Broadcom (AVGO)

More inclined to play the semiconductor group as a whole, through the SMH, which gives you broader diversification. A more broad-based name would be Texas Instruments. In this environment, take some money off the table and move to the telecom names that have lagged a little bit, like Verizon, BCE or Rogers.

They sell chips to cell phone-makers (Apply is a big customer) and infrastructure and data centres (cloud services rent these centres). Recently, they're selling infrastructure software after buying Symantec. That's a shift in strategy. They've grown cash flow in 5 years exponentially. Rumour is they'll sell their chip business to phone, which would make them a pure play on those data centres, which is a good strategy. Trades a good valuation, pays a 4% dividend and tons of free cash flow. (Analysts’ price target is $349.24)

He likes their dividend growth, but they grow by acquisition, therefore carry debt. When credit spreads blow out, it'll become tougher for them to do deals--and there are fewer deals for them to do now. Other semis that pay a dividend, though lower, are growing, and are in 5G are Xilinx and NVIDIA.

Down 11% YTD. Don't panic though, despite their challenges. He still likes it. Look at your overall portfolio. If Broadcomm occupies say 4%, then you're okay, but not at 20%. Trades at a reasonable 11x P/E. Semis are cyclical, high-growth, but high-volatility. Now, we're in the down side of the cycle.