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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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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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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. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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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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Target’s Earnings Shellacking
Target’s Earnings Shellacking
February 28, 2017  |  Retail

Today’s earnings release indicated that the tough fourth farther Target is emerging from is the beginning — and not the end — of a slump...

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Some Earnings Stirrings For Payments Stocks
Some Earnings Stirrings For Payments Stocks
February 21, 2017  |  Investments

(Editor’s note: Forgive the lack of graphics-based data, as per usual. We at PYMNTS are working through some technical issues and will endeavor to have that...

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Xometry Raises $23M To Grow Marketplace
Xometry Raises $23M To Grow Marketplace
February 17, 2017  |  Investments

Slightly more than $120 million in investment fund flows marked the week that ended Feb. 10. That’s a slowdown from the weeks prior and over...

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