The solar industry is through earnings season, and there were winners and losers, but overall, the industry is looking very strong. Let’s review......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)September 11 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), Goldman Sachs......
(read more)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.......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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:......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)June 10 - 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......
(read more)April 28 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR),......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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)......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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,......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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.......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)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......
(read more)February 22 - News - Comments
