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MA: Bull or Bear?
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Filed under: MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), CA Inc (CA), Stocks to Buy, NASDAQ  This post was written by Minyanville contributor Quint Tatro
<>While the Philly Fed Numbers's are just about unbelievable, in the real sense of the word, it has been enough to halt the slide at least for now. Regardless of the back and forth, I continue to be sitting on my hands watching as the market discourages those trying to find a shorter term edge. I stand firmly planted in the land of the Swiss, with a thesis that before the next swing tradeable move, Mr. Market will do a great job in depleting as much emotional capi...
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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Bucyrus is a buy on China's resurgence
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Filed under: DaimlerChrysler (DAI), China, Market matters, MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), NYSE Euronext (NYX), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the near term is muddy, but this mining-equipment maker is a long-term win.
Bucyrus International (NASDAQ: BUCY) (Cramer's Take) really captures this moment. When I was speaking last night to its terrific CEO, Tim Sullivan, I was conscious...
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Is Credit Card Debt the Next Financial Disaster?
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<> With the economic downturn, rising unemployment, decline in house prices, and limited ability for consumers to continue using their homes as an ATM; credit card debt is poised to be the next disaster in the financial sector with bearish outlooks for credit lenders Capital One (COF), Discover (DFS), and American Express (AXP). Credit card processors such as Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) have also declined with the overall market, but are leveraged to the volume of transactions with debit and credit cards rather than...
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Why I am short MasterCard
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My latest MSN Strategy Lab Journal Update: Lately there has been a generally accepted theory that credit card issuers with exposure to loan losses will have great difficulty in this slowing economy, while card companies that simply earn money from transactions will thrive.
That’s incorrect.
The latter group contains two well-known companies, MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V), [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Why I am short MasterCard", url: "http://www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/2008/09/05/why-i-am-short-mastercard/" });</script>
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MasterCard: Driven by Global Growth
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<>The market saw a major change yesterday. The eight dollar pull back in the price of oil looks to have at least set its price to trade between the $100 and $110 mark. This is only speculation as a new trading pattern has not established itself. If we were to listen to many of the energy experts, as with T. Boone Pickens, the $100 bottom is almost here. With that said, it should stimulate some growth in the US stock market as the dollar should strengthen somewhat and although there is a global slowdown, generally speaking US stocks should see upside going forwa...
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Credit Cards and Exchanges: The Only Safe Ways to Play the Financials
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NAVIGATING THE CREDIT CRISIS The current credit crisis and liquidity crunch has made even the professional investors balk on calling a bottom. One stomach churning event after another has proven the most optimistic analysts to not only be wrong, but little more than contrarian indicators.
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Bookkeeping: Adding to Mastercard (MA)
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I want to highlight Mastercard (MA) to show you a chart that represented how stocks used to trade pre quant hedge fund dominance. Today, in most cases, bottoms seem to happen instantly, out of thin air, and in V shapes - so you have no chance to catch the "turn". After a stock gets beaten down for a few weeks, it culminates in a down 8% day, and then the next day it's up 11% and on its way to a run in the other direction. There is no "bottom formed", just a pin point bottom and complete 180 degree change of direction. There is no way to use charts to catch that but that is how trading h...
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MasterCard Incorporated (MA) - Growth Slowing
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MasterCard Incorporated (MA) reported earnings on Thursday that beat expectations. The numbers came in with revenues up 25% to $1,246 million for the quarter and pro-forma earnings of $2.11. The earnings number beat the consensus estimates by $0.09 and yet the stock was off more than 10% during the trading session.
When looking deeper into the [...]
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Bookkeeping: Adding to Mastercard (MA)
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Got my wish for some weakness in Mastercard (MA) stock post earnings, so added some this morning in the $240s. I haven't had time to look at the earnings but whatever the fuss is (I am sure it's a "slowdown" of one sort or another) I am ok with for the long term. I am not adding a ton here because this was a gap down in the chart, and there is better support in the $220s, but since we cut this name back sharply from our portfolio I'm willing to begin to layer back in with today's 10%ish haircut. We bought in the mid to low $240s and have taken our stake up from 0.8% to 1.4%.
I'll edit thi...
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Visa (V) Rings Up Very Good Earnings - Should Bode Well for Mastercard (MA)
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We don't own Visa (V), but we do have Mastercard (MA) which reports tomorrow. I'll repeat every quarter people do not realize the international opportunities these 2 companies have. Visa was very solid tonight
<>Visa Inc.'s profit rose a better-than-expected 41 percent in the most recent quarter, as more money changed hands using its credit and debit cards -- particularly outside the United States.Visa it earned $422 million, or 51 cents a share, for the April-to-June period. That is up from $299 million in the same period a year ago, before the company went public.<>The results, reported Wedn...
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The World Loves Plastic. . .and so do I
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<> I love plastic. I love the convenience, I love the loyality points, I love the security, and I love paying off the balance so it doesn't cost me anything. People forget that MA is not exposed to credit risk; they have a transaction-based model. These guys have a huge market share, the world is moving away from cash, and if you're smart and you're getting rewards from your card and paying off the balance, it's actually cheaper to use plastic than cash. . .it's other people's money for up to 60 days! For people who have less restraint, credit cards offer a way to buy stuff you can't quit<><><><><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>...
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MasterCard Inc
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Guru: Bernie Schaeffer
Newsletter: Option Advisor
BUY: MasterCard (nyse: MA)
MasterCard has been a stellar performer.
The security has been locked in a steep uptrend
since August 2006, gaining roughly 350% in
value. What's more, the equity has shrugged
off many of the fundamental troubles that
have pulled down the financial names this
year. In fact, the security has gained 5% since
the start of 2008, while the S&P 500 Index
(SPX) had lost more than 9%. This technical
strength comes as the equity has easily surpassed
the earnings expectations of the ...
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