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NASDAQ:PYPL
The sector is a great place to be, but high valuations. Multiple on American Express is much lower. If you go into a recession, the credit card companies will get beat up and that would be a great space to look at. He'd sell and wait for a better opportunity to buy in again. Don't put new money to work chasing these.
Paypal vs Visa? He likes fintech stocks. He likes both of PayPal and Visa, but would prefer to own the ETF IPAY-N. Visa is really leaning into the tokenization of the security behind a transaction. PayPal is going a little more direct to the mobile service. All good strategies -- hold the ETF to get good growth and less volatility.
It's a play on e-commerce. She prefers Visa in this sector for its better valuation.
This field is getting crowded with Apple Pay coming, though PayPal is a good business. People are using their phones to pay more and more, especially in China which has its own digital payments systems. PayPal's best growth is behind them.
Chart shows a long upward move in 2017, but starting to get volatile. This year the market might do some chop (see comments under "Market"), and the stock is already seeing some chop. You have to be careful. It’s not necessarily bearish, because it could break out. If it took out the old high, that would be bullish. If it goes into a choppy period and then breaks down through the support of about $67-$68, he would probably make for the exit. Let it play out to see if it can break its old high.
It's done well this year. They boosted their EPS target, but slashed revenue forecast--heir partnership with Uber may get pushed to Q3 or Q4. He'd rather buy Visa.