March 1-5: Dow, NASDAQ Up Again; Solar Rallies

Solar index shows 19 of 20 gain for week

There was a general rally of American stocks as recent Labor Department data showed non-farm payrolls fell by 36,000 last month which is far below the 90,000 expected by economists polled by MarketWatch. Unemployment held at 9.7%. slightly better than a 9.8% projection.

The Dow shot up nearly 291 points to finish today at 10566.20, a 2.3% gain. The NASDAQ index 88 points to close at 2326.35, nearly a 4% gain. It was the second consecutive week of gains for both indexes. Nineteen of the 20 Solar Stocks Index saw gains and finished the week at 369.61, a 4.6% surge.

Top winners in solar were Canadian Solar, Evergreen Solar and SunTech. Solar could see a continued rebound as warmer weather gets more of the nation thinking solar power.

20 Solar Stocks Index Week of March 1-5, 2010

	Monday Open	Friday Close	Up/Down	% Change	Close 1/5/09*	Close 3/6/09**
Dow Jones DJIA	10325.26	10566.20	+240.94	+2.333%	8952.89	6626.95
NASDAQ	2238.26	2326.35	+88.09	+3.935	1628.03	1293.85
Akeena Solar AKNS	1.05	1.11	+.06	+5.714	2.28	.61
Amtel Systems ASYS	8.69	8.80	+.11	+1.265	4.00	2.73
Applied Materials AMAT	12.24	12.29	+.05	+.4084	10.67	8.70
Canadian Solar CSIQ	19.12	21.53	+2.41	+12.60	7.00	3.0601
ECD (UniSolar) ENER	7.20	7.88	+.68	+9.444	29.33	17.45
Entech Solar ENSL.OB	.1640	.1780	+.0140	+8.536	.28	.23
Evergreen Solar ESLR	1.12	1.29	+.17	+15.17	3.60	1.03
First Solar FSLR	105.75	108.62	+2.87	+2.713	157.80	108.49
GT Solar Int. SOLR	5.95	5.38	+.57	+10.59	4.00	4.02
JA Solar JASO	5.12	4.96	-.16	-3.225	5.09	1.91
Kyocera KYO	88.94	91.73	+2.79	+3.136	71.87	54.21
LDK Solar LDK	6.19	6.62	+.43	+6.946	14.84	4.40
MEMC Elect. WFR	12.11	12.90	+.79	+6.523	15.76	13.68
Renesola SOL	5.07	5.50	+.43	+8.481	5.15	2.1201
Satcon SATC	2.34	2.28	-.06	-2.631	1.60	1.23
SolarFun SOLF	6.60	6.84	+.24	+3.636	6.12	2.30
SunPower SPWRA	18.75	20.42	+1.67	+8.906	45.13	23.39
SunTech STP	13.26	14.86	+1.60	+12.06	13.55	5.34
Trina Solar TSL	22.00	23.54	+1.54	+1.07	10.09	7.23
Yingli YGE	11.58	12.88	+1.30	+11.22	7.25	3.888
20SSI Weekly Cumulative:	Previous 353.08	Current 369.61	Change +16.53/+4.6%	Avg Stock +6.11%	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.
NOTE: All above stocks have market capitalization of $100M+ except Akeena Solar, Amtel Systems
and Entech Solar. This listing is strictly informational and implies neither endorsement or disapproval
of any stock listed. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.