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More Short Covering Exaggerates Solar Rallies (TAN, FSLR, SPWR, ENER, TSL, WFR)

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

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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Media Digest (12/9/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Jon Corzine of MF Global says he does not know where much of the firm’s funds went. (Reuters) Samsung wins the legal fight over whether it can sell its tablet ...
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Solar Prices Continue to Batter Industry (JKS, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP, LDK, SPWRA, WFR, SRE)

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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Expected Price Gains in Solar Stocks Are Strictly Illusions (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

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)

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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Big Banks Invest in Renewable Energy (BAC, C, WFC, GE, SPWRA, WFR)

For several years, investing in large alt energy projects depended on large commercial banks being able to profit from the tax equity generated by a project's developer. That investment strategy ...
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Stabilizing DRAM Prices, Looking Beyond Chip-Maker Warnings (MU, FSL, WFR, ISSI, SNDK, CODE, TXN, SMH, XSD, USD, SOXL)

DRAM price trends were not exactly going that great for chip makers this summer.  It was brutal.  Now we are seeing some production cuts, so even if demand is slack ...
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Some Key Solar Stocks Are Now Value Stocks (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA)

The solar PV industry has taken a beating since the beginning of the year, when investors finally got the message that manufacturing capacity was outstripping demand. Reductions to government incentives ...
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US Solar Industry Posts Trade Surplus (WFR, AMAT, GTAT, FSLR, SPWRA, LDK)

The US solar industry needs some good news. Rising capacity, falling margins, and weakening economic conditions in developed countries have taken a heavy toll on US makers' share prices since ...
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Can Insider Buying Save Solar & Alt-Energy? (FSLR, WFR, LDK, JASO, ADM, AMSC, WPRT, GTAT)

While corporate insiders sell shares for all sorts of reasons, there is usually just one reason for insiders to buy: they think the stock price will rise. That belief typically ...
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Has the Solar Sector’s Fate Changed? (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, LDK, JASO, SOL, WFR, YGE, TAN, KWT)

Solar companies have seen a big bounce from recent lows and it seems as if something may be brewing if the underlying will cooperate.  The most significant event in the ...
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First Solar, The Ultimate Sector Solar Drag Rather Than Savior (FSLR, WFR, SOLR, JASO, JKS, LDK, TSL, STP, YGE, SPWRA, TOT, ESLR, ENER, ASTI, TAN)

Three major solar PV companies reported earnings after markets closed yesterday, and the final score does not look promising for the solar PV makers. First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and ...
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Top After-Hours Earnings & News Stocks on the Move (ATVI, ANDE, CLWR, SCOR, ENTR, SOLR, LEAP, MELI, WFR, SWI, WLT, WWWW, WILN, ZIP, ZUMZ)

We are seeing a floodgate of after-hours movers since the 4:00 PM EST closing bell today.  Almost all are on earnings and this is setting up a huge round of ...
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Earnings Previews: Solar’s Cloudy Days (WFR, FSLR, YGE, TSL, SPWRA, TAN)

The solar sector is getting off to a bad start for earnings season as the economy softens and as the market keeps hurting investors.   We have two key solar issues ...
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