Twice a month we get to dig through the endless short selling and short interest data released by the NASDAQ and NYSE. There are almost always some huge surprises in there and…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Align Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: ALGN) Started as Neutral with $19…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often considered the king of stocks. Even after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple remains the most valuable company by market cap and shares recently made it…
SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRA) and First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) are two prominent U.S. solar manufacturers receiving billions in government-backed loans — funding meant to facilitate deployment of utility-scale photovoltaic projects on U.S. soil.…
Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is due to…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.…
Despite the debacle with a $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra, the US Department of Energy is pressing ahead with loan guarantees to solar projects ahead of tomorrow’s deadline. Two guarantees…
Last June Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) created a $280 million fund with SolarCity to finance residential solar projects. Yesterday the world’s search engine giant created a $75 million fund with startup Clean…
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…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at UBS.…
Solar PV maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) failed to meet a deadline in its application for a federal loan guarantee amounting to $1.9 billion for its Topaz solar farm project. The…
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…
As the cost for crystalline solar PV panels falls toward the magic number of $1/watt, the cost of building a utility scale solar plant approaches the cost of building an equally sized…
Jon C. Ogg The US Department of Energy has issued a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a $344 million loan for solar PV installer SolarCity. The company will install rooftop solar PV systems…
