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)

LendingClub’s Laplanche Starting New Online Lender
LendingClub’s Laplanche Starting New Online Lender
April 07, 2017  |  Payment Methods

LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender...

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Product Management Software Startup Akeneo In $13M Series B
Product Management Software Startup Akeneo In $13M Series B
April 05, 2017  |  Investments

The Investment Tracker accelerated in terms of activity and deal size in the week that ended March 31. For that period, $2.3 billion in fund...

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Amid Tech Giants, Big Tobacco Lights Up Stock Market
Amid Tech Giants, Big Tobacco Lights Up Stock Market
April 04, 2017  |  Investments

Investors tend to get swayed by smoking-hot tech stocks. But what about smoking-hot smoking stocks? Bloomberg reported that among the biggest names in the Standard and...

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Payments Stocks Log Positive Performance
Payments Stocks Log Positive Performance
April 03, 2017  |  Investments

For the week that just ended, payments stocks were weighted to the positive end of performance, where the top five gainers posted mid-single-digit increases. By...

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Brexit Is Here And Stocks, Banks, FinTechs Yearn For Clarity
Brexit Is Here And Stocks, Banks, FinTechs Yearn For Clarity
March 29, 2017  |  Brexit

Stock markets in Europe were mixed as the formal process of Brexit began this week. Reuters noted Wednesday (March 29) that British Prime Minister Theresa...

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MoneyGram’s Takeout Bids Dominate Payments Stocks
MoneyGram’s Takeout Bids Dominate Payments Stocks
March 20, 2017  |  Investments

Several names in the payments industry roared ahead, with company-specific news focused on game-changing mergers and acquisitions or earnings. The big news, of course, came...

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Acadian Asset Management To Use Bing Predicts Macroeconomic Indicators
Acadian Asset Management To Use Bing Predicts Macroeconomic Indicators
March 10, 2017  |  Investments

Acadian Asset Management, global and international investing company, announced Thursday (March 9) that it is the first investment firm to use the Bing Predicts macroeconomic...

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Online Bank PayQix Sees $11M Added To Series A
Online Bank PayQix Sees $11M Added To Series A
March 10, 2017  |  Investments

Online bank and SMB management technology platform startup PayQix recently announced it had received an $11 million investment from an unnamed source. The $11 million...

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Looking At Snap’s Streak
Looking At Snap’s Streak
March 08, 2017  |  Investments

What does it mean that shares in Snapchat parent Snap are trading at $22, where just a few days ago they rocketed up 44 percent...

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