WINNERS & LOSERS

Winner 2019 HOUSTON BOAT SHOW

Boat dealers have enjoyed seven years of rising sales, and the marine industry forecasts boat sales will rise by 3 percent or 4 percent this year.

Loser BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS

North American oil and gas bankruptcies fell to just 43 filings in 2018, down from 70 a year prior, according to the law firm Haynes and Boone.

Winner HOUSING MARKET

Houston-area home sales again shattered sales and price records in 2018, even as once-white-hot markets in other parts of the country softened.