On the Hunt for Undiscovered Tech Stocks in Canada

Suddenly, Canadian tech stocks are burning up the tundra. But of course you already knew that, thanks to the recent work of John Roque, David Kurapka and Derek Moscato.

Three good articles in one month would normally be my cue to look elsewhere for material. But for the past few months I've been corresponding with Sundeep "Sunny" Jain and Dan Behroozi, managers at the Canadian division of a major U.S. company who moonlight as e-commerce consultants and money managers, and who specialize in undiscovered Canadian tech stocks. The first two companies they mentioned, Certicom (CIC: Toronto) and BCE Emergis (IFM:Toronto), are each better than 200% since November 1999, so I thought you might like to hear what else they're buying.

But first, let's clear up a few things about Canadian stocks: Some trade on U.S. exchanges, with familiar three- and four-letter tickers. But most trade on the Toronto or Canadian Ventures exchanges, and quotes can be found on some financial sites (though, unfortunately, not this one) by adding a .TO or .V ticker suffix (XYZ.TO or ABC.V, for example). ...