Reddit day traders tried to beat Wall Street at its own game to prove that the system is rigged. Instead, brokerages locked them out and their holdings tanked, while some hedge funds still won big. Experts said Wall Street’s reaction showed just how stacked the deck is against small investors. Visit the Business section of … Read more
Dating-app company Bumble is going public on Thursday. The company’s S-1 filing highlights its top investor and some of the risk factors Bumble faces. We read through the 247-page filing to find four key takeaways. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Bumble, one of the top online-dating companies, publicly filed its IPO … Read more
Amazon-backed food delivery startup Deliveroo is anticipated to float in 2021, marking a rare high-profile British technology float. Like rival Uber Eats, Deliveroo allows consumers to order restaurant food via an app and relies on a network of gig economy cyclists and motorcyclists to make the deliveries. During the coronavirus pandemic, it has expanded into … Read more
One of the most important questions for investors in 2021 is how to bet on the ongoing economy recovery – even if its course looks uncertain right now. Goldman Sachs is giving its answer. Chief US Equity Strategist David Kostin says he expects success for companies with high operating leverage, or the companies that will experience … Read more
Messaging giant WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service to better integrate with other products and services offered by its parent company Facebook. The most prominent changes deal with how WhatsApp shares information with Facebook and its subsidiaries. The instant messaging app can now share phone numbers and transaction data with Facebook. … Read more
Udaan, the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform, has kick-started the new year with a fund-raise of $280 million, largely from its existing investors including China’s internet giant Tencent. Venture funds Lightspeed Venture Partners, DST Global, GGV Capital and Altimeter Capital are existing investors who have also contributed to this round. There are two new investors — … Read more
Investing in blockchain technology has become hot due to its role as the database for cryptocurrencies and digital transactions. You can invest in blockchain technology via stocks of companies that offer cryptocurrency-related services or are developing other industrial applications for it. Despite its growth potential, blockchain technology should be seen as a high-risk investment. ETFs … Read more
“We believe that the valuation and position backdrop has become a lot more challenging for bitcoin at the beginning of the New Year,” JPMorgan said. At its current market cap of $575 billion, bitcoin would have to surge to $146,000 to match the total private sector investment in gold via ETFs or bars and coins, … Read more
The cratering economy at the start of the pandemic led to a dropoff in funding rounds for seed-stage companies, according to deals databases PitchBook, Crunchbase, and CBInsights. But anecdotally, early-stage investors say they can barely keep up with their deal flow. One reason for the discrepancy is that startups are calling their seed rounds by … Read more