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)

Bank Of America Analysts See ‘No Good Reason’ To Own Bitcoin 
Bank Of America Analysts See ‘No Good Reason’ To Own Bitcoin 
March 24, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has been around for more than a decade. And, depending on where you look, its role as a disrupter in financial services – allowing...

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Corporates’ Shifting Expectations Fuel Optimism For Billtrust’s First Earnings Report
Corporates’ Shifting Expectations Fuel Optimism For Billtrust’s First Earnings Report
March 24, 2021  |  B2B Payments

This time last year, amid the sudden onset of the pandemic, accounts receivable technology company Billtrust had instituted a hiring freeze and clamped down on...

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GameStop Digital Sales Spike For Q4; Moves To Be ‘Customer-Obsessed Tech Company’
GameStop Digital Sales Spike For Q4; Moves To Be ‘Customer-Obsessed Tech Company’
March 23, 2021  |  Earnings

The digital transformation of GameStop that has captivated investors for the past three months continued Tuesday (March 23), as the video game retailer announced a...

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UK Competition Watchdog Cautions Young Traders On Risky Investments
UK Competition Watchdog Cautions Young Traders On Risky Investments
March 23, 2021  |  Investments

New research from the U.K.’s competition watchdog indicated that younger traders are increasingly taking part in risky investments without fully understanding the possible pitfalls and...

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B2B Payments Firm AvidXchange Could Hit $7 Billion Valuation In IPO
B2B Payments Firm AvidXchange Could Hit $7 Billion Valuation In IPO
March 23, 2021  |  IPO

The business-to-business (B2B) payments firm AvidXchange is eyeing an initial public offering (IPO) that could give the North Carolina company a valuation topping $7 billion,...

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UK’s Deliveroo Reflects High Demand For Delivery; IPO Set To Top $12 Billion
UK’s Deliveroo Reflects High Demand For Delivery; IPO Set To Top $12 Billion
March 22, 2021  |  Retail

The Amazon-backed and London-based delivery service Deliveroo said on Monday (March 22) that it is looking to raise over $12 billion in its IPO later...

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SPAC CEO: Blank Check Listings Help FinTechs with Growth ‘Inflection Point’
SPAC CEO: Blank Check Listings Help FinTechs with Growth ‘Inflection Point’
March 22, 2021  |  IPO

The continued, heady pace of “blank-check” firms filing to go public shows no sign of abating. And while some observers may point to what seems...

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Restaurant Roundup: Investors Back ResTech Solutions
Restaurant Roundup: Investors Back ResTech Solutions
March 19, 2021  |  Investments

While the week’s biggest story in restaurant technology investment news was Olo’s IPO and its valuation north of $4.6 billion, this week also saw significant...

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Virtual Land Parcels Selling For Millions In Real Dollars
Virtual Land Parcels Selling For Millions In Real Dollars
March 19, 2021  |  Real Estate

Want to own a piece of virtual reality real estate? You may need to get in line. As Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 19), property...

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