Investment Q&A

Q: It appears US tech stocks are falling out of favour recently. Do you see this continuing? If so, what sector do you suggest and if you could suggest a couple stocks. Thanks

Q: What do you think of buying TTD at this point? How much downside should I expect?
Thanks,
Issaku

Q: 5i
Would you choose panw or ftnt or half of both .
Also are you familiar with chgg and ttd . Would they be a buy for a TFSA or would you suggest something else ?
I have a large amt of cash to deploy in two TFSA accts . What would be your top 10-12 picks currently ? (CD or US )
Please deduct 2-3 points .
Thanks
Bill C

Q: Hi team,
I notice you listed TTD as one of your top current U.S. buys in a recent Q&A and I saw it again in Peter’s column in the Financial Post. It seems like you have turned very positive on it. I have been in it for about 6 months but trimmed back before the last earnings which turned out to be a blowout quarter. You just never know with tech earnings. It is now around $125. I am thinking of topping up again.

In the past, you seemed concerned that one of the big U.S. tech guys could easily get into the digital programmatic advertising space where TTD operates. How come no on has and TDD continues to just sail along? Aren’t GOOG, FB, and others concerned about the inroads made by TTD? Could it be a buyout target of one of the big guys?

Thanks again,
dave

Q: Given the recent market volatility, which stocks -US and Canada- look like good buys at this time ?

Thanks

Dave

Q: Both cov and ttd had very good results by the end of last week. Would you recommend selling either or both?
David

Q: Hi team,
I am back to TTD again. I bought a 3% position (small for me) a couple of weeks ago. I was tempted to up it just before earnings but held off as U.S. tech can be very volatile and who knows how the market would react. Well, I guess the market approved as the stock jumped 20% on Friday. Hindsight is a wonderful thing! The U.S. analysts are very positive on the story and see a long runway of growth ahead. I think you guys also like the space but were cautious on perhaps someone like Google taking a serious run at programmatic advertising. What I am reading by the U.S. guys suggest that TTD has a competitive advantage over GOOG, FB, AAPL or MSFT as it is unbiased over what advertising platform it would recommend for a client while the big guys would direct advertising just to their own platforms. Would you agree with this thesis or are you still cautious on TTD from pushback from the big guys? I am thinking of topping up to 6% or so if the price settles down again.
Thanks again,
dave

Q: Hi team,
I go to the U.S. mainly for tech stocks. I have FB, GOOG and SQ for some time now, happy with all. In Canada, I have KXS (thank you very much), BYL and OTEX (my perennial laggard that I still like).

There are many U.S. tech stocks on my watch list but I will ask about TTD, The Trade Desk. As I understand its model, it is into digital advertising by selling programming on a real-time electronic auction basis. TTD went public last year, had a strong run, faded back and seems to be acting better these days. I have seen positive comments on it on several U.S. business sites in the past month or so. One U.S. analyst (for what that’s worth) had it among his top ideas for 2018.

Your thoughts on this one?

Thanks again,
dave

Q: TTD has taken quite a slam today(incl after hours). What is your analysis of their earnings and the outlook going forward?

Thanks


Sheldon

Q: Hi are both these companies doing the same thing,is there a real difference ?? If any.
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Q: Your opinion for this company ? Thank you