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After the Fall: Value Opportunities in the Solar Sector (AMAT, WFR, GTAT, FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO, SOL)

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 10:41 am

Anyone looking for a sad story to tell need search no further than the solar PV sector. Manufacturing over-capacity and lower government subsidies led to a price collapse of about ...
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Solar Saga Continues Downward Spiral (STP, TSL, SOL, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, JASO, YGE)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 12:52 pm

The string of losses in the solar PV industry is really not news any longer. Stock prices have been hit hard by collapsing panel prices and vanishing margins. Today is ...
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Solar Tariffs Bring Risks & Rewards (FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, GTAT, TAN)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 7:01 am

Solar stocks are going to again be under a focus on Friday after the Commerce Department tariffs on Chinese solar products was far higher than originally projected.  Duties will be ...
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After CFO Departure… How Long Can MEMC Survive?

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 12:24 pm

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is at a point where a turnaround analysis and a valuation analysis just no longer matter.  Having fallen from over $90.00 per share, the ...
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MEMC Loses CFO, Stock Hammered

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 11:38 am

Given the company’s horrible showing for the first quarter, the last thing MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) needed was to have a management shake-up. But that’s what the solar ...
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Renesola: Finally Some Good News in the Solar Sector (SOL, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, STP, YGE, JASO, JKS)

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 8:26 am

When the company reported fourth quarter earnings in March, it set expectations for the first quarter fairly low. Renesola posted an EPS loss of -$0.23, better than the expected loss of ...
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Solar Industry Takes Another Blow (WFR, FSLR, SPWR, STP, YGE)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 1:41 pm

One piece of the solar industry that has taken a bigger hit to prices than the panel makers, it’s the polysilicon wafer makers. Case in point is MEMC Electronic Materials ...
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One Small Solar Merger Could Trigger More Solar Mergers (WEST, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, WFR, TAN)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 8:04 am

Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEST) may have some good news for the entire solar sector.  The company has announced a merger agreement between it and CBD Energy Ltd. (ASX: CBD).  ...
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First Solar Sinks to Another New Low (FSLR, SPWR, YGE)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 2:46 pm

Shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) just can’t seem to find a bottom. The only thing to say about this is that maybe today’s the day. Yet the company’s ...
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LDK Implodes (LDK, FSLR, TSL, STP, JASO, YGE)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 7:40 am

Shares of solar PV maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) are pointed toward a new 52-week low today following the company’s report on its fourth quarter 2011 earnings. The ...
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America’s Cities with the Cleanest Air

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 6:35 am

For the fifth year in a row, air pollution in the United States has declined, according to a new study by the American Lung Association. Despite the fact that the ...
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Investor Losses Keep Coming With Earth Day (FSLR, LDK, STP, SPWR)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 3:31 pm

We have recently noted how the solar sector is not just in a bad place... It is in jeopardy.  This last Sunday was Earth Day but please do not bother ...
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Earth Day Tainted By Billions In Alternative Energy Losses (FAN, QLCN, TAN, KWT, PWND, PBW, FSLR, SPWR, WFR, XOM, CVX, BP, CREE, TSLA)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Earth Day is April 22, 2012, which is this Sunday.  Many Americans and many people elsewhere will be thinking about how they can be more green.  Sadly, there are going ...
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The Forces of Green Attack Cloud Computing

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:39 am

Greenpeace is worried that the huge new cloud computing industry will rely on old sources of energy. The growth and size of these IT infrastructures in not only large, it is ...
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When Solar Giants Try To Shrink Their Way To Prosperity (FSLR)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 9:52 am

What happens when you are the de facto king of solar, get an analyst downgrade, have no full-time CEO, announce factory closures, and announce broad layoffs?  It might not be ...
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