LinkedIn has been the social-media darling for investors, and last week's earnings report validated that status as it beat estimates and raised full-year guidance. The company has successfully employed a three-pronged approach to generating revenue: leveraging its rich data for enterprise use, providing premium subscriptions for individual users, and selling online advertising. While this approach has helped the company differentiate itself from largely one-trick advertising ponies such as Google and Facebook, shares trade at a steep price by traditional valuation metrics. In the following video, Brenton and Austin discuss LinkedIn and their opinion on the stock.

After the world's most-hyped IPO turned out to be a flop, most investors probably don't even want to think about shares of Facebook. But there are things every investor needs to know about this company. We've outlined them in our newest premium research report. There's a lot more to this company than meets the eye, so read up on whether there is anything to "like" about it today, and we'll tell you whether we think Facebook deserves a place in your portfolio. Access your report by clicking here. 

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