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In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Travis Hoium and Lou Whiteman are joined by Motley Fool analyst Emily Flippen to discuss:
As the most complete AI company, Alphabet looks well positioned to be a long-term winner. Meta Platforms has been one of the best companies at using AI to drive revenue growth.
There were some clunkers and expected early stumbles. By and large, though, most have done pretty well.
Inflation relentlessly erodes purchasing power, making dividend growth essential for income investors to maintain real income. A barbell strategy—combining moderate-yielding dividend growth stocks/ETFs and 6.5%+ yielding investment grade preferreds—offers both growth and current income. AI-driven capex by large-cap S&P 500 firms is powering economic growth and masking weakness among lower-income consumers.
In the latest trading session, Meta Platforms (META) closed at $593, marking a -5.51% move from the previous day.
Stock investors may not love it — but bond investors already heavily engaged in funding the AI buildout are pleased.
Even though Meta's feature hasn't been enabled, facial recognition on wearables sparks major surveillance concerns.
Shares of Meta Platforms fell sharply on Friday after a report suggested the social media giant is exploring a potential multibillion-dollar stock offering to help finance its growing artificial intelligence ambitions. META shares dropped more than 5% during the session, with losses accelerating after the Financial Times reported that the company is considering raising tens of billions of dollars through an equity sale.
Meta shares dropped after the Financial Times reported that company could potentially raise tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering to help fund its AI push. The company is looking at a possible share sale after Alphabet said this week that it plans to raise $85 billion.
Meta has been quietly laying the groundwork for smart glasses that could identify people as wearers of the shades walk by, according to a report – causing privacy watchdogs to sound the alarm.
Meta is considering raising tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering as it seeks new sources of capital to fund the company's AI ambitions, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
On the surface, the artificial intelligence corner of the stock market appears robust right now, with the benchmark S&P Kensho Global Artificial Intelligence Enablers Index up 49.9% for the year to date, as of the first week of June.
Here are three companies with deep AI runways and the cash flow to keep investing through whatever the next decade brings.
Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal high, according to the state grid operator.
Meta's AI support agent bound recovery emails to accounts for whoever asked, and SOCs never saw an alert. An authorized agent writes a log of legitimate transactions, so nothing in the detection stack fired.
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off Monday, and according to Wall Street Journal business columnist Tim Higgins, speaking on CNBC, AI will dominate the agenda.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square has laid out one of the more provocative big-cap calls of this AI cycle.
Ten years ago, Facebook was still Facebook. The company hadn't yet bought into the metaverse, the Cambridge Analytica scandal hadn't hit, and Mark Zuckerberg wasn't talking about superintelligence.
Not all of the market is near all-time highs.
The FBI is warning people about scammers setting up phony FIFA websites to lure people into paying for tickets or merchandise that they will never receive or provide personal information that will lead to identity theft. Often the scammers will use URLs that at first glance such as www.fiffa.com may appear to be the legitimate www.fifa.com site.
The so-called Trump Ballroom Tracker, a financial index used to track the companies that have donated to the president's new ballroom project, has significantly outperformed the market since its launch.
Meta (META 1.46%) is facing a heated debate among investors as AI spending climbs and Wall Street questions the payoff. But the company's core advertising business is still showing powerful signs of strength, with AI already improving targeting, engagement, ad impressions, and pricing.
For retirement-focused investors weighing the two ad giants, the question is direct: Should you own Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) or Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) right now?
The AI build-out continues to pick up steam.
AVGO rattles Wall Street
Just when you thought the AI data center boom couldn't get any crazier, Meta has gone and built data centers in tents. The strategy appears to borrow in equal parts from Tesla and xAI.
Investors are eager for clues that the blockbuster AI spending that has powered markets higher in recent months is slowing. They may not like everything they see.
President Trump privately signed an artificial intelligence executive order that landed considerably softer than what Big Tech and its lobbyists had been bracing for.
Meta's Oversight Board, the independent governing body that makes policy recommendations to the tech company, said Thursday that Meta's account deactivations lack due process, violations are doled out without clarity, and there's little customer support for appeals.
Meta announced on Thursday that it's introducing a new AI creator assistant on Facebook that will give creators personalized recommendations based on their content style, performance, community, and goals.
Meta Platforms ( NASDAQ :META | META Price Prediction ) employees are facing a double whammy.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) at $622.98 looks stretched on any rally toward $650, where the math behind its escalating AI capital bill stops working in shareholders' favor.
Meta has postponed plans to share its latest artificial intelligence models with developers several times, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (June 3). As of Tuesday (June 2), the tech giant had no plans to release the new model, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources.
The hosts of The AI Daily Brief dropped a line this week that should reframe how every investor thinks about the AI capex cycle.
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought shares of Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Alibaba Group on Wednesday. Alphabet stock has more than doubled over the past year, as its emerging as a AI play on the hardware and software ends of the market.
Meta Platforms (META, Financials) has reportedly delayed the developer release of its newest artificial intelligence model, raising fresh questions about the pa
Stock News SpaceX sets record IPO valuation: SpaceX (SPCX) has announced plans for a public debut on June 12, targeting a listing at $135 per share, valuing the
Tech giant Meta on Thursday attacked Australia's "grossly unfair" bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently opposed to the draft laws.
Meta Platforms is facing another delay in its artificial intelligence rollout, and investors have a familiar question: how much patience does the stock still deserve? The company's Muse Spark developer API has reportedly been pushed back several times, with no confirmed launch date as of this week.
Considering these tech companies' strengths, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, and Sandisk are trading at cheaper levels than you'd expect.
Meta has repeatedly pushed back plans to release its new Muse Spark AI model API to developers, and as of Tuesday, had no scheduled launch date, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The shifting timeline is a setback for Meta's ability to monetize its massive investments in building frontier AI models.
Meta accused Australia of violating a free trade agreement with the U.S. by proposing a new tax on certain tech giants which do not strike licensing deals with local media, escalating a dispute which has simmered for half a decade.
Gabriel Aul, who led the Metaverse Products Group, retired and left Meta earlier this year. Aul announced his retirement after a few months on the job and was replaced by Saxs Persson.
Meta Platforms (META) shares rose more than 4% on Wednesday as investors assessed the company's latest push to monetize artificial intelligence through a new business-focused AI agent platform. The gains came even as concerns over the company's heavy spending on AI technology continued to weigh on broader investor sentiment.
Meta's attempt to pioneer a metaverse and make VR cool totally flopped, except for one shining diamond in the rough: Supernatural, a VR fitness game that made working out feel fun and accessible. Now, users can rejoice that Supernatural isn't shutting down after all.
Meta Platforms (META) rose 2.80% intraday after unveiling a new AI Business Agent at its Conversations conference in London, designed to let businesses book app
The size of the AI boom has been well demonstrated by hyperscalers like Alphabet and Nvidia, but when stocks like Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard transform into AI players, you know the cycle has taken on a new dimension.
Meta has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that is designed to help businesses communicate with their customers through the company's WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram platforms. The new Meta Business Agent is based on one that is already being used by businesses on WhatsApp and Messenger.
Nvidia's latest Q1 earnings and Computex keynote reinforced accelerating AI infrastructure demand, with recommendation systems emerging as both a primary spending driver and key beneficiary of continued GPU-accelerated performance gains. This is particularly relevant to Meta's content-understanding initiatives, justifying its elevated AI capex cycle as the core business directly monetizes improvements in ranking, engagement, ad targeting, and pricing at scale. Despite near-term ROI compression concerns due to component cost inflation, Meta's improving ad unit economics, rising WhatsApp monetization, paid subscriptions, and AI glasses traction suggest an impending AI monetization inflection.
Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:META) stock gained on Wednesday as investors focused on the company's effort to turn AI-powered business messaging, subscriptions and safety tools into new value drivers beyond its core advertising business.
Meta Platforms (META) scored a meaningful win in Europe after judges said regulators made legal errors when placing Facebook Marketplace under the European Unio
Both stocks have sizable upside
On June 1, CNBC reported that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B | BRK-B Price Prediction) invested an additional $10 billion in Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) through a private stock purchase, deepening its bet on artificial intelligence.
The new agent is part of the company's effort to broaden beyond its core consumer business as it spends aggressively on artificial intelligence.
The stock market has always rewarded companies that outperform expectations. For decades, the formula was simple: beat earnings estimates, raise guidance, and watch the stock move higher. But the AI boom has changed the rules. Today, the S&P 500 continues to notch fresh all-time highs, yet much of that strength is concentrated in a relatively... A Stock's Most Important Phrase Is No Longer "Beat Estimates" - It's These 3 Words
Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, positioning the social media giant as a player in the enterprise AI market.
Meta is unveiling an AI agent for businesses that will be part of a subscription under the Meta One brand, which was introduced last week. Companies can use the Meta Business Agent across apps like WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram to respond to customer inquiries, recommend products and book appointments.
For years, WhatsApp has been a communication layer for businesses of all sizes around the world. Meta is now infusing AI into that layer in a bid to turn WhatsApp into a viable piece of workflow software for small and medium businesses.
If you have retirement capital to allocate today and you're staring at Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), the question is simple: Which one belongs in a portfolio built to fund the next 20 years of withdrawals?
