Jake Blues

Card Issuers: Facts and Fictions

What an appropriate last name.

Credit Cards Are Feeling the Crunch

Jesus Christ VWinner, do you have to spam every single Comments thread multiple times with your blog's URL? You're obnoxious.

Credit Cards Are Feeling the Crunch

All of the above applies to V as well.

Credit Cards Are Feeling the Crunch

No it's not.

Why American Express Should Be Ignored

Nope.

V and MA make money by the swipe, and swipes are way up. The number of swipes will continue to climb as the BRIC countries expand their middle class. V is particularly poised for a breakout with the upcoming Olympics. Both of these stocks have been unfairly punished because they are incorrectly being lumped in with Financials.

Visa Estimates Upped Through 2010

Man, we need an edit function.

Visa Estimates Upped Through 2010

V will be largely unaffected. International growth and debit card swipes will keep the swipes coming.

Visa Keeps Charging Ahead

IMO, it's already pulled back as far as it's going to. I don't expect to see the 70's again. My guess is that it will trade in the low to mid-80's for a while before plowing through $90. It will probably hold in the 90's for a month or so, and we'll see triple digits by July 4th.

U.S. Credit Card Performance Deteriorates - Again

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of anti-V articles on this site.

Mastercard, Visa: Q1 Earnings May Be Fine, But Guidance Will Be Weak

MA IPOed at $39.00 and now trades for over $200. What is stopping V, which is superior to MA in everyway, from having the same success? There are very, very few "no-brainers" out there. IMO, V is one of them.