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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Russian Central Bank Cracks Down On Cryptocurrency
Russian Central Bank Cracks Down On Cryptocurrency
October 10, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Actually using the phrase “dubious” to describe them, Russian Central Bank First Deputy Governor Sergei Shvetsov announced news on Tuesday that Russia will block access to...

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Toys R Us Locks Down $3.1 Billion In Financing
Toys R Us Locks Down $3.1 Billion In Financing
September 27, 2017  |  Retail

Toys R Us has just managed to secure $3.1 billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand...

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Aptos And Billabong Surf The Cloud
Aptos And Billabong Surf The Cloud
September 11, 2017  |  Retail

Billabong is a bigger company than most people might imagine. Apart from its well-known namesake brand, Billabong is also the parent behind a host of...

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Barclays Deluged With Complaints Over New Investment Website
Barclays Deluged With Complaints Over New Investment Website
September 04, 2017  |  Banking

Barclays, the U.K. financial firm, is having a tough go of it with its new DIY investment website, with customers facing all sorts of problems...

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Mark Cuban Bitcoin Skeptic No More
Mark Cuban Bitcoin Skeptic No More
August 23, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor who a few weeks back said bitcoin was in a bubble, is getting used to the new world of cryptocurrency....

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Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti
Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti
August 16, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Urban FT has launched a bid for struggling mobile money firm Digiliti. To get a sense of the strategy behind the deal, Karen Webster got an exclusive first look...

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Bad Press Will Keep Chipotle’s Prices Down, For Now
Bad Press Will Keep Chipotle’s Prices Down, For Now
August 01, 2017  |  ResTech

Another Norovirus outbreak couldn’t dent Chipotle’s confidence in itself as the QSR chain looks to raise prices to keep up with rising costs. But it...

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SoftBank Might Buy Multi-Billion Dollar Stake In Uber
SoftBank Might Buy Multi-Billion Dollar Stake In Uber
July 26, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Reports say that SoftBank has contacted Uber about the possibility of buying a “multi-billion dollar stake” in the ridesharing company — less than a day...

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Mobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
Mobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
July 21, 2017  |  Investments

The financial services space has many players in the field moving money throughout the stock exchange. Like a well-oiled machine, stocks are traded all day,...

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