US stock markets opened lower this morning and gradually lost ground throughout the day. A fractionally lower opening bell has translated to around a -0.6% loss on each of the major indexes…
At about noon today, the three major equity indexes are all trading lower following a weak report on US retail sales and a smaller-than-expected rise in business inventories. The DJIA is down…
Shares in solar panel makers are getting a thrashing this morning on the expectation that cuts to Germany’s feed-in tariff will be more severe than previously expected. First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR),…
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) has proven that penny stocks in trouble just cannot be trusted. The small solar player used to be close to $100 and then dropped, and drop,…
Jon C. Ogg 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…
The solar sector has been a total dud for investors. What is interesting is that many of these down and out companies have risen handily off of their recent lows. The trend…
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…
Calling on the death of a company is no fun task. Some companies cannot get it right and it is amazing how some companies can hold on to a status as a…
Pre-market signals were weak today, and once trading opened, the signals got stronger. The DJIA has traded down more than -200 points for most of the day, with financial and energy stocks…
Many investors track the largest increase in short selling, but there is another crucial way to look at short interest: the days to cover often tells just how actively shorted a stock…
In the wake of the weak global economic news, some alternative energy stocks are being swept along in the current of bad news, while a few others are making a bit of…
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…
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 MEMC Electronic…
The merger and consolidation phase in solar may be getting underway. Solar PV maker JA Solar Holdings, Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) has reached an agreement to purchase privately held Silver Age Holdings…
The solar stocks used to be leveraged energy companies. The sell-off after the energy bubble popped was as bad as it could get, and now many of these companies look like value…
