Gerald Celente is the Founder & Director of the Trends Research Institute. Gerald has been quoted and interviewed in media throughout the world such as, CNBC, Fox News, CBS This Morning, 48 Hours, ABC, NBC, BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Business Week, Financial Times, U.S. News and World Report, The Economist and more. In this interview Gerald discusses bank bailouts, The Fed, Paulson, Gheitner, civil unrest, increases in crime and the future of the United States as he sees it and much more.

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Gerald Celente - Founder & Director, Publisher, the Trends Journal®

Gerald Celente will show you the future. Forecasting trends since 1980, Mr. Celente, Founder & Director of the Trends Research Institute, is author of the highly acclaimed and best selling books, Trend Tracking and Trends 2000 (Warner Books) and publisher of the Trends Journal®.

Gerald Celente and The Trends Research Institute have earned the reputation as todays must trusted name in trends for their accurate and timely predictions. Among them:

Predicted the Panic of 08 in November of 2007

Forecast the Recession of 2007 in 2004

Years before Starbucks was a household name, Gerald Celente forecast the popularity of gourmet coffee

Decades before Pepsi and Coke got into the water business, Gerald Celente predicted the Big Boom in Bottled Water

When gold was at $275 per ounce in 2002, Gerald Celente said the price had bottomed and in 2004 forecast the beginning of the Gold Bull Run. Since that time, with pinpoint accuracy, he said when, why and how high gold would go.

Gerald Celente coined the term Clean Foods in 1993 and predicted sustained growth in organic products in 1988

Nine months before 9/11, USA Today wrote, 2001 wont be our year, trend seer says. Gerald Celente warned that Americans wouldnt be safe at home or abroad. (USA Today, December 14, 2000)

The Trends Research Institute and Gerald Celente were forerunners in the natural healing/alternative health movement

On the geopolitical and economic fronts, Gerald Celente and The Trends Research Institute are credited with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the last two economic recessions, the dot-com meltdown, the 1997 Asian currency crisis and the 1987 world stock market crash

Gerald Celente has forecast many real estate trends, including the big move to vacation spots and small towns, the growth in the second home market, a real estate "fizz" in 2005 ... plus hundreds of other social, business, fashion, consumer and entertainment trends.

The Martial Artist of Trend Forecasting — Gerald Celente, a black belt Close-Combat martial artist, well understands the importance of proacting rather than reacting: The first rule of Close Combat is to attack the attacker. Action is faster than reaction. The same holds true for the future. You know the future is coming attack it before it attacks you.

Political Atheist — Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom, Celente, whose motto is Think for yourself, observes and analyzes the current events forming future trends for what they are not for the way he wants them to be.

Globalnomic® Trend Forecaster — Using his unique perspectives on current events forming future trends, Gerald Celente developed the Globalnomic® methodology, which is used to identify, track, forecast and manage trends.

The world's only trends analyst covering 300 diversified trends fields, Gerald Celente and the Trends Research Institute provide trend research studies and consulting services to businesses, governments and individuals worldwide.

Media Favorite — Gerald Celentes on-time trend forecasts, vibrant style, articulate delivery and vivid public presence makes him a favorite of major media. Celentes up-to-the-minute analysis on a broad spectrum of topics are widely sought by: The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Fox News, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, 48 Hours, cable and radio news including CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR.

Gerald Celente is often quoted and featured in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Time, Business Week, Financial Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report, Investors Business Daily, The Economist and media throughout the world. (less info)