Market Currents

• Thursday, October 29, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: AMSC +15%. AIXG +12%. RBS +12%. PQ +11%. LYG +10%. AKAM +10%. MITI +10%. ING +9%. FNM +8%. ABK +8%. CTIC +8%. DB +8%. FITB +7%. FRE +7%. SWSI +7%. BCS +6%. MOT +6%. IRE +6%. ALU +6%. TCK +5%. RCL +5%. RTP +5%. CS +5%. HL +5%. ACGY +5%. MT +5%. GNW +5%. HGSI +5%. FAS +5%. GOLD +5%. LVS +5%. HIG +5%. MGM +4%. CNO +4%. ASML +4%. NCS +4%. LCC +4%. VALE +4%. PG +4%.
  Losers: FSLR -15%. BCRX +4%. FLS -4%. Comment!

• Wednesday, October 28, 2009

• 16:34 PM First Solar (FSLR): Q3 EPS of $1.79 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $481M (+38%) vs. $529M. Shares -15.4% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable post-market earnings: AEM, AFL, AKAM, AVB, BDN, CBG, CDNS, CERN, DRE, EQR, ESRX, FSLR, GNK, HGSI, HLX, LNC, LSI, NLY, O, OI, ORLY, RYL, STR, SYMC, TER, TRN, XL Comment!

• Tuesday, September 8, 2009

• 12:25 PM First Solar (FSLR +8%) to team with the Chinese government to build a giant solar plant (2 gigawatt) in Ordos City. (PR) 1 Comment

• Tuesday, August 18, 2009

• 16:30 PM First Solar (FSLR) will build a 550-megawatt solar project for Southern California Edison over the next six years in a project that should cost about $495M in solar panel modules. California utilities are working toward the state's goal of 20% of power from renewable sources by 2010. 2 Comments

• Thursday, July 30, 2009

• 16:04 PM First Solar (FSLR): Q2 EPS of $2.11 beats by $0.49. Revenue of $526M (+97%) vs. $459M. Shares +4.6% AH. (PR) 1 Comment
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: ARBA, ARIA, ARRS, BMRN, CPT, CYH, DIS, DRYS, DTE, ESLR, EXEL, FSLR, GERN, GNW, HLIT, HLTH, IM, LVS, MET, MHK, MWW, PBI, PDLI, PKI, SGY, SLW, SWN, SYNA, VPRT, VSEA, WRI, YRCW Comment!

• Thursday, June 25, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: JAZZ +47%. TWB +20%. HTZ +10%. BBBY +5%. LEN +4%. SLM +4%. JEF +4%.
  Losers: INSM -48%. RHT -6%. HEB -5%. PAYX -5%. NVLS -5%. NKE -5%. MTL -5%. CTIC -4%. FSLR -4%. AIB -4%. Comment!

• Tuesday, May 26, 2009

• 09:01 AM Premarket gainers: MAPP +138%. CYTK +46%. BNC +15%. CPST +13%. HEB +12%. OXGN +9%. UTHR +8%. FEED +7%. Q +6%. ALTI +5%. ARNA +4%.
  Losers: TMS +13%. CIM -10%. AIB -7%. GM -6%. CSIQ -6%. FSLR -5%. AIG -5%. DNN -5%. VE -4%. Comment!
• 08:34 AM Solar stocks could come under pressure after FBR stings First Solar (FSLR) with a downgrade, noting spot polysilicon prices have nosedived in recent weeks amid weak demand and aggressive output from market leaders like MEMC (WFR). FSLR -5% premarket. Comment!

• Thursday, April 30, 2009

• 09:04 AM Premarket gainers: MGM +55%. HGSI +28%. PCX +22%. AEG +20%. LVS +19%. FSLR +15%. DOW +14%. MPEL +12%. ARRS +11%. ING +11%. IP +10%. ESLR +10%. DRYS +9%. BCS +9%. AKAM +9%. SRZ +9%. OMX +8%. CMCSA +8%. SOL 8%. SOLF +8%. ACAS +8%. JASO +8%. SPWRA +8%. LDK +7%. RFMD +7%. UBS +7%. TYC +6%. AIB +8%. HBAN +6%. FITB +6%. WYNN +6%. RAD +6%. HBC +6%. AZ +6%. TSM +6%. RF +6%. ETFC +6%. ORLY +5%. LSI +5%. GM +5%. BAC +5%. MTL +5%. CTXS +5%. C +5%. Comment!

• Wednesday, April 29, 2009

• 16:09 PM First Solar (FSLR): Q1 EPS of $1.99 beats by $0.48. Revenue of $418M (+112.4%) vs. $403M. Shares +4.9% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: AEM, AFL, AIZ, AKAM, AMKR, ANH, ARRS, AVB, BDN, BMR, BXP, CBG, CBL, CCI, CDNS, CLF, CNQR, CTXS, CVD, DRC, DRE, DTE, EQR, ERJ, ESRX, ESS, FLEX, FLS, FSLR, GERN, GNK, HAR, HGSI, HIW, ICO, JDSU, LSI, O, OI, OII, OKE, ORLY, OSIP, PLD, STR, RYL, SBUX, STM, TCO, TER, TRN, UNM, URI, V, VAR, WLL, WLT, WSH Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: AEM, AFL, AIZ, AKAM, AMKR, ANH, ARRS, AVB, BDN, BMR, BXP, CBG, CBL, CCI, CDNS, CLF, CNQR, CTXS, CVD, DRC, DRE, DTE, EQR, ERJ, ESRX, ESS, FLEX, FLS, FSLR, GERN, GNK, HAR, HGSI, HIW, ICO, JDSU, LSI, O, OI, OII, OKE, ORLY, OSIP, PLD, STR, RYL, SBUX, STM, TCO, TER, TRN, UNM, URI, V, VAR, WLL, WLT, WSH Comment!

• Monday, March 30, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: LMC +6%. GGP +3%. FITB +3%.
  Losers: ARNA -32%. GM -20%. LNC -18%. MTW -15%. ING -13%. DRYS -13%. BCS -11%. EXM -10%. JASO -10%. LYG -9%. ESLR -9%. ACAS -9%. AIG -8%. CNB -9%. GPM -9%. C -9%. TCK -8%. ASX -8%. ENER -8%. LDK -8%. BAC -8%. ETFC -8%. ERX -7%. CENX -7%. HBAN -7%. GBM -7%. FSLR -7%. MT -7%. STP -7%. HIG -7%. YGE -7%. BHP -6.5%. X -7%. HBC -6%. DB -6%. UBS -7%. LVS -6%. AMR -6%. Comment!

• Sunday, March 29, 2009

• 11:37 AM Once upon a time, Barron's thought "thin solar" makers (FSLR, ENER) could handle the coming silicon glut. That was before the glut turned into a deluge. 1 Comment