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March 26, 2026

Solar Sector Channel Check: Fireside Chat w/ Krannich Solar CSO Confirms Demand Stagnation, ITC Behavioral Dislocation, and Module Cost Inflation; What’s it Mean for our Solar SELL Ratings (i.e., JKS, CSIQ, ENPH, SEDG, RUN, & DQ)?

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis GLJ Research conducted a structured expert channel check with a Chief Sales Officer at Krannich Solar — one of the largest solar equipment distributors in North America — to stress-test our below-consensus bear…

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March 25, 2026

Global Macro Strategy: The Iran Macro Playbook – Phase Update; We Are in Late Phase 2 (The Six-Week Trigger Arrives April 10)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Summary Twenty-five days after the US/Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026, GLJ Research’s Four-Phase Iran Macro Playbook is tracking with near-precision fidelity. We are now at the inflection point of Phase…

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March 23, 2026

Global Macro Strategy: The Iran Macro Playbook – a Four-Phase Framework for Navigating an Energy Shock

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Summary Nearly four weeks into what GLJ Research assesses as a structurally durable Middle East conflict (i.e., the US/Israel launched their initial strikes against Iran 2/28/26), markets are materially mispricing both the duration and…

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March 23, 2026

POLYSILICON FUTURES FLASH: Anti-Involution Premium Fully Collapsed — Spot Futures Price ¥35,435/MT (-41.1% From December Peak); Reiterate SELL on JKS, CSIQ, DQ

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis (A.) The Event — The Anti-Involution Premium Is Gone. As of today’s close (March 23, 2026), the dominant polysilicon futures contract on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange settled at ¥35,435/MT, down ¥3,130 (-8.12%) on…

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March 19, 2026

POLYSILICON FUTURES FLASH NOTE: The Anti-Involution Premium Is Gone – Polysilicon Spot Breaks ¥38,550/MT (-36.4% From December Peak); Cross-Name Read-Through for JKS, CSIQ, and DQ

By Gordon L. Johnson II

What the Chart Shows — and Why It Matters The dominant polysilicon futures contract (多晶硅主连) closed today at ¥38,550/MT, down ¥2,360 (-5.77%) on the session alone, on volume of 13,502 contracts. The intraday range of…

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March 19, 2026

CANADIAN SOLAR 4Q25 EARNINGS QUICK TAKE: The Watt Hits the Fan Redux – A Miss on Every Line That Matters, a Guide That Confesses, and a JKS Read-Through That Should Terrify the Bulls; CSIQ Shares Down -13.9% Pre-Market

By Gordon L. Johnson II

(a) The Quarter – A Clean Miss Dressed Up in Project Asset Language Q4 revenue of $1.217B missed the $1.355B Consensus estimate by ~10% — a wide miss for what is supposed to be a…

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March 18, 2026

Jinko Solar (JKS; SELL) – The “Watt Hits the Fan”: Rising Costs, Falling ASPs, and a Storage Story That Doesn’t Add Up – Reiterate SELL; PT to $12.10/shr (-51% downside)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis We reiterate our SELL rating on JinkoSolar (JKS US) and adjust our 2026E yr-end PT modestly higher to $12.10 (-51% downside) from $10.15 prior on our updated estimates. The March 12, 2026 PV…

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March 16, 2026

Cleveland-Cliffs Update – Sell the Seasonal Peak: HRC’s Best Days Are Behind It for 2026

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis – Estimate & Macro Update We reiterate our SELL rating on CLF and keep our 12-month price target flat at $9.42/share — reflecting the February 10 GLJ update note valuation methodology (13.0x 2026E…

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March 16, 2026

Nextpower (NXT, BUY) – Management Initiation Feedback on Supermarket Thesis, EBTIDA Beat Streak (8 and counting) Update

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis – Management Feedback We had a chance to catch up with Nextpower management (IR contact: Sarah Lee) on March 13, 2026 for a 36-minute discussion covering eight topics spanning the company’s product strategy,…

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March 13, 2026

GLJ Solar Weekly – CSI Jan. 2026 Data Update: Post Pull-Forward Hangover Confirmed; ENPH & SEDG Structurally Impaired; Module “Other” at 87.5% Signals Trouble for JKS, CSIQ, & TSLA

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis California Solar Initiative (“CSI”) January 2026 data delivers a verdict across two distinct dimensions: (1) the post-ITC pull-forward hangover is confirmed, with the MLPE duopoly’s inverter and storage share erosion accelerating; and (2)…

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March 12, 2026

TESLA (TSLA) — ROBOTAXI PROGRAM UPDATE

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Austin FSD Rollout Failure: Fleet Collapse, Crash Data & Management Exodus EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This update incorporates three new data layers since our June 5th, 2025 initial Austin note: (1) NHTSA-sourced crash rate analysis confirming Tesla’s…

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March 11, 2026

Metals & Mining Weekly: Framing the Setup Into 1Q’26 Steel Earnings Results

By Gordon L. Johnson II

LME Metal Prices Mixed Today vs. Previous Close: Today, Copper +1.34% to $5.92/lb; aluminum +2.25% to $1.66/lb; nickel -1.29% to $9.32/lb; zinc +0.11% to $1.61/lb; lead -0.17% to $1.10/lb; gold -0.23% to $5,180/oz; silver -1.90% to…

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March 10, 2026

Initiate Nextpower (NXT) at BUY – Customer Consolidation, Vertical SKU Capture, & Franchise Moat Being Priced as Cyclical Equip. Player

By Gordon L. Johnson II

The Supermarket Thesis The core insight is structural, not cyclical: NXT’s customers are consolidating, and NXT is one of the only vendors with the execution capability to consolidate their SKUs vertically. This is a supermarket…

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March 4, 2026

First Solar Q4 Review: Downgrade to HOLD on Guidance Weakness, Backlog Deterioration & Uncertainty Ahead of 232 Clarification

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis FSLR 4Q25 Earnings: Ugly Guide, but the Real Story is What Comes Next The headline: 2026 guidance was a meaningful miss across every metric – revenue, volumes, and EBITDA – and it wasn’t…

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March 3, 2026

Sunrun (RUN): Valuation Methodology – we Set 2026E Year-End Price Objective at $6.73 (-46.3% Downside from Yesterday’s Closing Price); Q&A Below with Two Structured Product Solar ABS Traders (from Feb. 12th, 2026)

By Gordon L. Johnson II

Investment Thesis Sunrun is materially overvalued on any rigorous DCF construction – the stock is pricing in an outcome that the underlying cash flow trajectory does not support. Our $6.73 price target is anchored to…

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