The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst John Reeves and advisor David Meier discuss topics across the investing world.
Despite some recent volatility in Facebook's (NYSE: FB) stock, John and David feel there are three solid reasons to pick up shares in the social-networking giant. First, everyone seems sure that Facebook's revenue growth is slowing down, that mobile is a disaster, and that more companies like General Motors will stop advertising with them. All that anxiety is keeping the share price down.
Second, people are underestimating Facebook's hacker culture. Like the folks at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), John and David think it is being underestimated. Lastly, Facebook is going after big opportunities in advertising, such as installing a "Want" button, which would improve ad targeting, and creating an "Ad Exchange." Better data and more users will hurt Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Bing and Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO).
John and David own shares of Facebook, and have been buying more for those very reasons stated above. They believe many people can't look beyond the next six months to see that Facebook is building itself into a powerhouse.
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A version of this article, written by John Reeves & David Meier, originally appeared on fool.com
