The German government had been expected to cut the country’s solar PV subsidy by 15% in April, and by 2% a month thereafter. PV Magazine is reporting today that following a meeting…
Yesterday’s sugar-coated decision by the US Commerce Department to impose tariffs of up to nearly 5% on Chinese-made solar panels imported into the US has hit the makers hard. One can only…
Solar shares are in a bit of flux after reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that Chinese solar panel makers have received illegal subsidies from China’s government. U.S. based panel…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Caesars Entertainment Corporation…
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research have released their review of the US solar market for 2011. The good news is that new solar installations more than doubled year-over-year…
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…
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…
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.…
Chinese solar panel maker Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) posted a larger-than-expected net loss today and dragged down other Chinese solar makers including Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE), Hanwha…
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…
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) may be proving that not all solar stocks are losers every single day, even if the sales figures were light. The solar player is one of the top…
The Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) has been a total dud due to the fact that solar shares are only liked now by short sellers and the White House. These stocks have…
The three major US stock indexes opened a bit higher this morning, and after some volatility have managed to get to the final half hour of trading with a modest gain. Some…
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…
At about noon, the three major equity indexes have all turned positive after an up-and-down morning. The DJIA is up about 11 points at about 12,896, the Nasdaq is ;up about 7…
Paul Ausick 
