Comments on: VISA Stock/IPO is going to be Huge!

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:48:53 +0000

Just clicked on the link for this article. I’m glad I didn’t buy into the Hype. The price went up, took a dive and has now recovered, but it’s nothing like what happened to MasterCard. Procrastination and laziness saved me again.

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By: David Cox

David Cox — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:29:30 +0000

No one know where it will be a year from now.

I think the expectation of doubling your investment in a year with nearly any investment is a little agressive. Yes, it is possible but I’d be perfectly happy with 15% sustained price growth over time. Set reasonable goals so if it doesn’t double, you are still content…just follow every article on Visa and you should be aware of anything that is coming about.

I’d be sticking away from Coach now if I were you…people are tighetning their belts and aren’t as likely to buy an expensive purse as they were in ‘06.

By: Mona

Mona — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:03:40 +0000

what do you think of the stock icon (Iconix brand group)?
and if i buy visa now at 78 or so do you think it will double by next year?
what about the coh(coach stock) and the lulu (lululemon) stock? good buys for long term investment or no?

By: Cannon_fodder

Cannon_fodder — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:50:43 +0000

Mona,

I’m monitoring it, too. It was as low as 73.89 today. I just have a sense that people will cut back their spending which will mean less revenue to Visa merchants, which is less ‘commission’ for Visa. More people are going bankrupt every day which usually means that they won’t be given a credit card for quite some time, also cutting into Visa’s revenue.

Perhaps it will go a bit sideways (like it has for the last couple of months) until things start recovering next year.

By: mona

mona — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:25:52 +0000

do you think its a good idea to buy visa stock now at about $78?

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By: MuXx

MuXx — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:23:11 +0000

I would hold my horses on jumping into the Visa IPO race, if you read between the lines of what Greenspan said regarding Master Card, this beast will fall to shake off the dust before it climbs. There are a lot of people that are looking to take profits early in this – the current shareholders. Trade late and make the green on this machine.

check this out http://www.visa-ipo-date.com

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By: Adeptus

Adeptus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:32:09 +0000

For those of you looking for info regarding the VISA IPO, look no further than:

http://www.retailroadshow.com/roadshows.asp

The above site contains both the prospectus info as well as a 30 Minute video by Visa road-showing their IPO. They provide some very good stats and economic info regarding Visa – past, present and future.

From what I’ve been reading everywhere, Visa is a no-brainer – even more so long term.

Try to get in on it ASAP! Heck, even Cramer recommends it!
Cramer’s game plan for next week… “Do whatever you can to get in on the Visa IPO!”

Link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/23408269

By: mon ami

mon ami — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:49:07 +0000

Yah, recession knoking on our door! Look at yahho-Microsoft game which Yahho requested MSFT to help lift it’s stock and people reacted like it is true!! Rich+rich=RICHER.Any way,your and my $ is invested by moneymanager and we have no where to go!!

By: LUV IPOS

LUV IPOS — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:19:29 +0000

Greetings Investors,
I agree the initial public offering of V is creating a level of excitement not seen sense the Google IPO. The Visa IPO will be HUGE– however; due to the credit crunch hype, the price could deflate over time until economic conditions are more favorable for its anticipated super-climb up in value. For the long-term–its a home-run stock!

By: L R

L R — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:22:49 +0000

Hello all
Very interesting post. I too am waiting and somewhat excited about Visa. I hope it happens soon. I am thinking maybe around end of Feb. 2008. Yet, with so much happening with the financials in the market right now , they may even postpone the IPO.

We shall see
take care
L.R.

By: redrum540

redrum540 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:31:58 +0000

I think you’re all right about buying V on the first few days. I’m setting an amount that I would like to invest and a limit on how much i’ll pay based on the value of the stock(expecting some hype to inflate the price). Go into it using dollar cost averaging during the first month and you should reduce your risk and not feel ripped off if it takes a hit in the first few days. Simple lesson by Graham. If you’re in it for the long then you’ve got a while to buy… one month is very short time if you’re looking at a 20 yr hold. Which is probably a good idea with more and more emerging economies moving to join the rest of the world with the credit card craze! I don’t even carry cash anymore… haven’t in years. Good luck on your research

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By: FrugalTrader

FrugalTrader — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:13:22 +0000

vr6man, from my reading the IPO date is supposed to be sometime in the first quarter of 2008. I don’t think anything is definitive yet.

By: White Eagle

White Eagle — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:12:54 +0000

One of the theories I heard was that you hould short Mastercard when the VISA IPO hits. The thinking is that the money in MC will head over to VISA… It could great a buying opportunity for those interested in MC.

By: vr6man

vr6man — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:39:42 +0000

when is the ipo happening ?

By: Investing911

Investing911 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:51:02 +0000

You may not get the initial IPO price but once it hits the market on the first day you can certainly buy at the evalated price as the big boys don’t mind cashing out some of their investment.

I cashed in with VMWare’s initial IPO ( http://investing911.blogspot.com/2007/08/vmware-vmw-insanity-ipo.html ) – but there was much more of a low roar about the VMWare.

The hype surrounding the Visa IPO is something that I would be scared of. I think I may try to buy on the first day of trading and then get out when I get a nice return on that as I sell to the people who are still buying the hype.

As someone mentioned earlier, Tim Hortons had alot of hype around their IPO and the price you saw it trading at in the first few days was much higher than it even did in the following 12 months. Just the intraday price changes are astounding!

By: Labas

Labas — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:26:08 +0000

Emotions aside, here are facts:
* Visa will be trying to sell 775M of shares and planning to raise 10B$.
* based on above, initial share price would be ~13$.
* Net income up to 07/2007 was 723M – according to http://www.ipohome.com/common/ipoprofile.asp?ticker=V
* based on above P/E = 10B/723M ~ 14
* MasterCard’s current P/E is about 32, so VISA has potential to grow 128% or to about 30$/share.

Downside:
* With all buzz created around VISA IPO, I am sure that price will jump above 30$/share before it reaches public.
* with credit issues that currently happens in US, it would be naive to think that it effects only mortgages. Banks will be more cautious advancing credit – including credit cards wich will impact short-term VISA growth.

Just few of my thougts on the topic. Want to check what others think about those thoughts since I can be dead wrong and miss “no brainer” opportunity.