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The losses continue from yesterday, when the Fed announced that it would hold its interest rate near zero percent, at record lows, citing a slower-than-expected economic recovery. Chairman Ben Bernanke said that temporary factors such as supply challenges resulting from the earthquake in Japan have contributed to the weak recovery, but long term, uncertainty was the key word, as he gave no indication as to why the slow growth is continuing, and alluded to no further stimulus measures. The Fed's QE2 program ends at the end of the month. Gainers, which were few and far between, included TSX owner TMX Group ( TSE:X ) which climbed 2.3% after Canada’s Maple Group increased its offer for the stock exchange operator.  Maple Group, which comprises 13 prominent Canadian banks and pension funds, announced late Wednesday an increase in its offer to acquire TMX Group, hours after rival bidder London Stock Exchange (LSE) (LON:L ) sweetened its proposal to include a $4 special cash dividend. Maple Group bumped its cash and stock offer for the Canadian stock exchange group to $50 per share, from its latest offer of $48, and increased its maximum cash consideration to 80%, instead of 70%. The deal, which represents a 30% premium to the implied valuation of the LSE Group's offer as of May 12, is now valued at $3.8 billion, Maple said in a statement. No investment advice

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CAMECO Stock Price – What Factors Affecting It?

The Cameco stock price dropped in the last few months, but this has started to reverse and the stock has seen the price start to come back. What factors have an affect on this price? One of the biggest is a factor that is affecting all uranium stocks, and that is the partial nuclear meltdown at the reactor in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. The Cameco stock price dropped some immediately after this event, because of all the concerns about nuclear plants in general and a discussion on whether to continue with plans to build new nuclear power plants. Another concern was that with one plant shut down the demand for uranium would lessen some.

Unlike many high yield energy stocks the stock of companies that mine or produce uranium tend to be more stable. This is also true of the Cameco stock price, and even the recent market disruptions and concerns did not lower the price of this quality choice much. Most uranium produced is typically committed, because of the long life of nuclear plants and the need for fuel that these plants have. Green energy stocks are not affected by any nuclear disasters in a negative way, but all stocks in uranium feel the effects of these events.

One factor instrumental in the increase and rebound of the Cameco stock price is that the disabled plant constitutes less than two percent of the market for uranium, so there is not a big impact on the supply and demand with this material. The number of uranium mining companies is limited, which puts CAMECO in a nice position as far as investors are concerned. This is true even after the price fluctuations that the stock has recently seen. There are other factors involved in this stock price as well, such as the company reputation and financial statements among others.

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