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    • Thu Jul 31st 09:04 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Five Stocks to Own Now that the Dow Has Bottomed
      Well the jobs numbers don't look good. It looks like we aren't or wer in a recession, but it looks like it's comming, so the dow will need to lose at least another 1000 before you can call the bottom.
      User 235322 has probably got it right, but I am supershort but that's super duper short.
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    • Thu Jul 31st 08:26 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Five Stocks to Own Now that the Dow Has Bottomed
      I love all these guys calling the bottom. The editor is probably listening too much to the high idiot of investing Jim Cramer. He has called the bottom about 5 times since August of last year.
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    • Thu Jul 31st 02:38 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      First Solar Spreads Some Sunshine
      think FSLR would be a great buy on this report... if its mkt cap were $6-8billion... so now we have, at this rate, annual net income approaching $300million... in 10 years thats $3billion... or at after hours price of $300+, it would take 80 YEARS to make their current mkt cap!!!

      what are people smoking out there, tellurium-laced stogies???

      This is the best comment I have read so far on SA.
      The funny thing is that SPWR which uses poly has been up in sympathy with FSLR. A whole lot of tellurium-laced stogies being smoked indeed.
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    • Mon Jul 28th 12:18 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      SEPA Report Showing End-Market Demand Disconnect Could Sink First Solar, SunPower
      Dsnlebul, User10755,

      Another thing, don't blame anyone for your mistakes. You enter a bad position, take your loss. Consider it your tuition for learning how to trade.
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    • Mon Jul 28th 12:15 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      SEPA Report Showing End-Market Demand Disconnect Could Sink First Solar, SunPower
      Dsnlebul, User10755, and Roadrunner.

      You should complain about the amount of naked shorting and the uptick rule. First of all the reason there are "naked Shorts" is because when an institution or market maket itself has a large amount of shares it has taken long, it doesn't want to lose so they won't let the shares be borrowed. That is inflating the price artificially, plain and simple. They are not allowing "free market pricing." If you can make an investment for 100% of shares to go long, then 100% of the shares should be allowed to go short. Period. That is true pricing and true free markets, not government sponsored interference so some boneheads who took positions for a "just cause" and feel that they should not lose money are bailed out. Where is SEC when these analysits pump up INTEL, JDSU, CSCO, BRDM which I have long positions on and they are all down? Where are my complaints being heard? That is the BS of the system. The shorts keep the market honest. They are the ones who we need plain and simple.

      I am a "greenie" myself, so much that even my wife thinks I am nuts with all the recycling, poer saving appliances, turning off lights, keeping the home a few degrees cooler or warmer to conserve energy. I also do research and feel that CNG and Nuclear will be a bigger part of the world's energy needs. Solar in it's present form is just a fad. So if you want to do something for the envirornment, plant a tree, turn off a light, recycle, be more energy conscious. And by the way, to the ones who are long...why haven't you guys bought panels yourselves? I have looked into it and it is a totally ludicrous investment, so I don't want my hard earned money going into this farce.
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    • Sat Jul 26th 11:57 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      SEPA Report Showing End-Market Demand Disconnect Could Sink First Solar, SunPower
      Noone is out there to "deflate" anything. It's just like any other bubble that is driven by people buying these stocks becuase it makes them feel good, like they are doing something for the environment. 99% of these investors have no intention of putting these panels in their homes and yet will berate those who criticise the profitability and the fundamentals of these companies and their absurd P/E ratios. I am environmentally conscious, but I will not make a bad investment, meaning I cannot go long SPWR, or FSLR.
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    • Thu Jul 24th 04:28 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      In the Battle of Best Solar Plays, U.S. Is a Distant Second
      "For a $6 billion company, $28.6 million net income is simply not enough to encourage investors. "

      This statement is intentionally misleading. Since when is quarterly net income stated as a percentage of market capitalization ($6 billion)? Comparing quarterly net income relative to QUARTERLY GROSS REVENUES is the accepted accouting norm, unless one has an agenda.
      Dislosure: Long SPWR

      Not misleading at all. It is a way to gauge P/E ratios which SPWR has an absurd P/E ratio. Given that this last quarter was guided down, they beat their lowered guidance. They also are a heavy player in Europe because of the subsidies because they are more expensive than the Chinese counterparts. Since they have announced plans to start fabricating in China, to lower costs but as most things fabricated in China show, you get what you pay for, a cheaper inferior product. Why should this be any different?

      As far as the "energy crisis" bubbleheads go. Oil can go to $500 a barrel as long as nat gas and coal remain stable, which they should as they are abundant in the US, thankfully, it should not have an impact on electricity costs, period. Grid parity in the US will probably never be reached because of this and it is for this reason, among others why solar will not be a major player in the energy sector in it's present form. If it can be much more efficient and cheaper, without taking up acres of land to power a handful of homes, then you have an argument for a long position on SPWR.

      Given that the subsidies will be cut in Spain, and Germany is mulling reinstating nuclear power and cutting their subsidies, and there seems to be a push for wind, look for SPWR to be in the 20's by January 09.
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    • Thu Jul 24th 03:57 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      SunPower Beaten up to Buying Opportunity Levels
      Oh and by the way, Buffet does not own this stock. So comparing it to a "Buffet style" is just plain wrong. Buffet shys away from technology because he knows it constantly changes. He does however like the big players in the alternative energy field like GE who will always be on top of the game when all the dust settles. That is your Buffet style play on solar and wind.
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    • Thu Jul 24th 03:52 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      SunPower Beaten up to Buying Opportunity Levels
      Correction: SPWR has over 17 million shares short, over 40% according to Nasdaq.com and E*Trade. The current quarter topped their lowered estimates from prior guidance. They were also cautious about the future quarters. They also trade an absurd P/E ratio. Technicals on this one favor short trading. The Florida deal, according to their own press release will not add to their bottom line, that's if it all goes well...but as with most construction projects, it has a high chance for cost overruns and therefore may be a loss for them. Also give the "nanosolar" and other emerging technologies, SPWR is ripe for a fall.
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    • Thu Jul 17th 13:32 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Solar: Spain Subsidy-Slashing Rumors Send Stocks Lower
      I have been saying this all along, that everyone is rethinking the subsidies for solar because in it's present form, is not cost effective. Look for more cuts and further bursting of this solar bubble. Remember Icarus and how he wanted to get close to the sun....well at these P/E ratios and high expectations, it is a similar case.
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    • Wed Jul 16th 12:39 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Sell and Short Recommendations for a Bearish Market
      Just as many here have a preference for a particular stock, I want to have a little more control. The solar ETF "TAN" has a few stocks that don't have high P/E ratios and have some that may make it in the future. I just want to short the dogs.
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    • Tue Jul 15th 23:41 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      The SEC Panics
      Sorry for the long winded post. What I mean to say is that get rid of naked shorting but allow 100% of the shares to be shorted or bought long. That would solve this issue and make for better pricing of stocks. Naked shorting is found because the big guys want to dollar cost average their positions after all the "shortable" shares are already held short.
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    • Tue Jul 15th 23:31 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      The SEC Panics
      For all you people who think that naked shorting should not be allowed, I will give you a sound argument why it should be allowed. If you are an individual investor, you will not be allowed to sell naked, as the standard brokers will follow those rules about obtaining stocks to borrow. I have personally been caught on the wrongside of a trade and wanted to so desperately short moore shares to dollar cost average down only to be unable to borrow those shares. Sometimes the stock falls back to my entry point but sometimes it doesn't and you can lose big also. There is more risk in going short and I have only traded stocks short for the last 2 years and have made more money than with all my long positions. Granted we are in a bear market, but whyt shouldn't the markets be free and completely lucid. The way they are set up now, it is not protecting the active investor because you are being limited in how you can trade. Why should I be allowed to only go one way in a trade, especially if you know it's a dog. We should be allowed to make money on these pump jobs freely and as much as we can stomach the risk.

      Most "good" companies cannot be affected by the short sellers unless the short interest is allowed to be equal to the shares outstanding, which is hard to reach 50%, without naked shorts. If you are an investor, you should not fear shorts as the are doing exactly what you are trying to do and that is make money. Do not make this a closed and back room market. Let the markets be free.
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    • Tue Jul 15th 15:08 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Solar Shorts Keep On Rising Even As Oil Surprises
      By the way SPWR has over 40% of it's shares short.
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    • Tue Jul 15th 15:07 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Solar Shorts Keep On Rising Even As Oil Surprises
      Secmaven, after what has happened lately in the financials, there isn't much more to go down. SPWR is at 70 now and will probably be at 20 by years end. Solars have high P/E ratios, the insiders are selling their shares the same way the inside guys at IndyMac and Countrywide were selling theirs. The solars will be the next financials.
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