Kill Any Hopes for an 11th Hour Resurrection of Evergreen Solar in the U.S.

I thought I had written my last piece on Evergreen Solar when it filed for bankruptcy in August. Perhaps this one will truly be the last. On October 11, Hilco Industrial, a company that provides industrial capital asset acquisition and disposition services, announced that a bankruptcy judge has granted the company permission to auction off … Read more

T2108 Update – October 10, 2011 (A VERY Bullish Day)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag.) T2108 Status: 41% (UP 20 percentage points!!!) VIX Status: 33 (FINALLY drops below its 50DMA!) General (Short-term) Trading Call: … Read more

A Review of the Commodities Crash Playbook As Another Phase of Selling Ends

This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Commodities across the board have suffered mightily during the stock market’s recent correction. In the first phase of the sell-off (from late July to early August), a few commodity-related stocks triggered buys by erasing all … Read more

T2108 Update – October 7, 2011 (Buyers Stymied At Resistance Yet Again)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag.) T2108 Status: 22% (2nd day of oversold conditions) VIX Status: 36 General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 dropped … Read more

As America Invests In Its Grid Modernization, You Can Too

This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) On October 5, 2011, the Obama administration announced the launch of pilot projects for grid modernization. This news comes as a welcome relief to the constant drumbeat of recessionary fears. This news also suggests that … Read more