Sep 27-Oct 1: Dow, NASDAQ Slip; Solar Up 5th Week

Good month for solar...

Stocks in the 20 Solar Stocks Index (20SSI) rose a fifth straight week, beating all other major market indexes. The 20SSI was up over 10 points to end Friday at 428.9, a 2.5% rise. The Dow slipped 31 points to end at 10829.58, nearly a .3% drop. The NASDAQ dropped over 10 points to 2370.75, a .4% loss.

Seventeen of the 20SSI issues gained an average of 4.8% in value. The biggest winners were Canadian Solar, Evergreen Solar and LDK Solar.

20 Solar Stocks Index Week of Sep 27-Oct 1, 2010

	Monday Open	Friday Close	Up/Down	% Change	Close 1/5/09*	Close 3/6/09**
Dow Jones DJIA	10860.26	10829.58	-30.68	-.2832%	8952.89	6626.95
NASDAQ	2381.22	2370.75	-10.47	-.4416	1628.03	1293.85
Amtel Systems ASYS	17.68	17.87	+.19	+1.074	4.00	2.73
Applied Materials AMAT	11.63	11.71	+.08	+.6878	10.67	8.70
Canadian Solar CSIQ	12.98	15.84	+2.86	-22.03	7.00	3.0601
ECD (UniSolar) ENER	4.75	5.08	+.33	+6.947	29.33	17.45
Entech Solar ENSL.OB	.10	.10	NC	0	.28	.23
Evergreen Solar ESLR	.618	.745	+.127	+20.05	3.60	1.03
First Solar FSLR	147.09	147.23	+.14	+.0951	157.80	108.49
GT Solar Int. SOLR	8.01	8.32	+.31	+3.870	4.00	4.02
JA Solar JASO	8.31	8.68	+.37	+4.452	5.09	1.91
Kyocera KYO	95.43	95.82	+.39	+.4086	71.87	54.21
LDK Solar LDK	8.85	10.15	+1.30	+14.68	14.84	4.40
MEMC Elect. WFR	11.79	11.96	+.17	+1.441	15.76	13.68
Renesola SOL	11.87	12.35	+.48	+4.043	5.15	2.1201
Satcon SATC	3.37	3.68	+.31	+9.198	1.60	1.23
SolarFun SOLF	12.09	12.61	+.52	+4.301	6.12	2.30
SunPower SPWRA	13.94	14.06	+.12	+.8608	45.13	23.39
SunTech STP	9.50	9,25	-.25	-2.702	13.55	5.34
Trina Solar TSL	27.65	29.41	+1.76	+6.365	10.09	7.23
Westinghouse Solar (Akeena) WEST	.6399	.6091	-3.080	-5.056	2.28	.61
Yingli YGE	12.15	13.43	+1.28	+10.53	7.25	3.888
20SSI Weekly Cumulative:	Previous 418.46	Current 428.90	Change +10.44/+2.494%	Avg Stock +4.8%***	1/05/09* 415.41	3/06/09** 266.01

* The starting date of the 20 Solar Stock Index (20SSI).
** The Concensus "new" bull market began on Monday, March 9, 2009.
*** Starting 6/11/10: In order to arrive at a truer stock gain/loss percentage, stocks with the highest percentage gain and worst drop are eliminated from the average.
NOTE: All above stocks have market capitalization of $100M+ except Westinghouse Solar (formerly Akeena), Amtel Systems
and Entech Solar. This listing is strictly informational and implies neither endorsement or disapproval of any stock listed. Comments are always welcome.