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Aug 10-14: Dow Off; NASDAQ, Solar Also Tumble
Consumer confidence dipping TheDJIA’s four-week run of gains ended this week down 49 points from lastFriday. NASDAQ was also down–about 15 points this week but drops forboth major indexes amounted to less than 1%. All but two in the 20SSIwent down for a generally sour week throughout Wall Street.Fortunately, it’s August and trading is relatively [...]
Dow, NASDAQ Chug On; Solar Index Down Slightly
Canadian Solar up over 26%Although it was up 181 points earlier today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish up 114 points today to finish the week at 9370.07, the highest in nine months. NASDAQalso the week well at 2000.25, about 22 points up from last Friday. The20 Solar Stock Index closed down 3.67 points from [...]
Solar Stocks of the Day: SPWRA, LDK, CSUN, WFR (7/24/2009)
Below are today’s notable solar stocks with significant news and price performance: SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA) surged 28.9% to$32.04. The company’s Q2:09 earnings were well above analystexpectations. Barclays Capital raised target price from $25 to $31, andmaintained Equal Weight rating on SPWRA. FBR Capital Markets upgradedSPWRA to Outperform from Market Perform, and raised target price to $40from $22. Collins Stewart [...]
July 20-24: Solar Surpasses Dow, NASDAQ
The 20 Solar StocksIndex (20SSI) gained 65.5 point to finish at 458 points this week, a16.69% increase from last week. The solar index outperformed both theDow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ which finished withconsiderable gains of their own. The Dow finished above9000 points for the first time since January 2 with a rise of nearly350 [...]
July 13-17: Dow, NASDAQ Soar–Solar Close Behind
Week reverses a three-week drop It was a rebound week on Wall Street. The Dow saw five consecutive gaining days charging back 597 points to 8743.94, a juicy 7% up from last Friday’s close. The NASDAQ rebounded,too, climbing nearly 131 points to finish at 1886.61, over a 7% gain aswell. It’s the eight consecutive gain [...]
Dow, NASDAQ, Solar Up, Up, Up
Best day for NASDAQ in nine months Afterthree dismal weeks of trading in almost every sector, indexes areseeing a healthy reversal so far this week. The Dow closed at 8616.21today, 470 points above last Friday’s close, a 5.76% gain. NASDAQfinished at 1862.9, 107 points above Friday, a 6.09% rise. And the 20Solar Stocks Index to [...]
June 15-19: Dow, NASDAQ Down; Solar Off 6.5%
Overall bad week finishes strong however TheDJIA dropped 260 points or 3% for the week; the NASDAQ was off 31points or 1.7%. The solar index dropped 28 points, a 6.5% thumping.However, Friday’s trading finished rather strong; the Dow was down just15 points, the NASDAQ up 20 and 15 of the 20 Solar Stocks Index endedup [...]
Solar Stocks Up Nearly 7% for Week
Dow, NASDAQ do okay, too..Solarstocks rebounded from about 2% down on average last week to nearly 7%up at the end of today’s trading. This is the eighth week in a row theNASDAQ has gained. The Dow has gained seven of those eight weeks whichbegan March 9, the supposed beginning of the current bull run. Seventeenin [...]
Solar Stock: Recovery and Comparative Market Performance
Consecutive weeks of gains on the major indexes suggest the market isshowing signs of recovery, however as predicted by The Green Market,solar has had a bumpy ride. At the beginning of 2009, The Green Marketpublished its Solar Stock Picks,these five solar companies were selected based on their ability toweather the impending decline in demand, manage [...]
This Week: Dow Down, NASDAQ Up; Solar Dips About 2%
Banking sector giving investors heebee-jeebies Thesix-week climb for the Dow ended today when the index fell 55 pointsfrom last week. However, NASDAQ kept its streak going with a 21.22 netincrease for the week. The select 20 Solar Stock Index fell for thesecond straight week down about 2%. The mixedperformance is attributed to the shakiness of [...]