BusinessWeek has an interesting article discussing the businesses which are expected to continue doing well. The usual suspects make the list:
- Media and entertainment: Advertising, DVD sales
- Private education: “growing more than 30% per year, and the profitability of this sector exceeds that of most North American institutions”
- Environmental Services:
- Need for clean air and water and the recycling of scarce natural resources
- Waste-water treatment
- Hazardous waste disposal
- Air-quality control systems
- Environmental consulting services that focus on reducing greenhouse gases
- Infrastructure, and
- Renewable energy