CIBC banks on mobile trading

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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $77 (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 397.0 million; Market cap: $30.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cibc.com) was the first Canadian bank to let its customers access their accounts using smartphones and other mobile devices. This service has been successful, so CIBC now plans to launch software that will let its brokerage clients use their mobile phones to manage their portfolios and trade stocks. This should give CIBC an edge over its competitors as more people access the Internet through mobile devices instead of computers. CIBC is a buy. …