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Noreen Seebacher
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Nice job
Noreen Seebacher   2/7/2012 12:43:57 PM
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Good picks, Scott. Marathon and Cephalon were great, and no one saw solar's slide coming.

Scott Raynovich
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Re: Nice job
Scott Raynovich   2/7/2012 1:04:28 PM
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Thanks but don't forget Gilead, Apple, and Microsoft which have all been on a tear lately.

TelecomFreq
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Re: Nice job
TelecomFreq   2/7/2012 1:05:34 PM
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I for one was sure that solar was going to be massive, i could not have been more wrong...

Scott Raynovich
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Re: Nice job
Scott Raynovich   2/7/2012 1:07:40 PM
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One word: "China"

Phoenix
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Re: Nice job
Phoenix   2/7/2012 1:09:14 PM
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Yes Scott that was a difficult one to predict. But overall I think the IU selections performed well. Thank you for sharing this information with all of us. Let us hope this year brings more good news.

Dex
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Re: Nice job
Dex   2/8/2012 8:50:32 AM
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Microsoft is that slow steady stock you often feel like losing because it seems so boring, isn't it? But seasoned investors know this is exactly the type of stock to hold.

tokyogai
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Good picks
tokyogai   2/8/2012 9:04:35 AM
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Good picks Scott. Sometimes the market does behave in a rational manner.

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Good picks
Noreen Seebacher   2/8/2012 9:52:29 AM
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Scott, any thoughts on where solar is headed in 2012 and beyond? Has the shale oil/gas plays changed the game?

driven
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Re: Good picks
driven   2/8/2012 10:35:41 AM
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My guess is we'll see more companies try to win support for solar with initatives like this -- Aora Solar Ltd. is aiming to win clients from the "Facebook generation" with community-scale generators that double as giant sculptures, according to the designer of its tulip-shaped solar towers -- that make solar not only "good for the environment" but allegedly good for the soul. Does it look aesthetically pleasing to you? I'm not convinved, But that's the message.



Scott Raynovich
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Re: Good picks
Scott Raynovich   2/8/2012 12:00:42 PM
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I can't say I know where it is going but a lot of companies -- especially Veeco (VECO) look incredibly oversold  and I believe they were unfairly punished.

I don't thinik this has anything to do with the shale plays -- after all, look at the price of oil (still $100), it has to do with competition from Asian manufacturers, many of whom are crushing the profit margins by driving down price and taking government subsidies.

It's a lot like what happened to the steel industry when the Asian competitors entered the market. The solar players in the West are going to have to figure out how to innovate and provide better value -- like the rest of the technology players do.

 

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