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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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Utilities Earnings Hit by Weather (DUK, SE, AES, AEE, LNT)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 8:36 am

US demand for natural gas dropped this winter leading to near-record levels of storage and historically low prices. For natural gas utilities, this was not such good news. For power ...
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How Bad Are Things in the Garbage and Waste Management Sector? (WM, RSG, WCN, BIN, ECOL, VLO)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:01 am

The garbage and waste management sector is supposed to be a futurist’s delight. There are generally large barriers to entry for new players and most geographies are controlled by regional monopolies or ...
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Diverging Outlooks on High Dividend Utility Sector (EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG, NVE, CPN, NRG, GEN)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 8:59 am

The utility sector is a favorite of dividend and income investors.  The group was the best performing group of 2011 as investors snapped up higher dividends rather than Treasuries and ...
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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 Best Value High-Yield and High-Return Utilities (XLU, EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:35 am

The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be ...
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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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Will DOE Save First Solar? (FSLR, EXC)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 4:13 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) was facing a nearly busted IPO situation just yesterday.  No 52-week low worries.  Try nearing the worst of the worst as its shares were danger-close ...
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PPL Raising Capital (PPL)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 4:28 pm

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) is planning to raise capital via a share sale via a registered underwritten public offering of 9,900,000 shares of common stock.  PPL noted that it plans ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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Solar Woes Get To Blame Italy This Time (FSLR, TAN, SPWR, WFR)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 11:18 am

Solar power just cannot get a break.  The age of austerity is drilling holes in the solar economic viability business model.  Today's negative news flow stems out of Italy, where ...
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World Water Day’s Top Pick: American Water Works (AWK)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Did you know there is even a World Water Day?  You should.  The future of water is dire and most Americans do not know what a challenge it is in ...
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AEP Formalizes Plant Closures, Power Grid Trouble Ahead? (AEP)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 1:13 pm

American Electric Power Company (NYSE: AEP) is making its closure plans official.  The power generator and utility has made its notifications to the PJM Interconnection and Southwest Power Pool to retire ...
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Punishing Chinese Solar Makers, With Candy (TSL, STP, LDK, JASO, FSLR, STP)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Solar shares are in a bit of flux after reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that Chinese solar panel makers have received illegal subsidies from China's government.  U.S. ...
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