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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Wirecard Stocks Slump Over India Report Fears, Analysts Say Sell
Wirecard Stocks Slump Over India Report Fears, Analysts Say Sell
March 15, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

German payments company Wirecard’s shares dropped after an Indian business became a key issue in the company’s continuing problems, following a series of articles in...

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Analysts Say Amazon’s Profit Strategy Could Boost Shares 25 Pct
Analysts Say Amazon’s Profit Strategy Could Boost Shares 25 Pct
March 15, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon’s recent moves in pushing groceries, closing pop-up stores and zeroing in on advertising could help the online retail giant grow profits, KeyBanc analysts said....

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Ping An Looks To Take FinTech Unit Public
Ping An Looks To Take FinTech Unit Public
February 25, 2019  |  Investments

Though the Chinese economy is slowing, and stock markets may be viewed by at least some observers as lofty, reports surfaced Sunday (Feb. 24) and...

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Options A Windfall For Pre-IPO Firms’ Employees?
Options A Windfall For Pre-IPO Firms’ Employees?
February 22, 2019  |  Investments

Stock options drum up images of the dot-com era, of IPO riches reaped for getting in on the ground floor of a promising tech startup...

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Banco BTG Pactual To Raise Millions Via Security Token Offering
Banco BTG Pactual To Raise Millions Via Security Token Offering
February 21, 2019  |  Investments

An investment bank located in Brazil is raising millions of dollars via a security token offering, as reported by CoinDesk. Get the Full Story Complete...

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The Inverted Approach To Tackling Fraud
The Inverted Approach To Tackling Fraud
February 20, 2019  |  Today In Data

Banks, financial institutions (FIs) and other firms are grappling with a flood of application fraud and identity theft. In other news, customers see self-service kiosks and online...

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‘Death-Spiral Financing’ Leads to SEC Fraud Charges Against Penny-Stock Operator
‘Death-Spiral Financing’ Leads to SEC Fraud Charges Against Penny-Stock Operator
February 18, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

So much of the focus on fraud these days involves exploiting holes in software, hacking into systems to steal personal information and payment data, or...

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Lyft Vies With Uber For IPO, Uses Growth To Draw Investors
Lyft Vies With Uber For IPO, Uses Growth To Draw Investors
February 15, 2019  |  IPO

Ride-hailing app Lyft, an Uber competitor in the U.S. and Canada, is attempting to become the first publicly listed ride-hailing company, according to a report...

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JPMorgan, Goldman-Backed Payments Co Finablr Eye IPO
JPMorgan, Goldman-Backed Payments Co Finablr Eye IPO
February 14, 2019  |  IPO

Finablr, a payments and foreign exchange company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said it will launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) next month, according...

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