Comments on: Visa IPO – The Good and the Bad

By: don

don — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:52:24 +0000

Visa’s a good deal. The credit culture is just starting to show in SE Asia and India. China is only starting to come on line with 30 million users. I think if you’re long term you’ll make nothing but cash on this stock.

By: VISA stock info

VISA stock info — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:01:54 +0000

[...] have no idea. As I mentioned a couple of days ago I think that the amount of hype around this stock makes it a long shot to make [...]

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:27:25 +0000

Funny comments – I’m glad we all agree!

Mike

By: Big Cajun Man

Big Cajun Man — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:52:00 +0000

IPO = I won’t Profit On this

Sorry I had to add in too. The Brand Name is powerful for all of this, but where do they make money from? Royalties, if so, that’s not bad. If they made money off the interest charges, I’d buy in no matter WHAT the price, but instead I buy into the banks that charge the rates.

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:59:51 +0000

Yeah, years ago during the dot com boom people were drooling and doing whatever they could to get in on the latest IPO, totally crazy. I wouldn’t touch an IPO (if its a good company, its going to be expensive, and if its a bad company, why would you want to own it?).

Companies like to have their IPO when business is great. You’re not going to get a deal when that’s the environment they’re selling in.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:01:31 +0000

IPO’s are practically never a good deal for the little guy. It’s definitely a game stacked in the institutions’ favor. Besides, I like to cheer for the underdog: Discover (DFS). More room to grow than Visa.

By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:29:35 +0000

IPO = It’s Probably Overpriced

By: WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com

WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:54:28 +0000

Please do!

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:31:19 +0000

With our completely useless securities organizations here in Canada, I’m surprised any company would register here at all…

Do we really need separate entities for each and every province? Ridiculous… I think I’ll do a post about that!

Mike

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:23:30 +0000

Lastly, VISA has not yet filed (or, as it would seem, has chosen not to) its paperwork in Quebec making impossible for people there to participate in the IPO under severe penalties for VISA.

I love the mention of the Tim Horton’s Buzz. It just goes to show that a decision should only be taken on sound analysis. I wonder who will do that.

Nicolas