I know what you are thinking, and believe me, I find it hard to believe as well.
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June 11 - News
During the recent Investor Day conference hosted by Visa Inc (NYSE:V) , the company’s management shed some light on its emerging and developed market strategies.
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June 11 - News
Ken Heebner’s asset management firm Capital Growth Management is one of the hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors we track in our database of quarterly 13F filings...
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June 10 - Hedge Funds
I am convinced that financial companies are the place to be when an economy starts growing again.
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June 5 - News
A great place to look for new stock ideas is in Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE:CS)'s "Focus List.” The Focus List has outperformed the S&P 500 in 6 of the past 9 years, ...
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June 4 - News
If you'd ask most stock holders, hedge funds are seen as slow, outdated financial tools of the past.
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May 24 - News
It´s no secret that plastic is rapidly replacing cash and checks all over the world -- a strong secular tailwind that can benefit companies in the debit and credit card business...
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May 24 - News
According to most market participants, hedge funds are viewed as unimportant, old financial tools of yesteryear.
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May 23 - News
Textbooks will tell you that economies work in concert with some kind of ideal and consistent. Unfortunately, it never quite works out like that.
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May 22 - News
In a market at historical highs, it is getting increasingly difficult to find high-quality undervalued stocks. However, Encore Capital Group, Inc.
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May 21 - News
This year, companies are gobbling up their own shares by the tens of billions of dollars. Repurchases can create tremendous value when they're properly timed.
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May 21 - News
The Motley Fool has been making successful stock picks for many years, but we don't always agree on what a great stock looks like.
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May 9 - News
What's in your wallet? The tag line might not be Visa Inc (NYSE:V)'s , but the answer almost certainly is.
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May 8 - News
With the post-recessionary economy now in full swing, consumers may be a bit more leery these days about running up their credit - and in some cases, so are the credit card companies...
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May 8 - News
There aren't many companies that offer investors the ability for share price appreciation in nearly any growth environment.
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May 6 - News
Recent filings with the SEC show that two members of Capital One Financial Corp.
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May 1 - Insider Trading
The Motley Fool's readers have spoken, and I have heeded your cries.
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May 1 - News
Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is the operator of the largest retail payments network in the world, and has performed very well for its shareholders over the past couple of years.
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April 30 - News
Online payment and commerce company eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) has long been a favorite of tech analysts and investors due to its consistent revenue growth and solid profitability...
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April 22 - News
With Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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April 19 - News
In an environment where scores of varied financial companies are looking at sluggish--if any--growth, it’s rare to discover one that looks appealing.
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April 19 - News
As the US economy recovers, mainly thanks to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program, some sectors of the economy have great opportunities ahead.
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April 16 - News
Samlyn Capital was founded in 2007 by Robert Pohly formally at Sigma Capital.
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April 12 - Hedge Funds
There may be an energy boom going on in the U.S., but prices at the pump haven't given Americans any relief lately.
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April 10 - News
When we look at stocks, we primarily do so from a value perspective.
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April 3 - News
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) is well-known as one of the leading credit-card issuers in the world, and for good reason.
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March 19 - News
With consumer credit on the rise again, and tangible signs appearing of US economic recovery, things look pretty good for credit card companies.
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March 13 - News
Since its spinoff from Morgan Stanley in 2007, Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) has done very well for its shareholders recently, having rebounded from its financial crisis...
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March 7 - News
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a number of reasons.
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March 7 - Hedge Funds
We like to analyze 13F filings from hedge funds as part of our research into investment strategies; for example, we have found that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds
The consumer financial segment is on the rebound.
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March 2 - News
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) is known for their credit cards, top notch customer service, and insanely high cash back bonuses.
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February 26 - News
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) has been on an incredible run in the last year.
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February 24 - News
I never really bothered to notice if I use a Visa Inc (NYSE:V) or Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) while buying something with my credit card.
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February 22 - News
The Phillips curve attached below, explains the short term inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment.
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February 17 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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February 15 - News
With the popularity of using credit cards and debit cards instead of cash and checks; payment processing companies like Visa Inc (NYSE:V), Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) and Discover...
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February 13 - News
Sweetheart stocks are the ones that consistently go up in value, but aren’t too expensive.
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February 12 - News
Investors have always shown their love towards low PE stocks.
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February 11 - News
We all have heard that phrase, and most people would agree that it's not wise to rack up large amounts of credit card debt.
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February 8 - News
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) has always been under the shadows of its high-flying rival, Amazon, in the e-Commerce business.
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February 6 - News
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has expanded its commerce offerings by getting into the gift card business -- with a bit of a twist.
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February 6 - News
With hundreds of companies having already reported quarterly results, we're now in the heart of earnings season.
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February 6 - News
This is the second in a series reviewing the favorite short candidates of the AdvisorShares Active Bear ETF, co-managed by John Del Vecchio and Brad Lamensdorf.
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February 5 - News
Cash will never completely disappear. There will always be some marginal room for good old fashioned paper money, but it´s certainly losing popularity as a payment method all...
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February 4 - News
The end of another month and it’s time to review performance.
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February 4 - News
As credit processing facilitators, MasterCard and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) have an incredible amount of unmet demand abroad yet to be tapped.
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February 1 - News
Columbus Circle Investors is an asset manager with total assets under management of $17 billion (including $1 billion in its hedge funds strategies).
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January 31 - Hedge Funds
We track insider transactions because we believe that no one knows a company better than the people who work there.
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December 4 - Insider Trading
Credit card stocks have been on a roll so far in 2012. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is up about 35%, and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) has increased in value by about 25%.
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October 17 - Stock Analysis