RIM
Blackberry maker Research in Motion is doing really well this year :0) The cell phone maker’s stock price has gone up more than 100% since just half a year ago. Many people thought RIM was dead but investors are taking a second look now. As one of Canada’s most iconic tech companies I really hope they can make a come back. We sell a lot of resources in this country but it would be great to improve the number of knowledge jobs as well. RIM plans to release its new product the BlackBerry 10 later this month. Will it be a successful launch or a big flop? Who knows. Disclaimer: I have 50 RIM shares myself.
NHL is back on
After a long lock out, the season finally gets started today. This is great news for sports bars and helps to stimulate the local economy. Go Canucks 😀
Resource Conferences
Cambridge House International will be hosting a number of investment conferences throughout the US and Canada. Most of their events are free like the one I’m going to in Vancouver tomorrow. Last year more than 500 companies and a number of analysts gathered here to network and share ideas. They have another event held at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary later this year. If you live in a city where they will come to I recommend going to these conferences. You will learn a lot about investing 😀
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Good point about the sports bars being back in business with more customers as many of them have been slow going. They probably feel like those who work in snow clearing in our part of Ontario, slow and hoping to pick up any day now. Thanks for the mention mate. Mr.CBB
You too. Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the games.
Thanks for the link love!
Your welcome :0)
Thanks bud! I’m happy NHL IS back too. Bettman has got to be one of the worst commissioners in sports for allowing two lockouts on his watch!
And yet he still gets paid millions of dollars a year (>_<) I wonder where all that money comes from when there's a lockout and no revenue is made.
I am happy that the NHL is back on. It should be a fast paced season. I am not sure Blackberry will wow anyone with their new release. I had one for quite some time, but it just wasn’t as exciting as Android or Apple. They have a lot of catching up to do and businesses are keeping their eyes out to see if they will stay or go.
I bought their shares too early when it was around $25. It’s still only $17 today despite the big increases lately. Jan 30 will be the big reveal. I bet there’s going to be huge volume on this stock that day 🙂
I like hearing that RIM is doing better. I like to hear that Canadian companies are doing well. My friends sure are glad that hockey is back. They were quite upset they couldn’t use their season tickets.
Never been a season tickets folder, but I can sympathize with those who do. Suppose fans will have to factor in the risk of these things into their decision making.
Canadian companies should do well long term. After all, currency parity with USD, massive natural resources, smallish population, prospect of the Artic being opened to China-Japan-East Coast-EU transport can only spell a rosy future for our Canadian friends.. Yup – the maple leaf (Canadian or Norwegian – who cares?) is a buy.
I’ve heard some people even want the Canadian dollar to be a global reserve currency. Not sure how that would affect certain parts of our economy but in the long run it will probably give us some bragging rights 🙂
Thanks for the mention, I really appreciate it!
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