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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Bitcoin Down In First Day Of New Year Trading
Bitcoin Down In First Day Of New Year Trading
January 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The decline in the value of bitcoin carried into 2018, with the cryptocurrency down in trading on Tuesday (Jan. 2), marking the first time the...

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Short Bitcoin Contracts Increase
Short Bitcoin Contracts Increase
January 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Net short bitcoin contracts surged in the week of trading kicking off on Dec. 26, as investors bet the bitcoin futures traded on the Cboe...

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Bitcoin Recoups Losses In Tuesday Trading
Bitcoin Recoups Losses In Tuesday Trading
December 27, 2017  |  Bitcoin

After suffering from a steep sell-off in trading late last week, cryptocurrency bitcoin was able to recoup some of its losses, trading above $16,100 on...

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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Could Ban Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Could Ban Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies
December 27, 2017  |  Digital Payments

Israel is gearing up to ban bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, reported Reuters. Shmuel Hauser, chairman of the Israel Securities...

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Bitcoin Tanks, Capping Volatile Trading Week
Bitcoin Tanks, Capping Volatile Trading Week
December 22, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s value plunged at the end of a volatile cryptocurrency trading week, with the price falling under $11,000 for a brief time, currently off 44...

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Daimler Buys Majority Stake In French Ridesharing Company
Daimler Buys Majority Stake In French Ridesharing Company
December 22, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Daimler’s Daimler Mobility Services announced news on Thursday (Dec. 21) that it has acquired a majority stake in Chauffeur Privé, one of the leading private...

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JPMC Hops On Robo-Advisor Bus
JPMC Hops On Robo-Advisor Bus
December 21, 2017  |  Investments

JPMorgan Chase is launching a lower-cost online investment management tool this week: the robo-adviser. According to news from Reuters, the company plans to offer the service...

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Chinese FinTech IPOs Don’t Dazzle Wall Street
Chinese FinTech IPOs Don’t Dazzle Wall Street
December 18, 2017  |  IPO

Newly listed Chinese FinTech companies in the U.S. are struggling on Wall Street, leaving investors with unexpected losses and posing as a setback to other...

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Kasisto Lands $17M, Plans Expansion
Kasisto Lands $17M, Plans Expansion
December 14, 2017  |  Investments

Kasisto, the creator of KAI, the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform for finance, announced news on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that it raised $17 million in...

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