BlackBerry Limited (Market capitalization as of 27/09/2013: $4.20bn) Fairfax Financial Holding Limited (Assets under Management as of 30/06: $2.5bn) On September 23rd, Fairfax Financial Holding Limited, a Canadian insurance and investment company, announced it was leading a group of investors to take over BlackBerry Limited, the Canadian smartphone company Read more…
After the huge operating loss and the consequent job-cutting of the second quarter, Blackberry received an offer to go private by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for $9 per share. Fairfax holds the 9.9% of Blackberry and is doing the due diligence; on November 4th the company will give more details. Read more…
Last week we issued a sell recommendation on the Blackberry maker, after we spotted a negative pattern in the chart, supported by fundamental arguments of a darkened sales prospect. The position returned a net profit of 9%, reaching our target level. We therefore now recommend to close the trade and Read more…
Trade Idea: short position on Blackberry On the wave of the release of the new OS 10, the stock began an uptrend and kept its momentum until concerns about the stability of the customer base came out last week. The stock made a lower high around the $17 level and Read more…