Promising Markets Of The Near Future

Predicting what is going to happen in the stock market is historically difficult. People have made fortunes overnight, other people have lost their retirement savings. No matter how easy it may seem to make a fortune overnight, investors should always remember that although Wall Street isn't exactly comparable to Vegas as far as the nature of the risk you're taking, it can be just as lethal.

A huge part of being successful on the stock market is being invested for the long run and being able to forecast the trajectory of future industries. We would all love to invest heavily in the Microsoft startup of the 2010s, but remember that hindsight is always 20/20. Picking a long term winner requires scrupulous research, patience, and some luck. Here are a few markets that could gain major traction this decade:

Additive manufacturing—This technology is just now hitting the market in experimental phases. Sometimes called '3D printing', it will allow companies to essentially own a factory inside their office, using mathematical blueprints to build objects layer by later. This new form of manufacturing will change the world once developers work out the kinks. Aggressive companies in this industry, such as Optomec, could make for excellent long-term investments.

Biosimilars—The bane of the biopharmaceutical industry's existence, these generic-like big molecule drug products are changing the landscape of Big Pharma and are estimated to earn over ten billion dollars annually by 2020. Investing now in a small biosimilar company with big connections could make for a windfall of cash later.

Stem cells—Many analysts though that a Democratic president in office would make stem cell treatments take off. The reality is, more time was needed to perfect the research. Amazing things are being done in this field, and the years ahead could see an incredible stem cell industry continue to flourish in hospitals and research labs across the world.

Solar energy—Renewable energy as a whole can be expected to exponentially increase in the decades ahead, and will soon power everything from vending machines to data centers worldwide. The question is how soon and in what capacity. Recent evidence suggests that Asian solar energy may be the right investment. Solar companies based in China and India especially are receiving massive infrastructure investments by their respective governments. One could even go so far as to pick a dozen or so penny stocks to invest in and see which ones take off.

Picking a stock investment that is going to pay off in major ways can be extremely difficult. In another sense, it simply involves predicting what company is going to be successful. If you've got a skill for forecasting broad trends in the world at large, you have a good opportunity to get your finger on the pulse of where Wall Street will be in the future. The industries listed above have excellent potential for meteoric future growth.

Guest post couresy of Amanda Green