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Solar is Dead Again

With the miss at FSLR and the sheer dismantling of SUNE, I declare the sector to be dead, forgotten in the sands of Wall St. Many sectors before it have flourished and burned. This is no different. One might try to game the sector through thrifty trades. However, the fundamental reasons to be long the sector are now dead.

On the other hand, oil is north of $100 for quite some time now. There isn’t a Brent premium to discuss, rendering US refineries utterly un-investable. But the domestic producers are in the sweet spot, which is why I am holding CXO into earnings, slated for this evening (heavy Dracula accent).

Everything else is burning to hell. I haven’t even dared to open my profit and loss thingy, in an effort to spare myself the pain and agony of seeing it with my eyes. I’d prefer to imagine what the losses might be, then fantasize over hedonistic upside recoveries.

I know it sounds odd, but bonds are probably a good bet here. Based off seasonality, TLT has only traded down one time since being a publicly traded vehicle. The month of August is, by far, the best time to own government bonds.

People are scared. The summer is ending and the winter is coming.

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12 comments

  1. Rick

    The solar is dead. Long live the solar.

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  2. bugatti

    Like I said Fly, liquidate all and shift into TLT. And/or get your VXX tits out.

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  3. Mike M.

    I saw CFO sold 714 shares at 95 last week-could be part of scheduled selling?fyi

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  4. flicker

    So said another way…no pussy for the foreseeable future.

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  5. mystos

    First time for everything day. News to me, mister softy referred to as “my profit and loss thingy”.

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  6. Raul3

    SCTY after the bell, let’s see if the one we call Elon has the midas touch

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    • DaveyNC

      He does not. I got stopped out yesterday and am very happy. Hope you didn’t get nailed too badly.

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  7. matt_bear

    smoke if ya got ’em!

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  8. gatorsun

    FSLR SCTY…fly nailed this

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  9. Po Pimp

    Mic check.

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