FSLR update and CSIQ

The usual then and now charts;

fslr apr 2012fslr b mar 6, 2014

We were a little early, but still it is nice to triple your money. Of course we would have done better going Canadian with CSIQ. We lacked the IQ but we do have an installation on our roof using the Canadian solar panels and it provides a 12 % , bond equivalent return. Here is the chart;

csiq b 6 mar 2014csiq s mar 6 2014

Canada’s on-off approach to solar, in particular the domestic content part, may have caused undue fluctuations in the acceptance of this “green” alternative. Another good example where government intervention destabilizes the markets.