Updated: Monday, July 27th, 2009

Like many other sectors of the economy, water infrastructure and services may soon receive stimulus money, which some analysts believe will boost business careers in the field as well as water-related stock prices.

According to Business Week, a bipartisan legislation is currently under consideration in the House of Representatives that would create a $10 billion water trust fund for investing in America's drinking-water and sewage-treatment systems.

The source cites William Brennan, a manager of the Kinetics Water Infrastructure Advantaged Fund, who says nearly $14 billion of the stimulus package has been designated to overhaul water infrastructure but believes more is needed.

He also expects the government to continue increasing appropriate spending in the years to come and says shares of companies active in the water-treatment field will likely present great investment opportunities in the near future.

People who make such predictions are market analysts, while asset managers make sure clients' portfolios include stocks of companies in promising and fast-growing fields, and they often enroll in online MBA programs to boost their credentials.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for market research analysts and financial managers will grow at 20 percent and 13 percent, respectively, in the next several years. Analysts can expect to make in excess of $100,000 a year, while salaries of some financial managers exceed $145,600.

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