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First Solar Flirts With All-Time Lows… A Busted IPO Case (FSLR)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 12:26 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) hit yet a new 52-week low today, but the psychological damage is just about to get a whole lot worse if this stock's price trajectory ...
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At All-Time Lows… Can First Solar Manage To Avoid Death? (FSLR, TAN, PBW, SPWR, WFR)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 12:37 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is the king of U.S. solar companies.  Despite a monstrous rally in the stock market year-to-date, First Solar shares hit a new 52-week low today.  In ...
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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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Chinese Solar Firms’ Stocks Dive on Tariff News (YGE, TSL, STP, JASO, LDK, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 11:48 am

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 ...
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US Solar Market Tells Good News/Bad News Story (FSLR, SPWR, JASO, TSL, STP, LDK)

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 10:25 am

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 ...
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Trying To Find Growth Potential in Solar Stocks (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 12:58 pm

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 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CHK, WYN, CMCSA, RL, DELL, CEG, ENB, SPWR, HNZ, CPB, DMD, BDCO, CTIC, GILD, SCON)

Posted: February 17, 2012 at 4:06 pm

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 ...
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Morning Movers (CTIC, RAIL, GILD, SCON, SPWR, STP, FSLR)

Posted: February 17, 2012 at 10:15 am

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 ...
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Top Earnings & Economic Previews For The Day Ahead (AAP, APA, AMAT, BIDU, ABX, DTV, DVA, DUK, ELNK, GM, LEAP, TAP, JWN, SPWR, WM, WWWW)

Posted: February 15, 2012 at 3:50 pm

Thursday is a fairly busy day for earnings expectations.  We are expecting the following reports: Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP); Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA); Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT); ...
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More Short Covering Exaggerates Solar Rallies (TAN, FSLR, SPWR, ENER, TSL, WFR)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 3:10 pm

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 ...
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Solar Tariff Would Cost 50,000 US Job Losses (FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm

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 ...
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Solar Tries For Significant 2012 Comeback (FSLR, WFR, TAN, KWT, SPWR, STP, YGE, LDK, ENER, XLU)

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 1:12 pm

So far we are seeing a continued rotation. What worked great in 2011 is being sold and the worst performing groups are being bought.  No sector with as many names ...
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A Solar Comeback Predicted in 2012 (YGE, FSLR, SPWR, STP)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 11:31 am

Battered solar PV stocks could be setting the stage for a comeback in 2012. One thing’s for sure though -- solar PV prices can’t drop another 50% this year.  Solar ...
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Morning Movers (SPWR, BASI, RMBS, SKY, CAMP)

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 10:22 am

There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), Bioanalytical Systems Inc. ...
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BP Will Exit Solar Panel-Making Business (BP, FSLR, SPWR, JASO, LDK, TSL, STP)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 1:49 pm

In September 2010, BP plc (NYSE: BP) fired 320 workers at its solar panel-making operation in Maryland because it could not compete with manufacturers like First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), ...
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