Visa Earnings Soar: Is Plastic Regaining Its Appeal?

In a sign that consumer spending may be on the rebound, Visa on Wednesday reported its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 51% from a year ago. But shares fell after the company released disappointing guidance for the next year…

Week in Preview: The Earnings Crunch Continues

Dozens of companies report earnings this week, and analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are anticipating lots of strong quarterly reports. Among those posting improved results should be Microsoft and Visa. However, likely to p…

Visa Shows Shareholders Some Cash: Boosts Dividend by 20%

Visa said Wednesday it’s boosting its dividend for the second year in a row. Shareholders will now get 60 cents per share annually, up from 50 cents per share. The news comes in advance of Visa’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings …

Why It’s a Mistake to Rely on TV’s Stock Market Gurus

The financial media loves to pluck struggling analysts from obscurity and propel them to fame on the backs of a few good calls, then shoot them full of arrows at them when their predictions start to fail. And inevitably, those …