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Author: James Finch Article source: http://www.articlealley.com/. Used with author's permission.
We talked with James Dines, the world-famous newsletter writer and a leading uranium stock investing guru. He told us:
It's very important to get into a bull market early. The earlier, the better. That's when the biggest percentage gains are made. That's why we got into the Internets very early. We got stopped out in 2000. We were in cash for a year and then went to metals, as the way to play the China boom in 2001. We're still in those. In 2002, we turned bullish on uranium as a unique way to play the coming boom in the whole energy complex.
Basically, the western world demand is outpacing supply by about 300 million pounds a year. Global uranium use, excluding the growing usage by China and the former Soviet Union, is running at around 155 million pounds a year, as compared with global production of only around 94 million pounds. There are only about 500 customers for this stuff. It's not a regular commodity. The public can't go and buy uranium.
In August 2003, there was a shocking blackout in Canada. The utilities were shaken. They realized when they don't pay attention, the lights go out. That was a kick in the shin for utilities to begin immediate investment in the infrastructure of the electricity grid.
But what is completely under the world's radar is that nuclear plants are also concerned about a shortage of uranium. If they run out of uranium, the lights go out. You can't switch to another fuel. You can't toss another log on the fire, so to speak. Because of that, there is a growing panic among the buyers. That's why I became what I'm calling myself: The Original Uranium Bug. And calling, or predicting, the coming Uranium Melt Up and buying panic.
here's going to be a buying panic. The bottom line is that in 2002, there were 441 nuclear reactors worldwide and another 34 under construction. Six new reactors began commercial production in 2002, three in China, two in South Korea and one in Japan. There was construction begun on six reactors in India and four in South Korea. There are more units coming in Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and Brazil. China announced recently they were going to build five more nuclear facilities. All of the governments of the world have been frightened by the talk of the difficulty in getting oil.
I wouldn't be surprised if more of them began building up their strategic oil reserves as the US has done. That would turbo the whole carbon-based fuel crisis higher. That makes nuclear more than a competitor. The price of uranium hit $7.10 on Christmas Day 2000, and then began a low, quiet and slow climb. The bottom line, which I outlined in my book on Mass Psychology, is that a new bull market must be invisible to the crowd. The corollary to that is when you see bandwagon on Wall Street, you are too late.
James Finch is a contributing editor for StockInterview.com and other publications.
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