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Solar Sector Slumping Despite Deal (NRG, SPWRA, LDK, JKS, JASO, TSL)

Posted by Christopher Windham at 12:44PM on November 30th

Despite positive news of a deal between Solar power companies NRG Energy (NRG) and SunPower (SPWRA) to begin construction next year on a solar ranch in San Luis Obispo County, Calif, solar stocks overall are continuing their yearly slump.

In the deal between…

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Billionaire Buffett Builds Cash Hoard in Q3 (BRK.A, HD, NRG, IRM, RSG, KMX, SYA, BK, WFC, JNJ, PG, MCO, NKE, KO, BRK.B)

Posted by Owen Vater at 9:42AM on November 16th

After reporting a nearly $35 billion cash position at the end of the third quarter, traders began speculating whether Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) may be on the lookout for another major acquisition, and while there’s still no telling what Buffett has…

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Stocks Float Lower On Lazy Summer Friday (JCP, NVDA, RMBS, ADSK, BX, DYN, NRG, SORL)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:35PM on August 13th

Today may have been Friday the 13th, but it was one of the least scary days for investors the past few sessions, as stocks ended slightly lower on a lazy summer day. There was plenty of economic data to digest,…

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Solar Shares Outpacing S&P 500 Amid Clean Energy Push (BP, MEE, ENSL, AXTI, TSL, JASO, LDK, SOL, SOLF, JKS, PCG, NRG)

Posted by Owen Vater at 12:08PM on June 21st

The solar sector got hammered when stocks took a nosedive back in April, but the sector is now outperforming the S&P 500 handily over the past month, and shares are still trading at substantial discounts to 52-week highs. Some alternative…

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Buffett’s Bets Continue To Beat The Street (PG, COP, KO, WFC, JNJ, USG, WPO, NRG, MCO, AXP, WMT, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Owen Vater at 12:06PM on April 29th

Last quarter, Warren Buffett scored a ten-for-ten earnings season with the top Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) holdings all beating analyst estimates, and the Oracle of Omaha is off to a solid start again. The latest reports from Berkshire names Procter…

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Buffett’s Berkshire Busy During Q3

Posted by Marcia Wilmot at 5:49PM on November 23rd

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B, $3452.00, 22.00) was in a buying mood in Q3. In a regulatory filing, the Oracle of Omaha revealed that he made a number of moves last quarter.

Buffett added several new positions to Berkshire’s portfolio in the…

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25% Market Share for Plug-Ins by 2020, Pessimism on Buffett’s Pick

Posted by Owen Vater at 10:41AM on November 20th

Forecasting the potential proliferation of electric vehicles is a tricky task for investors.

When legendary value investor and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett talks, Wall Street listens. But when legions of like-minded money managers and individual investors follow his…

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The Favored Blue Chips at the Heart of Buffett’s Portfolio

Posted by Max Magee at 9:52AM on November 18th

Warren Buffett was in a buying mood during Q3, but he also held steady with an array of blue chips that are at the center of his investing strategy.

We outlined where Buffett was putting his money to work in yesterday’s…

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Dot-Com Hero Contends with Hedge Fund Slide

Posted by Max Magee at 8:38AM on August 28th

2008 saw Peter Thiel emerge as new hedge fund star with a penchant for making outsized bets on a handful of equities.

More recently, however, his fund Clarium Capital Management has struggled, with the NY Post reporting recently that the fund’s…

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Upgrades, Reactor News Power Uranium Shares Higher

Posted by Max Magee at 12:35PM on June 18th

Upgrades and nuclear power plant plans drove shares of select uranium stocks higher on Thursday.

Raymond James upgraded Canadian-listed First Uranium to “outperform” from “market perform,” advising investors to consider taking advantage of a recent earnings-related sell-off.

A pair of miners,…

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