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Commodity prices change when there are unexpected changes to supply and demand of the target commodity. WikiWealth tries to predict these unexpected changes by examining the companies, which supply and demand the commodity (See Fundamental Commodity Analysis). When demand potential is greater then supply potential, then prices will increase; the opposite is also true. WikiWealth's Main Street Analysis captures - along with user help - the impact of supply and demand changes by analyzing the commodity's importance. In general, the more important the commodity, the faster the price will increase when commodity demand increases. A "Buy" rating from both approaches mean the commodity has high potential to increase in value.

Uranium Summary

Uranium Commodity Analysis ► (edit / improve) Uranium has two main uses: 1. as a military weapon used to penetrator armor; 2. as a power source used in nuclear plants. Commodity Analysis: Uranium is rated a Buy. Uranium suppliers have low potential to increase in value; therefore, supply could decrease over time. Investor Survey: Uranium’s long term growth potential is very favorable due to high scores on sensitivity to price changes and difficulty to expand in the short term. SWOT Analysis: Strength: Uranium is the main fuel for nuclear power plants, which are expected to grow over the long term; Weakness: nuclear waste is a negative effect of using uranium fuel. Trading Strategy: The commodity analysis buy rating indicates that uranium should increase in price over the short term, while a very favorable investor survey means uranium should increase in price over the long term.

Investment Impacts (help)

Canada Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) Canada (CAD) has a capitalist, service-based, economy and is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The services and materials industry are the two main employers. Currency: the Canadian dollar has the potential to decrease in value especially if export markets for materials do not perform well. Investor Survey: the economic environment is very favorable for long term economic growth due to high scores on economic freedom and SWOT strengths. Trade: China, UK, Japan, Mexico and the US are Canada’s top trading partners, while the leading exports are energy and materials. Commodity: Canada has the capacity to produce a significant amount of crude oil. Other commodities include Uranium, lumber, zinc, and nickel. SWOT Analysis: The Leading Canadian strengths include Canada’s free trade policy, oil reserves, and universal health system. Trading Strategy: An overvalued currency and low investment flow potential are negatives, while the favorable business environment is a significant positive. Canada’s potential is neutral.

Industry Investment Impact

Energy Industry Analysis ► (edit / improve) The energy industry includes companies whose sales derive from the production and sale of energy related products and services such as the extraction, manufacturing, refining, and distribution of energy. Valuation: Based on WikiWealth's Wall Street analysis, this industry is a Buy, with strong potential for short term gains. The Main Street analysis says a Hold, with SWOT strengths great than weaknesses, but SWOT opportunities less than threats. Significant threats include the curtailment of energy use for environmental reasons. Trade: Some of the main energy hubs include Saudi Arabia, Canada, Mexico, and Russia while the main energy commodities include coal, ethanol, gasoline, natural gas, crude oil, heating oil, palm oil, propane, and uranium. Trading Strategy: Energy investments tend to be very sensitive to commodity prices. Speculation and market manipulation by governments affect the energy market, therefore, cautiously invest in companies with significant potential. Upward sloping stock charts and financial news may indicate a selling opportunity while the opposite means that stocks are becoming undervalued.

- The energy industry requires many different fuel sources. Those sources help to power anything from small furnaces to large nuclear reactors.

Utility Industry Analysis ► (edit / improve) The utility industry includes companies whose sales come from the administration of public services such as water and power. Valuation: Based on WikiWealth's Wall Street analysis, this industry is a Hold, but with positive potential. The Main Street analysis says a Buy, with SWOT strengths great than weaknesses and SWOT opportunities greater than threats. Trade: Denmark is a major area of utility innovation, especially for the generation of power. Main utility commodities include coal, natural gas, crude oil, and uranium. Trading Strategy: The utility industry tends to be less sensitive to economic cycles, because public services are essential to industrial and residential consumers. Look to buy undervalued utility investments when stock prices are low and sell overvalued utility investments during any part of the business cycle when stock prices are high. Upward sloping stock charts and financial news may indicate a selling opportunity while the opposite means that stocks are becoming undervalued.

- Uranium is a major fuel source for many power planets. Uranium does not produce harmful green house gases, but it's use, transportation and waste is dangerous.

Energy Industry Analysis ► (edit / improve)

Description: The energy stocks includes companies whose sales derive from the production and sale of energy related products and services such as the extraction, manufacturing, refining, and distribution of energy. Read More.

Profit Analysis: The best way to profit from energy stock investments is to find the most undervalued investments (Wall Street and Main Street buy ratings) during economic recessions. Those investments should be undervalued (see Wall Street on left side), and have high Main Street Common Sense investment ratings (see Main Street on right side). When an economic recovery occurs, energy stocks tend to outperform the general stock market, because general consumer demand increases.

Energy stocks are most sensitive to commodity prices, which are an indicator of future energy demand. Energy commodity speculators try to predict the demand and supply of commodities, but their generally set prices too high during economic expansions and too low during economic recessions. Therefore, the best time to make energy stock investments is during economic recessions. The best time to sell energy stocks is in the late stages of economic expansions, when energy stocks and commodity prices are above their fair prices. Expensive (overvalued) stocks with low Main Street Common Sense ratings should be sold at any time to invest in better stocks. Two buys ratings are the best and two sell ratings are the worst possible stock investments.

Trading Strategy: The energy stocks tends to be very sensitive to economic changes. Demand for energy is inelastic, so it does not easily change with changes in price. Therefore, changes in supply have a large impact on the price of fuel. Some sectors of the energy stocks require large investments over an extended period of time, which causes issues with adjusting energy supply with demand, so prices tend to be volatile. Energy stock prices tend to move in line with energy commodity prices. During economic recessions, consumers may decrease expenses slightly, but the majority of energy costs are not flexible, because they are needed for everyday living.

Since energy needs are inflexible, stock prices are less influenced by changed in the economy. However, commodity prices such as oil or natural gas have a direct impact on energy stock investments. Changes in commodity prices are a result of changes in supply and demand. Recently, oil prices increased, because of the demand for oil from emerging markets. Unfortunately, the global recession decreased growth estimates and demand until oil prices fell from 160 dollars a barrel to 35 dollars a barrel.

Part of oil price changes are do to speculation. When speculators increase the price of oil, many alternative sources of fuel become profitable. When companies make investments in these alternative sources of fuel, supply increases until energy prices start to fall. If prices fall too far, then the alternative fuel sources become less profitable and shutdown, which decreases demand. Stock prices rise and fall with energy commodity prices.

¹ WikiWealth only uses the largest 30 companies in each industry for the basis of these financial measures. Each statistic is the market weighted average of the 30 companies.

² Investment potential (margin of safety) is a weighted average of the discounted cash flow (DCF), the enterprise value (EV) market multiple, and the Warren Buffett investment methods.

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Canada Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) Canada (CAD) has a capitalist, service-based, economy and is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The services and materials industry are the two main employers. Currency: the Canadian dollar has the potential to decrease in value especially if export markets for materials do not perform well. Investor Survey: the economic environment is very favorable for long term economic growth due to high scores on economic freedom and SWOT strengths. Trade: China, UK, Japan, Mexico and the US are Canada’s top trading partners, while the leading exports are energy and materials. Commodity: Canada has the capacity to produce a significant amount of crude oil. Other commodities include Uranium, lumber, zinc, and nickel. SWOT Analysis: The Leading Canadian strengths include Canada’s free trade policy, oil reserves, and universal health system. Trading Strategy: An overvalued currency and low investment flow potential are negatives, while the favorable business environment is a significant positive. Canada’s potential is neutral.

Australia Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) Australia (AUD) has a highly productive, capitalist economy with an emphasis on commodity exports, especially to Asia. Currency: Australia’s currency is moderately overvalued with low investment flow potential and negative purchase price parity. Investor Survey: Australia’s economic environment is very favorable for long term economic growth due to high scores on economic freedom and economic diversity. Trade: Indonesia, China, Singapore, the UK and Japan are the top export partners, while the leading exporting industry is materials. Commodity: Australia produces a significant amount of uranium, gold, coal, copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, and silver mostly for export to growing Asian countries. SWOT Analysis: The leading Australian strength is their abundant natural resources, while no major weaknesses were identified. Trading Strategy: An overvalued currency, negative investment flow potential, but favorable business environment leads to a neutral outlook for Australian investments.

Russia Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) Russia (RUB) is a resource rich, centralized economy with a large land mass and population. Currency: Russia’s currency is significantly undervalued according to the investment flow analysis, purchase price parity, and interest rate parity. Investor Survey: Russia’s economic environment is very unfavorable. Russia’s economic freedom, government transparency and SWOT analysis scores are very low. Trade: China, and Turkey are Russia’s top export partners, while the leading industry is energy. Commodity: Russia produces a significant amount of natural gas, coal, copper, uranium, palladium, and crude oil. Russia exports many energy products to European Union members. SWOT Analysis: The leading Russian strength is their oil and gas industry, while the main weakness is political risk. Proximity to energy hungry Europe has the opportunity to propel growth, while falling oil prices may lower growth. Trading Strategy: An undervalued currency, high investment flow potential, but unfavorable business environment leads to a neutral outlook for Russian investments.

South Africa Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) South Africa (ZAR) has a resource rich economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currency: South Africa’s currency is undervalued with moderate investment flow potential, high purchase price potential, and interest rate parity potential. Investor Survey: South Africa’s economic environment is moderate. Trade: China, Japan and the US are South Africa’s top export partners, while the leading industry is materials. Commodity: South Africa produces a significant amount of uranium, palladium, diamonds, coal, and platinum for use domestically and especially as an export. SWOT Analysis: The leading South African weaknesses are their high unemployment rates, discriminatory issues and HIV Aids. The World Cup has the opportunity to propel growth, while the outbreak of disease may burden the health care system. Trading Strategy: An undervalued currency, moderate investment flow potential and moderate business environment leads to a slightly positive outlook for South African investments.

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France Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) France (EUR) has a capitalist economy with significant government intervention. Currency: France is part of the Euro economic zone, whose currency has the potential to decrease in value on a global scale per the purchase price parity. Investor Survey: France’s the economic environment is moderate for long term economic growth due to high scores on government transparency, but low scores on economic diversity. Trade: Finland, Belgium, the UK, Germany, and Italy are the top export partners, while a significant import is uranium. Commodity: Uranium powers France’s nuclear energy industry. SWOT Analysis: The leading French strength is their nuclear energy experience, while the main weakness is a declining birth rate. Trading Strategy: An overvalued currency, moderate investment flow potential and moderate business environment lead to a slightly negative outlook for French investments.

USA Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) The United States (US) has a highly productive, capitalist economy and is the largest and most diverse market in the world. Currency: the US dollar (USD) has the potential to increase in value especially versus the Australian and Canadian dollar because of the significant potential of undervalued companies. Investor Survey: the economic environment is very favorable for long term economic growth due to high scores on economic freedom and economic diversity. Trade: China, Japan, Mexico, and Canada are the top US trading partners, while the leading export and import are electrical machinery and vehicles, respectively. Commodity: The US produces a significant amount of coal and wheat for use at home and as an export. However, the US consumes a larger amount of oil, which contributes to their trade deficit. SWOT Analysis: The leading US strength is its entrepreneurial culture, while the main weakness is high health care cost. Energy independence has the opportunity to propel growth, while the major threat is the housing crisis, which will lower growth. Trading Strategy: An undervalued currency, high investment flow potential and favorable business environment lead to a positive outlook for US investments, which will also benefit from positive international actions.

South Africa Country Analysis ► (edit / improve) South Africa (ZAR) has a resource rich economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currency: South Africa’s currency is undervalued with moderate investment flow potential, high purchase price potential, and interest rate parity potential. Investor Survey: South Africa’s economic environment is moderate. Trade: China, Japan and the US are South Africa’s top export partners, while the leading industry is materials. Commodity: South Africa produces a significant amount of uranium, palladium, diamonds, coal, and platinum for use domestically and especially as an export. SWOT Analysis: The leading South African weaknesses are their high unemployment rates, discriminatory issues and HIV Aids. The World Cup has the opportunity to propel growth, while the outbreak of disease may burden the health care system. Trading Strategy: An undervalued currency, moderate investment flow potential and moderate business environment leads to a slightly positive outlook for South African investments.

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