Bad news from the solar PV makers is as common as dirt these days. It’s the good news that’s hard to find. Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), which despite its name is…
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) may be getting a boost as far as client names, if one contract can matter even if that one contract is from the greatest company around today. The…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is set to report earnings on Tuesday. After one analyst downgrade late last week, now we have another First Solar analyst downgrade that is part of a…
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 worked through…
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 traded lower…
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 the Greek…
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) may be proving that not all solar stocks are losers every single day, even if the sales figures were light. The solar player is one of the top…
Solar panel maker SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) is suing solar installer SolarCity and five former SunPower employees for stealing thousands of company documents before the five left to work at SolarCity. SunPower…
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); Baidu Inc.…
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 and down…
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 would cost…
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 in it…
When Germany lowered its subsidy to solar electricity providers, the industry expected to see reduced demand for solar PV panels. What the industry did not expect is that the supply would explode…
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 makers Yingli…
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. (NASDAQ: BASI),…
