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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Trump Administration Blunts Cuba Business Aspirations
Trump Administration Blunts Cuba Business Aspirations
November 13, 2017  |  Investments

Recent moves from Donald Trump to undo policy changes in U.S. relations with Cuba have caused U.S. businesses to pull back on excitement over getting...

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Equifax Says Bye-Bye To Bonuses And Buybacks
Equifax Says Bye-Bye To Bonuses And Buybacks
November 13, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax, home of the hack that compromised over 145 million Americans’ data, is just saying no to executive bonuses this year — and scrapping buybacks....

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Nordstrom Beats, But Rack Disappoints
Nordstrom Beats, But Rack Disappoints
November 10, 2017  |  Earnings

It wasn’t all bad news when Nordstrom reported its Q3 earnings yesterday. In fact, the embattled retailer turned in a beat on both earnings and...

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Will.i.am Jumps Into Voice-Activated Voice Assistants
Will.i.am Jumps Into Voice-Activated Voice Assistants
November 07, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Pop-star, entertainer and all-around renaissance man will.i.am has found his new passion — corporate computing and voice assistants. Okay, so it doesn’t quite have the...

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Amazon Handmade Launches Gift Shops
Amazon Handmade Launches Gift Shops
October 24, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon is expanding its Handmade program with support for event-specific gift shops, according to news from CNBC. Announced on Monday (Oct. 23), the gift shops...

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With 218M Active Users And 17M Merchants, PayPal Predicts A Strong Finish For 2017
With 218M Active Users And 17M Merchants, PayPal Predicts A Strong Finish For 2017
October 20, 2017  |  Earnings

“PayPal delivered one of its strongest quarters since becoming an independent company,” said Dan Schulman, CEO of PayPal, in a statement. “Putting our customers first...

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Are ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
Are ‘Unicorns’ Much Less Valuable Than We Think?
October 17, 2017  |  Investments

The valuations that have come out of Silicon Valley in the last few decades have been nothing if not eye-catching: $62.5 billion for Uber, $31...

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PayPal’s Market Cap Blasts Past Amex
PayPal’s Market Cap Blasts Past Amex
October 16, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

It’s been a strong year for PayPal, which has seen its shares up 75 percent since the beginning of the year. And, as of last...

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Wu-Tang Financial Is Here — Finally
Wu-Tang Financial Is Here — Finally
October 14, 2017  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Between hurricanes, wildfires and the political uncertainty everywhere, the world has looked a little bleak lately. However, we have not come to bum you out...

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