PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL)

Likes Visa and Mastercard. Both driven by the same metrics. Trans-border transaction volume has declined due to less traveling. Paypal is very e-commerce driven. Has continued to buy Visa with new client money in anticipation for a pickup in leisure and business travel.

It sold off on today's Pfizer vaccine news when Covid stocks sold off. PYPL has had a great run. Profit-taking wouldn't hurt.

Is one of 7 growth stocks where investors don't care about earnings during this pandemic, so buy them. It's about the democratization of money, aiming to be the worldwide bank without hassle. (When he was young, he was lucky to get a Macy's credit card.) Young investors know, use and like PP, while older ones want to own a financial stock with the credit risk that comes with a bank. It has lowered or missed projections many times, but misses or beats don't matter. So powerful is PP.

It's very expensive now, but it's a great long-term story. It can go higher. This and Square are both buys.

He also owns Visa and Square. Paypal is well-positioned to grow around digital payments, and it's been a winner as transactions have leapt this year. $220 is his price target, about $40 higher than now. It's a momentum stock. He gravitates to the larger payments companies like this and Square, not the smaller players.

She owns Visa in the digital payments instead, because they have the lowest-cost platform here. PYPL trades at a higher valuation. They really pulled back in the recent tech sell-off. This space offers long-term growth, so you need to own it.

SQ-N vs. PYPL-Q. The broader payment processing space is great but he prefers V-N. These are expensive stocks. PYPL-Q has abroad offering so probably the better one to buy. He would say that you should look at the best-of-breed, V-N. Paypal would be the preference between the two, however.

Payments processor. It is a well run company with expanding cash flows. It looks like it will challenge its previous highs. However he prefers MA-N.