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  • Look Here for Dividend Increases

    By Austin Higgins - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: DNKN, F, V

    Dividends are on track to have a record year in 2013. In the first quarter, total dividend payments increased by 12% to $14.5 billion. 944 companies raised their dividends in the first quarter. While overall dividends are increasing, net income for companies have been increasing more.

    Net payout rates are still relatively low. Companies are nervous about distributing cash due to uncertainty in the market. Dividends were cut drastically more »

  • Look Here for Dividend Increases

    By Austin Higgins - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: DNKN, F, V

    Dividends are on track to have a record year in 2013. In the first quarter, total dividend payments increased by 12% to $14.5 billion. 944 companies raised their dividends in the first quarter. While overall dividends are increasing, net income for companies have been increasing more.

    Net payout rates are still relatively low. Companies are nervous about distributing cash due to uncertainty in the market. Dividends were cut drastically more »

  • Look Here for Dividend Increases

    By Austin Higgins - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: DNKN, F, V

    Dividends are on track to have a record year in 2013. In the first quarter, total dividend payments increased by 12% to $14.5 billion. 944 companies raise their dividends in the first quarter. While overall dividends are increasing, net income for companies have been increasing more.

    Net payout rates are still relatively low. Companies are nervous about distributing cash due to uncertainty in the market. Dividends were cut drastically more »

  • Buy these 3 Buffett Financial Stocks on a Pullback

    By Nick Chiu - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, MA, V

    While the S&P 500 gained 12.19% in the last year, three of Warren Buffett's financial stocks outperformed the market: American Express (NYSE: AXP) with a 12.25% gain, MasterCard (NYSE: MA) with a 19.96% advance, and Visa (NYSE: V) with a 36.14% surge.

    American Express

    American Express, with a market cap of $72 billion, is the most profitable closed-loop credit card network in the U more »

  • 3 Solid Buys From Egerton Capital's Portfolio

    By Shweta Dubey - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: NWSA, V, DIS

    The 13F filings exhibit equity positions of prominent investors in the U.S. According to Egerton Capital’s recent filings, this hedge fund had $2.68 billion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2012. The top five holdings of the firm include Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Walt Disney, and News Corp, which account for approximately 54% of its total portfolio.

    As per its latest filings, the firm increased more »

  • 2 Positives And 2 Negatives From This Company

    By Chad Henage - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, DFS, MA, V

    Visa (NYSE: V) is arguably the key brand in the credit card industry. If a merchant is going to accept credit cards, they are likely to accept Visa and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) even if they don't take American Express (NYSE: AXP) or Discover (NYSE: DFS). In a somewhat surprising twist, Visa showed a somewhat mixed bag of results in their last quarterly report. Investors need to pay attention to more »

  • This Company's Secret Weapon For Growth

    By Chad Henage - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, DFS, EBAY, MA, V

    I generally invest in growth and income stocks, but my favorites are companies that pay at least a 2% yield. I guess that is part of the reason I ignored MasterCard (NYSE: MA) for a while. The other problem I had with MasterCard was, I assumed the company was so well known that it wouldn't be able to grow very fast. With a sub 1% yield, and my assumption more »

  • 2 Positives And 2 Negatives From This Company

    By Chad Henage - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, DFS, MA, V

    Visa (NYSE: V) is arguably the key brand in the credit card industry. If a merchant is going to accept credit cards, they are likely to accept Visa and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) even if they don't take American Express (NYSE: AXP) or Discover (NYSE: DFS). In a somewhat surprising twist, Visa showed a somewhat mixed bag of results in their last quarterly report. Investors need to pay attention to more »

  • A Guide to US Credit Card Investments

    By Damian Illia - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: COF, C, DFS, MA, V

    As the US economy is recovering, mainly due to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program, some sectors of the economy have great opportunities ahead. One industry that can benefit from an improvement in the economy is the credit card business. Why? Consumer spending rose in February by the most in five months. Household purchases account for 70% of the US economy. So I am going to evaluate two banks more »

  • This Company's Secret Weapon For Growth

    By Chad Henage - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, DFS, EBAY, MA, V

    I generally invest in growth and income stocks, but my favorites are companies that pay at least a 2% yield. I guess that is part of the reason I ignored MasterCard (NYSE: MA) for a while. The other problem I had with MasterCard was, I assumed the company was so well known that it wouldn't be able to grow very fast. With a sub 1% yield, and my assumption more »

  • Retire Rich With These Investor-Friendly Stocks

    By Shweta Dubey - April 5, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, MA, V, WMT, WU

    As finance and technology unite to paint an ever-changing landscape that affects the way buyers and sellers interact, the payment processing industry is going to benefit the most out of it. The world continues to contract, and business across different geographies is not limited to big corporations anymore. 2013 will be the year of “small and medium business” and these entrepreneurs will look upon faster, easier and more cost-effective payment more »

  • Whats going on in the Telecom Industry?

    By Mohsin Saeed - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: T, V, VOD

    The telecom industry is going through the initial stages of a major transformation. The shift of computing to handhelds and texts/calls to smartphone applications is steadily revolutionizing this space. According to recent news there might also be some major consolidation news in the telecom sector with AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: V) targeting a buyout of British telecom giant Vodafone (NASDAQ: VOD). The rumors have been denied more »

  • Buy or Sell eBay Forward

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, V

    eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) has finally come up with a genius program for the auction division that will appeal to anyone who doesn't want to star on "Hoarders." One simply signs up for the Goodwill "Sell It Forward" program and fill your prepaid mailers with your gently used junk. If eBay sells it for over $10 you get half and Goodwill gets the rest. If it doesn't sell you more »

  • Retire Rich with These Investor Friendly Stocks

    By Shweta Dubey - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, MA, V, WMT, WU

    As finance and technology unite to paint an ever-changing landscape that affects the way buyers and sellers interact, the payment processing industry is going to benefit the most out of it. The world continues to contract, and business across different geographies is no more limited to big corporations. 2013 will be the year of “small and medium business” and these entrepreneurs will look upon faster, easier and cost-effective payment solutions more »

  • Don't Count Your Eggs Before They Hatch, eBay!

    By Leo Sun - March 30, 2013 | Tickers: EBAY, FB, MA, MELI, V

    E-commerce giant eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) decided to throw itself a party recently. During its annual investor day on March 28, eBay’s management told investors that it would grow all of its businesses by high double digits by 2015. Investors cheered eBay’s enthusiasm, sending shares up over 4% after announcement, pushing the stock up closer towards all-time highs.

    Should investors get excited and chase eBay’s rally, or would more »

  • Billionaire Ken Fisher's Top Five Picks

    By Marshall Hargrave - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: CSCO, JNJ, ORCL, PFE, V

    Billionaire Ken Fisher had a healthy mix of mega-cap stocks as his top five stock holdings at the end of 2012, with a weighting toward pharma and tech. The "shakeup" in his top five was nonexistent, as the Fisher kept his top five stable, but these are stocks worth checking out. Fisher is the founder of the multi-billion investment firm, Fisher Asset Management, and has been the author of Forbes more »

  • 3 Compelling Reasons to Buy These Credit Card Stocks

    By Piyush Arora - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, MA, V

    During recessionary or stagnant times, financial institutions generally don’t do well. But it's almost the opposite scenario in the payment-services industry.

    For instance, despite the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, shares of Visa (NYSE: V) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) appreciated by 38% and 22.5%, respectively, last year. Now that the major economies around the world are showing signs of recovery, I believe that there is still a more »

  • The E-Commerce War Between eBay and Amazon Heats Up

    By RJ Towner - March 26, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, V

    In order to help drive more sellers on to its platform, Valuentum's Best Ideas Newsletter holding eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced new, less complicated fee structures. The firm already charged lower fees than Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), but the new structure gives greater transparency to sellers. Instead of the previous 10%+ take-rates, eBay will now have more basic fees ranging from 4%-10% depending on the seller's size and product more »

  • As Payment Processing Evolves, Look To These Companies

    By Bill Edson - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: BBRY, EBAY, V, WU

    Sometimes interesting investment themes are just too expensive to dive into. The expansion of payment processing into developing markets is captivating because it plays a valuable role in economic development and dynamic growth. Unfortunately, many of the stocks in this area are not attractively priced. Investors would be better served buying shares of Western Union (NYSE: WU) than BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) or eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY).

    Payment processing around the world more »

  • Discover Value With This Credit Card Company

    By Daniel James - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: DFS, MA, V

    With consumer credit on the rise again, and tangible signs appearing of US economic recovery, things look pretty good for credit card companies. Supplying consumers with day-to-day credit, these companies tend to maintain huge gross margins. Of the four main US credit card providers, one has a considerably lower market cap, and is at the same time trading at a considerably lower valuation than the competition.

    Company at a Glance more »

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