scfranklin94

The Biggest Problem Detroit's Big Three Face

Allow the companies to go bankrupt; this is the only way GM and Ford can downsize their bloated dealership networks. Hopefully the entities that emerge from bankruptcy will have a way to make a small car for a profit. If we support GM and Ford now, we better be prepared to write another check for every year going forward. The main problem is that the companies have more retirees than workers, but their pension plan is dependent on current car sales to meet liabilities - it will never work.

The Honeymoon Is Over: Gauging the Market with an Obama Presidency

The economy is going to supercede everything else for at least for the next two years, so don't bother buying solar stocks just yet. I'm with longoil on American complacency; wholesale gasoline (before fed and state taxes) is approaching $1.30/gallon, I doubt anyone will want to finance alternative energy projects at these low prices.

Don't get me wrong, I think the US should have a national energy policy that concentrates on investing in alternative energy, but we don't have the money to fund it right now.

The Sun Is Not Also Rising Over Solar Stocks

Wait till either the credit markets get healthier or crude makes a bottom (both will probably happen about the same time). If crude drops to $50 or below, solar stocks will drift down due to lack of credit/urgency by utilities to invest.

As for Dubai's investment in solar, my prediction is that it will get axed as Dubai starts to get hammered by the credit crunch and lower crude prices. The biggest creditors of Dubai are Kuwait, the Saudis and the UAE. It was one thing when crude was over $100 and the oil producing states were looking for a home for their cash; it's another thing when they're trying to stabilize their national budgets that have grown rapidly in the last two years.