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.

(source: sapling.com)

Goldman Sachs to Sell Marcus Invest Accounts to Betterment
Goldman Sachs to Sell Marcus Invest Accounts to Betterment
April 22, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Independent digital investment advisor Betterment has reached an agreement with Goldman Sachs to acquire the digital investment accounts of Marcus Invest.  Subject to customary closing conditions, those accounts will be...

READ MORE >
Venture Capital Has a New Secret Weapon: AI
Venture Capital Has a New Secret Weapon: AI
April 03, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

In the venture capital (VC) world, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a hot sector to pour money into — it’s now an essential...

READ MORE >
How WealthTech Firms Are Simplifying Investing for Tomorrow’s High-Net-Worth Individuals
How WealthTech Firms Are Simplifying Investing for Tomorrow’s High-Net-Worth Individuals
March 04, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

A staggering $84 trillion is the amount of cash and assets that Generation X, millennials and Gen Z consumers are set to inherit from older...

READ MORE >
Just One-Tenth of Savings Are Stored in Financial Assets
Just One-Tenth of Savings Are Stored in Financial Assets
January 30, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

In times of economic turbulence such as these, investing in interest-bearing financial assets is one way to mitigate the effects of inflation. Although U.S. consumers...

READ MORE >
Paytm Stock Drops 20% After Downgrade for Scaling Back Loan Sizes
Paytm Stock Drops 20% After Downgrade for Scaling Back Loan Sizes
December 07, 2023  |  Loans

 Paytm’s stock hit a two-year low Thursday (Dec. 7) after it changed its small-ticket loan policy and brokers downgraded its stock.  The Indian FinTech had announced earlier...

READ MORE >
Bank of America: Europe’s IPO Market Will Recover Gradually
Bank of America: Europe’s IPO Market Will Recover Gradually
July 20, 2023  |  IPO

Anyone expecting a dramatic restoration of Europe’s IPO market might have to wait. That’s according to bankers at Bank of America (BofA), who told Bloomberg News in...

READ MORE >
Former FTX US President Taps Power of AI in New Investing Company
Former FTX US President Taps Power of AI in New Investing Company
June 20, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Providing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to independent investors is the current project of former FTX US President Brett Harrison. Harrison’s new company, Architect Financial Technologies, aims to...

READ MORE >
FinTech IPO Index Slides 5.4% Led by MoneyLion
FinTech IPO Index Slides 5.4% Led by MoneyLion
April 27, 2023  |  IPO

The FinTech IPO Index slid 5.45%, even as earnings season has yet to fully hit home in the sector. MoneyLion shares sank 29.7% through the...

READ MORE >
Wirex Courts Wealthier Customers With Wirex Private
Wirex Courts Wealthier Customers With Wirex Private
April 18, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Payments and cryptocurrency ecosystem Wirex has launched a private service aimed at wealthier consumers. Wirex Private, announced Tuesday (April 18), is aimed “at Wirex’s growing segment of affluent customers,”...

READ MORE >