Stocks

Stocks are a type of security that gives stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Stocks also are called “equities.”

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Rakuten Dumps $1.4B In Tech Holdings, Including Pinterest Stake
Rakuten Dumps $1.4B In Tech Holdings, Including Pinterest Stake
February 16, 2020  |  Investments

Rakuten, the Japanese eCommerce conglomerate, has sold billions of dollars’ worth in shares, including the entirety of its stake in Pinterest. The shares were from...

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Free Trading App Robinhood Sets Sights On Britain
Free Trading App Robinhood Sets Sights On Britain
February 07, 2020  |  financial apps

Robinhood, the investment app that upended its market by elimination of commissions on stock trades is bringing its brand of disruption to the United Kingdom....

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Casper IPO Ends Bumpy Debut At 13 Pct Above Asking Price
Casper IPO Ends Bumpy Debut At 13 Pct Above Asking Price
February 06, 2020  |  Investments

When mattress company Casper debuted its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday (Feb. 6), they rose to a nearly 13 percent above...

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Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
January 22, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Square, the payments provider operated by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, won a patent to debut new tech, allowing users with different assets to transfer payments,...

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Study: Tech Unicorns Overvalued By Nearly 50 Percent
Study: Tech Unicorns Overvalued By Nearly 50 Percent
January 22, 2020  |  IPO

Price is what you pay, value is what you get. And when it comes to investing, the two may not always converge. As stock markets...

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58 Home Online Services Firm Nears $2B In Pre-IPO Round
58 Home Online Services Firm Nears $2B In Pre-IPO Round
January 10, 2020  |  Investments

With a potential U.S. initial public offering (IPO) on the horizon that could value the company at as high as $2 billion, 58 Home is...

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Analyst Predicts Apple Shares Will Fall Sharply Over 2020
Analyst Predicts Apple Shares Will Fall Sharply Over 2020
January 01, 2020  |  Investments

Although Apple was the 2019 star of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, tech investor Paul Meeks calculates that the stock is worth much less than...

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Citi Analyst Says Wearables To Boost Apple Stock Price
Citi Analyst Says Wearables To Boost Apple Stock Price
December 30, 2019  |  Apple

Apple is confident that strong sales of its Apple Watch and AirPods will be the ticket to drive up the company’s stocks in 2020, according to...

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Tech Gains Boost Nasdaq To Record High
Tech Gains Boost Nasdaq To Record High
December 26, 2019  |  Markets

In an historic day, fueled by gains in tech shares, the Nasdaq Composite Index moved past 9,000 for the first time, Bloomberg reported. The new...

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