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Outlook: Clean Energy Stocks in 2013
Back in 2007 it was easy to invest in clean energy. The challenge was to get to know all the new companies piling onto the public markets, but they all did well and seemed to have bright futures. Over the last few years, we’ve seen the opposite situation, with companies struggling to stay afloat and investors fleeing [...]
Energy Investors Look to Industry Trends
The US is by far the world’s greatest user of energy per capita in the world. Each American uses about 87,000 kilowatts in 2008 – that is twice as much as the European Union (EU), the next closest consumer! Understanding energy trends in this country is extremely important for investors who want to understand how [...]
SolarCity Goes Public
SolarCity (NASDAQ:SCTY) debuted on the public markets today. Earlier this week, it lowered the opening share price to $10 from the original $13-$15 range and trading so far has been at $10.49. The IPO has raised $92 million, much less than its original goal of $150 million. Read our background on the IPO and on SolarCity’s positioning and prospects: [...]
JinkoSolar Scores $1B Infusion
JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) is the latest company to benefit from the Chinese government’s efforts to prop up its domestic solar industry. The company has entered into a strategic agreement for $1 billion in financing over the next five years from the Guangdong Branch of China Development Bank (CDB). The financing is a boon to the company, [...]
SolarCity Postpones IPO
After lowering its stock price to a reported $10 per share from a range of $13 to $15, IPO aspirant SolarCity was unable to fill its book and has postponed its IPO, according to Reuters quoting an underwriter of the deal. SolarCity has not returned requests for comment. SolarCity hoped to sell 10 million shares [...]
John McIlveen Discusses Renewable Energy Investing
The Energy Report: In your last interview, your primary concern in making investment decisions was safety. I know you focus primarily on Canadian companies, but has all the “fiscal cliff” talk influenced your approach to renewable energy investments? John McIlveen: With the fiscal cliff, I could see how renewables might get pushed to the back [...]
The SolarCity IPO: Bringing Back Confidence to Renewable Energy Investors?
SolarCity, a solar panel installation and finance company, is one of the more promising stories for alternative energy investors this year. SolarCity filed details of its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, making it one of the few alternative energy company IPOs that investors are optimistic about. This article explains what type of business SolarCity is, [...]
Alternative Energy Stocks: Down Despite Obama Victory
If you follow the energy sector closely, then you know that many questions regarding the direction of alternative energy companies were looming during the 2012 campaign season. Was the country going to continue with the Obama Administration’s “all-of-the-above” strategy with its strong emphasis on renewables, or would there be an accelerated domestic drilling and pipeline [...]
Shorting First Solar @ $24/Share
First Solar stock has been on a roll in recent times and has doubled in a short span from its all time lows. This is in sharp contrast to other solar energy stocks especially the big Chinese ones which continue to make new all times lows. Many of the them like JA Solar, LDK, Suntech [...]