Worth Examining
Best and Worst Industries in Last and Next Decades
Industry research firm IBISWorld has identified the top 10 best and worst performing industries based on accumulative revenue growth from 2000-2009 and 2010-2019:
Best Performing Industries In the Past Decade (2000-2009)
Rank
Best Performing
Growth
1
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Providers (VoIP)
See Note
2
Search Engines
1655.9%
3
An Analysis of President Obama's Brookings' Speech on Job Creation
More Arrests in Hedge Fund Land
Update 11/6/09: During the stock market panic in the fall of 2008, I warned readers of the role of naked short selling and hedge funds engaging in such illegal activity (see articles below). I have long suspected the industry was also ripe and prone to insider trading.
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