BlackBerry (BB.TO)

He thinks there are much better choices than this. It is an encryption software company that has done a good job to extend its product life. He would rather own Apple, Adobe or others.

He bought in over $10, but did well. He does not like the pay package for the CEO. Numbers are coming out tomorrow.

(A Top Pick April 2/18 Up 15%) It is a high volatility holding. He thinks it will return to $17-$18, where he would sell it, after having bought it on a trend line low.

Has outperformed the market in the 15 of the last 19 years. A winter hold. Momentum indicators have diverged.

Company is in the penalty box for the last year and a half. A technology play. It is not even in the top ten cells used by youngsters. Unable to pigeonhole the valuation of the business right now. Looks good from a fundamental perspective. He doesn’t understand the business model.

(A Top Pick April 3/17 Up 29%) He likes how this has worked out. He thinks the new salary metrics for the CEO is poor – it reflects pure greed. He thinks it will go above $1 billion in revenues soon and could double in share price.

He has been alternately long and short and gets it wrong each time. It is a very volatile stock. It is in the bottom 10% in terms of price stability. It scores well in terms of valuation. They are cash flowing again. He hesitates to give a recommendation but it now is a small buy for him.

It is a bit rocky. They have had issues in the past. The most recent earnings report was good. He likes the look of the chart. It is below its breakout point of $14.50. Everything is down today. As long as it stays around this point he is bullish. (Analysts’ target: $15.00).

The stock is fine and will continue to do well. CEO John Chen has a history of selling the asset (in transition) and he's got five years (a contract extension) to finish this.

Some people expected a V-shape recovery in the Blackberry stock price. That hasn’t happened and probably won’t. However, Blackberry is getting stronger in security software and in the automotive space. It is difficult to predict future earnings and cash flow, which is why he doesn’t own the stock. It has clear potential, the strategy seems good, but until the actual earnings come through, he cannot evaluate the stock and does not know whether the shares are sustainable at their current price.

(A Top Pick April 3, 2017. Up 51.77%). He’s a great believer in John Chen, and says that when Chen says he will do something, he does it. They had a great quarter and the largest margin in their history. They have a lot of debt and a lot of cash. He is concerned about the debt. Because the stock has such a following, he believes that when it does well, it will have tremendous momentum. He thinks it will rise to mid-20’s or higher.

Do you still hold this stock and where does it rank for you? He does not own it anymore as it does not have any earnings. In order for them to do well, the company has to build real cash flow and latest parallels with self-driving cars are yet to be seen.

Has transitioned from handset devices to software, especially in the auto space. The stock looks good from a technical viewpoint. However, earnings are not expected to rise much until 2021. The big key is whether they have much adoption in the automotive space.

Too much uncertainty in this company. They are pivoting into software technology on the automotive. Interesting story but not attractive as an investment.

The CEO has done a great job of managing the transition of the company into a software company but she does not know how well that will translate to the bottom line. For now, she is watching the stock from the sidelines.