
TSE:CCO
Hold or Sell? It is going to take a couple of years for uranium to resolve itself. Expects at today’s price, you will be happy 5 years from now. What he does in situations like this where there is underlying value, if the stock is volatile enough, selling near dated Puts and Calls and capturing the premiums. That forces you over time to do something logical, Buy low and Sell high, and it causes you to get paid doing something logical in the interim. You need to talk this over with your financial advisor.
The company is saying that the current tax issue is going to go away and is not going to be a problem, and if it doesn’t go away they are well reserved for it. He just doesn’t see a lot of growth in this. They’ve had lots of problems with their mines in the past, and have never really recovered from it. Believes that there is a long-term future for uranium, but just doesn’t know if it is a great business to be involved in.
Uranium. Long-term he thinks this is a great, great company. In the short term, this is a difficult sector. Uranium is hitting 10 year lows on the spot market. If you want to invest in uranium, this is a wonderful way. In the short term, he doesn’t see the stock going up. Uranium prices are hitting new lows.
The time for uranium is changing, however it is changing so slowly it is almost imperceptible. The Japanese are back on to nuclear, and that is going to be a trend you are going to see. It is going to be a long time before we really see the base price of a commodity heading up. If you own, you could probably take your money and go somewhere else, and then come back sometime in the future.
Likes uranium. It has been depressed since 2011 with the Japanese nuclear accident. In the medium and long term, uranium prices need to be a lot higher, such as $60-$80. This is one of the biggest public producers. In the short term, there is not much going on. $35 uranium barely makes enough money and there is no visible earnings growth. Prefers Uranium Participation (U-T) which gives more direct exposure to the commodity.
It has been a long time since he has owned this, but it is back on his radar screen. Fundamentals are improving for uranium. There are new reactors being built pretty rapidly in China. Uranium does offer a power source that doesn’t produce carbon emissions. Thinks it will be really hard for the stock to take off without a more positive view on all commodities.