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 ... Read Full Story »
The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weak report on non-farm payrolls (our coverage here). The lack of any further data to chew over left the ... Read Full Story »
After markets closed last night, the two leading US solar PV makers, First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), reported first quarter earnings. Both reported EPS losses, ... Read Full Story »
The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was ... Read Full Story »
Yesterday’s sugar-coated decision by the US Commerce Department to impose tariffs of up to nearly 5% on Chinese-made solar panels imported into the US has hit the makers hard. One ... Read Full Story »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research have released their review of the US solar market for 2011. The good news is that new solar installations more than ... Read Full Story »
The solar sector took a severe beating in 2011 as module prices fell by more than 40%. The bleeding has stopped for now, and most of the solar makers have ... Read Full Story »
US stocks opened mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq opening lower than both the DJIA and the S&P 500. The Nasdaq briefly crossed into positive territory this morning, but has ... Read Full Story »
Two of the three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning with the Nasdaq composite being the laggard. The gains are modest due to any news from Europe on ... Read Full Story »
Solar stocks are on fire. Still, they are so far down from a year ago that celebrating the move it difficult to do. To show just how powerful this move up ... Read Full Story »
A US industry-group that opposes the trade case filed against Chinese solar panel makers commissioned a study to provide an estimate of the number of job losses such a tariff ... Read Full Story »