Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is one of the Jim Cramer Says Oil Can Get Cheaper & Discusses These 12 Stocks .
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA), like its larger peer Visa, has faced a roller-coaster ride on the stock market this year. The firm’s shares have gained 4% year-to-date as it navigates through one selloff after another. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA)’s shares sank by 12% in April after Liberation Day tariffs created worries about economic stability in America. Then, after it slowly regained the lost ground, the stock tumbled by 9.6% in June after the Senate passed legislation related to stablecoins and created worries about market share loss. Here is what Cramer said:
“We’ve gotta keep going on this. . .Mastercard. Because a lot of our viewers think that these companies are really at risk. I actually think this is your chance to buy them. They’re always at risk and they always win.”
A woman using a payment terminal at the checkout of a store showing payment products and solutions.
Earlier the year, Cramer advised viewers to consider fintech bottoms when evaluating Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA):
“Watch fintech. Fintech bottoms before actual fin. Fintech is like the best place to be, you know Mastercard is a travel, travel related company. I would watch that. I would watch Visa. Another travel related company. Because those have been part of the cohort. If they can overcome travel and the Affirms of the world can overcome the buy-now-pay-later, you’re gonna see a rally. You will see a rally.”
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