Better-Than-Expected Earnings from Visa Put to Rest Talk of U.S. Being in a Recession Again

Nov. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Profit Confidential, the popular stock market and economic e-letter, reports today that higher profits at benchmark stock Visa Inc. (NYSE/V) are proof that U.S. economic growth isn’t coming to a halt as “recession part II” pundits have been claiming.

According to Profit Confidential, “Visa, the world’s biggest consumer payment network, reported third-quarter 2011 profits that beat analyst expectations. Visa reported a profit of $880 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011. Business is so good, Visa is buying back its own stock in addition to boosting its quarterly dividend by a whopping 47%.”

Profit Confidential says that Visa can be looked at as a benchmark stock that gauges economic growth. Benchmark stocks are the stocks of companies that are dependent on the sale of goods or services to either consumers or business. Common sense dictates that when the world’s biggest credit card company is seeing its profits rise, it’s a good indication of economic growth, not contraction. The more products or services consumers buy, the more profit for benchmark stock Visa—a good indication of economic growth.

Michael Lombardi, a lead contributor to Profit Confidential, writes that he is personally bearish on the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy for many reasons. He believes that “the government and Federal Reserve are limited in their next moves should the economy start to contract again. But the economy isn’t collapsing today. The economy will slow over the next few months. Higher profits at benchmark stock Visa are proof that economic growth isn’t coming to a grinding halt…just quite yet.”

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