completely stupid paragraph
Of course, the surge in transaction volume has been a boon for credit card companies: Visa’s stock price is around $60, and MasterCard’s is around $165. While they are down from highs hit just before the financial crisis, they are still well above the share price of card-issuing banks like Citigroup and Bank of America.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/16fees.html?hpw
It is stupid because a share is a share. A share of something worth $10 is not as good as a share of something worth $1,000,000,000. And this paragraph, and the ones after that, don't tell you what a share is worth. It's called a share for a reason! You share in the gains and losses of something! Regardless of whether you think credit card companies and banks on one hand, or retailers on the other, should give up some profits, that paragraph sucked.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/16fees.html?hpw
It is stupid because a share is a share. A share of something worth $10 is not as good as a share of something worth $1,000,000,000. And this paragraph, and the ones after that, don't tell you what a share is worth. It's called a share for a reason! You share in the gains and losses of something! Regardless of whether you think credit card companies and banks on one hand, or retailers on the other, should give up some profits, that paragraph sucked.