Economic and Regulatory Opportunities
1)
Economic Trend: Bond Market activity insinuating
recession ahead
b)
An opportunity exists here due to the years of
historical data and the predictors that have foreshadowed a recession over the
last 60 years.
c)
Prototypical customer – American investors,
global businesses in the US, US based businesses, labor forces
d)
I saw this opportunity due to the recent
recession in 2008 and noticing the trends from the period prior are
continuing. It does not seem that we
learned from the past and have escalated the same scenario.
e)
Given the historical data it could be easier to
recognize a downward trend, however it could be difficult to exploit due to the
ever changing market and actions taken to prevent it from occurring.
2)
Economic Trend: Hiring contractors
b)
The opportunity exists as companies try to lower
their overhead costs and not effect revenue output.
c)
The prototypical customer: All employees, businesses
d)
I saw this opportunity because hiring
contractors removes the burden of paying out the additional compensations and
taxes eventually adding to their bottom line.
e)
I think this trend would be easy to
exploit. All businesses are concerned
with the bottom line and struggle to provide enticing benefits to its
employees.
3)
Regulatory Changes: To help more people save for
retirement
b)
This opportunity exists because roughly half of
U.S. households of those over 55 have not saved for retirement.
c)
Prototypical customer – Any part-time or full-
time worker who is qualified to contribute to retirement plans and small
businesses interested in offer plans to its employees. As mentioned in the article, having access to
a workplace retirement plan is the most effective way to get people to save.
d)
This would be easier to exploit
e)
This opportunity stood out to me as I am an
older individual who is concerned about how much I have saved for retirement
and what options are available.
4)
Regulatory Changes: Personal Finance elective required for High
School students
b)
This opportunity exists due to the fact that a
majority of students do not understand how to properly handle their finances
after graduation at which time they become adults.
c)
Prototypical customer – High school students or
any individual who would like to learn how to properly handle their finances. Financial institutions, Parents, Home
mortgaging companies, credit card companies
d)
This will be easy to exploit as there is a
steady stream of high school students who take classes necessary to graduate.
e)
I see this as an opportunity not only to aid the
student in how to properly care for their money, but also to help the community
by having citizens who use their money to give back by being able to purchase
items without going into debt.
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading about the economic and regulatory trends that you identified. Specifically, the second of the trends that you noted, that the increase in hiring of contractors is a current trend. While the prototypical customer is not “all businesses,” there is a significant amount of industries that can employ these workers. It can be related back to the lesson learned in class about “perma-temps” and how they can affect the economy.
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DeleteHi, Melissa Davis!
ReplyDeleteThe article I want to talk about is the one about Google following a growing work trend of hiring more contractors than employees. Some people might see this as a positive trend, but I don’t. It actually reminds me ‘permatemping’ like what was talked about in the lecture last week. It may be cheaper for the business, but in my opinion, it’s hurting the entire economy with families not being able to find full-time jobs now.
Here’s the opportunities in economic and regulatory trends I found if you’d like to take a look: https://kimmiepalo.blogspot.com/2019/05/identifying-opportunities-in-economic.html