Month: November 2011

Analysts Economy

Why hard assets will continue to gain value in this economy

Research Capital analyst Greg McLeish says the Bank of Canada is facing a more difficult policy backdrop, with soft domestic growth colliding with renewed inflation pressure from higher energy prices and geopolitical instability. In a June 8 research report, McLeish said the Bank of Canada’s decision to hold its policy rate at 2.25% highlighted a […]

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Is Constellation Software a “no-brainer” right now?

First Avenue Investment Counsel chief investment officer Brian Madden says Constellation Software (Constellation Software Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:CSU) remains attractive after a sharp pullback, arguing the market has overreacted to fears that AI will disrupt software companies. Speaking on BNN Bloomberg’s Market Call on June 5, Madden said First Avenue is “taking […]

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Laszlo Birinyi, President of Birinyi Associates says Research in Motion is one of his top five picks for 2012. Today on CNBC's Squawk Box, he recalled making Apple Computer a top pick for 1998.

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Laszlo Birinyi, who bought Apple at $7 in 1997, says RIM is a Top Pick for 2012

November 29, 2011

Add another one to the list. It’s been a nightmare year for Research in Motion, but some belie...

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Byron Capital: AEterna Zentaris is a Speculative Buy, Target Price $3.50

November 28, 2011

After a tough few years, the first half of 2011 showed signs of hope for shareholders of AEterna Zen...

Outside of research and development costs, it cost Research in Motion $205 to produce a BlackBerry Playbook, versus the $280 that rival Apple pays to make an iPad.

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PlayBook vs. iPad. Can RIM compete with a Discounted Tablet?

November 24, 2011

Some lessons are learned the hard way. When Research in Motion decided to jump into the tablet space...

With another remarkable year of revenue growth, can SXC Health's Mark Thierer repeat as Cantech Letter's Tech Stock Exec of the Year in 2011?

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Versant Partners: There’s Still Upside in SXC Health

November 23, 2011

SXC Health’s (TSX:SXC) meteoric rise, accomplished primarily through acquisition, has been not...

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Open Text: Billion Dollar Company Number Two for Canada’s Silicon Valley

November 22, 2011

This past summer, the country’s largest tech company, Research in Motion, laid off 2,000 peopl...

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M Partners: The Market is Misunderstanding 5N Plus

November 19, 2011

In the recent history of Canadian tech, 5N Plus (TSX:VNP) is one of the shining successes. A few yea...

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Byron Capital Says Buy Macdonald Dettwiler

November 16, 2011

Since 1969, when John MacDonald and Werner Dettwiler formed their eponymous venture, McDonald Dettwi...

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Recent IPO Avigilon Sharpens its Focus

November 15, 2011

It didn’t take long for investors to find out whether Avigilon’s (TSX:AVO) momentum as a...

Last year's acquisition of Virginia-based systems integrator Stanley is helping Michael Roach and CGI Group further open the door to the US market.

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Despite Sluggish Q4, Versant says buy CGI Group

November 13, 2011

CGI Group (TSX:GIB.A) released its 2011 fourth quarter and year end results Friday. The Montreal com...

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2011: Canada’s Fastest Growing Tech Stocks

November 9, 2011

When Deloitte released its 2011 Fast 50 List for Canadian technology companies, a ranking of the Can...

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The Nortel Orbitor: the iPhone Killer that was a Decade Ahead of its Time

November 9, 2011

When the final pieces of Nortel’s patent portfolio were sold off this past summer, the $4.5 bi...

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15 Canadian Techs Trading Far Below Analyst Targets

November 9, 2011

There are many people who believe Canadian technology stocks are undervalued. Of course, as John May...

New Poynt President Yves Millette. Under Millette, revenues at Intuit Canada grew from $65-million to $160-million

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Will Poynt Bounce Back under new boss Millette?

November 9, 2011

As an app, Calgary-based Poynt has been an unqualified success. The GPS enabled location-based searc...

Wi-LAN CEO Jim Skippen. Versant Partners today maintained its Buy rating on the Ottawa-based patent player.

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Versant Still Bullish on Wi-LAN

November 9, 2011

Versant Partners wasn’t thrilled with what they saw from Wi-LAN’s (TSX:WIN) Q3 today, bu...

Since 1968, The Altman Z-Score, named after NYU Finance Professor Edward Altman, has been found to be 72% accurate in predicting whether or not a banruptcy would happen to years prior, and rises to more than 80% one year prior.

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This Remarkably Reliable Formula says Research in Motion will not go Bankrupt

November 7, 2011

June 25th, 2012 update: With RIM’s first-quarter results on Thursday expected to again disappo...

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Canadian Solar Stocks: The 10 Most Interesting

November 6, 2011

Canadian solar stocks come in and out of fashion. For the better part of four decades, solar energy ...

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Terry Matthews: Nortel is Gone, Here’s How we Get Over It

November 3, 2011

Quick, think of a Canadian technology company with annual revenues of more than a billion dollars. O...

Month: November 2011

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