Shares of uranium mining companies surged Monday as retail traders from Reddit's WallStreetBets forum focused their energies on the rallying radioactive metal, including companies tied to uranium in U.S., U.K. and Australia.
Sydney-listed uranium miners$PENINSULA ENERGY LIMITED(PENMF.US)$., Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. and$BANNERMAN ENERGY LTD(BNNLF.US)$all closed more than 25% higher. U.K.-listed miner Aura Energy Ltd. jumped more than 35%.
Meanwhile, Canada's$Cameco Corp(CCJ.US)$has become the third-most-discussed company on WallStreetBets, after tech giants$Apple(AAPL.US)$. New York-traded shares of the uranium miner surged in premarket trading before ending the day up 0.1%.$URANIUM ROYALTY CORP(UROY.US)$shares surged 24%.
The WallStreetBets activity follows a sharp price rise for the physical metal used largely to fuel nuclear power plants. New York-traded uranium futures have surged roughly 40% in the past month to $42.40 a pound, their highest level in about seven years.
Why uranium?
Uranium is the fuel most widely used by nuclear plants for nuclear fission. Uranium is considered a nonrenewable energy source, even though it is a common metal found in rocks worldwide.
Meanwhile, traditional uranium demand remains robust, and growing interest in nuclear in the long term will need more supplies, and the current price environment does not allow for covering future requirements considering the high capital expenditures and long lead times to develop new uranium projects.
Investors are also betting that demand for the metal will rise amid a global shift toward less carbon-intensive sources of energy. Governments including the U.S. and China have pushed for a role for nuclear power in global efforts to mitigate climate change, helping to broaden the appeal of uranium among investors, said Mr. Liebenberg.
The uranium market is quite niche and small but the interest I have seen from generalist investors has been much broader than I used to see in the past.
-said Mr. Liebenberg
Nuclear power in the world today
The first commercial nuclear power stations started operation in the 1950s. Around 10% of the world's electricity is generated by about 445 nuclear power reactors. About 50 more reactors are under construction, equivalent to approximately 15% of existing capacity.
There is a clear need for new generating capacity around the world, both to replace old fossil fuel units, especially coal-fired ones, which emit a lot of carbon dioxide, and to meet increased demand for electricity in many countries. In 2018, 64% of electricity was generated from the burning of fossil fuels. Despite the strong support for, and growth in, intermittent renewable electricity sources in recent years, the fossil fuel contribution to power generation has remained virtually unchanged in the last 10 years or so (66.5% in 2005).

Considering past experiences with Apple having slowed down their phones and purposely made their batteries obsolete I'd rather not purchase anything Apple.

My current biggest return is 199.39% at this point of writing. It is in AMC which I bought in Jan this year and I'm still holding.
I'm hoping Support.com which I'm holding a small quantity, can replicate the same success.

Due to the fact that there is reddit and there are too many memes stock around. Youngster took debt for trying to make quick gains. This could be a double edge sword. If it goes against them, it will be a disaster.

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Let me have a quick check, how many of you used technical indicators for analysis purposes before?
As we know, fundamental analysis and technical analysis are the major schools of thought when it comes to approaching the markets, which stand at opposite ends of the spectrum.
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Good time to invest in some microchip companies for pets before they run away from fireworks this holiday!

My #1 Dad rule for investing.
This would have to be to invest money that you would otherwise just waste. For instance when I would spend money on fast food my dad would say if you took some of that money and invested it at the end of the day I would have a healthy investment rather than an unhealthy meal.
He would quote me saying "It's only a couple of dollars for a drink and a burger, I won't miss it." so he would change up what I said by saying "It's only a few dollars invested but you'll have it!"
And that's how exactly how I started investing with $10 and then each week starting to add to get to different goals?...