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LDK Solar, Mathematically Bankrupt Without China (LDK, YGE, STP, TSL, JASO)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Following the terrible earnings reports just out from a half-dozen of China’s largest solar PV makers, it is mathematically possible that at least one of these companies is at the ...
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Solar Reality… The Sun Just Does Not Shine (STP, LDK, CSIQ, TSL, JASO, JKS)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 9:16 am

The solar PV sector has been struggling for the last two or three quarters as manufacturing over-capacity has driven down module pricing by around 40% since the beginning of the ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, DV, MS, QCOM, TGT, WDC, HAST, TECD, TSN, HPQ, TSL, CSIQ, JKS, JASO, LDK, STP, LNKD, VRUS, GILD, FMCN, GEDU, REGN, Z)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Stock prices plunged this morning and spent most of the day trading way down. The DJIA hovered around -300 points for most of the day, while the NASDAQ was off ...
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Solar Prices Continue to Batter Industry (JKS, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP, LDK, SPWRA, WFR, SRE)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 9:36 am

China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) has from its beginnings been viewed as a low-cost provider of solar PV panels. Unfortunately, competition in the sector has brought every other ...
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SunPower, First Solar, Chinese Solar Makers Retrenching (SPWRA, FSLR, JASO, STP, TSL)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 11:33 am

The train wreck more widely known as the solar sector may finally be adjusting to reality and trying to get back on the tracks. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) reported earnings ...
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First Solar Earnings… When Bad Is Finally Good Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:43 am

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went ahead and got its earnings report out of the way.  After all, it botched its "CEO exit" so badly yesterday that it was an unfair ...
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Expected Price Gains in Solar Stocks Are Strictly Illusions (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 1:09 pm

About a month and a half ago, we looked at several solar stocks to try to determine if there happened to be a good value play in the sector. Given ...
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US Solar Makers Fire a Shot in Chinese Trade War (STP, TSL, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, WFR, RSOL)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 11:44 am

The blossoming trade war with China has just been warmed-up a notch. Led by a German solar PV maker with operations in the US, seven US-based companies have filed a ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GMCR, HON, STX, STP)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), Honeywell International ...
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Solar Adding More Jobs (FSLR, SPWRA, STP)

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 11:55 am

The number of jobs in the US solar industry has risen by 6.8% year-over-year from August 2010 to August 2011. Over 100,000 people are now employed in making, selling, and ...
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More Downgrading of First Solar… Value Trap (FSLR, STP, TAN)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is supposed to be the best of the best of all U.S.-based solar companies.  It is the leader and is supposed to cross the $1 ...
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GE Challenges First Solar (GE, FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Last April General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced that it would build a thin-film solar plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts of annual production, but it did not specify where the ...
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Solar Stocks: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, JASO, TSL, LDK, TAN)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 11:52 am

Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is ...
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Beyond Solar Death… More Federal Loan Guarantees For Solar (UTX, SRE, STP, FSLR, NVE, PLD, BAC)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Despite the debacle with a $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra, the US Department of Energy is pressing ahead with loan guarantees to solar projects ahead of tomorrow's deadline. ...
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Google’s Solar Investments Could Be Real Winners (GOOG, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 12:19 pm

Last June Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) created a $280 million fund with SolarCity to finance residential solar projects. Yesterday the world's search engine giant created a $75 million fund with ...
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