Tuesday, February 24, 2009

First Solar, Inc. Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-end Financial Results (FSLR)

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I don't think it will be enough, we'll have to see what the guidance is. Press release via Yahoo Finance : First Solar, Inc. (NASQAQ...

Are natural gas producers in denial?

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March Natural gas was recently at $4.226, up .1229. From the Financial Post's Trading Desk blog: While global economies continue to weak...

Junk-rated Financials, Utilities Likely to Lead Next Bull Market

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From Standard & Poor's via Research Recap: Standard & Poor’s thinks speculative grade financial and utilities companies are the ...

Are we About to See the World's Biggest Head-and-Shoulders Formation?

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FT Alphaville wasn't making that point when they posted this chart but it is one of those things that make you say "Hmmm". Th...

Big, BIG Solar Projects

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Yesterday I decided against posting on NRG's utility-scale solar deal with eSolar. eSolar is privately held (Google.ORG, idealab and Oa...

The Berkshire Hathaway Arbitrage (BRK.A: BRK.B)

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As a followup to yesterday's " Buffet Urges Investors to Read Graham’s Chapters 8 and 20 in Times of Financial Crisis (but wait, th...

Nasa loses its first CO2 satellite after launch failure

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Like most Americans, I assume that getting stuff out of the atmosphere is NASA's core competency. Maybe not. From the Times of London: ...
Monday, February 23, 2009

AIG’s Plan To Bleed The Government Dry (AIG)

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In late afterhours trading the stock was at $0.50, down from it's 52 week high of $52.50 and it's eighteen-month high of $72.61. Fro...

"I see one-third of a nation Over-housed, Over-clad, Over-nourished."

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I think I understand why the Obama administration didn't invite me to contribute to Tuesday's speech. If you recognize the parody bu...

Sen. Reid To Offer Bill Giving FERC New Transmission Powers

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As a follow-up t0 Friday's post " Ruling gives power line authority back to states ", From Dow Jones via CNN Money: The U.S. g...

Buffet Urges Investors to Read Graham’s Chapters 8 and 20 in Times of Financial Crisis (but wait, there's more!)

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UPDATE , The Berkshire Hathaway Arbitrage . Original post: Mr. Buffett's 2008 Letter to the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway will be r...

Dow Industrials Trading below 2002 Lows

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With a half hour to go the DJIA is trading near it's lows of the day at 7148 and below the low of the 2000-2002 bear, 7286. Should the D...

Saudi Muslim cleric warns that biofuels [ethanol] could be sinful

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From the CSM's Bright Green blog: A prominent Muslim scholar in Saudi Arabia has warned that those using alcohol-based biofuels in their...

Short GM to Zero: Obama Auto Team Drives Imports

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The stock was recently $1.86 up nine cents. From the Detroit News: The vehicles owned by the Obama administration's auto team could refl...

First Solar: Earnings Tomorrow; Collins Stewart Cuts Ests (FSLR)

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The stock was recently down $6.70 (5%). From Tech Trader Daily: First Solar (FSLR) shares are trading lower ahead of the company’s Q4 earn...

Deutshe Bank Valuing GE Capital at Zero (GE)

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From 24/7 Wall Street: Deutsche Bank Slashes Price Target On General Electric (GE); Valuing GE Capital at Zero, Sees Further Equity Injectio...

The Baltic states: Where Hedge Funds Will Play (and die)

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You think folks are pissed now? I wouldn't be surprised if hedgies have to add Force Protection to all the other risks of their biz. As ...

Britain faces summer of rage - police

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From The Guardian: Middle-class anger at economic crisis could erupt into violence on streets Police are preparing for a "summer of ra...

The continuing relevance of the bootlegger-and-Baptist model

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We've had a few posts on Prof. Yandle, I link to one after the headline story from Knowledge Problem: In 1983 Bruce Yandle wrote an infl...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Wind ETF vs Solar ETF vs Nasdaq (FAN; TAN)

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Here's the First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF compared with the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy ETF and the Nasdaq Index, 10 day, via...