Hope For Blackberry Ltd As Prem Watsa's CEO Pick Makes Moves

17Jun2014June 17, 2014

Hope For Blackberry Ltd As Prem Watsa's CEO Pick Makes Moves

The reign of BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB) CEO John Chen could be measured by hedge fund executives shortly, as analysts await earnings results so they can gauge a rather sharp turn in strategy under the new CEO.

BlackBerry's Prem Watsa was behind the installment of Chen as CEO
Readers will recall previous reports in

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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