Wednesday, May 26, 2010

"Taking a Shine to First Solar " (FSLR)

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FSLR is changing hands at $114.52, up $1.90, in pre-market trade. The stock could trade up to the simple moving average ($124 or so) before ...

"Superyacht Design - the Eco-Friendly Approach"

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A standard 141' (43m) superyacht will run you $2-30Mil. Used. From Superyacht Times: Eco-friendly superyacht design serves to inspire de...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Qatar wealth fund keen to buy U.S.'s Citigroup shares: report (C)

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First up, Reuters: Qatar Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund, is keen to buy part of the U.S. Treasury's stake...

"Despite Market Turmoil, Bove Is Bullish on Banks" (BAC; C; WFC; USB)

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From DealBook: Investing in bank stocks at the height of the financial crisis was a very risky endeavor. But those who braved the market and...

Equities: "A classic reversal day"

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After getting down over 260 points, to 9,774.48, the DJIA closed down 22 at 10,043.75. From Humble Student of the Markets : US equities expe...

"Anxious Investor Collars General Electric Company" (GE)

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The stock is trading at $15.75, down 26 cents. The DJIA is down 105 at 9961. From Schaeffer's Research: With the blue chips staggering l...

Société Générale's Albert Edwards: "Europe Is On The Edge Of A Deflationary Precipice..."

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Hey, the end of the world will be good for pageviews. This came out a few days ago but Albert never grows old. And we are fans. Via ZeroHedg...

"Nearly 90% of S&P 500 Stocks Oversold"

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This stuff is not exact, for example choosing one standard deviation as the oversold level is as much art as science. That said, combined wi...

"Cowen’s Stone Reiterates OUTPERFORM on Trina Solar" (TSL)

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The stock is down a buck at $16.66. Following up on " "Trina Q1 beats, sees shipments improving through 2010" Market takes ou...

InterOil Hits Six-Month Lows: Must Be Time for a Press Release! (IOC)

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With the stock down almost 50% since the Jan. 5 closing high of $83.70 and trading at prices last seen in October '09 here goes: InterOi...

"HOT: British Petroleum Being Put on "Clearport Only" Status" (BP)

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The stock is down another 1% at $41.45. Word of caution: That's 1/2 the decline of the DJIA or S&P 500 today. From Economic Policy J...

"Website Offers Betting on Spill-Related Extinctions of Gulf Species "

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Here's a spot for BP to lay off some of their exposure. Couple yards maybe. From the New York Times: Think the spreading oil slick in t...

Hysterical MarketWatch Headline: "Warning: Crash dead ahead. Sell. Get liquid. Now." (SPY)

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I get a kick out of Joel Achenbach. He comments on a wide variety of things. Here he is on blogging: World War Five ...When in doubt, go wit...

AltEnergyStocks' Tom Konrad on the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Prognostication (PBW; TSL; FSLR)

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We'll let Tom get started and add commentary as we go. A Year Later: Market Up, Clean Energy Down When I called the peak a year ago, it ...

"Trina Q1 beats, sees shipments improving through 2010" Market takes out the Good Girls with the Bad (TSL)

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UPDATE: "Cowen’s Stone Reiterates OUTPERFORM on Trina Solar" (TSL) Original post: In premarket trading the stock is down 4.7% at ...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Equities: Today's Leading Groups (Think Geezer, Wired on Java, learning Mandarin)

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This is not the kind of leadership that inspires. From Tickerspy : Extended Care Provider Stocks +6.2% track C...

Whitney Tilson Score! Interoil Spanked for 7% on the Day (IOC)

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UPDATE II: Make that (8.26%). UPDATE: I had meant to include this, from Market Folly : ...T2 Partners' ten largest short positions hea...

"Why Did Obama Get Distant With Warren Buffett?" (BRK.B)

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Great. The President has Larry Summers, Robert Rubin and Jeff Immelt advising him while Warren gets frozen out. God help us all. From DealBr...

"Tony Blair to Join Khosla Ventures"

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I'm guessing it's not for his biochemistry expertise. Like Al Gore at Kleiner Perkins, Nick Stern at IDEAGlobal (parent of IDEACarbo...

"Why Goldman Slapped ‘Buy’ on Citi" (C)

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A twofer from the Dow Jones blog empire. First up MarketBeat: As Josh Brown spotlighted over on the Reformed Broker , the upgrade that every...