MasterCard, Inc. (MA)

zo6racer (< 20) Submitted: 4/19/08 12:38 AM : Start Price: $234.54 MA Score: -12.21

MA is a great company, they don't have any credit risk and they profit every time you swipe your card. With prices rising, fewer and fewer people are paying cash, especially at the pump, and they are defaulting to good old Master Card Plastic. MA on ...

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ILBelaine (24.11) Submitted: 8/02/07 9:21 AM : Start Price: $146.57 MA Score: 33.42

MasterCard processes the transactions, they do not have any exposure to credit risk. As the use of "plastic" money grows in convenience, acceptance and safety, the number of transactions (and revenue) will increase. The sell-off yesterday was WAAAAY ...

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MCKIrobert (97.69) Submitted: 5/30/07 6:39 PM : Start Price: $147.97 MA Score: -35.80

Great company. Buffett would probably put it on his watch list. But let's be realistic. The price of this stock just does not justify *any* future earnings path imaginable. Seriously guys...

Who knows though, Priceline went up fo...

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Luctor (79.45) Submitted: 8/19/06 12:56 AM : Start Price: $53.02 MA Score: 216.51

The dream business to be in. Fancy collecting a minuscule fraction on every transaction going through a computer. As far as I know, this is the only quoted credit card company - VISA is jointly owned by banks. As number two in the field, there is roo...

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NetscribeFinServ (< 20) Submitted: 2/01/07 7:08 AM : Start Price: $111.56 MA Score: -66.35

MasterCard Worldwide is a driving force at the heart of commerce, enabling global transactions and bringing insight into the payments process to make commerce faster, more secure and valuable, to everyone involved. As a critical link among financial ...

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alanknit (94.60) Submitted: 4/24/07 12:05 AM : Start Price: $109.58 MA Score: 71.07

Global trend of more people using plastic tomorrow than today. Less people using paper tomorrow than today. More people using debit than credit. Worldwide trend to mass expansion of financial tools for the world's largest populations. Visa can't g...

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dereleek (< 20) Submitted: 10/12/06 2:25 PM : Start Price: $69.39 MA Score: 149.28

MA has a 31% market share , 2nd to visa(the stock should not be penalized for being no.2). The card payment market is a $5.4 trillion market and there is plenty of room for growth in MA's case. 43% earnings growth 2005-2006 and estimated earnings ...

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xac33ncsu (< 20) Submitted: 1/14/08 9:15 PM : Start Price: $173.54 MA Score: -12.66

Consumer credit is the next to fall. I realize MA doesn't directly carry and debt risk, but once the S hits the fan no one's going want to be around anything related to consumer credit.

Plus valuations are a little ridiculous for what they do.

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theknife251 (95.61) Submitted: 12/07/06 5:18 PM : Start Price: $99.16 MA Score: 82.63

Mastercard is way ahead of the game in terms of touch and go card technology and will start taking substantial market share from Visa. Their POP marketing is very agressive and will demonstrate that they are the kings of small purchase credit use (t...

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hiinvestor (70.91) Submitted: 11/23/06 6:31 AM : Start Price: $101.37 MA Score: 78.63

Great franchise, can only increase its penetration into markets where it has little or no presence. The possibility of new deals ie ( Sam's Club) to accept Mastercard is another revenue generator for the company.

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