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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SoftBank Exec: ‘Mistakes Come Out First’ In Investing
SoftBank Exec: ‘Mistakes Come Out First’ In Investing
March 09, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra, head of the company’s $100 billion Vision Fund, is still banking on the success of the fund, confident investments and IPOs will...

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SoftBank Shareholders Push For Grab, Gojek Deal In Indonesia
SoftBank Shareholders Push For Grab, Gojek Deal In Indonesia
March 08, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Investors are asking SoftBank to help align Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing unicorns Grab and Gojek, The Financial Times reported, citing sources. In the past 18 months,...

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FinTech TerraPay Is Acquired, Raises $9.6M
FinTech TerraPay Is Acquired, Raises $9.6M
March 04, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

TerraPay, a Dutch FinTech, has been acquired by a number of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management for an undisclosed amount. Along with...

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Robinhood Outage Shows Cracks In Its Platform Model
Robinhood Outage Shows Cracks In Its Platform Model
March 04, 2020  |  Investments

No band of merry traders here. Two days into outages that hobbled Robinhood, the online financial services company that offers an app primarily used by...

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Grab Creates Accelerator For Vietnam Startups
Grab Creates Accelerator For Vietnam Startups
February 27, 2020  |  Startups

Singapore-based app Grab has launched an accelerator program for startups in Vietnam, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The initiative, called Grab Ventures...

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Toyota Backs Chinese Autonomous Driving Startup Pony.ai With $400M
Toyota Backs Chinese Autonomous Driving Startup Pony.ai With $400M
February 26, 2020  |  Investments

Toyota has backed Chinese firm Pony.ai with a $400 million investment, according to the Financial Times. The newest funding totals $462 million and puts a...

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Warren Buffett Says Crypto Has ‘Zero’ Value
Warren Buffett Says Crypto Has ‘Zero’ Value
February 24, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, continued his public aversion to cryptocurrency by once again disavowing it as having no value, according to a...

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SoftBank’s Second Vision Fund Invests In Two Companies
SoftBank’s Second Vision Fund Invests In Two Companies
February 24, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank’s second Vision Fund has invested in two companies, artificial intelligence company Behavox and healthcare-facing company Karius, according to Reuters. The fund put $100 million...

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Rakuten Dumps $1.4B In Tech Holdings, Including Pinterest Stake
Rakuten Dumps $1.4B In Tech Holdings, Including Pinterest Stake
February 16, 2020  |  Investments

Rakuten, the Japanese eCommerce conglomerate, has sold billions of dollars’ worth in shares, including the entirety of its stake in Pinterest. The shares were from...

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