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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Neo-Bank Current Lands $20M In Funding, Surpasses Half-Million Accounts

Neo-Bank Current Lands $20M In Funding, Surpasses Half-Million Accounts
Neo-Bank Current Lands $20M In Funding, Surpasses Half-Million Accounts
October 25, 2019  |  Investments

Current announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B round, bringing its fundraising total to $45 million. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Square Cash Offers Free In-App Stock Trading
Square Cash Offers Free In-App Stock Trading
October 24, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

The popular Cash app, owned by Square, now has the ability for users to buy and sell stocks. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Lands $30M To Expand Into Vehicle Protection
Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Lands $30M To Expand Into Vehicle Protection
October 21, 2019  |  International

Israel’s Upstream Security has notched $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Renault Venture Capital, Upstream announced in a press release on...

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How Crowdfunding Is Becoming Regular Investing
How Crowdfunding Is Becoming Regular Investing
October 21, 2019  |  Investments

A decade ago, an entrepreneur wanting to raise cash pretty much had to have rich relatives or pals, or gain entry into the clubby world...

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Bain’s Matt Harris On Skating To Where The B2B Innovation Puck’s Headed
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October 21, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Recent weeks have seen headlines in the financial press heralding the death of unicorns — tech companies that are (or were) valued at $1 billion...

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Foreign Investors Spent $60B Buying UK Tech Firms Since Brexit Vote
Foreign Investors Spent $60B Buying UK Tech Firms Since Brexit Vote
October 17, 2019  |  Brexit

Since the Brexit vote three years ago, foreign buyers have announced $60 billion in deals for U.K. tech companies. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Netflix Earnings Soar, But Subscribers Slip As New Streaming Players Spin Up
Netflix Earnings Soar, But Subscribers Slip As New Streaming Players Spin Up
October 16, 2019  |  Earnings

Netflix’s results were somewhat mixed when the streaming giant released its earnings figures Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 16), the market’s response to them was not. Shares...

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Wells Says Today’s Costly Investments Is Tomorrow’s Innovation In Progress
Wells Says Today’s Costly Investments Is Tomorrow’s Innovation In Progress
October 15, 2019  |  Earnings

Wells Fargo managed to a slight beat when it came revenue predictions when it announced earnings earlier today (Oct. 15) — but on the whole,...

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SmileDirectClub Shares Slide On New Consumer Protection Law
SmileDirectClub Shares Slide On New Consumer Protection Law
October 15, 2019  |  Markets

A new California law has sent shares of SmileDirectClub down 12.9 percent on Monday (Oct. 14) and its stock is now down 60 percent since...

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