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September 17, 2026

Cleveland Cliffs (CLF) – “Cliffs Notes”: Two Misses, One Buy

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Nucor and Steel Dynamics just missed on the three things Cleveland-Cliffs doesn’t have. Read the releases, not the tape. Bottom Line After the close, NUE and STLD guided 3Q26E earnings below consensus. The market’s reflex…

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September 17, 2026

Behind the Meter: Musings from Morgan Stanley’s 14th Annual Laguna Conference – Siemens Sold Out Through 2031, and the Seller is the Most Careful Person in the Room

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Siemens Energy at Laguna: delivery slots, capacity discipline, the service tail nobody was asking about, and why a rocket company wants to make turbine vanes. Notes from the session, which GLJ was privileged to join…

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September 16, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 9/16/2026: Extent of Polysilicon Production Cuts Remains Uncertain; Quotes Hold Steady Amid Limited Transactions; Poly-Si Spot Prices Fall

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,835/ton = $5.27/kg) – down 2.07% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 9/16/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw price…

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September 16, 2026

Behind the Meter: “Scalpers” Emerge in the Turbine Queue

By Gordon L. Johnson II

A resale market for gas-turbine delivery slots has opened. The first price tells us the line is real. The sellers tell us how the “night is going to go”. Bottom Line Someone just sold their…

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September 15, 2026

Solar Industry Channel Check – Hope Is Not a Tax Credit (discussion w/ Washington-Based Tax-Policy Expert on Potential Nov. Democratic Sweep and what it Means for the Solar Space)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

A Democratic sweep in November gets residential solar a bill, not a law. Meanwhile the IRS has found the industry’s soft spot. What our latest Washington check means for RUN, ENPH and SEDG. Bottom Line…

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September 14, 2026

GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) – The Market Is Capitalizing a Deposit. Initiating at SELL; $470 Price Target

By Gordon L. Johnson II

A cyclical gas-turbine manufacturer priced as a secular compounder. The 2027 vintage disappoints, the 2029-30 capacity wave lands on the richest backlog, and the free cash flow the market is paying 39x EBITDA for belongs…

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September 9, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: Lean, Not Loved — The Bull Case on the US Steel Tape Is a Freight Schedule, Not a Demand Story

By Gordon L. Johnson II

We ran a check with a top-tier national flat-rolled service center to pressure-test the +36% HRC melt-up. The read: this rally is built on lean inventories, import displacement and mill discipline — not end-demand. It…

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September 9, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 9/6/2026: Solar Wafer and Cell Prices Fall (Sharply) Again; Reiterate SELL on JKS, CSIQ, & DQ

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$37,615/ton = $5.38/kg) – up 1.90% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 9/9/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw price…

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September 4, 2026

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) – Cybercab Event Review: A Car Showed Up. A Business Didn’t.

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The vehicle went into service in Austin last night, which is not nothing. Everything the stock was waiting for (how many, at what price, under whose rules) went unanswered. Sell-the-news. The Short Version We’ve learned…

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September 3, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: US Steel: Curve Repricing (Higher), Lean Channel, Lagged Realizations – Why Q3 Prints Higher Than Consensus

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mostly Higher vs. Previous Close: Yesterday, Copper -0.70% to $6.50/lb; aluminum +0.92% to $1.64/lb; nickel +2.14% to $8.78/lb; zinc +0.28% to $1.80/lb; lead -0.02% to $1.09/lb; gold +2.56% to $4,494/oz; silver +2.89%…

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September 2, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 9/2/2026: Solar Prices Now Falling (Sharply) Across All Substrates; Reiterate SELL on JKS, CSIQ, & DQ

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$36,900/ton = $5.26/kg) – down 2.0% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 9/2/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw price…

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September 1, 2026

Sunrun (RUN) – Updated Guggenheim Solar ABS Remittance Report: Twelve Deals Are in Breach. The Delinquency Pipeline Says Twenty-Four.

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Twelve deals are through their loss triggers; mark the 90+ pipeline at zero recovery and it is twenty-four. None of them are Sunrun’s, which is the point — this file sets the price of residential…

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August 26, 2026

GLJ SOLAR PRICING UPDATE – 8/26/2026: Pricing Sentiment (Sharply) Reverses Downward; Wafer and Cell Prices Come Under Intense Selling Pressure (as we warned)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Polysilicon Futures Spot Contract Price (CNY$37,645/ton = $5.37/kg) – down 0.4% w/w Note: Adjusted for CNY exchange rate and 13% VAT.Source: Guangzhou Futures exchange. Solar Pricing Metrics – 8/26/2026 Note: EnergyTrend discontinued slurry saw price…

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August 21, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: Canada Tariff Cut: Psychology Over Physics – Channel Check Points to ~+50kt/Month of Sheet, Not a Flood; the Equity Market Priced a Flood

By Gordon L. Johnson II

CLF -12.8%, NUE -11.8%, STLD -15.2% in three sessions on the Section 232 headline, while HRC futures fell -0.2% and Nucor’s CSP held an 11-month-high $1,170/ton. We reconcile the gap with a proprietary channel check…

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August 20, 2026

Fluence Energy, Inc. (FLNC) — Demand Is Not the Problem. Delivery Is. Downgrade to HOLD (High Risk); PT to $12.89 from $26.00

By Gordon L. Johnson II

A record backlog does not pay anyone until it ships. Fluence has to put 47% of its fiscal year through one quarter, out of two factories that just failed, and our rebuilt model says doing…

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