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Today, Josh Brown, CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management and Stephen Weiss, Founder, Short Hills Capital Partners commented about whether QXO, CAT, LDOS, AMZN, MSFT, TOST, CBRE are stocks to buy or sell.

BUY

He bought it. It was one of the best stock for nearly a year to suddenly the algorithms deciding to spook everyone about real estate to trigger a sell-off. Nothing in the chart now is based on reality. He bought this morning. It's an easy trade. What is AI replacing here? Will we see empty skyscrapers? That's insane. Human beings are social animals.

BUY

Last night they reported another incredible quarter, but shares then fell 13% after hours, but this morning was up +1%. Nothing changed. Revenue and earnings and cash flow earned. Users are using AI. Plus, there was good guidance. Does the rally continue past today? Don't know, because people could be insane tomorrow.

WATCH

He longer feels that MSFT will be the main beneficiary from AI spending. Their software is prime for disruption. The PE is forecast to be 24x, but he doesn't know what the cap spending will be--it seems to go on.

SELL

Is not selling here, but is looking for an exit, because it underperformed all of 2025. Their cloud business could benefit from AI, but will need to keep spending on it which keeps pushing the ROI further into the future. He doesn't buy companies in a major capex cycle.

BUY

He just bought more during this AI-fuelled sell-off.  New managers over-deliver on everything. He likes defence stocks. One of his biggest holdings.

BUY

CAT isn't open AI, but they are part of the AI tool belt. The PE is uncomfortable now, but also at $100 lower.

BUY

They announced an acquisition of $2 billion this week. The stock will keep going higher.

COMMENT
Obvious triggers for yesterday's selloff?

Maybe not obvious, but it definitely aligns with what we've seen over the past 10 years in terms of seasonal weakness during February/March. Hard to pinpoint just one factor.

COMMENT
Positive outlook for 2026.

Three underpinnings are quite supportive of the outlook for the year.

Economic backdrop -- global growth trend for 2026 and into 2027 is relatively healthy. Global economy expected to grow at a faster clip than over the past 3 years. Canada's economy is accelerating closer to its historical pace. On the macro side, employment and inflation are supportive.

Corporate fundamentals -- across the US, the eurozone, and Japan have been coming in well above expectations. Guidance for the remainder of the year has been very strong. 

Markets -- broadening out.

COMMENT
The consumer.

In the US, there's a one-time tax break coming around April that will provide a boost.

For the Canadian consumer, we're seeing about 100 bps of interest rate easing and downward momentum in terms of inflation. That will benefit the Canadian consumer, as will some of the spillover effect from fiscal announcements.

The key thing to know is that the effect of monetary policy is immediate (floating rate mortgage, line of credit, etc.). However, it's imprecise. 

Fiscal policy is very precise, but it makes its way into the real economy at a much slower pace. It can have a lower material impact over a longer period of time. Think defense spending, housing, key federal projects, support for the auto sector. These will be tailwinds for the consumer in the years to come.

WATCH
Good time to jump in?

It depends -- on your time horizon and your return expectations. Laggard in renewables. Execution challenges. Recent dividend cut. Looks cheap, so worth a second look. 

His preference in the space is BEP.UN.

BUY

His choice in the renewables space. Fairly good tailwinds behind it.

DON'T BUY

Take a step back and look at the entire sector -- impacted by regulatory changes on immigration, and competitive pricing has weighed it down.

Operational outlook seems reasonable, but not overly excited about it. He prefers RCI.B.

WEAK BUY

Regulatory changes on immigration have impacted the entire sector, and competitive pricing has weighed it down.

His choice in the telco space. Opportunities to monetize MLSE. Among peers, its balance sheet is the most compelling going forward.

WEAK BUY
Bought a year ago at $75, went to $100 in November, now $70.

Drawdown related to AI pressures on software. Looks relatively compelling, but think twice about what you're trying to get from the stock. A growthy stock, tends to be volatile. Great business, outlook looks fairly reasonable.

Can use AI to leverage benefits of its business.

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