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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Investors across the board are looking for new investment opportunities as the traditional mix of stocks, bonds and cash continue to post lagging returns. More recently, this trend has led to an uptick in the price of gold and an increased interest in other metals and commodities. Uranium Access, a New York-based brokerage firm offers an additional alternative - Uranium.

Uranium is considered both an energy investment and a metal investment depending on the investor. As such, it is gaining traction as an investment that is uncorrelated even from other commodities, explains Elizabeth McCourt, President of Uranium Access, in an interview with Opalesque.

Investors looking to access the Uranium market can now do so through warehouse receipts. Warehouse receipts provide ownership of the material and investors can send auditors to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed facility that houses the Uranium to verify the existence of the investment noted on the receipt.

According to McCourt, the uranium market had a lot of activity in 2006-07 when the spot price for the material was high. However, the Japan earthquake and economic factors have recently brought the price down causing many of the earlier players to exit the market. This exodus has created an opportunity for new investors to get into an emerging commodity market, that has been historically inefficient given the t......................

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