Visa Inc.

Takeovers are a great way for companies to enter new markets and add value. We like Visa’s takeover of a small fintech company, but anti-trust regulators could kill the deal. Another deal to acquire railroad operator Kansas City Southern would also likely face regulatory hurdles.


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Soaring Share Price Makes Dollarama Stock an Expensive Buy

A: The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, $51.57, symbol JUST on New York (Units outstanding: 3.2 million; Market cap: $165.0 million; www.gsam.com), started up June 7, 2018....

While inflation remains very low, conditions for an eventual uptick may well be building. Those factors include today’s very low interest rates, massive government spending and borrowing to inject money into the economy, growing import barriers, and the higher cost of doing business in a pandemic....

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets have moved back up since their initial COVID-19 drop. Nonetheless, we think that if you can afford to stay in the market for several years or longer, now is still a good time to buy. We see ETFs as one way for you to profit from that rise, while cutting your risk.


The best of these funds offer a diversifed group of stocks while charging you low management fees....

Both Visa and American Express stand to gain from the ongoing shift to online shopping and payments. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated that shift and should partially offset the current slowdown in credit card spending. Still, in the short-term, the earnings of both companies will likely remain down until the economy picks up.


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Based on lots of things we’re looking at, we’re still reasonably sure that stock and ETF prices will be higher in a year or two than they are today. But the market rarely goes straight up or down. Instead we should expect a series of abrupt movements in either direction.


That volatility is all the more reason for conservative investors to keep a high proportion of their holdings in dividend-paying stocks—or ETFs that hold those stocks.


The best dividend stocks provide a consistent dividend yield year after year....

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets have moved back up since their initial COVID-19 drop. Still, they have yet to regain their 2020 highs. Nonetheless, we think the worst is over for many stocks. We see ETFs as one way for you to profit from that recovery, while cutting your risk.


The best of these funds offer a diversifed group of stocks while charging you low management fees....

Visa’s shares dropped as much as 38% in the recent market downturn—from the record high of $214 hit in February 2020 to as low as $134. But the stock has rebounded to today’s price and is now down just 15%.

The recovery reflects renewed investor confidence, for a number of reasons, in Visa’s strong long-term outlook.

The COVID-19 crisis will hurt the company, of course....

The United States has been the world’s leading economy for many decades.


Despite the rapid progression of the Chinese economy and challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we think U.S. companies will continue to offer ETF investors unparalleled opportunities.


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