Solar is having a great year, except on Wall Street

Installations of solar panels are expected to soar by a third this year, the price of solar power is now cheap enough to compete neck and neck with gas and coal-fired power in places like California, and the fledgling industry received a vote of confidence last week when U.S. President Barack Obama announced a groundbreaking plan to curb power plant emissions. Wall Street, however, has been dumping solar shares this year, largely on concern, which investors say is misplaced, that tumbling oil pr