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Meta Stock Jumps 10% on New AI App and Higher Price Target

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Meta is a big technology company. Its stock price went up 10% in one day.

Meta owns Facebook and Instagram. It also made a new app called Muse AI. Many people are downloading this app now.

Some experts changed their price target for Meta. A price target is a guess about a future stock price. The experts think Meta's stock will go higher.

Because of this good news, more people wanted to buy Meta stock. This made the price jump up fast.

Mark Zuckerberg is the boss of Meta. He owns a lot of Meta stock. When the stock price goes up, his money goes up too.

In one day, Zuckerberg's fortune grew by $25 billion. A fortune is all the money a person has.

This is a very big jump for one day. Many people are talking about why Meta stock is doing so well.

Vocabulary15 words

stock
a small part of a company that people can buy
price target
a guess about how high or low a price will go
fortune
a very large amount of money
surge
a fast and big increase
download
to get an app or file onto your phone or computer
CEO
the top boss of a company
analyst
a person who studies companies and markets
app
a small program on a phone
technology company
a business that makes computer or internet products
billion
a very big number: 1,000,000,000
increase
to become bigger or more
shares
small parts of a company owned by people
market
the place where stocks are bought and sold
jump
to go up quickly
news
new information about something happening

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Quiz

1. How much did Meta's stock price go up in one day?
2. What is Muse AI?
3. How much money did Zuckerberg add to his fortune in one day?

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Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

Meta is a big technology company. Its stock price went up _____% in one day.

Meta owns Facebook and Instagram. It also made a new app called _____ AI. Many people are downloading this app now.

Some experts changed their price target for Meta. They think Meta's stock will go _____.

Because of this good news, more people wanted to _____ Meta stock. This made the price jump up fast.

Mark _____ is the boss of Meta. He owns a lot of Meta stock.

In one day, Zuckerberg's fortune grew by $_____ billion.

This is a very big _____ for one day. Many people are talking about why Meta stock is doing so well.

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