My 17-year-old son is trying to figure out what he wants to do when he finishes school.

Fortunately, he has two options in front of him. An airline pilot. Or a commercial lawyer.

One has excitement and strong demand prospects. The other flexibility. But I don’t want to influence his choice. It is a decision he must make.

What I can explain, after years in business and investing, is that there’s something more important: Listening to opportunity and seeing threats.

As a very successful businessman once told me: ‘Opportunities don’t shout. They whisper.’

 

Which way to turn? Understanding coming opportunities and threats can help you invest for the future. Source: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

 

You can train in a field. But you never know what opportunities or threats will come along.

When I was working offshore, I came across a businessman in the aviation sector. He’d built a very successful company servicing jet engines. He’d seen and acted upon an opportunity that arose.

These days at the trading desk, many businesses are expensive. Some pay good dividend income. But you have to keep asking the question: ‘How much of a growth runway do they have ahead of them?’

Last month, all the noise was around the trade war. ‘The self-inflicted damage’ Trump is bringing upon America. But you have to consider what he is trying to do. And what opportunities will come from that?

There is a greater strategy. Because when your adversary is your manufacturer, you are in trouble.

Some say America can’t make things anymore. Experience shows factories can ramp up very quickly. Necessity is the mother of invention. While the US may struggle to compete on labour, it could harness the innovation of AI and robotics as factories retool.

Reindustrialisation is coming. A new American golden age is awakening.

We’re looking at opportunities that could be at the forefront…

 

Your first Quantum Wealth Report is waiting for you:

⚡🌎 Start Your Subscription: NZ$37.00 / monthly

⚡🌎 Start Your Subscription: US$24.00 / monthly