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Hi, I will do an analysis of Visa Inc's consolidated statements of cash flows as it gives us a good overview of what the company is doing with it's cash ( where does it come from and how it is spend). There are three main themes in cash flow statements...

Hi, I will do a swot analysis as it will enable us to have a good overview of Visa Inc. Strengths - A brand: when we think credit or debit card we think Visa, Mastercard or Amex. We don't think about the name of the bank which provided us with the card....

Hi, I am going to focus on an interesting indicator: outstanding shares. This item is interesting for different reasons: 1/ Warren Buffett likes companies which buy back their shares (the same cake (profits) but fewer slices of cake (shares)). 2/ An increase...

Hi, as promised, here are some financial data and analysis concerning Visa inc. I will for the time being look at the 2011-2010 data. In other posts, I look into the previous years so that we have a good overall view. - Long term debt is at 0 in 2011...

Hi, there is stock which I am following and will try to invest in. The name of the stock is Visa inc. My first intake on the company: - a great moat: there are only three major card providers (Visa, Mastercard and American Express). Visa and Mastercard...

Hi, just a quick post just to add a ratio to the investment checklist: the ROTC. In other words, it means the Return on Total Capital. I calculate it in the follwong way: Net profit /(Shareholder equity+Long term debt (non current debt)+ Short Term debt...

Hi, Warren Buffett has always been great with his quotes and I think that we definitely can learn a lot through them. I will give you the one's which I really like and share with you my thoughts. Tell me what you think about it! - "A public opinion is...

Hi, you will find in the following article my investment checklist. I already had more a less an impilcit checklist but after reading Atul Gawande's book entitled "The Checklist Manifesto" I thought it could be a good idea to make it more formal and write...

Mistakes 2011 was definitely a very interesting year as far as the stock markets were concerned! Here are the mistakes which are made and will make sure (I promise I will do my best!): - do not sell when everybody is selling - do not sell when a friend...

Hi, well here we go. It will be my first article. The aim is this blog is to share with you my passion for shares and Warren Buffett. I will try to invest like him and select shares like him. You will see some stock analysis, some personnal reflections...