First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has been a roller coaster ride over the past three years. After being left for dead in 2012, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ......
(read more)September 17 - News - Comments
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
Hanwha Solarone Co Ltd (NASDAQ:HSOL) will release its latest quarterly report on Monday, and investors have gotten a lot more excited about the stock&#......
(read more)September 5 - 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
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
As the world becomes greener, solar companies should grow. Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE), ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL), China Sunergy Co Ltd (NASDAQ:CSUN......
(read more)July 12 - News - Comments
The embattled Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) is a giant solar products manufacturing company. Until 2011, the company was the largest......
(read more)July 11 - News - Comments
Just when the Chinese solar industry is starting to gain some traction the scandals that crushed investor confidence in Chinese stocks are back again.......
(read more)July 10 - News - Comments
Solar stocks had an up and down week, but at the end of the day the industry trends are still getting stronger. Politically, solar is more acceptable......
(read more)June 29 - 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
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
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
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
This week, the solar industry went through a number of interesting changes, and at least one company may have altered its future for the better. Most......
(read more)April 14 - News - Comments
Related tickers: First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:STP) Formerly the biggest maker of solar panels in the......
(read more)April 11 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE:STP), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) Will......
(read more)April 10 - Hedge Funds - 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
Is Warren Buffett really interested in buying into the ultra-competitive Chinese solar industry? Bloomberg is reporting that Buffett has been sniffing......
(read more)April 9 - Hedge Funds - 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
Solar panel installer and financing company SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) may have bucked the trend among struggling U.S. solar players. Since its IPO......
(read more)March 29 - News - Comments
In the long run, solar has a very encouraging future. Even petroleum powerhouse Shell foresees a world where solar is the largest energy source. But......
(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
Recently, I made the argument that PowerShares’ Water Resources ETF is poised to beat the market thanks to inevitable trends in demand for fresh water......
(read more)March 20 - News - Comments
This week was one of the most eventful weeks for the solar industry since I started covering the industry for The Motley Fool in 2010 — and that......
(read more)March 15 - 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
Solar stocks have been on a tear in 2013. Strong demand data from China, the U.S. and the Middle East has given investors confidence that the industry......
(read more)March 11 - News - Comments
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and “initiating coverage at neutral......
(read more)March 7 - News - Comments
Shares of SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) are exploding higher again today, continuing a wild run the stock has been on since late 2012. SunPower......
(read more)February 14 - News - Comments
Per a 13G filing with the SEC, billionaire investor and founder of Citadel Investment Group Ken Griffin has returned as a Trina Solar Limited (ADR) (......
(read more)February 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We’re on the cusp of something huge, and Wall Street is just starting to figure it out. The most abundant energy source in the history of man has......
(read more)February 13 - News - Comments
