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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Satellite Internet Startup OneWeb Closes After SoftBank Fund Raise Fails
Satellite Internet Startup OneWeb Closes After SoftBank Fund Raise Fails
March 29, 2020  |  Startups

OneWeb, which wanted to make internet access worldwide and widespread, has filed for bankruptcy and let most of its employees go after it couldn’t get...

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Airbnb Mulls Fundraising To Recoup Coronavirus Losses
Airbnb Mulls Fundraising To Recoup Coronavirus Losses
March 20, 2020  |  Coronavirus

During the coronavirus crisis, certain industries, like hospitality and airline travel, have been hit especially hard. Airbnb, the company that lets people rent rooms out...

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March 19, 2020  |  Coronavirus

It is easy to get a little bit confused when one takes a step back and looks at the unfolding public reaction to the COVID-19...

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Slack Stock Tumbles On Underwhelming Outlook
Slack Stock Tumbles On Underwhelming Outlook
March 13, 2020  |  Stock Index

Unicorn stock Slack Technologies, Inc. plunged as much as 25.5 percent on Friday (March 13), reaching a post-IPO low of $15.90, although it later partly...

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Bitcoin Drops To Lowest Point In A Year
Bitcoin Drops To Lowest Point In A Year
March 13, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Despite a recent bounce, bitcoin dropped to below $4,000 early on Friday (March 13), according to a report by CoinDesk. It reached $3,867, which was...

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Robinhood Fizzles As Markets Gyrate
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March 13, 2020  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

These are the times that try traders’ souls. Apparently, these are also the times that try trading platforms’ souls – by exposing vulnerabilities in their...

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ICICI Bank To Bail Out India’s Yes Bank
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March 13, 2020  |  Banking

ICICI Bank in India has announced it will initiate a rescue deal with Yes Bank to the tune of up to 10 billion rupees ($135...

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Bitcoin Rallies Above $8K After Two-Month Low
Bitcoin Rallies Above $8K After Two-Month Low
March 10, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin exceeded the $8,000 mark early Tuesday morning (March 10) before falling below the threshold at approximately 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. The digital currency experienced...

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Robinhood App Crashes Again As Markets Plummet
Robinhood App Crashes Again As Markets Plummet
March 09, 2020  |  Stock Index

The stock-trading app Robinhood went down again on Monday (March 9), as the markets plummeted and then closed briefly for the first time since 1997,...

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