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), SunPower Corp.…
Equity markets started the day down and stayed there all day. Traders were mirroring the action on European and Asian markets, which all settled down before the US markets opened this morning.…
In just four weeks, the target prices of three of world’s leading makers of solar PV modules have fallen by at least -30%. The drops have coincided with falling forecasts from the…
Alternative energy is big business — and getting bigger. The industry includes hundreds of companies that make a piece of the continuously expanding jigsaw puzzle that is the alt energy space. Rather…
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis…
Many traders and short sellers have loved targeting solar power and other alternative energy stocks. Interestingly, bets against these companies have not risen dramatically even though many of them are under pressure…
For months we have been under the potential disaster scenario where solar tax credits were going to expire and end at the end of 2008. Despite the calls for energy independence and…
Oil is performing as though there were no sellers today. Recalling a single $20.00 move up in the price of oil in a single day is elusive, but a gain of $18.66…
A long-awaited move is finally happening. SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) has registered more than 42 million shares of Class B common stock owned by Cypress Semiconductor (NYSE:CY) to be distributed in a spin-off…
There are surprisingly few analyst calls today, but these are some of the top calls we have seen as downgrades with more than two hours to the market open: Danaher (DHR) Cut…
Many traders and short sellers have loved targeting solar power and other alternative energy stocks. What is interesting is that the bets against these companies did not show a larger increase since…
Energy Conversion Devices (NASDAQ:ENER) reported its fourth quarter and full year results this morning, and the stock is up more than 2% in early trading. It’s no wonder. EPS of $0.24 beat…
These are not all of the analyst downgrades or negative calls, but these are some of the calls we are seeing with a possible impact on shares early Monday morning: American Electric…
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) is under a tremendous amount of pressure so far after the company posted earnings that were above expectations. The solar giant beat EPS targets by $0.10 with $0.61…
Douglas A. McIntyre There seemed to be more upgrades this morning than there were downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Here is a snapshot of some of our key analyst calls we saw: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:…
