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Ranking 5 Credit Card Stocks

By David Hanson – Mar 15, 2014 at 8:31AM

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How do American Express and Discover stack up?

American Express (AXP 3.50%) and Discover Financial Services (DFS 5.22%) often serve different parts of the credit card market, but both companies could be winning stocks going forward. In this segment of The Motley Fool's financials-focused show, Where the Money Is, banking analyst David Hanson is joined by Fool contributor Patrick Morris to rank five credit card-related stocks. The guys rank:

  • MasterCard (NYSE: MA)
  • Visa (NYSE: V)
  • Discover Financial Services
  • Capital One (NYSE: COF)
  • American Express

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David Hanson owns shares of American Express. Patrick Morris owns shares of Discover Financial Services. The Motley Fool recommends American Express, MasterCard, and Visa. The Motley Fool owns shares of Capital One Financial., MasterCard, and Visa. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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