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The S&P 500 index has traditionally been the go-to performance benchmark for the broader U.S. stock market. To this day, it remains challenging to beat it over the long term. The Nasdaq Composite is

Look at the world around you, and you'll quickly notice themes happening across the economy. Investing behind these broad secular trends, like financial technology, can provide exposure to

Looking at past stock market winners can be a smart strategy for figuring out what companies can outperform going forward. The thinking is that successful businesses in the past should continue

Warren Buffett has long been arguably the most recognizable name in investing. Through decades of strategic investments, Buffett and his team have built Berkshire Hathaway into one of the world's

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) owns dozens of stocks in its massive and closely watched portfolio, many of which were selected by CEO Warren Buffett himself. Here are three in

With a current market cap that exceeds $500 billion, Visa (NYSE: V) is a familiar company. The payments network facilitates cashless transactions across the globe for merchants and consumers. There

Up 37% just since October 2022's cyclical low, Visa (NYSE: V) has easily been one of the market's best-performing stocks over the past year. Some investors might even fear it has risen too far for

American Express (NYSE: AXP) has a long-standing reputation associated with luxury and a high-quality customer base. The company has proven itself an excellent long-term performer but has faced some

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) products were all the rage in 2021. With a potentially disruptive consumer lending model and fast-growing customer bases, some analysts even projected that these companies

Mastercard and Visa are two incredibly similar companies known for a duopoly on processing payments globally. Moreover, each stock has rewarded longtime shareholders handsomely with market-beating

A company that can consistently raise its dividend by a double-digit-percentage rate every year can make investors a lot of money in the long run.

One company investors may want to look at has been

Congress is putting major credit card processors on notice. This year, it reintroduced legislation called the Credit Card Competition Act, which aims to break up the credit card duopoly between Visa

Most investors are probably familiar with some of the major payments businesses out there. Perhaps Visa and Mastercard are on your radar. But a smaller company like Netherlands-based Adyen (OTC:

In this video, I will compare Adyen (OTC: ADYE.Y) and StoneCo (NASDAQ: STNE), looking at the state of both companies in 2023. Worldline (the French payment company) issued a warning on Wednesday

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Visa (NYSE: V)Q4 2023 Earnings CallOct 24, 2023, 5:00 p.m. ET

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Famed investor Warren Buffett is known for several things, including his love for dividends and his penchant for companies whose shares he can hold forever. It's not surprising, then, to find great

Berkshire Hathaway owns a lot of stocks in its huge $347 billion portfolio. The average investor could peek at this list of holdings to find potential investment opportunities to allocate some cash

Successful investing involves choosing high-quality stocks and sticking with them for years, or even decades. It's important to learn how to ignore the noise and the short-term movements that go

Since its initial public offering in March 2008, Visa (NYSE: V) has trounced the S&P 500 by a wide margin. The leader in card payments has seen its share price soar 1,550% since that IPO, a much

Warren Buffett once said, "All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies." That advice leaves room for interpretation

Are you looking to add financial technology (fintech) stocks to your portfolio? That's probably a good idea. Fintech focuses on innovating the way money moves through the global economy.

The global

Since its initial public offering (IPO) in March 2008 amid the chaos of the Great Financial Crisis, Visa (NYSE: V) stock has absolutely clobbered average market returns. Visa's total return (which

The world has been shifting toward digital payments for years, and the trend took off during the pandemic when contactless payments became the standard.

According to Grand View Research, the global

Any long-term, quality-focused investor would most likely agree that Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) are two of the best businesses in the world. They benefit from powerful network effects.

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) is one of just a handful of large-market-cap cryptos that have outperformed Bitcoin this year. Solana is up 95% for the year, compared to 60% for Bitcoin. However, much of