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Anyone notice this ipo  awhile back. Things were very gloomy when it came out.  Now things are less gloomy. Anyway,if this performs like MA,it'll be a long term winner. The interest rates these credit card companies charge never come down. A license to print money imhp. Look at a Chart .

Visa, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates retail electronic payments network worldwide. It facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities in approximately 170 countries and territories. The company owns and operates VisaNet, a global processing platform that provides transaction processing services, primarily authorization, clearing, and settlement. It offers a range of branded payments product platforms, which customers use to develop and offer credit, charge, deferred debit, debit, prepaid, and cash access programs for cardholders. Visa owns a range of payment brands, including Visa, Visa Electron, PLUS, and Interlink, which are licensed to customers for use in their payment programs. In addition, it provides various value-added processing-related services to customers, including fraud and risk management services, dispute management services, information services, and processing services. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Major upgrades today, never seen so many for one stock in one day published:

V: Calyon Starts @ Add; Sets Tgt @ $82
Monday , April 28, 2008 08:14ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  Calyon Securities
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Add
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $82.00

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V: Piper Jaffray Starts @ Neutral; Analyst Notes
Monday , April 28, 2008 08:22ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Neutral
Analyst Comments: While the firm believes that Visa should generate long-term earnings growth and free cash flow, the firm thinks that Visa's valuation has increased the risk that strong earnings growth may not meet investors' expectations. However, they believes that Visa can still post strong results despite the U.S. consumer slowdown.

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V: SunTrust Starts @ Buy
Monday , April 28, 2008 08:25ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  SunTrust Banks Inc.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Buy

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V: CSFB Starts @ Neutral; Sets Tgt @ $70
Monday , April 28, 2008 08:25ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Neutral
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $70.00

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V: Morgan Stanley Starts @ Equal-weight; Sets Tgt @ $75; Analyst Notes
Monday , April 28, 2008 08:26ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Equal-weight
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $75.00
Analyst Comments: The firm based their recommendation on valuation.

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V: Goldman Sachs Starts @ Buy; Sets Tgt @ $90
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:38ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Buy
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $90.00

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V: HSBC Starts @ Overweight; Sets Tgt @ $85
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:38ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  HSBC Holdings PLC
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Overweight
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $85.00

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V: Morgan Stanley Starts @ Equal-weight; Sets Tgt @ $75
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:40ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Equal-weight
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $75.00

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V: JP Morgan Starts @ Overweight; Analyst Notes
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:40ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  JP Morgan
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Overweight

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V: Piper Jaffray Starts @ Neutral
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:41ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Neutral

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V: UBS Securities Starts @ Buy; Sets Tgt @ $88; Analyst Notes
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:42ET
Issuer: Visa Inc (NYSE: V)
Analyst Firm:  UBS Securities Inc.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Buy
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $88.00
Analyst Comments: The firm is positive on Visa as they believe secular growth story of "paper to plastic" shows no sign of a slowdown.

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V: New 52-Wk High @ $76.600 up 2.00%
Monday , April 28, 2008 09:45ET

This is the 2nd 52 WEEK HIGH alert for V in the past 7 calendar days.

The share price for Visa Inc (NYSE: V) reached a new 52-week high today, trading at $76.600, up $1.500 (2.00%) from its previous close of $75.100.

The Company's previous 52-week high of $76.080 was set 3 days ago on April 25, 2008.

One month ago, the Company's shares closed at $56.500. The price has climbed more than 35 percent since then.

At the time of this alert, the stock had traded 36,114 shares via 139 trades, 99.69% below it's 20day average of 11,617,490 shares.

This new 52-week high currently puts the stock:

14.47% above its 20day Moving Average of $66.918
16.64% above its 50day Moving Average of $65.672
16.64% above its 100day Moving Average of $65.672

Quote from: soxguy on April 22, 2008, 09:07:07 AM
Anyone notice this ipo  awhile back. Things were very gloomy when it came out.  Now things are less gloomy. Anyway,if this performs like MA,it'll be a long term winner. The interest rates these credit card companies charge never come down. A license to print money imhp. Look at a Chart .

Yes MA has been quite a winner since it's IPO

David,this is one you should consider.Buy on a pullback,if there is one.