Posted by TED Magazine
on 2/26/2009
Copper is the focus (in the second of two parts) in this week's Special Report. You'll take a look at seven price forecasts, a quote from Mark Twain, and a couple of graphics. Joe Salimando's conclusion: $1.50 per pound seems where things are headed—for now.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 2/19/2009
Copper, China, mistaken analyses, copper, intermarket comparisons, copper, and copper are the subjects of Special Report. And: Did we mention...copper? Joe Salimando writes: "You can't pin copper's price fall (and crude oil's) on whatever happened to the stock market." Included: Three graphics destined to destroy your digestion.... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 2/12/2009
So you've learned a lot in the past two decades of running an electrical distribution business. Forget all of it, says columnist Joe Salimando in Special Report. What's happened in the past has no relation to what's happening now (and what will come).... read more
Posted by TED Magazine
on 2/5/2009
Our third (of three) Special Report on "The Smart Grid" delves into how this thing is treated as a magic elixir for every single thing that ails the electric utility industry. Joe Salimando puts forward his own ("dumb solutions") plan, which includes the brilliant "raise the price of electricity!" It worked this past summer with gasoline, didn't it?... read more