Mastercard Incorporated - Class A

NYSE: MA
$521.89
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Closing Price on November 15, 2024

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Credit Cards, Partial Havens After J.P. Morgan Credit Comments (JPM, AXP, COF, V, MA, PAY)
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is trading lower after its earnings report, but there were some bright spots inside an otherwise confusing earnings report.  The most noticeable area was...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATVI, AMR, AMD, AWK, CAH, DISCA, GME, HRBN, IVZ, JBLU, PHG, LM, MA, OXY, RCL, V, DIS, WWW, WYNN)
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) Started as...
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The Largest S&P 500 Stock Gainers For The First Three Quarters
S&P 500 YTD TOP 10 (31Dec10 – 29Sep11) Ticker YTD Price Change (%) Close Price 29Sep11 Close Price 31Dec10 Market Cap($Mil) Short Interest as % of Shares Cabot Oil & Gas Corp COG 69.4 64.13...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, AGN, AAPL, ADP, ABX, C, EXPE, GILD, LNKD, MA, NOK, OPEN, PWRD, RIMM, RGLD, TSM, AMTD, VECO)
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Reiterated Buy and $49 target at...
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American Express Is Going Shopping For Acquisitions (AXP, MA, V, EBAY, GOOG, AAPL, PAY)
The number of ways consumers can spend their money is poised to get larger. The familiar credit and debit cards are threatened by all manner of electronic payment methods, and none of the big three...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, VRSK, WMT, WPO, WFC)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of June 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ‘M to Z’ in the...
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BofA Sheds More Credit Card Business... Changing the Credit Sector (BAC, TD, COF, WFC, RF, C, BK, AXP, V, MA)
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is selling more assets as it raises capital in an effort to stem the drop in the company’s share price related to its purchase of Countrywide in 2008. Today’s...
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High Unemployment Could Provide a Lift for Some Stocks (V, MA, DFS, AXP, MCD, YUM, WEN, COST, DG, WMT)
Many economists don’t believe that the US debt ceiling is the biggest problem the country faces. In their view the most compelling issue is unemployment, currently at 9.1% and, given the nearly...
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Long Live Swipe Fees and Interchange Fees (JPM, BAC, COF, C, V, MA, FAS)
Banks were already having a good day, but a new ruling has come out from the Federal Reserve on interchange fees.  Maybe the proper description would be “less bad” of news.   Banks were...
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Whale Watching Stocks: Paulson, Soros, Berkowitz, Icahn, Einhorn (GLD, HPQ, RIG, BAC, JPM, WFC, C, AAPL, BBY, WMT, MA, AIG, BAM, CSCO, SHLD, GGP, GE, DYN, AMGN, SUG, CVS, GM)
We have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn’t share many ‘confidential positions’ so we are whale watching in other ponds.  We wanted to take...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with its new portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2011.  These have been broken down into two separate groups of ‘A to L’ and ‘M to Z’ so it...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AEO, AAPL, AMR, ENOC, F, INTC, JCOM, JBLU, MA, MGM, NIHD, PETS, SLE, TKC)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Positive at...
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Major Earnings Due Early Next Week (CHK, CIM, DNDN, HIG, JKS, RAX, USU, ADM, CMCSA, FSLR, LVS, MA, OPEN, PFE, SIRI, YOKU)
Next week will mark the third week of the full daily earnings onslaught in what is really the fourth week of earnings season.  There are many market-moving companies and sector-moving companies...
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Unusual Mix of Short Selling in High-Priced Market Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)
Short sellers are selectively making very mixed short selling activities in the high-priced market leaders.  Some are seeing gains, others are seeing lower short selling.  We tracked the moves for...
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Short Selling Trends Mixed in High-Priced Market Leaders (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, GS, GOOG, IBM, MA, NFLX, POT, PCLN, CRM, VMW, WYNN)
The short sellers seem to be increasing bets in some sectors while decreasing their bets elsewhere.  We are again seeing a record low in the short interest while others are seeing steady gains. ...
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