Daily Discussion Thread for January 12, 2026

u/arbitraryBlue · Reddit — r/wallstreetbets · January 12, 2026 at 15:44 · ⬆ 1 pts  | View on Reddit ↗
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Commenter sees the drop in Visa and Mastercard as unjustified due to fee-based processing and plans to buy Visa calls.

MA — LONG The author argues that Mastercard's stock drop is unwarranted because Mastercard earns fees on payment processing rather than interest income. The same rationale applies to both V and MA.

The drop on V and MA is dumb considering that they don't make money off of interest, they process the data

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V — LONG The author argues that Visa's stock drop is unwarranted because the company earns fees on payment processing rather than interest income. They plan to buy V calls to profit from the expected rebound. ambiguous_option_contract

The drop on V and MA is dumb considering that they don't make money off of interest, they process the data. But I'm dumb so I'ma scoop up some cheaper V calls

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Mastercard drop unwarranted
The author argues that Mastercard's stock drop is unwarranted because Mastercard earns fees on payment processing rather than interest income. The same rationale applies to both V and MA.
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