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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Today in Data: Uber in Danger Zone?
Today in Data: Uber in Danger Zone?
July 17, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

2017 has not been the best of the best for ride-hailing company Uber. From its CEO stepping down to employees filing and winning lawsuits, Uber...

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Zently Raises $1.6M, Launches Expense-Sharing Feature
Zently Raises $1.6M, Launches Expense-Sharing Feature
July 13, 2017  |  Investments

Zently, a tech startup with a mobile app for renters that helps them pay on time and flags issues for the landlord, has recently raised...

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July 05, 2017  |  CEO Series

How to innovate successfully in payments, where as a rule, complexity reigns? According to Applause CEO Doron Reuveni, among the best approaches is to focus less on...

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Fiserv To Provide Financial Advice Through GoldBean
Fiserv To Provide Financial Advice Through GoldBean
June 27, 2017  |  Business

Fiserv, global provider of financial services technology solutions, recently announced the addition of tailored digital advice and education to its Wealth Management Network from Fiserv...

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SNAP Stocks Drop To IPO Price Of $17 After Lackluster Quarter
SNAP Stocks Drop To IPO Price Of $17 After Lackluster Quarter
June 16, 2017  |  IPO

Fame is a fickle friend, and it seems that Snapchat may have reached the end of its run, if investor confidence is any measuring stick....

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Leveraged Lending Sees a Renaissance
June 15, 2017  |  Investments

In investing, returns are everything, and when it comes to fixed income, yield is everything. The Wall Street Journal reports that investors are “desperate for...

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AI Startup Cognitive Scale Gets USAA Backing
AI Startup Cognitive Scale Gets USAA Backing
June 14, 2017  |  Investments

The USAA (United Services Automobile Assn.) has invested in artificial intelligence startup CognitiveScale for an undisclosed sum, bizjournals.com reported. Though this latest funding was not quantified (and...

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Generational Difference Driving Innovations In Investments
Generational Difference Driving Innovations In Investments
June 14, 2017  |  Investments

It’s no surprise that generational difference will create problems in a household, but it’s also leading to innovations. That’s according to the 2017 U.S. Trust...

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Fashion Tycoon Invests $225M In Klarna, Swedish Payments Unicorn
Fashion Tycoon Invests $225M In Klarna, Swedish Payments Unicorn
June 08, 2017  |  Startups

Klarna, the Swedish startup that lets shoppers pay for goods after they are delivered instead of before (and incrementally over time if they wish), has...

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