ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
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
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) “On August 15, 2011, Evergreen Solar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) On Friday, July 15, Evergreen Solar (ESLR) filed a Form 8-K with the SEC to announce that the company has suspended payment of $4.1M in interest on some of its debt. If interest remains unpaid … Read more
(This is a partial excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) When Evergreen Solar (ESLR) issued a dire earnings warning, I speculated that the company is flirting with bankruptcy. Tonight, ESLR reported quarterly earnings for the quarter ending April 2, 2011 and confirmed that it is … Read more
I have questioned the finances and balance sheet of Evergreen Solar (ESLR). I have claimed that betting on ESLR is a speculative bet on survival. I used a pullback from the stock’s last big rally as an entry to make that crazy boom or bust bet. Now, I must prepare for the very real possibility … Read more