By David Dutkewych Energy independence has traveled a long hard road from presidential sound bite back in the days of the Nixon White House to nearly becoming a reality. Finally, thanks to a 100-year supply of natural gas from within our own borders, we’re tantalizingly close to ending our over-dependence on foreign
Stocks in the emerging markets did terribly last year. They plunged 22% compared to a flat S&P 500. So how about this year? When will the emerging markets stage their next big rally? I track one sign more than any other. And it hasn’t let me down yet. It’s when these countries
By David Dutkewych I don’t give much thought to the amount of water I use in a day. From keeping the water running while cleaning the dishes to running the sprinklers so my lawn stays nice and green, it’s all the same to me. Most of us in this country take water
What if everything professional investors thought they knew about risk was completely wrong? Or what if the way that hundreds of billions of dollars are structured in hedge funds was totally off base? And what if this simple misunderstanding was actually exposing us to a potential meltdown that could wipe out
Dry good shipping rates for the biggest floaters on water, Capesize vessels, have plunged 76% this year alone. If there was no flood of ships going into shippers’ fleets, I’d call this a very significant bear indicator. But there is. Shippers went way overboard in 2008 when the economy was peaking and
I have a dilemma. I hate both austerity and excessive government spending. Can you blame me? I spent several years in the government. Not the one controlled by Washington. This one was controlled by Annapolis, the seat of Maryland’s state government where I worked under the late and great Governor William Donald
There are a lot of people who want to tell you “Microsoft Windows is dead.” They point to the rapid rise of Google and Apple as proof that Microsoft is on its last legs. But is that really the case? In Microsoft’s latest quarterly report, it stated that it sold 525 million
By David Dutkewych “Yes mom, I finished my oatmeal”, was a common response in my house as a kid. For some reason I always had trouble getting my oatmeal down as a kid, even on the coldest of cold winter morning in Upstate New York. Luckily, for me, I don’t have to
