What Is Investing?

What Is Investing? Investing is a way to increase the amount of money you have by putting it into financial products. These include bank accounts, money market accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, precious metals and property. Anything that potentially increases in value can be an investment.

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In Reddit Rally Aftermath, Spotlight Is On Gamification Of Stock Trading
In Reddit Rally Aftermath, Spotlight Is On Gamification Of Stock Trading
February 03, 2021  |  Investments

The last few weeks, the stock market has seemed like a casino, indeed: You pays your money, you takes your pick. And like a casino,...

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Visa Fiscal Q1 Earnings Show 60 Pct Growth For Visa Direct
Visa Fiscal Q1 Earnings Show 60 Pct Growth For Visa Direct
January 28, 2021  |  Earnings

As had been the case with card and payment network peers that had reported earnings earlier in the week, Visa’s fiscal first-quarter results showed headwinds...

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More Brokers Restrict Trades Of AMC, GameStop, Citing Volatility
More Brokers Restrict Trades Of AMC, GameStop, Citing Volatility
January 28, 2021  |  Markets

The online boom in the stock price of such companies as GameStop has gained the attention of brokers, prompting moves to curb the wild trading...

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Apple Earnings Blowout In Q1 2021 Rides Success Of Connected Economy
Apple Earnings Blowout In Q1 2021 Rides Success Of Connected Economy
January 27, 2021  |  Earnings

It was supposed to be a record-breaking fiscal year first quarter for Apple and the company did not disappoint. Riding the success of the global...

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Ant Group’s IPO Green Light Comes With Speed Bumps Ahead 
Ant Group’s IPO Green Light Comes With Speed Bumps Ahead 
January 27, 2021  |  IPO

Green light for an IPO – but speed bumps on the road ahead. The on/off status of Ant Group’s initial public offering seems switched, now,...

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Financial Services Platform SoFi Plans IPO Via SPAC
Financial Services Platform SoFi Plans IPO Via SPAC
January 07, 2021  |  IPO

Silicon Valley startup Social Finance (SoFi) is closing a merger deal with blank-check firm Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V to file an initial public...

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Fractional Investing Aims To Make The Stock Market Accessible
Fractional Investing Aims To Make The Stock Market Accessible
January 04, 2021  |  Personal Finance

Say the words “Wall Street.” Odds are you pictured the male-dominated, “Wolf of Wall Street” memes. Perhaps you liken investing to gambling. Stock markets are at...

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Direct Listings And SPACs Change The Face of Public Offerings
Direct Listings And SPACs Change The Face of Public Offerings
December 27, 2020  |  IPO

There’s nothing new under the sun, goes the saying. There are just new ways to take it public. As 2020 sunsets, we’ve seen all manner...

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The Connected Economy’s 10 Biggest US IPOs Of 2020
The Connected Economy’s 10 Biggest US IPOs Of 2020
December 24, 2020  |  IPO

The U.S. market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. Connected-commerce companies...

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