6a: Identifying Opportunities in Economics & Regulatory Trends

Opportunity #1: The medical marijuana stock to continue to rise in the US market.

a)     I found this opportunity on the Coin Base app that allows you to invest money into multiple different stocks and track your earnings/losses daily.

b)    This opportunity exists because of the trend of people who are pro medical marijuana and its ability to soothe patients who are suffering from painful treatments.

c)     The most likely customer for this issue is one who is suffering from a traumatic issue that is painful and they need some kind of treatment.

d)    This opportunity is relatively easy to exploit because as the economic market continues to sky rocket for medical marijuana there’s more and more profit available.

I saw this opportunity due to one of my friends pointing out that they had stocks in the market and how they were doing very well in their profits. This opportunity arose to me as I tracked the actual percentage of the stock over the last month and it was shocking.

Opportunity #2: The unemployment rate is slowly dropping in the US economy

a)     I found this opportunity through looking via economic trends in the US nowadays. The unemployment rate due to the Trump Administration bringing back jobs in the US is slowly decreasing.

b)    This opportunity exists due to before US based companies that had factories in foreign countries coming back to the US and opening jobs to the public.

c)     The most typical customer for this opportunity is a low skilled worker that had hard time finding a job anywhere else

d)    This opportunity is still relatively hard to exploit due to the fact that the competition is still very hard to gain these jobs that are becoming available.

I saw this opportunity while looking via new economic trends that are popping up in the US. The unemployment rate for years has been a stagnant number in our country, but due the presidential administration now, these numbers are on the decline.

Opportunity #3: How school lunches are starting to become healthier for students

a)     I found this opportunity over Winter break when I visited my younger sister in high school for her lunch period. When I was in high school, the lunches were good but very unhealthy, nowadays it’s the opposite

b)    This opportunity exists due to the fact that the US’s obesity numbers are on the rise, and these habits start when kids are young.

c)     The most typical customer for this opportunity would be middle and high school kids who eat lunches at school.

d)    This opportunity is relatively easy to exploit due to the fact that so many kids in middle and high school buy lunch at school because of the low cost of meals.

I saw this opportunity clearly because I have a sibling who deals with it on an everyday basis, this opportunity was evident because when I was her age the times were so different from how they are now.

Opportunity #4: President Trump’s Administration planning on building a wall to separate us from Mexico

a)     I found this opportunity while looking at Trump’s Administration actions that they are in the process of implementing and in the future look to implement

b)    This opportunity exists due to the fact that many illegal activities are crossing our borders from Mexico; like drug trafficking, sex slaves and so on and so forth.

c)     The most typical customer for this opportunity are the everyday US citizens whose tax money is going to building this wall

d)    This opportunity is relatively easy to exploit just due to the fact that all American’s are forced to pay taxes to supplement the government. And this money is going to building the wall.

I saw this opportunity while looking specifically for Trump’s Administration on newly founded research and regulatory changes. The wall that is planned to implement came across the page as a big movement and promise from Trump’s Administration when he was running for President in 2016.