|  	              |         Fear of missing out (FOMO) happens every day to  the casual investor.
 
While Adam and I caution against investing based  on FOMO, sometimes opportunities present themselves.
 
Today’s Power Stock dropped a big earnings report and is “Bullish” in Green Zone  Power Ratings.
 |  It’s easy for the casual  investor to get caught up in what’s trending on mainstream media.
 In most cases, my advice is to steer  clear.
 
 Just because a stock makes a  headline, doesn’t mean it’s worth buying.
 
 And even if you know 50 people  who have invested in the same stock, it doesn’t mean you should clear out your  savings and do the exact same thing.
 
 Adam O’Dell and I would rather  look for profit where no one else is. That’s when you find the stocks waiting  to take off.
 
 But I’m going to follow the  crowd today.
 
 That’s because I want to use Adam’s Green Zone  Power Ratings system and show you a company that’s popular (sometimes for the  wrong reasons) … has made headlines … and is worth keeping an eye on for the  future.
 
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 Social Media Giants Dominate Recent HeadlinesLast week, Elon Musk hit the  top of the fold when he arbitrarily rebranded Twitter to “X.”
 Not sure anyone really knows  why, but it happened.
 
 And then, on Wednesday, fellow  social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. (Nasdaq: META) hit the headlines  after blowing the doors off earnings expectations.
 
 A significant bump in ad  revenue led the Facebook parent to beat analysts’ expectations in both earnings  and revenue.
 
 As a result, META stock popped almost  7% higher in trading Thursday.
 
 Now, I’ve cautioned you before  about trading on earnings or emotions … and under normal circumstances, this  would be one of those times.
 
 But I wanted to check and see  how Meta rated on our Green Zone Power Ratings system.
 
 The rating and the direction  were both very surprising to me.
 Meta Was Bullish Even Before EarningsMeta rates 70 overall on our Green Zone Power Ratings system. That means we are “Bullish” on the stock and expect it to outperform  the broader market by 2X over the next 12 months.  	   	(Click here to view larger image.)  META earns a 99 on our Quality metric thanks to posting a gross margin of 87.3% and an operating margin of  28.1% — both stronger than the internet and data services industry averages.
 The stock is also killing it on Momentum. In the last six months, META has climbed more than 108% with  little volatility. That’s why it scores a 98 on our Momentum factor.
 
 You can see that move in the  chart below, but the second chart shows you what I really found out about META:
  	   	(Click here to view larger image.)   	   	(Click here to view larger image.)  It shows how the stock has been  rated on our Green Zone Power Ratings system over that same time.
 While META has benefited from  the investing herd jumping on any tech stock they can find, the stock didn’t  actually reach a “Bullish” rating until late April.
 
 With some of the volatility  behind it, and buoyed by impressive earnings, META has positioned itself to  keep climbing on our Green Zone Power Ratings system.
 
 I’m not recommending you rush  out and buy META stock. While it’s “Bullish” in the Green Zone Power Ratings,  there are plenty of better buys that rate even higher (I aim for stocks rated  85 and above).
 
 But I think META is certainly  worth watching to see where it goes from here.
 
 If it does cross above that 85 threshold, rest  assured, I will be right back here to tell you about it.
 
 
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 Until then…
 
 Safe trading,
 
 
  Matt Clark, CMSA®
 Chief Research Analyst, Money & Markets
 
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