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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From Trading to Saving, Financial Platforms Eye Banking and Neobanks Branch Out
From Trading to Saving, Financial Platforms Eye Banking and Neobanks Branch Out
April 18, 2025  |  Banking

The movement by neobanks to branch into investing and credit card rewards, and investment platforms to branch out into banking, speaks volumes to the appeal...

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Robinhood Offers Retail Investors Wealth Management Services
Robinhood Offers Retail Investors Wealth Management Services
March 27, 2025  |  Investments

Robinhood has launched a wealth management service targeting its less-wealthy clients. The financial services company on Thursday (March 27) unveiled “Robinhood Strategies,” a wealth management...

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FinTech IPO Index Breaks Even Despite Volatile Trading Week
FinTech IPO Index Breaks Even Despite Volatile Trading Week
September 13, 2024  |  IPO

Economic data remained the key driving force behind stocks this past week, and the FinTech IPO Index was no exception. But despite volatile trading action...

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Robinhood Continues UK Expansion With Stock Lending
Robinhood Continues UK Expansion With Stock Lending
September 04, 2024  |  Loans

Robinhood now offers stock lending for British customers, part of the platform’s ongoing U.K. expansion. Introduced Wednesday (Sept. 4), the offering lets customers lend out any fully...

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Chinese Consumers Remain Cautious, Investing Instead of Spending
Chinese Consumers Remain Cautious, Investing Instead of Spending
July 19, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Chinese consumers are reportedly choosing to repay debt and buy wealth management products, despite government efforts to get them to spend. The country’s consumers put less...

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Goldman Sachs to Sell Marcus Invest Accounts to Betterment
Goldman Sachs to Sell Marcus Invest Accounts to Betterment
April 22, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Independent digital investment advisor Betterment has reached an agreement with Goldman Sachs to acquire the digital investment accounts of Marcus Invest.  Subject to customary closing conditions, those accounts will be...

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Venture Capital Has a New Secret Weapon: AI
Venture Capital Has a New Secret Weapon: AI
April 03, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

In the venture capital (VC) world, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a hot sector to pour money into — it’s now an essential...

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How WealthTech Firms Are Simplifying Investing for Tomorrow’s High-Net-Worth Individuals
How WealthTech Firms Are Simplifying Investing for Tomorrow’s High-Net-Worth Individuals
March 04, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

A staggering $84 trillion is the amount of cash and assets that Generation X, millennials and Gen Z consumers are set to inherit from older...

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Just One-Tenth of Savings Are Stored in Financial Assets
Just One-Tenth of Savings Are Stored in Financial Assets
January 30, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

In times of economic turbulence such as these, investing in interest-bearing financial assets is one way to mitigate the effects of inflation. Although U.S. consumers...

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