American Water Works: Investing In A Water Utility Giant

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The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s recent council meeting in Rome comes at a time when innovators in food science are grappling with paradoxical challenges — a global obesity epidemic and persistent threats of food scarcity.  

By Vineet Dutta: There are two events scheduled in the water industry this week as industry giants America Water Works (AWK) and Aqua America (WTR) are both scheduled to report earnings Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

Back to Part V By Mark Bern, CPA CFA

Back to Part 4By Mark Bern, CPA CFAThis article will begin with my views, both short and long-term on the industry fundamentals and end with an assessment of some of my favorite companies in the industry. I will follow up with another article to deal with the remaining widely-held companies in the industry, including explanations of why each company did or did not meet my master list criteria.

Two weeks ago we reported about one of the biggest daily withdrawals of eligible gold from the JPM gold vault, it not on an absolute basis, then certainly on a relative, when in one day over 260k ounces of gold were withdrawn, leaving a record low 141.6k ounces, or just over 4 tons of gold in the vault.

Demand for access to basic needs, an emerging middle class and a never-ending use of global resources—these are the primary drivers of major infrastructure projects over the next several years, says GE. In its Investor Meeting last week, the firm highlighted a few macro slides on world growth. One slide pins major global infrastructure plans totaling $4 trillion over the next 2 to 20 years.