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Two Calculated Risks Possibly Worth Taking

Shortsqueeze is wrong, if you're looking to know what the effective short interest levels are, because, as mentioned, Light Peng, the CEO owns about 70% of the float. He's sold a total of 3 Million Shares since the IPO, and the rest he keeps, so yeah, there's only about 35 Million shares floating for shorts to cover with.

Two Calculated Risks Possibly Worth Taking

SHintheCity, low polysilicon prices, and corresponding decreases in Solar prices bode well for the industry and LDK in the short term. Lower prices will bring more buyers of Solar Products, along with the Stimulus that David mentioned, as well as the 30% (no cap) Investment Tax Credit that was passed by Congress in the Bailout Bill.

I say in the short term, because as things heat up in the long term, poly prices will undoubtedly start to increase again, and this is where LDK's in-house poly production will make the difference. While everybody else is trying to do business in an environment of increasing poly prices, LDK will have their own supply at decreasing prices.

Also, you should know that LDK doesn't make cells, they make wafers, and their customers do the rest. As David mentioned, LDK is sold out for the year already, and many of their contracts are at a fixed price.

Oh, and as for the crashing housing market, it's true that the homebuilders aren't building right now, and they shouldn't be. The housing glut isn't to be solved by building more houses, but a heck of alot of those workers, and the housing industry as a whole, can benefit by moving to UPGRADE some of that existing housing, in the form of value added by Solar Installation / Energy Efficiency Technology.