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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Delivery Hero Pours $200M Into German Grocery Firm Gorillas Technologies
Delivery Hero Pours $200M Into German Grocery Firm Gorillas Technologies
September 24, 2021  |  Retail

Delivery Hero has plans to invest in Germany’s Gorillas Technologies, a grocery startup, as part of a $1 billion funding round, according to Bloomberg Thursday...

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Robinhood Crypto Wallets Due Next Month
Robinhood Crypto Wallets Due Next Month
September 22, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Two days after reports emerged that Robinhood was testing a new crypto wallet, the company made it official: Crypto wallets will begin rolling out next...

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Acorns Preps for IPO by Naming David Hijirida President 
Acorns Preps for IPO by Naming David Hijirida President 
September 15, 2021  |  IPO

Acorns Grow Inc. has hired former Amazon.com Inc. executive David Hijirida as its new president ahead of the savings and investing startup’s initial public offering,...

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Facebook Highlights eCommerce, Metaverse Plans As Pressure On Ad Business Grows
Facebook Highlights eCommerce, Metaverse Plans As Pressure On Ad Business Grows
July 29, 2021  |  Earnings

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PayPal: Venmo Volumes Grow 58 Pct YoY To $58B
PayPal: Venmo Volumes Grow 58 Pct YoY To $58B
July 29, 2021  |  Earnings

PayPal reported second-quarter results Wednesday (July 28) that showed the great digital shift had boosted eCommerce fortunes and that peer-to-peer (P2P) payments during the period...

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LendingClub Q2 Loan Originations Soar By 84 Pct
LendingClub Q2 Loan Originations Soar By 84 Pct
July 28, 2021  |  Earnings

San Francisco-based FinTech LendingClub said it had its most profitable quarter in company history Wednesday (July 28) as the newly minted lender completed its first...

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Snapchat Posts Blow Out Q2 As Revenues Double and Active User Growth Hits 4-Year High
Snapchat Posts Blow Out Q2 As Revenues Double and Active User Growth Hits 4-Year High
July 22, 2021  |  Earnings

Given that shares of Snap had risen more than 150 percent over the past 12 months, one could argue that the $95 billion owner of...

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TikTok Bans Financial Advertising In Clamp Down On Misinformation
TikTok Bans Financial Advertising In Clamp Down On Misinformation
July 12, 2021  |  Social Commerce

TikTok is just saying no to financial products and services — at least when it comes to their promotional material. The social media giant has...

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China’s Post-IPO DiDi Crackdown Shows Power Still Trumps Pragmatism In Asia’s Largest Economy
China’s Post-IPO DiDi Crackdown Shows Power Still Trumps Pragmatism In Asia’s Largest Economy
July 06, 2021  |  International

In what appears to be an increasingly common show of might, Chinese government regulators have again clamped down domestically on a high-profile, publicly-traded company, despite...

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