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I'm your host, Ivana Hampton, and let's get started with a look at the Morning Star headlines.

Facebook parent company, meta-platforms, appears well positioned for a return to growth.

The social media giant reported a better-than-ex than expected fourth quarter despite factors like currency headwinds and macro uncertainty. Both drove down revenue. Meta also

appears to have improved ad conversions on its apps. For example, that could include users clicking

on an ad, watching a video, or buying something

off an ad, and that is likely to raise demand from advertisers and lessen the impact of Apple's

privacy policy on revenue. Meta's network effect remains intact as it saw daily and monthly

user growth. Morningstar is pleased with management's effort to bring

costs under control while accelerating revenue growth. Meta's aggressive share buyback supports

our outlook. Meanwhile, we've slightly lowered our growth projections. It appears some advertisers

are hesitant about more spending due to fear of a possible economic downturn.

Morningstar is maintaining our $260 estimate of what we think the stock is worth, and we think it's undervalued.

Amazon is tightening its belt while focusing on long-term growth.

The e-commerce giant sales reached almost $150 billion in the

fourth quarter of 2022, and that was better than the company's outlook and Wall Street's

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