Uranium Hits Record High While Nuclear Stocks Slide

If you only looked at the price of the fuel, you'd think the nuclear trade has never been better. Long-term uranium prices are sitting at $96/lb, an all-time record and up ~12% YTD, taking out the $95/lb high set in mid-2007 at the peak of the last uranium mania (per UxC data compiled by TD Cowen). Spot has followed along to roughly $90/lb, up ~11% YTD. If, however, you looked at anything with a ticker attached to it, you'd think the nuclear renaissance had been quietly cancelled somewhere between the "AI will need infinite power" phase and the…