
                              - wizzair.com
                              - dash.net
                              - flickr
                              - wallstrip, twit and the like
                              - smart.com cars which are doing 80mpg

                              burps:
                              - youtube - won’t make a buck
                              - myspace - nobody uses that outside the US
                              - FON
                              - suprisingly Skype, the former killer app. watch out for that new “desruptive” pricing that’ll kill them
                              - bluetooth - bummer
                              - hp and sony
                              - zune and vista
                              - winter tyres!

                              kewords of 2007:
                              wireless, podcast, ipod, widget, appliance computer, IPTV, VoIP, integration,
                              streamline, ubiquitous, sharing.

                              I wouldn’t know about real-estate other than it’s going to be big in Romania
                              this year, I wouldn’t know or care about medicine (last time I took any drugs
                              was vitamine C).

                              But you can feel some buzz around the quiet revival of atomic energy, the
                              come-back of the Euro - Dollar war (the EU has 2 new members as of Jan 1st,
                              Romania and Bulgaria) and the oh-so-quiet race on refining and re-inventing
                              online advertising which will be a muddy bubble burst if not fixed fast.

                              so there you have them, WallStrip! hope this will be a good year for all of
                              us!

                              Best regards from not-so-snowy-Romania,

                              Dan Berte
                              CEO & co-founder
                              c*free wireless
                              http://www.cfree.ro

                              • howard lindzon One year ago

                                Amazing how drugs are so american

                                as are 210 milllion ballonn payments to oustedCEO’s (Home Depot)

                                hello Romania

                                • Dan Berte One year ago

                                  hello WallStrip. thanx a bunch, Howard!

                                  • Darren Herman One year ago

                                    Howard, fantastic video! Really insightful to see what people are talking about in terms of trends… one question though… why weren’t the camera crews at our office? j/k

                                    • Darren Herman One year ago

                                      btw- FLOAM. Wonder where that came from? :)

                                      • Dan Berte One year ago

                                        oh yeah, and stranded on a plane, reading the NYT I felt like clicking the “more” button or google some story that was not as in-depth as I wanted it… hmm, is print going down?

                                        • Phileo One year ago

                                          Some stocks to profile (that are near their highs):

                                          BAB - British Airways ( I can already picture Lindsay singing the BA theme song….)

                                          RL - Ralph Lauren. You’ve done a spotlight on AEOS, now you can kick it up a notch and take a peek at what the market for Ralph lauren is like these days…..

                                          • Duffer One year ago

                                            Hi Howard,
                                            Yes, I am glad I live in the US.
                                            I own all the stocks I mentioned - because as OP suggested, I also think healthcare (DGX, ZMH, and AGN) are good plays without the headaches (har) of the sector.
                                            I also have MO and JNJ -
                                            Here’s my strategy: smoke more cigs (MO) eventually they will test you for some disease (DGX) and if you live you will be all wrinkly need botox (AGN) and your bones will be brittle and you’ll need a joint replacement (ZMH) and all the while using J & J products.

                                            • Brebach One year ago

                                              I know this is late
                                              I just found Wallstrip and am catching up.
                                              Love it.

                                              Trader-X LOL
                                              Is that why FX is playing Terminator 3 over and over.
                                              It is a message from the future and there is no future.

                                              The real find was http://www.stardoll.com

                                              BreBach

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