Ric Edelman's List of Industries at Risk

“By 2025, 40% of Fortune 500 companies won’t exist,” said Edelman, referring to a study by the Olin Graduate School of Business, which he also cites in his book “The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later and Much Later.”

“By 2035, 47% of current jobs won’t exist” due to robots, artificial intelligence and blockchain, according to Edelman. “Technology will wipe out a vast array of jobs.”

Then he listed those industries that are at risk: life insurers, annuity marketers, disability insurers, long-term care insurers and nursing homes, because people will be living much longer and healthier lives; auto insurers and automakers, because there will be self-driving cars that will service individuals who will no longer need to own a vehicle — “they’ll take the one that comes next” — and chiropractors because there be less accidents and less whiplash from self-driving vehicles; the energy sector because of widespread use of solar power; and banks and brokerages because of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, which will wipe out intermediaries.

But there is good news, according to Edelman. Billions of dollars worth of opportunities in big data and robotics and the U.S. will be a prime beneficiary of this change. “Whoever owns the info, the data, wins.”

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