Being contrarian is about doing your own thorough research, and not being afraid to look at things the crowd won't - or asking the questions that many don't want to ask - but what it really means is having the courage to buy when everyone else is afraid and fear and misunderstanding…has created a huge opportunity in the uranium market…Prices have bottomed out and are beginning to sharply recover. It's the time to do your portfolio a favor and add uranium positions to it. The original article has been edited here for length (…) and clarity ([ ]). For the latest ? and most informative ? financial articles sign up (in the top right corner) for your FREE tri-weekly Market Intelligence Report newsletter (see sample here)
There are 3 reasons we've been calling for a uranium bull market this year: First ? After seven long painful years in the uranium sector ? things have finally hit the bottom. Looking at the last three-years of commodity price performances ? uranium was dead last with prices down 34%. 
but since 2018 began ? uranium has done very well with prices up almost 20% since April alone. 
This rapid price increase is a great sign that after years of supply gluts being worked through and falling prices worldwide killing uranium production ? the cycle is finally turning - not too mention there's been an ongoing bull-market for commodity prices in general and uranium has lagged the rest over the last three years. I expect uranium will continue outperforming as prices catch up to the pack. Second ? Bull markets kick off for two reasons: - either demand is soaring and supplies can't keep up
- or supplies are disappearing while demand simply stays flat.
This is known as ?supply destruction' and it's how the best bull markets are born…because building mines and exploring for new resources is extremely costly and takes many years to get from discovery-to-production. The point is: when mines shut down and there's no ongoing exploration for new deposits ? that's creating future supply deficits and that is exactly what's gone on in the uranium sector for the last seven years… A great contrarian indicator in the resource sector is when top producers finally give in to the bear market and slash output and temporarily shut down operating mines. They would rather keep their finite resources in the ground instead of mining it at a huge loss. Third ? There's a company, Uranium Participation Corp, that simply purchases physical uranium and stores it in a warehouse for eventual re-sale once prices are much higher. Since they store their physical assets in warehouses ? they report their liquidation value (how much they would get if they were forced to sell all their uranium today). This is also known as the Net Asset Value ? NAV. - If the share price trades higher than the NAV-per-share, that means investors are paying a premium because they expect better prices soon and,
- if shares trade lower than the NAV-per-share, it's at a discount and investors are shying away from it. [Well,] today, investors are paying a 9% premium to own shares of Uranium Participation Corp. This indicates strong optimism from the market ?the need to pay a premium to get their hands-on uranium.
The above three reasons have solidified our view that there's a uranium bull market in the very early stages. Right now, it's in the inflection point that we like to call a ?generational play', because these types of opportunities take years to come about. Looking at where we are in the commodity cycle ? this is the time to invest. 
The beauty of buying at this point in the cycle is, we don't have to be precisely correct ? we just have to be generally correct [and by that] I mean: since uranium prices are still very low, and uranium producers are even lower ? there isn't much downside risk from here. As detailed above, with the two largest uranium producers in the world cutting back uranium output ? this means there's a price floor - and this situation gives us an asymmetric opportunity (low risk ? high reward) in uranium and the uranium mining companies. Soon going long uranium won't be contrarian anymore - but there' still time before the mainstream catches on. Scroll to very bottom of page & add your comments on this article. We want to share what you have to say! Related Articles From the munKNEE Vault: 1. Uranium: Its Advantages & Disadvantages, Properties & Applications, Supply & Demand, This infographic covers the history of uranium, its properties, the supply and demand forecasts, the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power, uranium as an energy source, and military applications. 2. These 3 Uranium Stocks Have Great Leverage To Rising Uranium Price With more than 60 nuclear reactors to open in the near term, and another 140 planned for construction globally, we have identified 3 TSX uranium stocks that have the greatest leverage to a rising uranium price. 3. Uranium: Talk About a Growth Industry! There are 436 nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries around the world today, providing approximately 15% of the world's electricity, and according to the World Nuclear Association, another 50 power reactors are currently being constructed in 14 countries with over 130 more power reactors being planned and 250 more being proposed. Talk about a growing industry! Words: 776 Support our work: like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or share this article with a friend. munKNEE.com - Voted the internet's "most unique" financial site! (Here's why)The post Do Your Portfolio A Favor & Add Uranium Positions To It - Here's Why appeared first on munKNEE.com. |
