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)

Barclays Deluged With Complaints Over New Investment Website
Barclays Deluged With Complaints Over New Investment Website
September 04, 2017  |  Banking

Barclays, the U.K. financial firm, is having a tough go of it with its new DIY investment website, with customers facing all sorts of problems...

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Mark Cuban Bitcoin Skeptic No More
Mark Cuban Bitcoin Skeptic No More
August 23, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor who a few weeks back said bitcoin was in a bubble, is getting used to the new world of cryptocurrency....

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Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti
Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti
August 16, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Urban FT has launched a bid for struggling mobile money firm Digiliti. To get a sense of the strategy behind the deal, Karen Webster got an exclusive first look...

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Bad Press Will Keep Chipotle’s Prices Down, For Now
Bad Press Will Keep Chipotle’s Prices Down, For Now
August 01, 2017  |  ResTech

Another Norovirus outbreak couldn’t dent Chipotle’s confidence in itself as the QSR chain looks to raise prices to keep up with rising costs. But it...

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SoftBank Might Buy Multi-Billion Dollar Stake In Uber
SoftBank Might Buy Multi-Billion Dollar Stake In Uber
July 26, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Reports say that SoftBank has contacted Uber about the possibility of buying a “multi-billion dollar stake” in the ridesharing company — less than a day...

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Mobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
Mobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
July 21, 2017  |  Investments

The financial services space has many players in the field moving money throughout the stock exchange. Like a well-oiled machine, stocks are traded all day,...

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Today in Data: Uber in Danger Zone?
Today in Data: Uber in Danger Zone?
July 17, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

2017 has not been the best of the best for ride-hailing company Uber. From its CEO stepping down to employees filing and winning lawsuits, Uber...

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Zently Raises $1.6M, Launches Expense-Sharing Feature
Zently Raises $1.6M, Launches Expense-Sharing Feature
July 13, 2017  |  Investments

Zently, a tech startup with a mobile app for renters that helps them pay on time and flags issues for the landlord, has recently raised...

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Innovators: Avoid The Siren Song Of “What’s Hot”
Innovators: Avoid The Siren Song Of “What’s Hot”
July 05, 2017  |  CEO Series

How to innovate successfully in payments, where as a rule, complexity reigns? According to Applause CEO Doron Reuveni, among the best approaches is to focus less on...

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