The solar industry is through earnings season, and there were winners and losers, but overall, the industry is looking very strong. Let’s review...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Solar manufactures are struggling with commoditization. U.S. manufactures have been fighting to stay alive and compete with low-cost Chinese panels subsidized...
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September 13 - News - Comments
The economic slowdown in China has hit the banking sector, as several Chinese banks show concern over a possible increase in non-performing loans. There...
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September 11 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), Goldman Sachs...
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September 3 - News - Comments
The march of earnings continued from the solar industry last week, but unlike when Canadian Solar and Trina Solar reported it wasn’t all roses....
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September 3 - News - Comments
LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:LDK) will miss an interest payment that’s due today because it doesn’t have the money on hand to pay it. While...
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August 29 - News - Comments
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and despite some encouraging news in recent months that...
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August 27 - News - Comments
Europe’s long solar trade battle with China appears to be over for the time being, and China got the upper hand once again. Solar import tariffs...
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July 30 - News - Comments
China has decided to retaliate against U.S. tariffs imposed on Chinese imports last year with tariffs of their own. Polysilicon coming from the U.S. will...
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July 27 - News - Comments
Longtime readers of my solar analysis know I haven’t been positive about Chinese solar stocks for over two years now. Instead, I think U.S. companies...
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July 17 - News - Comments
China won’t let its solar industry die without a fight. After handing billions of dollars to manufacturers, including LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:...
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July 16 - News - Comments
Is GSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSIT) the right pick for your portfolio? The best stock pickers are reducing their bets on the stock. The number of long...
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June 25 - News - Comments
API Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:ATNY) has seen a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds recently. If you’d ask most shareholders...
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June 25 - News - Comments
The solar industry is doing fairly well around the world this year. Recent data shows that U.S. installations were up 33% in the first quarter, Japan...
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June 12 - News - Comments
It’s not a perfect world out there for investors, but things may be starting to get better. The market’s coming off another week of encouraging...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Next Tuesday, LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK) will release its latest quarterly results. Lately, investors have had to wonder whether the Chinese solar...
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June 7 - News - Comments
Is NeoPhotonics Corp (NYSE:NPTN) going to take off soon? The smart money is reducing their bets on the stock. The number of long hedge fund bets decreased...
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June 6 - News - Comments
Europe didn’t drop a hammer on the Chinese solar industry with its preliminary anti-dumping tariff, but it announced to the world that it’...
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June 6 - News - Comments
On Friday, JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) will release its latest quarterly results. Given the sad state of the Chinese solar industry, JinkoSolar...
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June 5 - News - Comments
The solar trade war has officially begun. Yesterday, China’s Xinhau News Agency reported that European officials balked at real negotiations over...
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May 24 - News - Comments
This week was full of fireworks in the solar industry. SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) released 2013 guidance, SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) got a big...
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May 19 - News - Comments
Next Monday, JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on...
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May 16 - News - Comments
On Thursday, ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting...
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May 14 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation...
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May 14 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL), LDK Solar...
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May 13 - News - Comments
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) didn’t knock anyone’s socks off with first-quarter earnings and today investors are punishing the stock. Revenue...
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May 7 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (NYSE:TSL), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), LDK Solar...
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May 6 - News - Comments
Solar stocks were on fire this week, soaring double digits on a variety of positive news items. China continues to support a few specific players, major...
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April 28 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR),...
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April 22 - News - Comments
Is GSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSIT) the right pick for your portfolio? Money managers are holding steady. The number of bullish hedge fund bets stayed...
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April 22 - News - Comments
It was another busy week in solar, and we may be a few steps closer to the much-needed consolidation of Chinese solar manufacturers. The industry has...
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April 20 - News - Comments
There doesn’t seem to be a shortage of bad news for LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:LDK) lately. The company defaulted on loans earlier this week...
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April 19 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE:STP), LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)...
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April 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Note: Related tickers: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK), Advanced...
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April 18 - News - Comments
It’s been a little over a month since Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) refused to pay bondholders the money they were owed, which...
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April 17 - News - Comments
The solar industry is notoriously volatile, with companies in the sector’s shares being prone to large single day moves up an down based upon a...
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April 12 - News - Comments
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) flashed a 60-point gain yesterday driven higher by the tech sector and its old dynamic duo,...
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April 10 - News - Comments
Spring is finally here, and a new earnings season is right around the corner. On Wednesday, JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) will release its latest...
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April 8 - News - Comments
After China’s economic growth eased to its slowest pace in over a decade last year, concerns about the country’s future have begun to multiply...
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April 1 - News - Comments
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR)(NYSE:STP) is officially in bankruptcy, and once again, one of the flagship companies in the industry is now deciding...
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March 25 - News - Comments
A Chinese solar company has defaulted on loans and has been brought into bankruptcy by Chinese banks. Many investors never thought this would happen....
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March 22 - News - Comments
Typically when companies forecast lower sales or profits, their stocks usually take a hit. It’s not always easy to tell whether it’s having...
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March 21 - News - Comments
Ten days and counting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added to its string of consecutive days moving higher, notching another 83-point gain to close...
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March 18 - News - Comments
This should be a good time to hold some solar, but most stocks in the sector are down, and the major ETFs covering the space, Claymore/MAC Global Solar...
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March 15 - News - Comments
We’re mere hours away from the likely default of one of the largest solar manufacturers in the world: Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE...
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March 15 - News - Comments
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is in a pickle that could lead to consequences as severe as an involuntary bankruptcy. On Monday, the...
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March 13 - News - Comments
No matter how the bulls try to spin it, GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GTAT)‘s fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings were ugly, plain...
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March 12 - News - Comments
Just as we examine companies each week that may be rising past their fair value, we can also find companies potentially trading at bargain prices. While...
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March 5 - News - Comments
GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GTAT) is one of the largest equipment providers for the solar and LED industry. In the last year its stock price...
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February 26 - News - Comments
Earnings season is now starting to wind down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results. But there are still some companies...
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February 22 - News - Comments
