Credit card giants MasterCard (NYSE:$MA) and Visa (NYSE:$V) both crushed earnings estimates this past week, and both are sitting near new all-time highs. Not bad, considering the line of work they are in.  Given that the global economy has been tepid at best lately and that unemployment remains stubbornly high, you might not expect companies...Read More

Watch Charles discuss EBay’s (Nasdaq:$EBAY) earnings, the future of mobile payments, and Apple’s (Nasdaq:$AAPL) transition to an income-focused value stock on CNBC’s Asia Squawk Box. Can’t view the embedded media player? See Apple Looking a Lot Like Microsoft Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA, is chief investment officer of the investment firm Sizemore Capital Management and the author...Read More