This Spotlight Is Plaguing Facebook -- and It Won't Seem to Go Away -- The Motley Fool

As it stated in Some more specific allegations in the story include Facebook giving Microsoft's Bing search engine access to the names of all Facebook users' friends and providing several companies "the ability to read Facebook users' private messages." Further, Facebook said these features were only accessed when users used their Facebook credentials to access these other platforms. In addition, Facebook debunked allegations that it was letting partners read private messages in a blog post on Wednesday. For you to be able to read messages back, we needed Spotify to have "read access." No third party was reading your private messages, or writing messages to your friends without your permission.

Better Buy: Amazon.com vs. Facebook -- The Motley Fool

Amazon's stock slipped 21% over the past six months, as its sales growth missed expectations for two straight quarters. Facebook's stock has fallen 38% over the same period as its sales growth decelerated and it also missed estimates over the past two quarters. I personally own shares of both Amazon and Facebook, and I still have faith in their long-term growth strategies. The company's North American unit generated 61% of its sales last quarter, its international unit generated 27%, and AWS accounted for the remaining 12%. Amazon and Facebook both dominate their respective markets and consistently generate double-digit sales growth.

Needham Cuts Facebook Price Target Amid Slew of Concerns -- The Motley Fool

as mentioned in In case you haven't heard by now, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has had a terrible year. Shares have lost over 40% of their value after peaking in the summer, and are now trading near 52-week lows. Facebook CFO Dave Wehner also warned in July that revenue growth will continue to decelerate while costs rise as Facebook invests heavily in platform health. Expense growth is expected to outpace revenue growth in 2019, according to Wehner. The social networking giant only recently turned on WhatsApp monetization, with its primary strategy currently being connecting businesses to consumers.

6 Simple Reasons Facebook Stock Will Rebound in 2019 -- The Motley Fool

Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) stock tumbled more than 20% this year due to concerns about its decelerating growth and ongoing privacy and security issues. A PEG ratio under 1 is considered undervalued, so Facebook's stock seems to be bottoming out at these levels. This means that Facebook is the cheapest FANG stock based on long-term earnings estimates. Any of those decisions could help Facebook's stock rebound. Facebook's stock could remain in the penalty box for the rest of the year, but I think investors who focus on these six catalysts could be well-rewarded in 2019.

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