Thursday, March 26, 2009

How Likely Is A Big Rally For Alt Energy Stocks?

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As a followup to yesterday's " Short Sellers Double Down Against Green & Alternative Energy " we have a link rich post fro...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Former CNN Anchor Moves to The Onion

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That headline has a whiff of onion about it but it's true. From the New York Times: In yet another sign that the line between real news ...

Climate Change Capital targeting €500m for European renewable energy private equity fund

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From AltAssets: UK investment manager Climate Change Capital is looking to raise up to €500m for a private equity fund targeting investments...

Lobbyists Are First Winners in Obama’s Clean-Technology Push

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From Bloomberg: At first glance, SmartSpark Energy Systems looks like a lot of technology startups. It raised $6 million in venture capital...

Odd Timing of a Great Call on SunPower (SPWRA)

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The stock was recently trading at $23.30, down another 2 1/2%. For folks new to the blog we are fans of Barron's Eric Savitz. From Feb. ...

Short Sellers Double Down Against Green & Alternative Energy (CSIQ, CPST, CLNE, ENER, ESLR, FSLR, FCEL, SOLR, JASO, LDK, SFUN, SPWRA, STP)

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From 24/7 Wall Street: There was what appears to be a massive increase in short selling for the period report ending March 13, 2009. The sh...

America to Geithner: "Will You Please, Be Quiet, Please?" And: "Is a global super-currency on the agenda?"

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Yesterday Reuters reported (and we posted ) that, in response to a direct question from a U.S. congresscritter: "Would you categorical...

Banks to Write-UP Assets?

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Following my mission critical (coffee a.m., lights p.m.) duties in importance is attempting to ascertain (sometimes feebly) regulatory impac...

EUROPE: Carbon down 7.5% by midday

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Something I have been working on is determining if carbon prices can be used as a predictor of either business conditions or energy prices. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

U.K.: Green pressure grows for cow flatulence tax

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From the Scotsman: THE UK government and the devolved administrations must avoid the temptation to introduce a "flatulence tax" on...

Novozymes to invest up to $200 million in Nebraska enzyme plant (NVZMF.PK)

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If ethanol is going to be commercially viable it will be because of companies like Novozymes or some tenacious academics. From SmartBrief : ...

Genes Control Your Stock Picks (and Other Research)

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From Economix: In honor of some recent gains in the stock market , a few interesting stock-related studies: 1) Left-Digit Effect: Investor...

U.S.' Geithner, Bernanke reject global currency idea

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From Reuters: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday rejected suggestions that the w...

How to Finance Your Clean Energy Project

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Dr. Hazlett has apparently been hanging out at the National Laboratories. From the Climate + Energy Project blog : ...From the geniuses at L...

Russia: Oil Prices Are Going Back Down

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From 24/7 Wall Street: Falling oil prices are particularly bad for Russia. A large part of the country’s GDP comes from exporting its vast s...

Britain: "Opposing wind farms should be socially taboo, says Ed Miliband" And: "Energy firms demand £2bn to save wind farms"

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From The Guardian: Opposition to wind farms should become as socially unacceptable as failing to wear a seatbelt, Ed Miliband, the climate c...

Trade War! "U.S. Big Steel pushes for carbon fees on China"

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From Reuters: China's steel industry should face fees on its exports into the United States if Washington adopts greenhouse gas cuts and...

Pimco gets behind Geithner plan. And: Private Equity Welcomes Toxic-Assets Plan

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I'm thinking they see a lot of money to be made. From the New York Times' DealBook blog: The Treasury’s plan to buy up banks’ toxic...
Monday, March 23, 2009

If I Were Manipulating the Dow Jones Industrial Average

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On March 6 we posted " Manipulating the Dow Jones Industrial Average ": ...This history came back to me as I watched IBM today. Bi...

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times

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Depending on the volume of material ejected, the size of the particles and the height they achieve, there could be some climate impacts. Fro...