6A - Identifying Opportunities in Economic & Regulatory Trends

Economic Trend ~ America is Losing Global Influence
-where I found it:
 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/08/americas-global-influence-is-declining/568708/

-what leads me to believe that this info suggests an opportunity might exist:
we can learn from the mistakes made in the past, as well as being made in other countries that'll help the U.S. in preventing a decline in power.

-who I think is most likely to be the customer with the opportunity: 
politicians and policy makers

-is the opportunity relatively easy or difficult to exploit? why?
this opportunity would be difficult to exploit because it calls for cooperation on a national level.

-why did I form the belief that an opportunity exists? is there something in experience that helped me find this opportunity?
I believe this opportunity exists because I have learned in history the fluctuation of money and power. With the right policies, there are ways to prevent downfall from the get-go, and move in the right direction.

Economic Trend ~ Baby Boomer Retirement Crisis
-where I found it: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/032216/are-we-baby-boomer-retirement-crisis.asp

-what leads me to believe that this info suggests an opportunity might exist:
there are many who are already in retirement, so there is a chance that there will be enough resources for others with the right changes.

-who I think is most likely to be the customer with the opportunity:
retirees from the baby boomer era and people today who are younger and saving for retirement

-is the opportunity relatively easy or difficult to exploit? why?
relatively easy due to the growing population and people who need jobs can take the older generations jobs

-why did I form the belief that an opportunity exists? is there something in experience that helped me find this opportunity?
this is something going on in 2020, and as a young person I think it's important to touch on these issues to save us from this same problem later on.

Regulatory Change ~ Data and Emerging Technologies are Evolving
-where I found it:
https://www.ey.com/en_us/banking-capital-markets/four-major-themes-dominating-the-regulatory-landscape-in-2020

-what leads me to believe that this info suggests an opportunity might exist:
There is existing risk management and governing practices that could be enhanced to make it all more efficient.

-who I think is most likely to be the customer with the opportunity:
people who use technology, tech providers

-is the opportunity relatively easy or difficult to exploit? why?
relatively difficult, technology is always changing and privacy is becoming more and more of an issue as it does

-why did I form the belief that an opportunity exists? is there something in experience that helped me find this opportunity?
I did a research project on the idea of advancing in technologies and whether it was good or bad and thought about the idea of fixing the issue.

Regulatory Change ~ Post-crisis issues remain; no time to relax
-where I found it: https://www.ey.com/en_us/banking-capital-markets/four-major-themes-dominating-the-regulatory-landscape-in-2020

-what leads me to believe that this info suggests an opportunity might exist:
there have been changes on many fronts but it hasn't still been possible to move on from crises due to reforms and policies that may still need to be implemented because of the crisis long after.

-who I think is most likely to be the customer with the opportunity:
everyone going through/went through crisis, gov officials

-is the opportunity relatively easy or difficult to exploit? why?
this is relatively difficult due to the fact that there have been efforts to solve this problem and its still not a possibility.

-why did I form the belief that an opportunity exists? is there something in experience that helped me find this opportunity?
I have witnessed tragedy and crisis in the past in our country and there are many reasons why we're still stuck on these crisis: we're not advancing in the department of relaxing before the next crisis comes