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Options Update: First Solar (FSLR) and JA Solar (JASO)


First Solar (FSLR)

FSLR Volatility Low As Shares Near Record High
 
FSLR closed at $307.94.

Smith Barney says: "We rate FSLR Buy, Speculative Risk (1S) with a $450 target."

FSLR June option implied volatility of 57 is below its 26-week average of 75, suggesting decreasing price risks.




JA Solar (JASO)

JASO Volatility Low At 76 On $350M Note Offering
 
JASO, a Chinese-based solar cell manufacturer, is recently up $.81 to $24.98 in pre-open trading.

JASO priced a public offering of $350 million of five-year senior convertible notes and a concurrent offering of up to 13.1 million of borrowed American Deposit shares at $23.

JASO over all option implied volatility of 76 is below its 26-week average of 88, suggesting decreasing price risk.



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