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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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. According to the report, Banco...

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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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Peloton Eyes 2019 IPO
Peloton Eyes 2019 IPO
February 12, 2019  |  Retail

Heading toward potentially becoming a public company, Peloton Interactive Inc. is reportedly talking with banks about an initial public offering (IPO). The company is seeking...

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UK Digital Bank Monzo Eyes Expansion, Tests SMB Accounts
UK Digital Bank Monzo Eyes Expansion, Tests SMB Accounts
February 11, 2019  |  Banking

Monzo, a digital bank out of London, wants to expand past just mobile-based personal banking customers to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).   “This week,...

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Foot Locker Invests $100M In Online Sneaker Reseller Platform
Foot Locker Invests $100M In Online Sneaker Reseller Platform
February 07, 2019  |  Retail

Legacy retail company Foot Locker has invested $100 million in Goat Group, an online platform that sells and resells rare and classic sneakers, according to...

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