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This is the third in a series of trend-spotting tips from Hilary Kramer’s newly-released book, Ahead of the Curve.

Another tip I make use of in my book is this: It pays to think like a detective! The key is to collect clues wherever they are and use them to come to a conclusion about how to solve the crime — or in this case, to solve the problem of how to make profitable investments.

This tip came into play the other day when I was walking down the street on a garbage day in New York. The bags from an apartment building were piled so high they’d spilled over to block the sidewalk. After navigating this minefield, I got to the subway, on my way out at my stop, I dropped my newspaper in a rubbish bin instead of recycling it — and noticed that the bin was full of other newspapers that should have been recycled.

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