Investor Beat: Sept. 30, 2013

By Alison Southwick – Sep 30, 2013 at 5:41PM

NASDAQ: META

Meta Platforms

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$1,254B

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$493.50

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As the government shutdown looms, our analysts give investors the top stories they need to know.

The following video is from Monday's edition of Investor Beat, in which host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day.

Now that it looks like a miracle is needed to prevent a government shutdown, the market finally reacts -- creating a great buy opportunity. In our lead story on Investor Beat, Matt and Jason share the stocks they'd like to pick up on sale.

Also, the guys take a look at four stocks making moves on the market today. The Active Network is going private. Facebook has a new customer. Achilleon Pharmaceuticals gets devastating news for a hepatitis C drug. And AMC Networks shows with the Breaking Bad finale that content is still king.

Finally, Matt and Jason explain why they're keeping a close watch on shares of Sina and Ford.

Alison Southwick has no position in any stocks mentioned. Jason Moser owns shares of LinkedIn and Sina. Matthew Argersinger owns shares of Netflix and is also short December 2013 $250 calls on Netflix. The Motley Fool recommends AMC Networks, Facebook, Ford, Interface, LinkedIn, Netflix, Sina, and The Active Network and owns shares of Facebook, Ford, Interface, LinkedIn, Netflix, and Sina. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.