Questionable decisions have plagued BlackBerry’s-co-founders for years, but one decision that even the analysts have condoned is Mike Lazaridis’ recent sale of more than 3 million shares of the company’s stock. A quick glance at BlackBerry’s recent history-might scare off even the most uninformed investors, so Lazaridis took advantage of the huge spike following the Foxconn news-and interim CEO Jason Chen’s confidence-building comments during the company’s earnings call to dump a significant portion of his stake. The Wall Street Journal shares comments from two BlackBerry analysts following Lazardis’ move: “It’s smart for him to sell now, while it’s still a liquid stock,” said Daniel Ernst, an analyst at Hudson Square Research. “I think they’re finally seeing the writing on the



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