ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
When Ener1 (HEV) chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer appeared on CNBC in November to discuss how his company will benefit from Democrat and Republican cooperation on energy policy, the stock got a nice 4% pop on the day. Last week, HEV announced a major joint venture deal with China’s number one automotive components company Wanxiang … Read more
China leads charge against U.S. injection of hot money – The Globe and Mail Facing a speculative wave of foreign investment, China and other emerging market economies are clamping down on the so-called hot money rippling through their economies in the wake of the United States’ latest move to stimulate growth and employment. (tags: Federal_Reserve … Read more
Evergreen Solar’s sudden resurgence in October remains a mystery to me. Nothing in the recent third quarter earnings report explains the sudden return of enthusiasm to the stock. On the other hand, there was just enough reassurance in the report to once again suspend fears of the worst outcomes. ESLR remains a speculative play on … Read more
A fresh buying opportunity may finally be unfolding in the solar sector. In Tech Trader Daily on Friday, Eric Savitz broke news that the U.S. government is launching an official investigation into alleged unfair trade and investment practices by the government of China in green technologies. Across the board, solar stocks were slammed in reaction … Read more
Oh to have the resources of China. The Financial Times reports in “China sits on up to $1.5bn in copper profits” that China has cleaned up in betting against the deflationary fears that gripped much of the planet in 2008-2009: “Beijing’s bet that a ‘super-cycle’ in metals markets would keep copper prices high, despite the … Read more
While most of the Western industrial world struggles with deflationary fears, Australia continues to worry about inflation. In tonight’s latest release on monetary policy, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens states: “If economic conditions evolve as the Board currently expects, it is likely that higher interest rates will be required, at some point, … Read more
I bet many American solar companies wish they could get the kind of government sponsorship that Chinese solar companies can get from their government. Last week, I used Cetrotherm Photovoltaic’s deals with China as the latest examples of China’s seriousness about developing capabilities in solar technology. Today’s big news from China benefits LDK Solar, one … Read more
Centrotherm Photovoltaics is a German provider of technology and equipment for the photovoltaics industry. For example, the company is a developer and seller of “…turnkey production lines for the manufacture of crystalline solar cells, including the full range of engineering and technological process services.” Centrotherm’s business spans the entire photovoltaic supply chain from raw material … Read more
I am always intrigued by the words of optimism and the steadfast bullish arguments in the midst of market sell-offs. I am not talking about technical assessments calling for a short-term bounce. I am talking about the “everything is just fine” variety. Monday’s Nightly Business Report provided a picture-perfect example of such talk from Bernarnd … Read more
For many commodity-related stocks the bounce from the March, 2009 lows to the first peak in June encompasses the bulk of their respective gains in the past 15 months. The current, on-going correction has delivered such heavy losses to some of these stocks that they are now trading at those June, 2009 prices. About 1/3 … Read more