| Comment | 140.990 | John O'Connell, CFA | Volatile stock. Keep your weight at about 4% or 5% of your portfolio. Has a lot of wind at its back right now with new models coming out. Try to buy it 10% cheaper but that gives you a risk of not getting it. | 2008-05-15 | |
| BUY | 140.990 | Steve MacInnes | As a short-term trade, it is probably fairly rich here. On a longer-term view of a year and a half and beyond you could Buy it here. One of the most profitable and highest growth stocks in their space. | 2008-05-15 | |
| Comment | 142.250 | Norman Levine | He is a value investor, so this is a stock he is not likely to ever own. Has strong growth, but the multiple it trades at is too high. If you are a growth investor, this is a good stock to own. You can Buy but don't forget to Sell. | 2008-05-12 | |
| BUY | 133.350 | Brooke Thackray | Has broken through its all-time high recently. From a technical basis, it looks good. Solid uptrend. | 2008-05-09 | |
| TOP PICK | 131.000 | Paul Thornton | Keeps reporting triple digit growth in earnings and sales. There is really nobody competing with the Blackberry. A nice quiet mover, chugging higher. | 2008-05-07 | |
| TOP PICK | 131.000 | Greg A. Taylor, CFA, BBA | Best technology company in Canada. Stock just keeps delivering. Have a lot of room to go. Good slate of new products they are going to launch in the 2nd half of the year. | 2008-05-07 | |
| BUY | 122.250 | Duncan Stewart | Players like Nokia, LG and Motorola in the cell phone market are not doing that well. The 2 who are doing well are Apple (AAPL-Q) with the iPhones and this company with their Blackberry. Nothing will ever be as good as this for text messaging and reading e-mails. | 2008-04-25 | |
| PARTIAL SELL | 122.680 | David Driscoll | This is a stock that investors will have to trade because of volatility. Just announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant in Germany. Fairly valued at around $120. If you own, consider paring back and rebalancing your portfolio. | 2008-04-23 | |
| DON'T BUY | 117.880 | Michael Sprung | (Market Call Minute.) This one is just out of his stratosphere at 50X earnings. Everything has to go perfect. They do always seemed to surprise people on the upside, but one mistake and the stock could hit severe headwinds. | 2008-04-15 | |
| TOP PICK | 118.760 | Paul Thornton | Took a hit today but he thinks this is part of the consolidation that is going on in the market over the last week. This is a company that continues to do triple digit growth in earnings and sales. | 2008-04-11 | |
| BUY | 120.450 | Don Lato | Long-term outlook is excellent. Have just scratched the surface in terms of worldwide penetration of the Blackberry. Still trading at a pretty reasonable level for the growth rate that is built in. At about 30X this year's earnings and about 25X next year’s. Still growing at 30%-35%. | 2008-04-09 | |
| BUY | 122.580 | Ron Meisels | This stock is still very much undervalued. His technical target range is about $150-$175. Stock had a big move, then relaxed and has gone through a rolling base. When it goes through $125 all the sellers will be coming back. | 2008-04-08 | |
| DON'T BUY | 119.980 | Andrew Guy, CFA | Has a lot of trouble with this company. He respects the company very much but feels it is a lousy stock. The company will continue to grow, but when you look at the multiple of 35X earnings it is expensive. Compared to other global technology companies, with a broader portfolio product mix and growing in a similar range he'd rather own others. | 2008-04-07 | |
| HOLD | 123.420 | Don Vialoux | Very strong upward trend since early February. It is just testing the all time high. Expect it will break into the all-time high very shortly. Continue to hold to the end of the current trend, which is about May or June. Watch the technical indicators very closely. | 2008-04-03 | |
| DON'T BUY | 114.520 | Michael Sprung | Wouldn’t own it. Selling beyond 60 times earnings. RIM has a lock on the business and email industry. Will see a bit of a slowdown. Any disappointments from the company could have a disastrous effect on the share price. | 2008-03-27 | |
| BUY | 120.150 | Ken McCord | Loves RIM, has had it in their growth oriented portfolio. But also likes it in the income portfolio. | 2008-03-26 | |
| WEAK BUY | 107.070 | Robert Floyd | Has shown itself to still be supporting itself. No indication that growth is slowing. However it is expensive. | 2008-03-20 | |
| BUY | 102.570 | David Burrows | Recently added it back to their portfolio. In the recent months they have been outstripping expectations in the US. They are doing a great job in the consumer market. Held up better then many. A Rim device uses 1/100 the bandwidth of an IPhone. They don't need to raise any money. | 2008-03-19 | |
| VAGUE | 100.180 | Ron Meisels | No-ones know where this will go in the next 2 months. No target price. Generally speaking, RIM should go higher. It will probably take very little to break on the upside. $85-90 on the downside, 110-$120 on the upside. If it breaks $115 it’s the beginning of something, it will move to $140. | 2008-03-14 | |
| SELL | 100.190 | Laura Wallace | (Market Call Minute.) Vulnerable in a consumer slowdown in the US. | 2008-03-12 | |
| DON'T BUY | 97.000 | Gavin Graham | Somewhat economically sensitive because it is quite expensive and the financial market is one of its big areas. Consumer side looks okay, but it is low margin. Not cheap. | 2008-03-06 | |
| BUY | 99.010 | John O'Connell, CFA | Likes this name but make sure you have only a certain amount of your money in it. Very volatile. Rapidly growing profile. | 2008-03-03 | |
| DON'T BUY | 109.080 | Brian Acker, CA | The model price is $50.27. That's a -52% differential. Not mispriced. | 2008-02-27 | |
| BUY | 108.000 | Michael Smedley | (Market Call Minute.) It won't get unseated. | 2008-02-21 | |
| DON'T BUY | 95.000 | David Baskin | When it got into the $80’s he started to think about it but he wouldn't buy it north of $75 or so. Not a value play. Now involved in patent litigation with Motorola (MOT-N). | 2008-02-19 | |
| Comment | 96.520 | Howard Sutton | Cautiously optimistic on the market, but is taking profits when he can get it. Sold his holdings this year. He would buy it for the long term, but he wants to keep his cash for the time being. | 2008-02-13 | |
| DON'T BUY | 85.750 | Brian Acker, CA | He only buys mispriced assets and this one is not mispriced. His model price is $54. Quite a number of clients are in the financial sector, which could be affected. | 2008-02-07 | |
| BUY | 92.320 | Brendan Caldwell | (Market Call Minute.) | 2008-02-01 | |
| DON'T BUY | 91.180 | Norman Levine | Great company, but not necessarily a great stock right now. Has a lot of economic sensitivity, especially in the financial sector and that is an area that is getting hurt in the US. | 2008-01-29 | |
| BUY | 90.120 | Peter Hofstra | Had gotten a bit ahead of itself. He likes it in the mid-$80's. It still has tremendous opportunities ahead.b | 2008-01-23 | |
| Comment | 84.500 | Jean-Francois Tardif | Doing extremely well. Sales were up almost 100% in the last quarter. Earnings were also up. There is no doubt it will continue to be successful. Now going into emerging markets such as Russia, China, and India etc. It will grow for years to come. | 2008-01-21 | |
| DON'T BUY | 90.120 | Brian Acker, CA | Doesn't see where there is value here. His model price is $47.65. That's a -47% differential. | 2008-01-17 | |
| DON'T BUY | 91.270 | Don Vialoux | A classic seasonal play. Has a history of moving higher from September until the Las Vegas consumer show and that is where the chart starts to show some problems. MACD is rolling over. Look for it to come down to about the $80 level. | 2008-01-16 | |
| BUY | 91.270 | Don Lato | An excellent product. Multiples have come down to a more reasonable level, particularly when you look at the 30% growth rate. The digital and wireless worlds are just going to explode and this company and Apple (AAPL-Q) will lead the charge. | 2008-01-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | 92.350 | Robert Floyd | He prefers stocks that have fairly cheap valuations. Thinks this one is ripe for a pullback. | 2008-01-15 | |
| DON'T BUY | 95.700 | Laura Wallace | Starting to look interesting. Expect some further downside. One disadvantage in moving to the consumer market is that it is much more fickle and volatile than the business segment. Very well run company. Stock is expensive. | 2008-01-11 | |
| DON'T BUY | 99.420 | Bill Carrigan | Thinks it peaked at the end of 07. Long-term it is probably going to go higher but needs a break. There will probably be quietness for quite a while. There are a number of lower highs, which is a caution. | 2008-01-09 | |
| HOLD | 100.350 | Norman Levine | (Market Call Minute.) Fundamentals have been great and it has had a great run up. With a declining economy in the US and the financial area, the future for the next 6 to 12 months could be questionable. | 2008-01-07 | |
| BUY | 100.350 | Michael Decter | A fabulous company. Has been bungee jumping lately. If you can get it at $100 or less and you are patient, this is probably a decent entry point. Expanding internationally. Just made a big acquisition of patents. | 2008-01-07 | |
| DON'T BUY | 103.460 | Kenneth P. Norquay, CMT | Had a good uptrend in 03 and 04, built a base into mid 06, then broke out and went to the moon. Yellow flag so be careful. It is probably portfolio managers selling to strength. | 2008-01-04 | |
| HOLD | 113.100 | Gavin Graham | Has been a wonderful world-class Canadian success story but is currently trading at 57X earnings. | 2008-01-02 | |
| DON'T BUY | 101.000 | David Baskin | As a value investor, the PE has always been unpalatable to him. The company has done a fabulous job of growing their earnings, subscribers and expanding into new markets. If the financial sector goes into a de-hiring mode a lot of the people who use Blackberries will be looking for new jobs and not using Blackberries. This could also result in slower subscriber growth. | 2007-12-18 | |
| SELL | 101.000 | Norman Levine | A great company, but not necessarily a great stock at the moment. Has gotten very expensive. It looks like things are going to be slowing down in the economy and multiples are going to be coming down. It could be vulnerable. | 2007-12-18 | |
| DON'T BUY | 101.020 | Glenn Paradis, BA, CFA | On a technical basis, it has not been looking very healthy recently. He feels they will meet the guidance for the quarter but is concerned about guidance for the next year. Layoffs on Wall Street could have some effect. Consumer part is good and growing. Thanks it will be trade between $90 and $110. | 2007-12-17 | |
| HOLD | 107.760 | Jeff Parent | Believes this is in a consolidation range of $20. The support is that about $100 and the resistance is $120. These stocks are very tricky to trade-in. Wait until it breaks above $120 on good solid volume before buying. It could go up to $150 in the year. Could go down to $85 support level easily Had based around the $50 level for very long time before breaking out in July. | 2007-12-14 | |
| Comment | 99.320 | Robert Floyd | Has shown spectacular growth. The issue with them is always competition and whether they will be able to continue reporting solid growth. Not a cheap stock when you analyze the multiples. | 2007-12-11 | |
| Comment | 102.630 | John Zechner | Even though the market was recovering, the stock was down again today. Maybe a few people are worried about the channel check numbers. They pummelled the estimates so badly that they have built up expectations. If they come in just at consensus or a little above, he thinks the stock will drop. He has cut his holdings down a bit. | 2007-12-05 | |
| DON'T BUY | 104.760 | Norman Levine | The stock is fairly rich here. This, Google (GOOG-Q) and Apple (AAPL-Q) have carried NASDAQ. A lot of momentum money has gone into the stock. Job cuts in the financial services are threatening subscriber growth. | 2007-12-03 | |
| SELL | 104.760 | Peter Hofstra | Doing a great job but the valuation is such that they can't do a home run anymore. Got a bit of ahead of itself so he sold his holdings. To believe it is fair value, you have to believe that sales will grow 5X the current level over the next 5 years. Take profits if you are a shareholder. | 2007-12-03 | |
| TOP PICK | 119.760 | Derek Webb, CFA | Earnings are skyrocketing. Apple (AAPL-Q) has set the bar for what a cell phone is going to be and he feels that 70% of the population will get rid of their existing phones in the next year or two. | 2007-11-28 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 111.660 | Ron Meisels | (Market Call Minute) Buy lower. | 2007-11-23 | |
| SELL | 105.210 | Paul Thornton | Suffered a sharp decline since the market peaked a couple of weeks ago. But holding its ground at the support level. The issue that is going to face them is that they are so extended from their long-term trend line that even if they recovered to their high in the short run, they will be hard-pressed to establish new highs. They are at risk of falling to their 200 day moving average. | 2007-11-16 | |
| DON'T BUY | 105.900 | Cameron Webster | Has an attractive price to growth, so the PE multiple over earnings growth rate suggests the stock has room to go. On an access to China market headline, stock ran up 10% in 1 day. Huge moves on a daily basis. Current worry is that if the big US banks and global brokerage firms lay off a lot of people it will cut off a lot of subscribers. | 2007-11-14 | |
| DON'T BUY | 106.760 | Norman Levine | They have the best product in the market as well as the strongest growth. Moving into China. The problem is, this thing was such a rocket that it got way ahead of itself on valuation. With the markets looking vulnerable here, he would be cautious. | 2007-11-09 | |
| BUY | 123.520 | Robert McWhirter | Still very powerful upside. Branching out into consumer products. His overall ranking in his database is #9. Earnings expected to grow from $2.04 in Frb/08 to $3.11. | 2007-11-07 | |
| SELL | 118.450 | Andrew Guy, CFA | A very good company. A Canadian leader in the technology business. On the other hand, the stock is very highly valued at 58X forward earnings. | 2007-11-02 | |
| DON'T BUY | 116.290 | Brian Acker, CA | He has a model price of the $43.24, a 63% negative differential. His model price shows this stock is not a mispriced asset. | 2007-11-01 | |
| DON'T BUY | 115.570 | Brooke Thackray | Don’t know when it will drop from its parabolic climb. From seasonal perspective it may drop around January-March. Would not invest in a stock like this. | 2007-10-26 | |
| TOP PICK | 115.570 | Steve Carlin | They continually outperform relative to expectations. Have lots of runway with respect to new products. A core name you need to hold. Earnings are going to grow at 70%. | 2007-10-25 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 120.310 | Bruce Campbell | It has moved up quite a bit (9%) on an announcement yesterday that was expected. This is at the top, over the last two weeks, not including yesterday, it moved in a range of 10%. You want to buy at the bottom of the 10%. | 2007-10-24 | |
| DON'T BUY | 120.310 | Brendan Caldwell | As a retail investor, it's too high to buy right now. | 2007-10-24 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 107.560 | Peter Hofstra | They have had a tremendous run. He did own it and got out a little too early. Company is doing a great job. May be hard to get 8-10% return if entering now. Recommends entering below 80. | 2007-10-16 | |
| HOLD | 110.630 | Robert Floyd | As a value investor, he shudders when he looks at the valuation. Has shown spectacular growth. Subscriber growth has been very good. Continuing to expand globally. A caution is that when these growth stocks start to slow in terms of subscriber growth, the PE can contract pretty quickly. | 2007-10-12 | |
| Comment | 110.630 | Kenneth P. Norquay, CMT | Chart indicates the momentum is not gone, but is losing some of its steam. There was a big gap up on this one a few days ago which is a bullish sign. | 2007-10-12 | |
| DON'T BUY | 114.580 | Brian Acker, CA | His model price is $43.22, a 62% negative differential. | 2007-10-10 | |
| WAIT | 113.650 | Hap (Robert) Sneddon FCSI | Anything along the up channel would probably be a good entry point. He would recommend anything on a pullback to $95 to $100. | 2007-10-09 | |
| Comment | 111.600 | Ross Healey | Stock is doing so well that it is just running along and tracking his Fair Market Value. Every time analysts hike earnings forecasts because of another great quarter, up goes Fair Market Value and up goes the stock. Trades at a spicy Price/Book value, so you are making a partial bet that fundamentals are going to continue and that the market is going to keep coming through for you. | 2007-10-05 | |
| BUY | 100.300 | David Burrows | A poster child for the type of company that is doing well in this market. Not economically sensitive. Has just been approved in China giving them lots of opportunity there. Have consistently beaten the estimates and the estimates are consistently rising. | 2007-10-04 | |
| Comment | 96.030 | Norman Levine | This stock is priced to perfection, so the numbers coming out tomorrow had better be good. As a value investor, he could never pay the price it is trading at here. | 2007-10-02 | |
| DON'T BUY | 97.900 | Chyanne Fickes | This has been a great trading stock. At this price, it is supposed to make $.50, which gives you a 50X trailing PE. Getting a little pricey. Competition is growing. | 2007-10-01 | |
| Comment | 97.900 | Michael Sprung | He is very much in the value camp of investors and this one goes way beyond the parameters of his radar screen. Has a huge multiple on revenues and earnings. For it to continue doing well it would have to have a very positive growth curve going forward. | 2007-10-01 | |
| Comment | 99.900 | Ron Meisels | Came out of a major congestion area in 2006, so the pop up was significant. Stock is doing very well and is above its 200-day moving average. The only caution is that the 200-day moving average is at $65 while the stock is $100 and if anything ever comes out that is not good, it will drop very quickly. Have a very tight Stop on the stock. | 2007-09-27 | |
| TOP PICK | 94.510 | Michael Smedley | Without doubt it goes higher. Anyone competing with them are just out to lunch. They own the global space with the high end of e-mail. It will carry on cleverly producing new models. | 2007-09-24 | |
| HOLD | 93.210 | Derek Webb, CFA | Long right now. RIM, Apple, Nokia will all go a lot higher. Phones will all be turning over like crazy. High phone sales. | 2007-09-19 | |
| Comment | 88.500 | Gordon Higgins, CA, MBA, CFA | They’ve a hot product. Trades at 50X earnings, which is too expensive for him. Earnings are still growing dramatically so this could quickly dropped to 20X’s. You have to watch what you are paying for these stocks. One of the better technology stocks. | 2007-09-12 | |
| TOP PICK | 86.560 | Michael Smedley | Continues to be the king of its space and continues to justify its multiple. Still expanding its usage along with new features. | 2007-09-10 | |
| Comment | 87.540 | Bill Carrigan | Thinks it is going higher. If you own it, to cut some volatility down, you might want to sell some of it and buy some iUnits Info Tech (XIT-T), the ETF that owns RIM. Make sure it is not a heavy component of your portfolio and if you can stand the volati | 2007-09-05 | |
| DON'T BUY | 89.520 | Alex Ruus | Has just been downgraded by Bear Stearns. This is a phenomenal company. Relatively steeply valued. Risk/reward in the short-term is pretty risky. If you own, consider taking some profits. | 2007-09-04 | |
| Comment | 90.210 | Michael Sprung | This is a stock that falls completely outside of his valuation parameters. | 2007-08-31 | |
| HOLD | 86.800 | Nick Majendie | It's a value manager it is very hard to buy a stock like this that has a very elevated PE multiple. He would love to buy it with the type of growth profile he sees in it but it would have to be done at a much more reasonable multiple. | 2007-08-29 | |
| Comment | 85.650 | John O'Connell, CFA | Great company with great products. Subscriber growth is rising rapidly. Products will continue to be in high demand. In the long term, they could consider licensing their product to other users, which would be a big boon. It has reached his price target | 2007-08-27 | |
| DON'T BUY | 87.060 | Brian Acker, CA | Has a model price of $35.80. That's a negative 59% differential. Could go higher, but doesn't fit his criteria. | 2007-08-22 | |
| Comment | 86.970 | Stephen Carlin | Analysts have increased their estimates for earnings and revenue growth. Probably the best technology company in the large cap world. His target price is only $85, but is under review. | 2007-08-21 | |
| TOP PICK | 82.900 | Bill Carrigan | During the sell off in the last 2 weeks, was the best performer on the TSE. This is indicating that money is going into it. | 2007-08-20 | |
| BUY | 82.900 | Greg A. Taylor, CFA, BBA | A fantastic company with a lot of growth. Likes it long-term. Have a number of new devices that they are going to launch in the fall. Watch the hype to see what happens. | 2007-08-20 | |
| DON'T BUY | 218.320 | Michael Sprung | With his style of investing, he would rarely be in this because of its high multiples. Still feels the ROE is not tremendous. | 2007-08-10 | |
| PARTIAL BUY | 230.390 | Michael Smedley | They are the king of the hand held e-mailing space with a decent phone and camera attachments. The chart looks like it could correct down a bit, but you never know. If you don't own, buy a tiny bit. | 2007-08-03 | |
| HOLD | 236.100 | Chyanne Fickes | Loves to trade this, as it is a great trading stock. She'll probably keep her holdings until after the split. Great management. | 2007-08-02 | |
| BUY | 229.000 | John O'Connell, CFA | Will be doing a 3 for 1 split shortly. Has a fabulous platform. Subscriber growth is going at an incredibly rapid pace. If they started licensing their technology to other users, this would really catch investors’ attention. Very volatile stock. | 2007-07-31 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 235.280 | Bruce Campbell | Stock will be split 3 for 1. Normally this would not affect the stock, but with the high price of this one, it may help. Since it is priced for perfection, at some point there will be a stumble. Would buy it the next time there is any kind of bad news. | 2007-07-30 | |
| DON'T BUY | 228.850 | Brian Acker, CA | He has a model price of $86.97, and -63% differential. | 2007-07-27 | |
| Comment | 219.840 | Bill Carrigan | Good consolidation for the last 3 years. A volatile stock. Still going up, but the higher it goes the more risk there is. Thinks the tech space still has some legs. Would prefer the iUnits (XIT-T), which has about 25% of the stock. | 2007-07-10 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 224.760 | Bruce Campbell | Trades at about 27 – 28 X forward multiples on forecasted earnings. If it were to pull back 10% to 15%, that would be a Buy. | 2007-07-09 | |
| DON'T BUY | 224.760 | Peter Hofstra | You have to believe they will have 25% growth with solid double-digit growth after that. Not sure they can do it. Pretty risky valued. | 2007-07-09 | |
| BUY | 182.510 | John O'Connell, CFA | Market has concerns on Apple’s longer battery life. A high-growth, high PE that you really have to make sure to have the proper allocation in your portfolio. | 2007-06-19 | |
| SELL | 185.900 | Gavin Graham | They are selling it a bit, to take some profits. Really likes the stock. | 2007-06-15 | |
| PARTIAL SELL | 178.860 | Bruce Campbell | High valuation, so don't hold forever. Sell on the bump and buy back when it comes back down. | 2007-06-05 | |
| HOLD | 164.370 | Ian Nakamoto | If you can stand the volatility, he would continue to hold. Canada's premier technology company. | 2007-05-14 | |
| Comment | 169.470 | Robert Floyd | News coming out is still pretty impressive. Have deep number of products that are being promoted. Continues to find new markets. Multiples are too high for him. | 2007-05-11 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 150.250 | Jean-Francois Tardif | (A Top Pick May 1/06. Up 83%.) Everything they are doing is great. Didn't like the risk of the SEC investigation, so sold his holdings. | 2007-04-27 | |
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