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Q: Hello, Can you suggest any other company US or Canada which is enjoying the kind of momentum and growth like SQ and would meet your general criteria as good long term stock? Thank you.

Shyam
Read Answer Asked by Shyam on August 31, 2018
Q: I currently own Visa and have done well. I like all of the payment processors. Should I stick with Visa, or take some profits and diversify into another processor? I am considering Mastercard, Square or Paypal.
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on August 30, 2018
Q: Last year an airline in Europe gave us a Wirecard for taking a later flight . We used it for shopping and restaurants and then cashed in the balance for Euros at an ATM . Great concept that has grown incredibly according to Handelsblatt . Is there an ADR or even an OTC listing for this ? Is there a similar card in North America ?
Thanks



Read Answer Asked by Thomas on August 20, 2018
Q: I enjoyed your piece in the Globe comparing FAANG to DOCKS. Not considering weightings, could you provide 5 US stocks where you currently see "FAANG" like potential?
Read Answer Asked by dan on August 09, 2018
Q: Hi !
In the event of a significant market sell-off, which U.S. stocks would be on top of your list for good value with superior growth potential in the short term and in the long term ?

Have a good day,

JD
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on July 18, 2018
Q: My wife and I are looking for growth and have a high tolerance for risk in our TFSA accounts. We have full positions in SHOP, TSGI, KXS, GSY, SIS, PHO, PBH, COV and half positions in RHT, WCP, GC and GUD. These will remain long term holds as long as there’s no material change in any company. We’re considering CSU and TOY. Could you comment on purchasing these at today’s prices and indicate potential future headwinds (China dispute on TOY). As a second question do you have any other suggestions that look particularly interesting to you today? Thanks for your incredibly valuable service.
Read Answer Asked by Warren on July 13, 2018
Q: Hi !

I invest mostly in growth stocks but with 28% of my portfolio in tech, I may be overloaded in this sector. My present holdings are: CSU (2.7%) PHO (2.5%) KXS (3.2%) SHOP (3.5%) ADBE (3.1%) FB (2.7%) GOOG (2.6%) MU (1.8%) NVDA (2.2%) SQ (3.%). If I were to reduce the number of holdings as well as my tech %, on which stocks would you suggest to concentrate, identifying those with most growth potential and those more risky ? Are there any other stocks better suited to my goal ? Or should I stay the course here ?
Thank you for your good attention,
JD
Read Answer Asked by Jacques on July 04, 2018
Q: I’m thinking of selling one or two of these holdings, all currently in a RRIF, and re-buying them in a TFSA. I’m thinking that the best ones to transfer would be the most “growthy”. What would you advise? Could you list them in order of expected growth?
As always, thanks for this great service!!
Read Answer Asked by Jim on June 15, 2018
Q: Sold FB and have some US$ to spend, can you provide 3 of your current favorites that may provide short term upside from down south please - higher risk is fine? Of the two I provided, which would you choose and why?
Read Answer Asked by Charles on June 08, 2018
Q: Hi team,

I have been in SQ now for over 6 months and quite happy. Last night, PYPL bought iZettle, a Swedish payments company that is in competition with SQ. I guess good and bad about this for SQ. The bad part (for me anyway) is that PYPL did not buy SQ as that was speculated as a good possibility for some time. It also makes PYPL a stronger competitor for SQ. The good part I guess is that PYPL’s push into this segment endorses the “bricks and mortar” payments side where others are lukewarm about this segment but SQ has a strong presence. What is your view now about the competitive landscape for SQ and does this make a bid for SQ by another candidate more or less likely? I know you guys don’t like speculating on takeovers (except for SPOT, lol).

Thanks again,

dave
Read Answer Asked by Dave on May 18, 2018
Q: My IT stocks have grown to 24% and I want to scale back to 20%. Currently SHOP 7%; ZQQ 7%; KXS 4%; OTEX 4%; PHO 2%. I am thinking of reducing SHOP to 5%; selling ZQQ and OTEX and buying AMZN 4.5% and SQ 4.5%. Your comments greatly appreciated. I know the valuation of OTEX is much lower than either AMZN or SQ but the growth in these two stocks are much higher.
Read Answer Asked by stephen on May 10, 2018
Q: Your staff is allowed to buy stock on the US exchange.Can you tell me what your people are buying as of late?
What are your thought on Qcom?
You think its a good candidate at this moment and why?
Read Answer Asked by Josh on May 04, 2018
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