Cowen’s Stone Comments on U.S. Utility Scale Solar Segment - OUTPERFORM on FSLR, SPWRA, TSL
02/08/2010 by SCP Editor in Articles
February 8, 2010 – Analyst Comments – Cowen’s Rob Stone weighed in this morning on the U.S. Utility-Scale Solar PV segment, reflecting on highlights from PHOTON’s Third Solar Electric Utility ...
Cowen’s Stone Comments on U.S. Utility Scale Solar Segment - OUTPERFORM on FSLR, SPWRA, TSL
02/08/2010 by SCP Editor in Articles
February 8, 2010 – Analyst Comments – Cowen’s Rob Stone weighed in this morning on the U.S. Utility-Scale Solar PV segment, reflecting on highlights from PHOTON’s Third Solar Electric Utility ...
CPV Summit 2010 - Our Takeaways
02/04/2010 by SCP Editor in Articles
February 4, 2010 - We attended the CPV Summit 2010 in San Diego this week. Our takeaway is that the niche solar market is facing plenty of headwinds including lack of scale to driven manufacturing prices down, a lack of clarity and ...
Stocks Set to Open Mixed to Higher - Gold Bouncing, Traders Looking for Catalysts
02/08/2010 by SCP Editor
February 8, 2010 – The futures are indicating higher openings this morning for the broader markets ahead of a quiet session in terms of economic ...
Markets to Slightly Higher - Mixed Results in Nonfarm Payrolls Reports, Choppy Session Ahead
02/05/2010 by SCP Editor
February 5, 2010 – The futures were indicating an extension of yesterday’s selloff this morning on the heels of a mixed, to poor set of job data from the Labor Department this morning. But the focus turned to the positives in the ...
Markets to Sell Off at Open on Worse Than Expected Economic Data, Cautious Outlooks for Companies
02/04/2010 by SCP Editor
February 4, 2010 - The futures are indicating lower openings this morning for the broader markets as the Street reacts to this morning’s worse-than-expected nonfarm productivity and weekly jobless claims reports, as well as a general ...
Senator Sanders Is Welcome Voice and Critic of Credit Card Industry
04/29/2009 by SCP Editor in SCP Blog
April 29, 2009 – The situation with credit debt and usary practices amongst credit companies has gotten out of hand in the US. Yet it remains one of the most under-reported stories. This week Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made comments ...
Not Impressed by NABE Forecasts
04/20/2009 by SCP Editor in SCP Blog
April 20, 2009 – We have not been impressed by the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) forecasts on the economy for years, if ever – but it nonetheless continues to provide us with its insights. This morning NABE ...
Aspire Misery Index for the Week Ended April 11, 2009
04/11/2009 by SCP Editor in SCP Blog
April 11, 2009 – The markets managed to edge higher again this week as we headed into earnings season.
· The DJIA closed up 67.22 on the week, or about 0.08%, but it is up 25.5% since hitting intraday lows back on March 6 ...
This Morning’s Key Economic Data - Nonfarm Payrolls for January and Unemployment Rate (Feb 5 2010)
02/05/2010 by SCP Editor
February 5, 2010 – This Morning’s Key Economic Data – The Nonfarm Payrolls report for January showed the unemployment rate declined to 9.7%, while 20,000 jobs were lost. The data was mixed, and really, the strength came in the ...
This Morning’s Key Economic Data - Nonfarm Productivity for Q4 2009
02/04/2010 by SCP Editor
February 4, 2010 – This Morning’s Key Economic Data – Productivity and Costs for Q4 2009 – The number came in at 6.2%, below the 6.5% expected. On the positive side, in Q4 hours worked increased, which was the first time we have ...
This Morning’s Key Economic Data - Weekly Jobless Claims (week ended January 30, 2010)
02/04/2010 by SCP Editor
February 4, 2010 – This Morning’s Key Economic Data – Weekly Jobless Claims – The number came in substantially worse than expected, reinforcing concerns heading into tomorrow’s highly anticipated nonfarm payrolls report for ...
