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)

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February 25, 2021  |  Earnings

Reflecting the travel industry’s pandemic-led decline, Airbnb held its first earnings call as a public company on Thursday (Feb. 25) reporting a respectable revenue line,...

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February 24, 2021  |  Investments

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February 23, 2021  |  Earnings

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February 19, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

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February 18, 2021  |  IPO

The Singapore Exchange, a major stock market in Asia, has reportedly been considering the idea of listing blank-check companies. Now, CEO Loh Boon Chye said...

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February 18, 2021  |  IPO

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February 16, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Aggressive bitcoin trading over the past two-plus months has seen the digital currency’s price tag soar above $50,000 for the first time on Tuesday (Feb....

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Indonesian Travel Startup Traveloka Looks To Enter Public Markets Via SPAC
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February 16, 2021  |  IPO

Online travel startup Traveloka is aiming to launch a “blank-check” company with a listing in the U.S. this year. Ferry Unardi, the Indonesian company’s CEO,...

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