First Solar Inc.

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  Stocks decouple from bonds as S&P 500 gain defies yield drop

  By Alexis Xydias and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg  |  April 15, 2013

  Capitulating bears and overseas buyers are drowning out every other concern for American stocks, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to successive records even after the biggest drop in Treasury yields since June.

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  Global stocks advance with metals after China’s inflation slows

  By Stephen Kirkland, Lindsey Rupp and Lu Wang, Bloomberg  |  April 9, 2013

  Stocks rose for a second day and industrial metals rallied as slower-than-forecast Chinese inflation eased pressure on policy makers to tighten credit.

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  Dow Average extends record high as job data, Fed boost optimism

  By Inyoung Hwang and Sarah Pringle, Bloomberg  |  March 6, 2013

  U.S. stocks rose, extending the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s record high, as a private jobs report showed companies took on more workers than estimated and the Federal Reserve said the economy is growing.

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  Dow average returns to 5-year high as euro, Italian bonds rally

  By Michael Shanahan and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg  |  February 27, 2013

  Stocks rallied, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the highest since October 2007, as Italy sold debt amid political turmoil and U.S. data bolstered confidence in the world’s largest economy.

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  U.S. stocks retreat after S&P 500 Index rallies for six weeks

  By Lu Wang and Leslie Picker, Bloomberg  |  February 11, 2013

  U.S. stocks fell after a six-week rally left the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index trading at its most expensive valuation since July 2011.

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  S&P 500 snaps six-day winning streak amid slowing global growth

  By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg  |  August 13, 2012

  The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell for the first time in seven days, ending the longest streak of gains in 20 months, as Japan’s economy grew less than forecast and Bank of America Corp. cut its outlook for Chinese growth.

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  Apple falls for fifth day on concern carriers may cut subsidies

  By Adam Satariano, Bloomberg  |  April 16, 2012

  Apple Inc. shares fell for a fifth day amid speculation that demand for the iPad may wane and that mobile-phone carriers will cut subsidies for the iPhone, eroding profitability of Apple’s best-selling products.

• E-mini stock index futures react to $1,500 gold

  By Toni Hansen  |  April 20, 2011

  Daily technical and fundamental analysis of the E-mini stock index futures market by Toni Hansen.

• Housing Data Disappoints, Oil and Gold Prices Plunge

  By Toni Hansen  |  July 2, 2010

  Here's a technical analysis update in the wake of the market's Thursday continuation of recent selling pressure.