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Enphase Energy ( NASDAQ:ENPH ) will start the New Year off with a bang as the company has been tipped to join the S&P 500 Index. This will occur before market open next Thursday, Jan. 7. The S&P 500's operator, S&P Dow Jones Indices, announced the news on Wednesday. With its ascension, Enphase replaces luxury goods maker Tiffany & Co. Following a fairly tortuous takeover saga , LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is acquiring Tiffany, so the latter will cease to be an independent company. Enphase is not exactly new at the S&P Index table. At the moment, it belongs to the S&P MidCap 400 Index. Filling its position on that index will be Capri Holdings , a fashion company founded by well-known American designer Michael Kors (his company, it so happens, was once an S&P 500 Index component). Image source: Getty Images. On Thursday, Enphase shares closed nearly 1.5% higher, well outpacing the gains of the index it will soon be joining. This is …

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Solar panel manufacturers have been among the hardest solar energy stocks to invest in over the past decade, with price competition and growing capacity in China hampering profitability across the board. Even a profitable leader like First Solar ( NASDAQ:FSLR ) has seen its stock fall 6% over the past 10 years, with an incredible amount of volatility in the process. If you've been watching this industry from the sidelines, now is the time to get into First Solar stock, because the company is going back into growth mode. It's shed legacy assets that were weighing the company down and investing in what it does best, which is making industry-leading solar panels. A few years from now, we may look back and see this as the best solar energy stock in the industry. Image source: First Solar. The evolution of First Solar A lot has happened at First Solar over the past decade. The company was one of the industry's leaders in solar panel manufacturing going back nearly two …

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The solar industry has exploded onto the energy scene over the last two decades and seems like it's not slowing down anytime soon. According to Our World in Data and BP , total solar installations globally have grown from 0.65 gigawatts in 2000 to 40.1 GW in 2010 and 708 GW in 2020. That's enough to power 116 million U.S. homes. Despite this growth, not all solar energy stocks have outperformed the market over the last two decades. And some stocks have fallen out of favor for one reason or another. Three of our contributors think First Solar ( NASDAQ:FSLR ) , Array Technologies ( NASDAQ:ARRY ) , and Enphase Energy ( NASDAQ:ENPH ) are three of the stocks that may not be loved by the market but should be in your portfolio today. Image source: Getty Images. Growth is coming to this solar manufacturer Travis Hoium (First Solar): Solar panel manufacturers have been kind of forgotten by the market for most of the last half-decade because they've …

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Gold is generally considered a safe haven asset that investors run to in times of fear. Given that the stock market is near all-time highs despite a worldwide pandemic and increasing global debt levels, the safe haven nature of gold might sound pretty alluring right now. If it does, you'll want to look at this pair of unique gold stocks. Go with the stream You can add gold to your portfolio by purchasing bullion. The problem is you have to store it safely, and the only potential upside comes from higher gold prices. You can get out from under the storage issue by acquiring an exchange traded fund that owns gold, but you still only benefit if gold prices go up. Miners are another alternative, since they benefit from selling the gold they mine at higher prices when gold rallies and they can expand their businesses over time, providing an avenue for growth. The problem here is that there are fixed costs in mining, and when gold falls profitability can quickly vanish. Image …

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What happened As the trading week wound down Friday, shares of hydrogen fuel cell company Plug Power ( NASDAQ:PLUG ) jumped up 4.3% through 1:40 p.m. EDT. You can probably thank J.P. Morgan for that. Image source: Getty Images. So what In a note this morning summing up its findings after recently meeting with Plug management, reports TheFly.com , J.P. Morgan analysts doubled down on their overweight rating on the stock. Demand for the company's products remains strong, says J.P. Morgan, and the banker is downright "excited" over the chance that Plug will be able to "drive down the cost of electrolyzers" (which are used to split hydrogen atoms away from water molecules, so that the hydrogen can be used for fuel). This, in turn, could make using fuel cells to power automobiles more cost-competitive with gas- and battery-powered automobiles. More objectively, Plug Power is "on track to meet" its targets for billings in both 2021 and 2022, said J.P. Morgan. …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. JELD-WEN Holding, inc ( NYSE:JELD ) Aug 2, 2021 , 8:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the JELD-WEN Holding Incorporated Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Chris Teachout, Director of Investor Relations. Thank you and please go ahead. Chris Teachout -- Director, Investor Relations Thank you. Good morning, everyone. We issued our earnings press release this morning and posted a slide presentation to the Investor Relations portion of our website, which we will be referencing during this call. I'm joined today by Gary Michel, our CEO; and John Linker, our CFO. Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that during this call, we will make certain statements that constitute forward-looking …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. First Solar ( NASDAQ:FSLR ) Jul 29, 2021 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the First Solar second-quarter 2021 earnings call. This call is being webcast live on the investors section of First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Mitch Ennis from First Solar investor relations. Mr. Ennis, you may begin. Mitch Ennis -- Investor Relations Thank you. Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us. Today, the company issued a press release announcing its second-quarter 2021 financial results. A copy of the press release and associated presentation are available on First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com. With me today are Mark Widmar, chief executive officer; and …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. First Solar ( NASDAQ:FSLR ) Oct 27, 2020 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to First Solar's third-quarter 2020 earnings call. This call is being webcast live on the Investors section of First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. I'd now like to turn the call over to Mitch Ennis from First Solar Investor Relations. Mr. Ennis, you may begin. Mitch Ennis -- First Solar Investor Relations Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today, the company issued a press release announcing its third-quarter 2020 financial results. A copy of the press release and associated presentation are available on First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com. With me today are Mark Widmar, chief executive officer; and …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. Rocket Companies, Inc. ( NYSE:RKT ) Aug 12, 2021 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, and welcome to the Rocket Companies Inc. second-quarter 2021 earnings call. [Operator instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Sharon Ng, vice president of investor relations. Please go ahead. Sharon Ng -- Vice President of Investor Relations Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Rocket Companies' earnings conference call covering the second quarter of 2021. With us this afternoon are Rocket Company's CEO, Jay Furner; and CFO, Julie Booth; and our president and COO, Bob Walters. Before I turn it over to Jay, let me quickly go over our disclaimers. On today's call, we provide you with information regarding the second-quarter 2021 performance as well as our …

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