Best Buy: Visa, Mastercard, or American Express?

It's a rivalry as old as time itself. OK, not really, but the top three payment-card companies in America -- Visa (NYSE: V), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), and American Express (NYSE: AXP) -- have been slugging it out since the dawn of the modern card era.

Over that time, many an investor has pondered which of the Big Three is the best stock buy for the money. Here's which one I think is the champ right now.

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