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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Jumia’s Shares Slide On Fraud Claims By Short Seller
Jumia’s Shares Slide On Fraud Claims By Short Seller
May 10, 2019  |  Investments

Following a claim of fraud by a short seller, shares in eCommerce firm Jumia fell by almost 25 percent by midday New York time on...

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Wall Street Skeptics Balk At Beyond Meat’s Valuation
Wall Street Skeptics Balk At Beyond Meat’s Valuation
May 09, 2019  |  Retail

Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat has surged about 225 percent since going public last week, leading one analyst to call the valuation “absurd.” “The valuation,...

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Wirecard Mulls Buy-Back Of Shares In SoftBank Deal
Wirecard Mulls Buy-Back Of Shares In SoftBank Deal
May 08, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Wirecard is thinking about buying back shares in the wake of a partnership with Japan’s SoftBank Group, according to Reuters. Softbank said on Wednesday (May...

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For MercadoLibre, Payoff From Payments
For MercadoLibre, Payoff From Payments
May 06, 2019  |  Earnings

For MercadoLibre, the Argentine eCommerce firm incorporated in the United States, with platforms such as the eponymous mercadolibre.com, there has been payoff in payments. As...

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As Uber IPO Approaches, Challenges And Anxieties Abound
As Uber IPO Approaches, Challenges And Anxieties Abound
May 06, 2019  |  IPO

Here it comes, the big initial public offering (IPO) from Uber, a highly anticipated event set for Thursday (May 9). But there’s a lot to...

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Firm Has Finally Invested In Amazon
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Firm Has Finally Invested In Amazon
May 03, 2019  |  Markets

Billionaire Warren Buffett’s firm Berkshire Hathaway has been purchasing shares in Amazon, and Buffett said he has underestimated Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to a report...

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Checkout.com Raises $230M At $2B Valuation
Checkout.com Raises $230M At $2B Valuation
May 02, 2019  |  Investments

Payments solution company Checkout.com has raised $230 million in a recent fundraising round, a number that heightens its valuation to almost $2 billion, according to...

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Discovering (A Lack Of) Price Discovery Amid Bitcoin Fraud Allegations
Discovering (A Lack Of) Price Discovery Amid Bitcoin Fraud Allegations
May 01, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Generally speaking, price discovery is the way anything that changes hands – from stocks to bonds to software to services – finds a “real” price. It’s...

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VC Fintech Investing Declines In First Quarter
VC Fintech Investing Declines In First Quarter
April 30, 2019  |  Investments

Investing on the part of venture capitalists in financial technology startups — otherwise known as FinTechs — declined during the first quarter of 2019, with China...

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