Top Smart-Home Stocks to Buy in 2019

Buy the current pullback? Admires it a lot. In the past decade, MSFT boasts a new, strong CEO and products, namely the cloud. A good stock.

This is not only a technology company. Much of its earnings are coming from games and movies. Both those areas are very difficult to predict. He sees better value elsewhere.

What return over 10 years? A good holding and finally trading at an accurate multiple. He bought this in 2006 at $9. You can hold this for the future. Apple will be a player in 5G that will demand a huge turnover in hardware (Apple phones). Apple also boasts on a sky-high customer loyalty rate.

AMZN vs. MSFT Prefers Microsoft, and can justify the valuation at these levels, but wait for a pullback of 5-10% to buy. MSFT has a very strong balance sheet and net cash position. It's transitioning to a subscription model. Cloud business is growing well. For 1-2 year horizon, MSFT will continue to do well.

There are always rumours about GOOG-Q acquiring TESLA. Don't buy GOOG-Q for this. Buy it for their expertise. There is a lot of money sloshing around in the market. There is nothing technically wrong with Google but he would not buy it because it is not seasonally strong.

Unfortunately they have had a tough time. Camera division is doing extremely well. Coming out with new cameras. He is scrutinizing it hard. 4.2% dividend is safe. Strong balance sheet. If camera division takes a turn to the worse he would sell.

One theme she really likes is a company that provides products and services that other companies simply can't live without. This company is so ingrained with other businesses processes. They work with AT&T, BCE, Telus, Rogers and Vodafone. Do back-end billing, making sure you are getting charged what you are supposed to be charged for…

Play on EM. Computer mice, trackballs, and controllers. Potential is driven by cloud, PC Gameplay, and explosion in content creators. Stock hasn't been moving much, and is basing right now. Should do very well. (Analysts’ price target is $47.00)

He holds it personally and for his clients. He got in at $26.17. He was looking for 5G stocks and the chart looked good. A fairly recent purchase. If it break out above $28, it could go as high as $35. (Analysts’ price target is $29.33)

(A Top Pick Jan 26/05. Down 36%.) Face the opportunity for single chip cell phone technology to penetrate the low end of the market. Went up 30% and he sold. Looking at it again.

He is not a big believer in INTC just yet. PCs still make up 50% of their business -- a real anchor these days. In terms of manufacturing they used to have a key advantage, but their have given up that leadership position to Taiwan Semiconductor.

QCOM vs. MSFT His concern is that a lot of the passive money is driving the price of MSFT. Not cheap, almost 30x forward earnings for an 11-12% growth rate. If you own it, keep it. Or if you have too much, pare back. Qualcomm has done well, starting to outperform with the rest of…

They bought Direct TV, which is losing subscribers; also have internet and wireless operations. They bought Time-Warner, so they're going into the streaming business, but have taken on a lot of debt to do that. They've sold some assets to reduce that debt which remains high. Pays a nice dividend though. In contrast, Verizon, sticks…

(A Top Pick June 5/07. Down 8%.) Largest cellular company in Mexico. Their capacity utilization of the network is superior to many other global ones. Very Bullish on this stock.

One of the largest home improvement dealers and a play on the health of the US housing market and low interest rates. Household formation is still increasing and there will always be a need for home repairs. Yield 2.22% (Analysts’ price target is $240.59)

There is a pattern that could be called a Double Top, and from there it has been in a downtrend. You have lower highs and lower lows. Until the stock starts to consolidate, with no more lower highs or lower lows, and breaks past the last high and past the 200-day moving average, you are…

Has been outperformed by Staples. Global. Good balance sheet. Good cash flow. New management coming in.

No debt and $160 million in cash, a little over $7 per share. Chairman owns 20%. Not widely followed.

It is a steady performer. 15% per year dividend growth. The stock has traded in a range until recently when it broke out to new highs. The group as a whole is behaving well. He likes the combination of assets and their opportunity for streaming in this area. (Analysts’ price target is $51.00)

Are they connected enough to green? They focus on smart grids, building grids that connect renewable projects. Now is an interesting time for grid development. Many, like Ontario's, are ancient and need updating. ABB is a play on smart (adaptive, responsive) grids, which are really expensive. If there's more infrastructure spending to update the grid…

(A Top Pick Jun 27/19, Up 5%) He got stopped out in late-fall 2019 when it pulled back. Industrials will do well this year, though.

Still on the sidelines. CEO is respected. Its engine business is being impacted with Boeing. Not sure what earnings and cash flow profile will be a year from now.

(Top Pick Feb 6/17, Down 2%) He expects that it will probably get back to $42-$45. Typically auto does well until the end of May.

(Market Call Minute.) He likes the industrials and this looks very interesting. They provide engineered equipment to different companies.

Electronic equipment that makes monitors for many industries from pharma to oil. Established international company. ROIC rose from 14% in 2009 to 26% now. Stock is still cheap. $17B market cap. $3.8B in revenue. Consistent, well-diversified company.

(Top Pick Oct 4/13, Up 2.40%) It is core industrial America. Just made an acquisition that will be accretive right off the bat.