Jim Cramer Shares Thoughts On Big Tech As Part Of These 12 Stocks

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5. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 151

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is one of the biggest payment platform providers in America. Its shares have gained 11% year-to-date as the firm has benefited from strong earnings and analyst upgrades. Cramer’s previous remarks about Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) have advised viewers to watch for the bottom as financial technology stocks bottom before mainstream financial stocks. His latest remarks came in the context of Capital One’s Discover acquisition:

“I think, I think that Richard Fairbank, the genius who runs Capital One, could very well use the Discover network to go against Mastercard, Visa, and American Express cause it has a lower [inaudible]. How do you like that? They have a hundred and twenty million cards! They have a hundred and twenty million cards! Why couldn’t they have their own network? Why couldn’t they just tell the retailers look this is what we’re going to use from now on and we’re gonna save you a lot of money.”

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