The three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning after another (small) drop in new unemployment benefits claims and a good, but smaller-than-expected, rise in personal income and spending data (our…
It is a rather sad day when a screen shows that the two worst performing shares of the S&P indexes over the last year are both tied to solar. We ran a…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) Started as Buy at UBS. First Solar…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on the better-than-expected news on US GDP growth (our coverage here). The buying mood turning sour as the Nasdaq neared the 3,000…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is getting crushed with an 9% loss in its stock this morning. The move is on the heels of earnings and a much lowered expectation for 2012…
Cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest. What is amazing is that the bets against these companies sometimes go off the charts and we see some very…
Speculators and options traders are keeping their bearish stance against First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR). We have seen two analyst downgrades in recent days and now the PUT option volume is surging…
Jon C. Ogg 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…
Jon OggEach weekend we review the many analyst calls we track during the week. Some turn out to be very insightful and some turn out to be not so great. For better…
After opening higher this morning, markets rebounded from an early dip following a better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence and a bullish report on US new home sales. But sellers took over in…
Earnings season is mostly behind us, but we do have some sector-moving earnings next week. For Monday, the top earnings are from Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), Lowe’s…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray. AvalonBay Communities, Inc.…
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…
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…
Shares in First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are up sharply this morning following a report that the company has won a permit from the local government agency to proceed with its 230-megawatt…
