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Q: Capital One just announced that it will acquire the fintech company Brex for $5.15 billion. My understanding is that this price is significantly lower than Brex’s valuation about a year ago.
1. Does this acquisition make COF shares more or less attractive as a buy right now?
2. How would you rate COF following this announcement and after it missed expectations in its January 23 earnings report?
3. What do you see as the key risks to the stock beyond political noise?
4. If you would rate COF a buy after all the recent updates, your rationale please?
5. How do you view COF’s business model and competitive moat relative to peers, such as American Express (AXP)?
6. What do you have for *current* (post earnings. release today) for forward P/E and PEG? Debt levesl if acquisition goes through ?

Your thoughts on COF in light of the latest news would be much appreciated, thank you. :ao: .

Read Answer Asked by Adam on January 28, 2026
Q: Why do companies do a stock split and do you think any of the banks will do a stock split in 2026.
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on January 27, 2026
Q: Greetings,

From what I can gather (simplywallstreet) the last noted insider purchase was in June of last year at $160.

The price today is about $128 and the 52 week low was $117 and no sign, as of yet of recent insider buys.

1) Previously happy to pay $160 but no longer happy to pay $128? Can anything be made of this and what is your rational for continued optimism?

2) What would be your recommended entry price?

3) If I had 100 units of cash then how would you ratio the purchase of PRL?

All the best,
A


Read Answer Asked by Arzoo on January 27, 2026
Q: Fiserve: nothing turns up for this company when I search on your market data page. Please see if the info is actually available.

And more for you...what is your opinion on FISV? It seems to be about 25% of its share price a year ago. Recent news stories show some promise. It reports in the next few weeks. What is expected? Would you jump in before it reports? Do you see a good chance for the share price to have a strong bounce? Or will it continue to flounder due to its past problems?

Many thanks for your excellent service
Read Answer Asked by Leonard on January 27, 2026
Q: Between the big 5 banks, please rank in order of
a. biggest dividend increases average over the last 5 years.
b. your impression of most likely to perform in the next 5 years
c. least likely to be affected by american geopolitics
Read Answer Asked by Ernest on January 26, 2026
Q: I know your not crazy about this stock,but looking at it from purely an income play the dividend has already been cut and its pays 7% and other than a couple very temporary blips its basically at an all time low(i know could still drop more)im just thinking i could possibly hold this company between 5.50 and 7.00 for a long time and collect a nice payout and who knows the canadian landscape of these types of companies is getting smaller every year,could be a take out candidate,could you tell me the payout ratio,new management any possible head or tail winds you see in the next couple of years possibly... THANKS
Read Answer Asked by Greg on January 23, 2026