Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.…
Markets opened higher this morning and by late-morning equities were trading down about 1.5% across the board, where they have mostly remained for the rest of the day. An upbeat auction on…
What happens when you are the de facto king of solar, get an analyst downgrade, have no full-time CEO, announce factory closures, and announce broad layoffs? It might not be a sign…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of today’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) Started as Outperform with $11 target at Credit…
Prices for solar PV panels have continued to slide this year, dropping to $0.80-$0.85/watt, a decline of -10% on top of the the -50% drop in panel prices last year. Many of…
It is no secret that cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest. The markets rose handily into the end of March and that has shown a substantial…
Solar thermal power company BrightSource Energy Inc. today filed a request with the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw its Form S-1 registration statement, effectively cancelling the company’s planned IPO. BrightSource cites…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has become Wall Street’s whipping boy and was recently considered the worst S&P performer over the last year. After shares recently were challenging $20.00, the stock would…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) was facing a nearly busted IPO situation just yesterday. No 52-week low worries. Try nearing the worst of the worst as its shares were danger-close to that…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) hit yet a new 52-week low today, but the psychological damage is just about to get a whole lot worse if this stock’s price trajectory remains on…
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) announced today that the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One project has received the first installment on a federal loan that could eventually…
Markets opened flat to lower this morning and stayed right around the break-even line most of the morning. The report on factory orders was weaker than expected(our coverage here), although new car…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is the king of U.S. solar companies. Despite a monstrous rally in the stock market year-to-date, First Solar shares hit a new 52-week low today. In fact, if…
In a “we versus them” speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies. His speech talked about the global opportunities that the big oil…
Solar power just cannot get a break. The age of austerity is drilling holes in the solar economic viability business model. Today’s negative news flow stems out of Italy, where the nation…
