Harry Dent

Harry Dent is one of the most contrarian and outspoken economic forecasters in America, a bestselling author, and the founder of HS Dent Investment Management. His demographic-based approach to economic forecasting has made him one of the most provocative voices in financial planning and investment strategy for over three decades.

Predicting Economic Cycles Through Demographics

Dent developed a unique methodology for forecasting economic trends based on demographic data, particularly the spending patterns of different generations as they move through predictable life stages. His approach has generated both acclaim and controversy, with bold predictions about booms and busts that have challenged conventional economic thinking. He is the author of numerous bestselling books including The Great Boom Ahead, The Roaring 2000s, and The Demographic Cliff, which have shaped how financial professionals and investors think about long-term economic cycles.

Helping Organizations and Investors Navigate Economic Uncertainty

Dent is the founder of the HS Dent Foundation and has spent decades advising financial professionals, corporations, and investors on how to prepare for the economic shifts his research predicts. His keynotes deliver bold, data-driven forecasts on economic cycles, demographic trends, real estate markets, investment strategy, and what the next decade holds for businesses and consumers navigating an uncertain global economy.

Growth Markets of the 90s

• Predictable spending patterns for specific consumer products
• What Baby-Boomers will buy as they age
• Tracking the growth of new technologies and products in any market or industry
• The consumer adoption model
• The four-stage product life cycle

Business Strategies

• The three strategies – Premium, Discount, and Standard
• How the three strategies will evolve
• The challenge of moving premium products into the mainstream
• Head-to-head competition between large discount and small premium companies
• Strategies for standard companies – change or die

The Work Revolution Ahead

• The organization wave – Baby-Boomers move into management
• Organization innovation as the key competitive edge in the 90s
• Turning your organization upside down: Six simple principles driving the new front-line organization
• Achieving the best of both worlds: scale economies and innovation/responsiveness.

Other programs include:

• The Great Boom Ahead
• Why most forecasters are wrong
• The economy is highly predictable
• The family life cycle of spending
• The greatest boom in history: 1994-2010
• The end of inflation