Here's Why Amex, Discover, and Capital One Are Soaring on Tuesday

Here's Why Amex, Discover, and Capital One Are Soaring on Tuesday

The stock market is having an excellent start to the short trading week on Tuesday. Throughout the stock market rally since hitting bottom in late March, we've seen financial stocks -- particularly credit card companies -- outperform the market on strong days, and Tuesday wasn't an exception. American Express (NYSE: AXP) was nearly 6% higher on the day, while Discover (NYSE: DFS) and Capital One (NYSE: COF) were doing even better, up by 7.6% and 7.8%, respectively.