Today, Jim Cramer - Mad Money and Larry Berman CFA, CMT, CTA commented about whether TSM-N, ZWT-T, QQQT-T, AIQ-Q, V-N, HXS-T, HD-N, NTAP-Q, JOBY-N, OKLO-N, SU-N, LRCX-Q, HPE-N, GDDY-N, NET-N, SRAD-Q, HCA-N, HON-N, AMZN-Q, AAPL-Q, MSFT-Q, META-Q, CAT-N, MCD-N, AMD-Q, GOOG-Q are stocks to buy or sell.
Is both a cyclical and secular growth story and can ride any cycle. It can grown in any environment, and not held hostage to interest rates. It benefits from aging homes (that need repairs), Millennials want to own homes and will spend at HD, and the new home shortage which need pro contractors to build them (who spend at HD).
Many US companies have reported and in 2 weeks even more will, so we will get a good sense of the US economy and what the companies forecast. Meanwhile, there's economic data and the US election. He expected markets to be a lot more volatile. The market seems to be banking on Trump winning, though polling says it's tied in several states. It's close. Same goes with the House, also close. Trump is seen more inflationary than Harris given tax cuts and tariffs Trump wants. Earning season once again will see tech dominate, reporting most of the gains.
It's not cheap and shares get weak in a market downturn. However, the world is going digital in payments. Visa has low credit risk, because the banks are lending the money (Visa takes a transaction fee). Buy in dips. Is good for the very long run. Maybe other digital pay streams will eat into their market share, but maybe not for a long time.
Last spring, he's moved his asset mix into private credit and private equity like Blackstone. The latter are less volatile and less tied to the market. Pension funds have 50-70% of assets in private securities. It depends on your need for liquidity, which isn't readily available each day under this strategy.
A great CEO, and the company knows a lot about video streaming. Likes it. The high PE doesn't bother him.