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 in Germany…
Jon OggEach morning we review our top upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research notes. We then look back over these at the end of the week to more closely review…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) maintained Underperform as Bear of the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Active Power Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) Started as Buy at Merriman.…
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 the beginning…
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and will be chairman. Tim Cook to take over as CEO. (Reuters) Gold falls sharply and may be hurt by CME (NASDAQ: CME)…
The sell-off and market volatility have made it difficult for many nervous investors to either stand pat or even to stay interested in the market when they are more interested in vacations,…
Earnings season has mostly wound down as far as the big market movers but there are still many companies dribbling out earnings reports. This coming week we have many companies that still…
ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) admitted on the earnings call that both shipments and realized prices for silicon wafer and modules fell faster than expected in quarter-ending June 30. Contrary to company optimism,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) Maintained Buy as Value at Zacks.…
Disappointing earnings and poor guidance from the likes of Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) and Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) this week have cast a very dark shadow on semiconductor companies going…
Many investors probably consider that it will be the larger technology companies which will kick off the bias for technology this earnings. Guess again. Technology is now already under a negative cloud…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $51…
Solar equipment maker GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) has raised the forecast for its first fiscal quarter on the strength of more than $700 million in new orders. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ:…
The alternative energy news for today leads off with (finally) a good quarterly earnings report and a new record conversion rate for flexible thin-film solar PV cells. Wind energy growth in China…
