We've got retail, the social network, and three stock pitches you're going to want to

hear get something to take notes with.

Motley Fool Money starts now.

I'm Chris Hale, joining me from the Financial Capital of the United States of America.

Motley Fool, Senior Analyst, Maria Gallagher.

Thanks for being here.

Thanks for having me.

Let's start with the Facebook.

Meta Platforms, second quarter profits in revenue came in lower than expected, the stocks

getting hit.

This seems like, and this seems a little odd to say about a company this big, but Meta

Platforms seems like a company in transition right now.

And it seems like a rough patch because they are investing in the Metaverse while trying

to fight off TikTok while also continuing to deal with Apple's increased privacy, which

is affecting their ad targeting.

Where do you want to start with Meta Platforms?

I think that that's a pretty good overview.

I'll start with just a direct quote from the conference called from Mark Zuckerberg that

says, it's always hard to predict how deep or how long these cycles would be, but I'd

say the situation seems worse than it did a quarter ago.

So he really didn't come out with a lot of reassurance.

Right off the bat, I feel like you see a lot of CEO saying, here are all the things we're

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