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Meta's quarterly results proved advertising isn't what it used to be
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Mining giant Rio Tinto is in a slump after last year's successes

For Meta, For Worse

What’s Going On Here?

Meta posted a steeper-than-expected drop in both quarterly revenue and profit late on Wednesday.

What Does This Mean?

After bleak results from fellow social media giants Snap and Twitter late last week, investors were worried that the same fate awaited Meta. They were right to be nervous: Meta’s monthly active users might’ve risen marginally across all its platforms from the same time in 2021, but more eyeballs isn’t translating into more advertising revenue. That’ll happen as companies slash budgets left, right, and center, and as Apple’s privacy updates continue to impair Meta’s ability to target the right products to the right users. That might be why the company’s profit and revenue came as such a disappointment, and why it gave a much weaker-than-expected outlook for this quarter too.

Why Should I Care?

Zooming in: Meta sees you.
At least Meta is working hard to boost growth. First, it said this week that it would be introducing music revenue-sharing on Facebook, which will allow creators to make money from videos that use licensed music. That should lure more users to the platform and help it compete with Chinese nemesis TikTok. And second, the company is reportedly thinking about buying eye-tracking technology firm AdHawk Microsystems. That would allow it to improve its VR headset offering, which will be vital if it’s going to make good on its push into the metaverse.

The bigger picture: The Fed nears the tipping point.
Meta warned investors about “macroeconomic uncertainty” ahead, and it has a point: the Federal Reserve (the Fed) hiked interest rates by 0.75% for the second-straight time on Wednesday. That takes them close to the “long-run neutral rate” – a level estimated to neither stimulate nor restrict economic growth. But since the Fed has already indicated that it won’t stop hiking until inflation is inarguably on the way back down, it might not be long before that neutral rate is a distant memory.

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Analyst Take

10 Portfolio Must-Haves For The Next 5 Years

By Theodora Lee Joseph, Analyst

You’re in for a challenging few years, that much is clear.

After all, the market is in the throes of peak growth, rising interest rates, high inflation, and meager market returns.

And while no one’s entirely sure how long this environment might last, now seems as good a time as any to prep your portfolio as if it’s here for the long haul.

Because there are certain stocks, bonds, commodities, and alternatives that stand to outperform the rest in a half-decade that already looks very different to the last one.

So that’s today’s Insight: the 10 must-haves for the next 5 years.

Read or listen to the Insight here

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