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| PAST TOP PICK | 25.370 | Barry Schwarrtz | (Top Pick Dec 2/09, Down 21%) China play. 200 reactors to be built. Agreement between US and Russia to convert weapons into uranium ends in 2013 and there will be a supply shock so uranium prices should double and CCO price will double. | 2010-07-20 | |
| STRONG BUY | 22.620 | David Baskin | Chart is ugly. This was almost a top pick. They made a key deal with China, who is going to build 100 nuclear power plants. CCO had major geological problems in mine but under control now. Feels all of his clients should own it. Doesn’t know when the stock is going to go up. | 2010-07-06 | |
| DON'T BUY | 21.810 | Martin Hubbes, CFA | This is a challenging one and he is never sure what to do with his holdings. Probably a stock that will remain challenged. There is a lot of talk about increasing the reactor fleet but that takes a long time. | 2010-07-05 | |
| DON'T BUY | 22.350 | Don Vialoux | Chart shows a definite downtrend. No technical signs that the stock wants to bottom. Good news is that the stock is oversold and the company recently sold a very good long-term deal with the Chinese, which put a floor on uranium prices at about $40 a pound. | 2010-07-02 | |
| DON'T BUY | 22.640 | Michael Sprung | Key is uranium. Had problems at Cigar Lake last couple of years but have made progress in clearing it up. Hoping for production by October 2013. Doesn't look unreasonably priced for a longer-term view but not cheap. | 2010-06-30 | |
| DON'T BUY | 23.500 | Paul Thornton | Behaviour of investors changed in mid-January when it undercut the uptrend. Money is now coming out of uranium. No attractiveness from an investor's standpoint. | 2010-06-25 | |
| PARTIAL BUY | 23.180 | David Driscoll | Depends on whether commodity prices will be sustainable over the short run. If not, prices will continue to fall. As a long-term investment, big issue uranium and a little bit of copper and gold. For a long-term investment of 5-10 years, there's nothing wrong with this one. | 2010-06-24 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 24.910 | David Burrows | (A Top Pick May 15/09. Down 12.64%.) | 2010-05-10 | |
| SELL | 24.600 | David Cockfield | (Market Call Minute.) Not much yield, uranium price has been doing nothing and is pretty much dead money. Buy it back at a later time. | 2010-05-07 | |
| DON'T BUY | 24.780 | Steven Conville | If you feel confident in the price of uranium and the direction the world is going to blow, you shouldn't worry. However, the chart is telling you that people are not comfortable with this stock. This one is always just a disaster a way from losing half your money. | 2010-05-03 | |
| DON'T BUY | 25.040 | Don Vialoux | Usually seasonality is positive at this time of year but this year it is not there. Recently broke its 200 and 50 day moving averages. | 2010-04-30 | |
| DON'T BUY | 25.520 | Christine Poole | Operational problems. Last week released an updated project plan. Costs have gone up and this is negative. They are hurting on the operational side. | 2010-04-26 | |
| HOLD | 26.370 | Jim Huang | (Market Call Minute.) Long term, uranium will go up with oil prices and this would be one of the major beneficiaries. | 2010-04-19 | |
| SELL | 26.730 | Peter Brieger | Good company but has too many issues with the Cigar Lake properties. Likes uranium. (See Top Picks.) | 2010-04-15 | |
| DON'T BUY | 27.100 | David Baskin | Costs of production in the Cigar Lake mine keep going up. Difficult geology and a lot of water problems. Long-term story. There will be a lot more nuclear power plants built globally but they take a long time to build. | 2010-04-08 | |
| DON'T BUY | 28.060 | David Cockfield | Too much risk because of Cigar Lake and that the company has failed to address this risk in the past. Also, the price of uranium isn't doing much for anyone. | 2010-03-19 | |
| Comment | 28.360 | Bruce Campbell | Likes uranium longer-term. Prefers Paladin (PDN-T) because it does not have the Cigar Lake problems and a bit better growth profile. Possibly a takeover target. You will have to have some patience with any uranium play. | 2010-03-15 | |
| Comment | 28.880 | Jeff Parent | Chart shows it is in a downward trend in the short term. New highs are not being made and it is now coming down to the $27 support level. If you buy it for a short term, 2 weeks, it may be good for a dollar but use a stop at around $27. | 2010-03-12 | |
| DON'T BUY | 28.900 | David Cockfield | Not a fan. Technical problems are not resolved yet. Doesn't have confidence in the management to get the stuff out of the ground. | 2010-02-26 | |
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| BUY | 29.420 | David Baskin | Earnings came out today, strong. Don’t be deceived by the numbers because they were boosted by the sale of their gold interests. Making good progress. He is a long-term believer and it is a core holding. | 2010-02-25 | |
| HOLD | 28.670 | Dennis Da Silva | This is clearly your proxy for uranium. Cigar Lake has continually had delays and I'm now looking at 2014 but he is less optimistic. Also in Kazakhstan, which has political risks. | 2010-02-10 | |
| BUY | 27.800 | David Baskin | (Market Call Minute.) China is going to build somewhere between 80 and 100 reactors in the next 15 or 20 years. The world does not have that much uranium. | 2010-02-08 | |
| WAIT | 29.960 | Norman Levine | Starting to come up on his radar but not ready to buy yet. Pumping water out of cigar Lake is almost finished. Outlook for uranium is improving. | 2010-01-28 | |
| TOP PICK | 31.910 | David Baskin | China, a laggard environmentally because of coal usage, will be building between 20 and 40 nuclear plants in the next 25 years and doesn't have enough uranium. Cigar Lake is now being successfully de-watered, making it the biggest global producer. A story for the next 2 decades. | 2010-01-14 | |
| TOP PICK | 33.900 | Rick Stuchberry | If recovery and move towards clean power continues as well as India and China's move towards nuclear facilities, this one looks interesting. No rush to buy. Looks like Cigar Lake is being fixed. Biggest producer globally. | 2009-12-30 | |
| HOLD | 32.150 | Rick Stuchberry | Uranium. This is the “go to” company for institutions. Have wonderful properties. Had some operating problems with Cigar Lake but these can be fixed. | 2009-12-10 | |
| TOP PICK | 32.670 | Barry Schwarrtz | Has assets supply of many, many years of uranium. Will have a clean balance sheet. On the hunt for acquisitions. Thinks uranium prices are going to go higher. This is a China story and will increase its uranium demands as it builds nuclear reactors. | 2009-12-02 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 31.400 | Charles Oliver, HBSc CFA | (A Top Pick Jan 8/08. Up 28.47%.) | 2009-12-01 | |
| BUY | 31.890 | Dennis Da Silva | If you have a good view on uranium, this is the proxy. Has a history of missing numbers and operational problems. Going into a new zone that is riskier in terms of water encroachment. If you want uranium, this should be one you own. | 2009-11-18 | |
| DON'T BUY | 29.840 | Peter Brieger | Loves uranium as a commodity. Nuclear energy is the future, although it will take a long time to put into effect. Had a number of accidents lately, which seems to be an ongoing theme. If he were to buy anything it would be Uranium Participation (U-T). | 2009-11-02 | |
| BUY | 29.840 | Craig MacAdam | Very bullish on uranium and this is one of the market leaders. Fully integrated in the nuclear cycle from mining to enrichment as well as some exposure to electrical generation. You have to be prepared for operational disappointments. | 2009-11-02 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 30.700 | Charles Oliver, HBSc CFA | (A Top Pick Jan 8/09. Up 29.7%.) | 2009-10-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | 29.620 | John Zechner | Uranium prices are going higher. Supplies are going to be constrained. It will do well, but other names will do better, e.g. U-T. | 2009-10-06 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 30.430 | Bill Carrigan | (A Top Pick July 3/08. Down 26.92%.) Stopped out with a 11% decline. Chart looks bullish. Alternative energy plays are going to be uranium, natural gas and coal. Wind, solar, etc. is a lot of money for what you are going to get out of it. | 2009-08-28 | |
| Comment | 31.090 | Andrew Cook | Good, easy, liquid way for people to play uranium but you won't get the beta/torque that you would from some of the smaller names. | 2009-08-20 | |
| Comment | 29.380 | Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI | They seem to continue to disappoint going back over the last 5 years. | 2009-08-11 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 29.490 | Michael Smedley | (A Top Pick Aug 1/08. Down 17.3%.) | 2009-07-28 | |
| DON'T BUY | 27.670 | Jean-Francois Tardif | The good thing going for them is the price of uranium. If uranium goes to $150 in 8 years the stock will be higher. Seem to have problems in everything they do. Prefers Paladin (PDN-T). | 2009-07-07 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 29.580 | Bill Carrigan | (A Top Pick July 2/08. Down 29% but because of his stop loss at $37 so it was only down 11.14%.) | 2009-07-02 | |
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| BUY | 28.200 | David Baskin | (Market Call Minute.) Opened their Port Hope facility at ahead of schedule producing uranium hexafluoride. All the announcements of new nuclear power installations being built is terrific to good for them. | 2009-06-18 | |
| HOLD | 30.750 | Ken McCord | (Market Call Minute.) Prefers Denison (DML-T) instead. | 2009-06-09 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 30.130 | Gavin Graham | (A Top Pick May 20/08. Down 29.03%.) Uranium has bottomed out. Reasonable to assume that in the next 2 years you will see the price of the stock in the $30's. | 2009-06-04 | |
| TOP PICK | 28.830 | David Burrows | This is the global giant in the uranium space. Feels there is a long-term secular theme in energy and specifically nuclear power. Most cost at $19 a pound. | 2009-05-15 | |
| BUY | 29.180 | Jim Huang | Likes uranium and thinks there is upside to something like $60-$80 a lb. over the next couple of years. This is one of the world’s biggest producers and own one of the richest mines. | 2009-05-07 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 29.650 | Norman Levine | Things are starting to improve in the uranium market. Chinese are building a number of reactors. Starting to warm up to this one now. | 2009-05-06 | |
| DON'T BUY | 25.850 | Michael Smedley | Prefers PDN-T, plus see today’s top picks. | 2009-04-28 | |
| BUY | 21.960 | David Baskin | Wants a company with production. They have a problem with contamination in Saskatchewan. The time to plan, approve and build a nuclear reactor is long, so there is lots of time to plan. Sees a long slow upslope of Uranium prices. Patient Money – 5 to 10 years. | 2009-04-14 | |
| Comment | 21.220 | Jeff Parent | Fairly major consolidation level in the low $17’s up to $21 level. If it breaks out, it could have a significant rally to at least $25 without a lot of resistance until $30. Wait for it to break out above $21. (You could put a Buy order in at $18.50. Putting low bids in has been a good way of making some money, especially in volatile markets.) | 2009-03-18 | |
| Comment | 20.050 | John Zechner | Likes uranium. This one could go up with uranium prices but he would play through the Uranium Participation (U-T), which is a direct play on uranium prices and is trading as if uranium was $28 a pound. | 2009-03-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | 17.630 | Peter Brieger | Likes the uranium commodity. Chinese growth plans for nuclear power plants include 40, 50 or higher. For longer plays on uranium he prefers Uranium Participation (U-T). This company has had mine troubles at Cigar Lake. | 2009-02-25 | |
| BUY | 19.200 | Gavin Graham | Started going down ahead of the other resource stocks. China, India and Finland are going to be building new nuclear power plants. Demand should grow gradually over the next 5 10 years. | 2009-02-13 | |
| HOLD | 19.200 | Michael Smedley | Market has been waiting for ever for an announcement on Cigar Lake. There is a sense in the market that they might even put it on hold. #1 uranium producer globally. Uranium will get going again at some point. | 2009-02-13 | |
| BUY | 20.590 | Bill Harris, CFA | (Market Call Minute.) Buy it but use pretty rigid risk management. A one-asset company. Best thing in uranium in Canada but there are always risks to a one-mine company. | 2009-02-10 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 20.710 | David Baskin | (A Top Pick Feb 4/08. Down 37.2%.) | 2009-02-09 | |
| Comment | 21.380 | Michael Decter | Best of the uranium companies. Watching. Uranium had a big run on speculation that a lot of nuclear plants would be built, but timing was ahead of itself. Nuclear plants take a long time to get approved and built. Has an ongoing problem with flooding in Cigar Lake mine. With a 3 to 5 year view this would be a good one to own. | 2009-01-28 | |
| SELL | 21.750 | Brendan Caldwell | (Market Call Minute.) Wouldn't be a holder of this one right now. | 2009-01-19 | |
| Comment | 21.800 | Robert Floyd | Uranium is holding in around the $51 level. Have had a number of production issues. | 2009-01-15 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 21.300 | Gavin Graham | (A Top Pick Jan 2/08. Down 47.8%.) 38 nuclear power plants are being constructed globally with 34 in the US. Longer-term story for uranium is great. Largest producer. Also has ownership in Bruce Power Plant and other assets. Will be substantially higher in long-term growth. Buy. | 2009-01-14 | |
| BUY | 22.420 | Paul Gardner, CFA | (Market Call Minute.) Uranium prices seemed to have stabilized and gone up. Seemed to have sorted out their problems other than Cigar Lake. Nuclear energy is here to stay. | 2009-01-13 | |
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| BUY | 22.670 | Ross Healy | (Market Call Minute.) Now has a technical breakout here, which could carry further. No shortage of demand for uranium. | 2009-01-09 | |
| TOP PICK | 23.760 | Charles Oliver, HBSc CFA | Very bullish on uranium. This company supplies about 20% of the worlds’ mine supply. Trading at about 13X PE. The Cigar Lake disaster has been discounted. | 2009-01-08 | |
| BUY | 23.770 | David Burrows | Own 38.1% of Bruce Nuclear and 48% of Ventura Gold (VGO-X). Recently began buying. Uranium pricing seems to be firming up. This is probably the best way to get uranium exposure. | 2009-01-07 | |
| Comment | 19.670 | Bruce Campbell | Generally likes the uranium space. Prefers Paladin Resources (PDN-T), a higher growth/low-cost way to play. This is kind of the monster of the group and will probably move first. | 2008-12-23 | |
| DON'T BUY | 20.300 | Don Lato | Uranium has fallen along with oil. This company also has other problems. Their Cigar Lake is still having operational problems. In energy, he would prefer oil/gas where there are some very solid companies. | 2008-12-19 | |
| Comment | 18.290 | David Cockfield | (Market Call Minute.) Getting close to a Buy range. Watch it on a technical basis. Good company. | 2008-12-05 | |
| Comment | 18.330 | Peter Gibson | Just coming into a phase where China is starting to ease. Doesn't think you can bring 3 billion people into a global economy and have oil prices stay at their current level. Thinks you will see uranium stocks come back again. It could take a few years. | 2008-10-28 | |
| BUY | 18.350 | Dennis Da Silva | “Go to” name if you want uranium exposure. Has its problems and downgraded its production earlier this year. Still don't know if Cigar Lake is a new leak or remedial problems from its earlier leak and no timeframe as to when it will come in. Very good cost base. Highly liquid and strong assets. | 2008-10-21 | |
| HOLD | 18.610 | Norman Levine | Outlook is OK | 2008-10-14 | |
| BUY | 26.100 | Michael Decter | If interested in uranium, this would be his choice. They struggled with the flooding at the Cigar Lake mine. Down 41%. | 2008-09-23 | |
| SELL | 23.040 | Ken McCord | Uranium out of favour. Terrible production problems and Cigar Lake never seems to go away. A law allowing foreigners to own more uranium might be a catalyst but that could be a ways off. If he had it in his portfolio it would be a Sell. | 2008-09-18 | |
| Comment | 25.780 | Benj Gallander | Check to see if you should Sell and take a tax loss. He does not know the financials on this one. It will slow with uranium prices and with what happened at Cigar Lake. | 2008-09-15 | |
| DON'T BUY | 27.310 | David Burrows | (Market Call Minute.) Uranium has performed like the rest of energy. Stay away. | 2008-09-08 | |
| Comment | 28.530 | Norman Levine | Great company with great output. Biggest problem is correction of the water problems at Cigar Lake. This hurts their potential production. | 2008-09-05 | |
| DON'T BUY | 28.780 | Peter Brieger | He is very enthusiastic on uranium longer-term. There are enough question marks on this company that he would prefer Uranium Participation (U-T). | 2008-09-04 | |
| DON'T BUY | 31.940 | Steve Carlin | Uranium fundamentals appear to be looking pretty good. Unfortunately, this company has one misstep after another. He just can't get comfortable with the earnings profile so it is not an attractive investment to him yet. | 2008-08-29 | |
| HOLD | 30.480 | Michael Smedley | Participating in Kazakhstan. Had another flooding problem at Cigar Lake. Uranium buying is picking up again. Only decent size producer. Could look at a couple of smaller ones such as Hathor Exploration (HAT-X) and UEX Corp (UEX-T) on the premise that Cameco will buy them. | 2008-08-20 | |
| Comment | 30.520 | Ron Meisels | $32 is an extremely support level. If it breaks $32 you are looking at a major disaster on the price level. Holding here between now and the end of September will give a better outlook for the stock going higher. | 2008-08-15 | |
| DON'T BUY | 33.960 | Brian Acker, CA | His model price is almost right on the current price and has a -3% differential. Earnings have been coming down. | 2008-08-06 | |
| Comment | 33.800 | David Burrows | (Market Call Minute.) Stock is trying to make a turn here. Wouldn't want to see a trade below $32. | 2008-08-05 | |
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| TOP PICK | 35.650 | Michael Smedley | Only real genuine uranium producer. Shortly going into massive production in Kazakhstan. Fixing up Cigar Lake. | 2008-08-01 | |
| DON'T BUY | 36.810 | Duncan Stewart | Uranium prices went down when they were expected to go up. Seems to be some unusual speculation going on in the uranium market. The linkage with oil prices does not seem to be in place yet. | 2008-07-28 | |
| HOLD | 37.390 | Robert Floyd | Uranium is going through a bottoming process. Had a number of issues with Cigar Lake is taking a long time to bring it back on strength. Recently announced an acquisition in Australia to diversify their holdings. Australia has controls with regards to expansion of uranium, which is a limiting factor. Prefers some of the smaller players. (See Top Picks.) | 2008-07-23 | |
| Comment | 41.360 | Charles Oliver, HBSc CFA | Big believer in peak oil. Nuclear power is part of the solution. China is building about 40 nuclear plants and there is talk of plants being built in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Very attractive stock with a world-class asset. | 2008-07-07 | |
| TOP PICK | 42.500 | Bill Carrigan | Thinks that a lot of the alternate energy plays are not going to work but uranium is here to stay. This is a long-term theme. | 2008-07-03 | |
| TOP PICK | 38.860 | Paul Harris, CFA | Likes the uranium business. Fundamentals are very strong. They are the lowest cost producer with the best assets. Thinks they are on target to get Cigar Lake mine going again by early 2009. | 2008-06-25 | |
| HOLD | 37.900 | Pat McKeough | If you own, he would be inclined to Hold. If it were a big part of your portfolio, he would Partially Sell. The stock does not have an immediate attractive outlook. | 2008-06-20 | |
| DON'T BUY | 41.180 | Steve Carlin | Uranium is currently trading at about $60 a pound and is getting to levels that represent the marginal cost to bring on a new mine so thinks that uranium has bottomed. This company still has to get Cigar Lake up and running and have some Port Hope issues. | 2008-06-03 | |
| DON'T BUY | 40.320 | Laura Wallace | Have had problems with Bruce Power and Cigar Lake. Trading at about 1.5X asset value so thinks it will tread water here or go down to a more attractive price such as $35. | 2008-05-23 | |
| TOP PICK | 42.840 | Gavin Graham | Down 22% over the last year. With a focus on the green environment this is the non-CO2choice. Largest producer of uranium in the world. Buy this one as a laggard. You have decent growth. | 2008-05-20 | |
| DON'T BUY | 41.590 | Derek Webb, CFA | Uranium prices have been coming down for the last year in spite of the stronger oil prices. At some time this will be a great buy but he doesn’t know when this is going to happen. | 2008-05-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | 40.760 | Brian Acker, CA | His model price is $37.21, about an -8% differential. | 2008-05-08 | |
| HOLD | 35.100 | Robert Floyd | A lot of the uranium stocks are in bottoming phases. Uranium spot price has traded down to the $65 area. Long-term contracts themselves are trading in the $90 area. As the economy starts to move again, this is an area that will resurface and will spark to life. Would consider adding to it on weakness. | 2008-04-29 | |
| Comment | 37.100 | Duncan Stewart | Seems to have a jinx. Close to its lows. Taking the right steps in the right direction for the flooding at Cigar Lake. | 2008-04-25 | |
| Comment | 37.100 | Duncan Stewart | Seems to have a jinx. Close to its lows. Taking the right steps in the right direction for the flooding at Cigar Lake. | 2008-04-25 | |
| Comment | 38.510 | Gordon Higgins, CA, MBA | One factor weighing on the stock is the big drop in the price of uranium. Also had some flooding problems with one of their mines. You have to believe in uranium prices to buy this at the current level, otherwise it will be flat. | 2008-04-17 | |
| Comment | 37.510 | Bruce Campbell | Their problem in Saskatchewan started the whole higher run in uranium. He feels uranium prices are at nice levels now and they go up higher. Looking to start a uranium mail in Alberta, which normally takes 4 to 5 years. Early days, so it is not built into anything yet. | 2008-04-11 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 33.990 | Norman Levine | Would like to own the stock at a lower price. | 2008-03-27 | |
| HOLD | 34.500 | Peter Brieger | China will have a huge demand for resources, energy and uranium in the future. Wouldn’t buy at this price, prefers the competition. Would hold at this price. | 2008-03-19 | |
| BUY | 39.360 | Michael Smedley | Have started plugging successfully at Cigar Lake. Utilities have started buying uranium again. | 2008-03-13 | |
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| SELL | 38.060 | John Zechner | Thinks the uranium story is winding down and that uranium prices will be $40-$50 3 years out. This company has had their own production issues to deal with. Not that attractive. | 2008-03-06 |