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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SMBX, Degrees Plato Partner For Bond Offering
SMBX, Degrees Plato Partner For Bond Offering
February 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Small business bond marketplace SMBX and taproom and eatery Degrees Plato are partnering to introduce Degrees Plato’s Small Business Bond offering, the firms announced Friday...

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Apple CEO Says Apple Card, Installment Plans Juiced iPhone Sales
Apple CEO Says Apple Card, Installment Plans Juiced iPhone Sales
January 29, 2020  |  Apple

The iPhone was back in the earnings spotlight as Apple reported record sales for its flagship device when its FY Q1 earnings hit the wires....

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MacKenzie Bezos Unloads $400M In Amazon Stock
MacKenzie Bezos Unloads $400M In Amazon Stock
January 27, 2020  |  Amazon

The ex-wife of Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Bezos, has sold $400 million of her stake in Amazon, according to a report by...

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Kobe Bryant’s VC Firm Holds More Than $2B In Assets
Kobe Bryant’s VC Firm Holds More Than $2B In Assets
January 27, 2020  |  Investments

Kobe Bryant, who died Sunday (Jan. 26), was a well-known businessman and leaves behind a strong legacy of savvy investing and mentoring, according to a...

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Casper’s Unicorn Ambitions In Jeopardy After S-1 Filing
Casper’s Unicorn Ambitions In Jeopardy After S-1 Filing
January 27, 2020  |  Retail

eCommerce mattress merchant Casper Sleep Inc. forecasts that its initial public offering (IPO) valuation will be far under the approximate $1 billion it had for...

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Ripple Chief Teases Upcoming IPO
Ripple Chief Teases Upcoming IPO
January 24, 2020  |  Blockchain

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, said that initial public offerings (IPOs) will start becoming more common in the fields of cryptocurrency and blockchain this...

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B2B FinTechs Start 2020 Strong With More Than $1B In VC Funding
B2B FinTechs Start 2020 Strong With More Than $1B In VC Funding
January 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small...

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Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
January 20, 2020  |  International

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg...

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AvidXchange Gets $260M In Financing Round
AvidXchange Gets $260M In Financing Round
January 17, 2020  |  Investments

Accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solution company AvidXchange has raised $260 million in equity capital in a financing round, according to a press release....

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