Earnings Challenge E6｜Unveiling the answers

Recent market optimism had rendered these 3 companies rebounded a lot from their 52 weeks low. US Non farm payroll still point to strong from the recent release. I think now the market is waiting for the positive catalyst from the US Fed to move higher. The recent market volatility is mostly driven by emotion. I think Bank of America is the safest bet among these three companies as most of their operations is based in US. And this make Bank of America relatively unaffected by the USD strengthening. Furthermore, higher interest rate will benefit to the Bank of America interest income too.

Some stuffs for new investor/traders to know of, MA despite being in between the 3 company in terms of Mkt Cap, has the highest volatility (despite not having the highest average daily volume) and price/share. This is because it has the lowest outstanding shares hence every share weights heavier. On the other hand BAC has the lowest volatility despite being cheapest and most accessible financially for most people because of its 8bil outstanding shares as compared to V(2bil) and MA(>1bil), so each share weights lesser. And of course it isn't in the exact same business as the other 2 compared companies.

All three are stocks that revolve around watching the dollar continue to flow. As long as the dollar exists on the planet. As long as humans still choose to continue to consume. As long as no one wakes up to the fact that. It turns out that the day we need to pay it back. Basically, the three stocks above will only continue to thrive. No suspense.