Investment Q&A

Q: Hi my question is on Visa/MasterCard. Some consensus says you can tuck away theses stocks for 10 years without too much worry. On the other side, I understand in China and some Asian markets Alibaba uses a different payment system. With emerging blockchain capabilities is there some disruption to Visa's growth. Comments? I am thinking of a new purchase with 3 year time horizon. Do you have a recent report.

Q: I am looking to better allocate some USD in my RRSP. I currently hold IWO and want to build on this with 3 holdings in strong US growth companies/ industries that are proven capital compounders for the long term. I am considering Google and Mastercard and am looking for one more compliment assuming you like the 2 mentioned. Also would you prefer MA over V? My timeframe is 10 years +
Thank you!

Q: May I please have your thoughts on US financials at this time and Visa, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan in particular? Thank you,

Jason

Q: wondering which companies have the largest runway for growth out of these? I have a very very long time horizon

Q: I am finally planing to sell the stocks above. and replace them with a 5% of Telus, Qualcom Great Canadian gaming and Brookfield Asset Man. for a 2-3 year plan.
Would like your comments ?
margita

Q: How would rank the stocks on straight growth prospects over the next 6 months ( High risk to Low risk ) thank You Claude

Q: If you had to choose between Visa and Mastercard as an investment which would it be inside an RRSP?

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.

Q: Which would you prefer and why. Is now a good time to enter 1/2 position? I’m low on financials with only TD and GSY. Many thanks as always

Rob

Q: Apparently Canada is leading the way in moving to a cashless society. What names do you see as having the most potential to benefit from going cashless

thank you

Q: I noted Visa is in Business Services industry (software and programming) whereas MasterCard is listed in Financial Services. Shares for Visa currently lower than MasterCard. Going forward which of the two would be better value investment and why? I am thinking it is Visa but would appreciate your input.

Q: Is the drop on these two companies over done???
What is your assessment for the future?

Q: Hi, I am a dividend growth investor and looking to build a stream om passive income through dividends. I am 40 and have a long horizon (20+ yrs) so I'm not so worried about current income as I am about future dividend income and total return. I invest a part of my income every month. My current portfolio consists of mainly large cap dividend growth stocks in diversified industries in Canada, US and Europe. Mastercard and Visa look like great companies to me, high ROIC, high growth on all fronts, favorable developments that will benefit their business etc. They would also complement my portfolio well as I have no holdings from that industry yet. The only thing I am concerned about is their high valuations at this point.
So my question is, is this a good time to add MA (and perhaps V) to my portfolio? Or is it wise to wait for a pull back? Do you have a price point for entry? Your advice is appreciated.

Q: I want to invest 20 K USD into my TFSA portion of US stocks.
I already have FB 3.6%,SHOP 6.1%,CGNX 5.1%,AMZN 3.3%,NVDA 4.7%, SQ 4.7%.
Im thinking of buying MA & NFLX. Please provide me with an idea of 2 or 3 additonal
US stocks with growing trend like the one I mentioned in my portfolio. What is your
opinion of adding MA & NFLX in contest of my existing US portfolio.

THANKS ANDREW.

Q: Could you consider V and MA as consumer discretionary instead of financials? Would they react more closely to cyclical stocks with economic changes?

Q: Hi David,
I'm looking to add three positions to my business passive account -- i'm up 15% year to date.
I have equal weight in each stock and am looking to add more diversity. A combination of income and growth US or Canadian -- minimum $1 billion market cap.

What would you recommend here.
Thanks,
Raymond

Q: Looking through Visa financial statements for last few years and noticed that they had a 1.5 billion extra tax expense for Q316. It was explained as a non reccuring, non cash and related to visa Europe acquisition. So I calculated the p/e without that 1.5b non cash expense and got 31x, which seems much more reasonable than 39x. Is my assumption correct? And do you consider V better investment long term than MA or SQ(which I am might go half position on)?

Q: With more and more companies not accepting cash as payment, would you consider these companies a good bet?
Thank you.
Helen

Q: Good afternoon,
I hold the following stocks in my business account that have a weight of between 6.2% and 8.3%. This account was started in DEC/16 and has increased by 6.7% YTD not including dividends. I want to add six more stocks to further diversify while reducing the percentage per equity down to between 4 and 5%.

My goal is to generate income equal to the amount of corporate tax payable annually. I looks like this can be achievable!

Let me know if I need to share dollar values to help access.


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Thanks,
Raymond

Q: I have 4% of my portfolio in Mastercard. After reporting, RBC has lowered it's target price but still holds it as a Top Pick. My other financial holding is SLF (2.5%). Based on current 3-5 year forecasts is it worth continuing to hold Mastercard or another US or Canadian financial with more torque? I'm 34 and hold the stock in my RRSP.